We got to hope and pray that teams lose at least two games in the conference, ... It's going to be tough.

It's not hard for us to get up for Navy. If you want to win the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, this is a game you have to win.

You have to stay home and respect different aspects of the game, be able to know assignments and stick to it, and not go make the big play.

He makes his claim about me after I've written a column sharply critical of his May 2004 budget reply, so that tells us a lot about what he says and why he says it. Things won't change much between journalists and politicians; Latham was a freak, a one-off.

We didn't make the plays when we had to.

I don't think teams have to tear up game plans.

We just have to put it together and we know we can, because when we do, we can't be stopped. It's on my shoulders. I have to put it together and I didn't do it.

That last drive, everyone knew we were going to be fine, ... We weren't even really thinking down and distance.

(Kirkwood) is a real good guy, a smart person.