Opening Statement...
"Glad to be back in the saddle again after being off a week. It did work out well though because we planned all along, through spring and summer, to leave TCU out there on its own. If you ask our guys what the record is right now, they'd say 0-0. We feel like our 2011 season starts this week against SFA and that's been our plan all along."

On what the team was trying to accomplish during the open week...
"(There were) two or three things we wanted to accomplish. First of all, everyone got nicked up and we wanted to get them well. We did have some guys get banged up a bit, and I think most of them will be back this weekend. Secondly, (we wanted to) go over the tapes and see what we needed to improve on and specific areas. We do have some things we need to work on. Special teams are always a concern early in the year, because quite honestly, we don't - as a program - work on a lot of live kickoff and kickoff returns in practice, just for the simple fact that we can't afford to have those high speed collisions and take a chance on getting someone hurt. You have to get in game situations and hope it all works out. We worked on special teams, getting our guys well, getting their minds fresh again and getting ready to go schematically."

On Robert Griffin III's game vs. TCU...
"It was uncanny, quite honestly. Not only did we throw well, we caught it well. That comes from high speed direction in practice. You can't just all of a sudden walk out there and perform at that high of a level without practicing at that high of a level. That's something that our guys have really done over the last 8-10 months is practice at a high level. How you practice determines how you perform. That is the part that's really gratifying to me as a coach is watching these guys develop in practice and carry it over into game like situations, which they did."

On confidence in Kendall Wright passing the ball...
"We have six or seven high school quarterbacks on our team. Those guys are used to having everyone look at them. It just doesn't happen by chance. What we want to do is win by design, not by chance. We want to make sure that we put our guys in the position to make plays when they're called upon. The first one (Kendall Wright's 40-yard TD pass to Terrance Williams) we've had for about three or four years. The second one (Kendall's third-down conversion to Robert Griffin III), we've had for about 20 years."

On the play of Baylor's defense in the season opener...
"I like how we played. I thought we played with a lot of passion and intensity. And those are all good qualities. I thought our guys were really intelligent. I thought we tackled well and when TCU made plays, they weren't wide-open plays. That's a tribute to Coach (Phil) Bennett and his staff and our guys. I was pleased. I wasn't pleased with the field position because you can't give up short field and expect to hold them consistently. You've got to make stops. We made the stops defensively, we made the plays offensively when we had to make them, and hopefully that's something that will carry on throughout this season."

On Terrance Ganaway's performance vs. TCU...
"Terrance did exactly what we thought he would do because that was his preparation. He prepared his mind and his body followed. Talent's never been an issue with Terrance; it's been mental structure. That's something that I've seen through the years when guys become seniors. They get a better vision of what needs to happen and how it needs to get there. He did a great job of living up to what he should be. The thing I'm waiting to see is when he gets an open field because Terrance can run."

On Kendall Wright's ability to get open...
"Three things: first of all, he's a senior. Second, his preparation has been much better than it has been the past three years. It has to do with maturity, no doubt. Third, as Kendall has matured and prepared better, we've been able to schematically use him differently offensively.

On Terrance Ganaway's development as a player...
"If you know Terrance as a person, you appreciate him as a man. He's just a unique, giving personality. He's just a good, good guy. He's got good intentions. When you turn your back, he's going to be the same way when you look at him in the face. If you've got someone like that with some ability which Terrance has, all you have to make sure is that their mental capacity reaches their physical abilities. That's been the thing with him. What he can do is 40 things really well, and it's hard for him to be great in two or three. Kind of kidding, it may be true. You're talking to a guy who's already graduated and taking care of business. His business right now is being a tough physical player for Baylor University. That's his job. He can't worry about being an ambassador for four different causes other than being an ambassador for himself and helping us win. He's in a tough situation because he's got so many talents that it's hard to single down, but that's why they call me `Coach.' I've got to help him see where he needs to go right now."

On the future of the program and Robert Griffin III...
"We're certainly in the infant stages in my mind until we win a Big 12 championship. Then we haven't accomplished what we need to accomplish. I've got two goals at Baylor: win a Big 12 championship and coach in a stadium on campus. When we accomplish those, then I'll feel like we've done something. The second question about Robert Griffin III: in his situation, I hope it's a deal in January where we make a decision that he stays. That's what I hope. He's going to have to make a choice that's best for him. That's what I'm for and that's the way I hope it all works out."

