That's a good thing about Collin. He works hard to improve himself, whether it means staying after practice or not. He's so composed for a sophomore. He always remains cool. He did tonight and always seemed to be there when we needed him.

Ed took an interest in Maurice last year and did a lot as far as getting him to practice before the season,

It's been our toughest two weeks of practice in years. We put them in some very competitive situations in practice. We held everyone accountable for their efforts and on the outcome. We put them in a win or lose situations. The other thing is, our last time out, we did not play very well. It was very disappointing.

It's kind of tough. We have off Easter Monday and we can't practice.

So here we are laughing about this one thing as we pick up instruments to start practice, and it can't help but carry over into what you do for first 30 minutes of making noise. We were into all that when we started putting down basic tracks for this recording, and it just went from there.

I used to practice my speeches on my tractor while I plowed my daddy's field.