All I can say is that I'm going to try to coach the way I've coached in the past. And if it ends up not being good enough, then so be it.

But at some point, we've got to have disciplined play and have got to coach better. I'm not putting it on the players. We've got to coach them to tackle and block better. It's as simple as that. If we can do those things, we'll have a chance.

It’s easier to win the National Championship than the SEC, ask Nick Saban.

You keep playing, you get a lead and build on it. People get mad when you keep playing, but that's part of the game, too.

I think I've got an outstanding defensive assistant staff that's really going to help us have consistent, strong defenses. And offensively, we have an excellent staff. We've got some younger guys on offense, but that's what I coach and have my entire coaching career.

Number three, we're going to play very smart and we're not going to beat ourselves. If the other team is better than us and they just out execute us and play better then we can live with that, but we're going to play smart and give ourselves every opportunity to win the game.

He was the unloving father that I never had, but I still craved his acceptance.