Laredo is a very good team, and we are going to have to work very hard to have a chance to win. But we've been playing well, and we are in the second round.
It felt good for the most part. I was ready to get out there. It's pretty much gone now.
We're desperate to play well. We can't just play OK and win . . . we want to play well, feel good and win. We have to play well not just because it's the Michigan game, but because we have a lot still going for us and still ahead of us.
To their credit, (Iowa) played good defense. But a lot of it was our passes were bad, they were late, or they were a step short, and we take the responsibility for that.
When you look at it, when we've all played decent to good to great, I don't think we've lost.
We missed an opportunity, but the good thing is that one more chance does present itself and the bad thing is that it is only one more chance. In the past, regardless of where we are in the tournament, we always have been able to show that we can play well.
If I don't have a good first half or first couple minutes, I just have to pick it up. As long as I do pick it up... I can't go through the whole game playing bad.