I wanted to make a decision before the season but that was before I got into the whole recruiting process. Right now I haven't ruled anyone out.

When you see a 12-year-old hitting the ball at 75 to 80 mph, it just gets the team's juices flowing. If he can do it, then everybody else can do it. It's very inspiring to see him play the game.

It's been awesome. I like it here a lot. It's definitely one of my favorite schools.

It wasn't a tough decision. I was ready for the NFL, ... My family was OK with it.

[Josh Fogg, the Pirates' player representative, agrees with the union's decision to accept a stiffer penalty for first-time steroid offenders. The union is pushing for a 20-game punishment, up from the current 10-day penalty. Commissioner Bud Selig has pushed for a 50-game ban for first-time offenders.] Everyone wants to clean it up, ... We're going to have to meet in the middle between the penalty Bud wants and what we have now.

When the Harris poll was announced, we went on record saying our commentators wouldn't participate for journalistic reasons. That decision is consistent given our decision to pull out of the coaches' poll.