I was a little nervous about that. When I got back I took it as I was not the starting goalie and I had to work hard.

He handled the whole injury thing well, and did everything he could to help me out. He was awesome.

My first practice, having to face (all-Americans) John Walker and Jim Wagner, I was like 'Wow' ... that was a huge shock to me. Day-by-day you get a little quicker and the big thing (you learn) is people shoot from anywhere. Within a couple weeks I felt I was caught up to the level of speed.

ladder.

If we?re talking about seeding so five does not play six, then I?m for that. But if you?re talking about five must host the game, then I don?t go for that. Television can give great exposure or exposes you. We need to keep going to great sites and go to places where the best atmosphere can be portrayed.

It?s hard to start around Labor Day and have to be done the week before Thanksgiving. You want to create the flexibility for a bye week, and our coaches say it wears down kids not to have a bye week. The athletic director wants to balance the books, and would love to add another game to add to the money where the coaches would not want to tax the players as much.