You have strengths within your team every single year and sometimes they stay the same, sometimes they change.

The opener is always very difficult every single year. It Really doesn't matter whom you play. The opener is difficult because you've got more time to prepare for one game than you do any game the rest of the year because you've got all spring, all summer to prepare for this opponent.

Every game is huge and every game will count when it's all said and done.

You can only get so far from an evaluation standpoint in practice, and you know, at some point, you've got to go play and kind of take that next step in the evaluation of just where you are and then grow and make adjustments as you go throughout the year.

Every game is critical.

I love the Bowl system. I've always been a proponent of the Bowl system. I think it's been great for college football, for this level.

You have strengths within your team every single year and sometimes they stay the same, sometimes they change.