I know we're better than what we've shown. We haven't hit our stride. It's all about confidence for us right now.

The thing that Notre Dame does well is it confuses teams with the attack it runs. They move a lot of hitters around. We have to adapt to that.

Our strength is our middle. We want to force teams to challenge us inside, so we can start pushing to the outside. We want to get them out of their comfort zone.

What we've tried to explain to them this year is you can't measure last year. We're a measuring stick for opponents. We can make someone's season.

I don't think it's too early to call this a big game. No one on this side is taking them lightly.