Is it fair to look at stats with interior defensive linemen?
I don’t think so, because a lot of the things they do sometimes are somewhat unselfish. They’re taking on double teams, they’re holding off guys and keeping the offensive linemen from getting to the second level to get to the linebackers. I think if you see linebackers that are having phenomenal numbers then the guys in front of them are playing really good. What’s the more challenging thing? Is it taking the program from where you had it to a successful winning season or is it now the next step where you want to turn it into a BCS bowl team? Steps three, four and five are a lot harder. Sometimes it’s easy to go from no wins to four wins and four wins to six or seven wins. As you climb the mountain it gets harder. The years at Miami we had a couple of 9-3 seasons, then went 11-1 and every year that you try to win that one or two more games, it’s not just about winning one or two more games – you’ve got to go back and win the first eight that you won with the team the year before, so yo
