Is it possible this has been a little misunderstood. I thought when he said "I don't even know who we are playing this week," or words to that effect, he wasn't saying "NIU is too unworthy for me to notice," but rather, "I have been so engaged with this game, and with taking it all one game at a time, that I haven't looked that far ahead." Not that he was saying "NIU sucks so bad I don't even think about them." But maybe I am giving him too much credit.