[Pac-10 Commissioner Tom Hansen said Stoops is an example of the upgraded coaching across the conference.] It's pretty clear that Mike has that program headed in a good direction, ... I don't think there's any doubt he's going to succeed there.

We're pretty much in the range that's been publicly discussed, ... Four games plus either a fifth game played concurrently with them, or the 'plus-one' game, those are the major structural differences we're looking at. Or you could do both. Or there are various subsets within that.

You play like you practice. That's pretty good. There it is. I'm going to use that example in the meeting. That's what he did. He got better, he got quicker, and he's throwing the ball extremely well.

He doesn't have to say anything; he leads by example. And what he says pretty much goes. Over the years he has gained every kid's respect, and I don't mean every kid on the team, I mean every kid in the school.

Denton County is definitely one of the highest. It's pretty rare.

He had a pretty angle to all his pitches, although his command within the strike zone wasn't very good,