On putting the TCU game behind them and looking forward to SFA...
"We've definitely got to put it behind us. Coach (Art) Briles, he likes to say that this is our first game of the 2011 season."

On his game-winning field goal vs. TCU...
"I was really confident jogging onto the field. I know I've got a good snapper, a good holder, (and) the guys blocking are great. And I knew I was going to get it off. I'm definitely very confident in myself. I do well in practice, work on things with Ben (Parks). He's experienced, he's an older kicker and he helps me out. It gives me a lot of confidence."

On putting TCU in its own category and starting the season this weekend...
"I really like the idea. Obviously, we can't discount TCU; they're a great football team, but now we have to move on."

On starting his career at Baylor with a win...
"It was definitely good getting back out there. All the patience and hard work paid off. But we're definitely not satisfied as a team. We know we have another game out there on Saturday to go get."

On sitting out last season...
"You just have to take it for what it's worth, come out there every day and compete in practice. Basically come out with a positive mindset and just know that whenever your time is called upon, just to be ready. And that's what I did day-in and day-out."

On playing the tight end position...
"We've been doing a lot more tight end stuff than they have in the past. We've got a lot of plays for us and we're both in the pass-block, run-block and the passing game. So it's a good feeling that Coach Briles and the offensive coaches have this trust that they put in us letting us do all these different things."

On Baylor's type of offense...
"Yeah it definitely is fun. It's basically high offense, lots of yards scoring. And basically you're going to get your chances with Coach (Art) Briles, and Coach (Philip) Montgomery and all the offensive coaches calling the plays. There's not much not to like about this offense."

On playing with Terrance Ganaway...
"He's a great teammate, he's positive and he tries to keep everybody working hard at all times. He's like a different Robert Griffin. He doesn't have the same skills as Griff, but he works hard. They're kind of like the same person. He's very important. Replacing Jay Finley, I mean that's big. Those are big shoes to fill, but I think he can do it and he thinks he can do it. And with the way he's been working and the way he won the position battle, I think he can do whatever he wants when he can do it. He's a big back and most people don't know but he's really fast to be that big."

On playing punt returner...
"Coach (Briles) tells me that that will help the team win. And he put me back there my senior year. He wouldn't let me do it any other year until this year. So I'm the starter. I was sick the whole game so I didn't go back there; I just played offense. But it will help and I think it will help when we get ready to go on offense with field position."

On the key in playing the punt returner spot...
"Make the first person miss. I feel like if I make the first person miss then I'll get a lot of yards, maybe even a touchdown."

On putting TCU behind you, and keep the focus on SFA...
"This is the start of a season; that's what Coach (Briles) tells us. Start of the real season. That one-game season we had against TCU is over. And I think everyone's done a real good job (with) that."

On the TCU game...
"(Hindsight is always) 20/20. You see a lot of things that you could have done, but, right now, it's just looking at those things as tools to help you improve in the future. So right now I need to work on being a little bit more physical downhill and being straight downhill, being explosive after contact and just playing the whole game. There were some plays that I took the play off when I wasn't getting the ball and I need to be playing fast throughout the game to draw some attention away from the receivers, and get linebackers to bite on and make other people make great plays."

On the running game...
"You really can see how effective the running game is and how (the passing and running games) complement each other. In the game, we did two or three plays running, and then there's a touchdown. Two or three plays running, then there's a 20-yard pass. It works. And then when you're passing and you're spreading out the secondary, and the linebackers got to play outside of the box a little bit, then you've got light running boxes and that's when you get 20-yard gains. And when you get big gains like that, it helps, especially when you've got a coaching staff that knows what they're doing and they put you in the best position to succeed."

On avoiding a situation like 2009, beating Wake Forest and then losing to UCONN...
"(That was) immaturity right there. I think that's first and foremost. This year, the coaching staff, everybody's ready. We're going to play at a high level every game this season. So, whoever we play, we're going to play, we're going to match the intensity, or maybe even exceed the intensity that we played with (against TCU). And when we do that, we get on a roll. And it's hard to beat a team that's on a roll. So that's what we're trying to do - trying to get on a roll and stay on that roll for a long time."