She wouldn't have anything to do with us. We weren't going to push it, either. I figured there were Secret Service agents hanging around who'd have been all too happy to pull a Jack Bauer on me.

It's a fun, creative outlet for both of us.

I called him Kenny Mayne. He was kind of ticked about that, so no way was he putting The Duck on his head. But he gave us a picture.

Without The Duck, asking a coach for a picture, you just feel like a goofy fan. But with The Duck it's OK. It's like an alter ego.

It would have cost us about $630 just for gas for a pickup truck and trailer,

This was a critical win for us. Our guys were hungry. We were kind of stumbling and bumbling offensively, especially in the first half. But we gave the kind of over-the-top performance on defense that got us back on track tonight.