It was a true dogfight. They kept trying to break us, but the kids continued to fight all the way through.

Mark had the team playing more competitive than the past couple years. The character of the kids were very different. He was doing a great job with them and beginning to turn the program around.

He's not the fastest kid in the world, but he's tough and he's a shifty runner. He gave us some problems.

Basically it's a shame for the powers to be not recognizing the job he did there. I wish someone there was strong enough to step up to the outside influences. What do they really want there?

We just made too many mistakes. You can't have three touchdowns called back and win.

When it was all said and done, we fought through it. We had it at the 2, and didn't get it done.