It's a nice facility. We love it. It was desperately needed. We needed a place with more space.

It will be difficult because there isn't a large availability of hotel space near Showplace. And we are competing against existing established convention space.

They're loaded. This is probably the best they've been since I've been here. When they won state in 2003, they had some superstars that stood out. Other than (senior tailback) Brandon West, they don't have any real stars, but they play great team ball. I've really been impressed by the way they play together.

That win got the monkey off our backs. Now, we're starting to feel good about ourselves.

Your best athletes have to come through in the big games, and this was a big game for us. We couldn't afford to start 0-2. That's what we're looking for from Robert, and he can actually do more than that.

We need to be out of the gym. I'll be more comfortable when we get that done. We'll have more space in the old fieldhouse, we'll have room to put in additional equipment, and it'll be away from any other activities going on in the gym, so you don't have to worry about those things anymore.