Just like those other guys, you've got to start somewhere. They are close to me, and I know they won't hurt me. And they are intelligent. I have the last say-so on everything, but they know what I want and the things I'm trying to accomplish.
We didn't do what we should have on the offensive side of the ball last year. We look at it now as knowing we don't have to do big things to win a big game.
Our last decade had been the most successful of Iowa State football. You can't discount that overnight because a 19-year-old student puts the ball on the ground at the 1-yard line.
To me, mistakes happen, ... I don't really think about last year's game. It's all about now.
I'm way different than I was last year. You learn something new every year. I learned a whole lot from last season and a whole lot from this season. I'm still learning.
They were talking about nothing but last year. But it's a whole different team over here and we wanted to show them we are a different team.