We've beaten Florida State two of the last three times we've played them and we beat Miami down there in overtime and lost in triple overtime at home. I like the direction that we're going.

It was a time where you worry about having your team buckle, but giving it to James made it easy.

It was something where you wanted to milk the clock as much as you can. They were out of timeouts, but we still needed first downs to keep the ball out of their hands. It was a time where you worry about having your team buckle, but giving it to James made it easy.

It's been six, seven years. I think I understand, but I'd like them to have patience, too, as I patiently wait.

A coach doesn't get giddy. The excitement from a coaching perspective is if we can get those guys to make improvement. And it's not like a lot of improvement because we were close in the four games we lost. We can get better.

There's another level this team needs to get to from a hitting and toughness standpoint.

There were positives on either side of the ball.

All of my comments since he has been here is he has had tremendous potential, and his performance had not matched his potential to this point. But I think, potentially, you can see what he is capable of doing. Now consistency is his next step.

They ran a lot of pursuit drills. If you noticed they ran a whole bunch. They ran their tails off pretty good. That's while they're dragging.

They've been an especially tough opponent for us offensively,