It's huge. Obviously, I'm the last guy with the big goose egg, and it seemed like it was getting talked about more and more. ... It's nice to not have a zero sitting there.

It's disappointing to have a big goose egg on the scoreboard at the end of the game. You expect to come in and win this game, but it is what it is. ... Their defense is a good bunch of players, and they took it to us. The passing game is a huge part of why the offense couldn't succeed, and it hurt us.

Don't kill the goose with the golden egg

I've been fortunate to win many times, in many series. But there is still that goose egg in the truck series. I plan on changing that come Oct. 22nd, when it's one and done for me. The No. 17 made it to Victory Lane, so I'd like to get (my No.) 12 there, too.

I had five, huge, big black binders. They were heavy, and I was hunched over carrying them in.

We're very sensitive to not killing the goose that laid the golden egg here. But with that said, we also want to be appropriately responsible if there's a threat.