He’s the one that wanted to play end. And he has proven to me that he can play end.

When you play ball, that’s going to happen. We’ve got some guys that are experienced. We’re going to be fine.

That will never happen in my program. I will never do that. Too many things can happen. You can cause a fumble and pick it up and run for a touchdown.

When a recruit comes in or commits, we lay out everything all the do’s and don’ts and conditions of that (scholarship offer). We have to protect ourselves. Protect the program.

Michael is such a great talent, so big and fast and strong. We need some help in the middle of our line, and I think he can bring it to us. I feel comfortable that...

He operates well, threw the ball well. He’s more of a pocket passer who can run our protection and run our systems.

It’s starting from scratch… and I think it’s a good thing.

He can go through you, around you and in between you.

Alan Abrams is suspended from the football team and I will review his (status) on Monday.

Justin Sparks had an opportunity to show us what he could do, but he’s been really inconsistent. We will continue through the week with the guys that we have, chart them and see who does...

It’s a matter of what has happened to Micheal and Robert,

He plays with intensity, the way defense ought to be played. He’s going a lot harder this year.

We came ready to play on defense.

We are going to take a bit of an advantage and recruit,