Clarkdale is a big physical team with a good quarterback and a good fullback and we will be ready for a great football game.

I'm concerned about year after next. It's just going to depend on how quickly communities can rebuild, so that will have a great deal to do with how fast their revenues get back to normal.

This will help our schools tremendously. Their budgets have been strained, and they have had to use reserve funds to be able to reopen schools while paperwork for insurance and FEMA is being processed.

This is an extraordinary time in our history. It will take an extraordinary effort from our leadership. I hope they will grasp the magnitude of the issue.

We've moved on as a team. What's really sad about it, and I think everybody will agree, is that this umpiring crew is a great crew. We like this umpire crew. I've been listening to the radios and everything, and I haven't heard any really positive things about what's going on. ... He's done a great job. I just hope all this doesn't become nasty today.

We have looked at players over the course of January and obviously decisions will be based on this. We need midfield cover, that is absolutely essential. It's important too that we plan with players who will be capable of doing a given job on a given day.