I think he's done a great job. He's worked hard, and his kids believed. He used them in the right way. He had his kids in the right spots. They were very steady and consistent at what they did.

It's not that we're better coaching; we are just executing better. When you add the right wrinkles and kids play better, it looks like you got a lot of things going on.

We never could get anything established. They had a great game plan defensively. We wanted to come out and establish the run first. We weren't able to do it. ... I would have been better off coming out and throwing maybe.

The thing that myself and the other coaches liked the best tonight was how the kids played with a lot of emotion. It was great to see.

We estimate that we can make as many as 17 to 18 million unique Cabbage Patch Kids before we run out of options,

What does this mean to me? It means I have to coach another week. But if any group of kids ever deserved to advance to the national tournament, it's these kids. They've worked so hard and become a team in every sense of the word. This was a total team effort.