How are you and your Asst. On a lot of penalities, particularly the false starts or offsides, it's really just a matter of concentration. When you have a lot of young guys and they're put in pressure situations, they become a little jumpy. There's really no substitute for experience. We try to simulate pressure situations in practice, but game situations are entirely different.
Penalties can definitely be a problem, but the key issue is to keep working at it and improving.
I expect we'll continue to show improvement in that area during the last month of the season as our guys get more experience. However, isn't it possible for a young quarterback to learn something about the specific game, the opponent's defensive plan and get a feel for the flow by sitting out a series or two. It's something we've discussed and we could do that at some point. However, quarterbacks usually get best by playing and getting into the feel of the game. We did get Kyle out of the UCLA game when he got hit, was a little groggy, and we had to cool him down.