"We have a very unique model at Brigham Young University," he said. "None of our coaches work on Sundays. Our entire staff goes home every night after practice at 6:30. We've had tremendous success because of the balance and I'm not willing, nor will I ever be willing, for the sake of football to compromise that."

"A lot of our players are older and more mature," he said. "Football is probably about the fifth priority for all of us. That means we have to be dedicated and focused all the time, making the most of shorter meeting times and practices."

"We've dealt with it the last couple of years, and I got caught up in two years ago," he said. "We went 10-3 and it was viewed as a failure. We weren't being judged by the games we were winning, but the ones we lost. Ever since then, I realized we had to block those things and just play football our way."