The time for talking is over; it?s time to remedy the situation,

It's a combination of young guys and some veterans. I spent a lot of time interviewing and talking to the staff here. I really felt they did a good job. I wanted to keep as many as I could.

It was almost as if we put even more pressure on ourselves by talking about it.

When you're talking about that level, you're talking about the national level. You're talking about the elite teams in the nation. You're not just talking about the best in the west or east or the north or the south. We're talking about great football programs.

Over the last several years, we started talking about a way to formalize the relationship. We began serious discussions (at) the beginning of this year.

We're going to do some serious talking to the owner before he takes the dog.