He's a tough guy and he's aggressive. He's a good, solid football player – and he's young.

Bill and Jerry have surrounded me with people I trust.

It's an evaluation off tape only. We do not call the school or do any investigative work whatsoever. Playing is a huge part of it, but there's no talking to the coach, no seeing the guy on the hoof, no talking to the academic people or the strength coach.

It helps the kids. The ultimate reason we do this is to try to keep the kids in college. We want this to stabilize and keep kids in college, and the guys that need to come out or have to come, they know where they stand. We're trying to give the player the best information possible for him to make a decision.

I've always enjoyed it as a football fan. But as a market analyst, I always turn to our January barometer .

We did this last year. We played McKenzie in a spring benefit (football) game that raised six to seven thousand dollars for families of the Milan-McKenzie national guard who had members serving in Iraq. The guard is home, so we were looking for someone to play.