NB: You went from 165 to 430 total yards, and 30 to 271 rushing in a month since Iowa, what has changed?
BA: Finishing plays, and guys understanding what we're trying to get done. Not changing what we're doing, talking about finishing a good understanding of the blocking schemes and attention to detail.
NB: What happened during that Iowa game?
BA: Back then we had some success in the first four games, running the ball, and fine tuning things. After having four non-conference games, people are going to study that, and have an answer to that. We didn't have great vision on things, didn't have do a good job of finishing plays, and the result is not a lot of rushing yards when you don't do those things. Our tailbacks were doing a good job of pressing the line of scrimmage, and not varying off course to help the offensive line out, that's what we talked about as a running back group.
NB: How did you stay the course?
BA: Because we've been together so long as a group, as coaches. You go back to the basics, the fundamentals. You tell the kids to do that, and see what happens. We looked back and saw when we were having success, what did we do? It always goes back to the basics and fundamentals. Having that bye week was perfect timing, we were able to have a week to prepare. Coach Limegrover and Nate Griffin did a great job breaking it down, and cleaning it up.
