They are strong up the middle. They had a good run of guys there.

There's nothing more gratifying to our seniors who have been workhorses for us the last four years. For some of our younger guys, it's showing them the way and hopefully giving them experience for what could be a lot of successful years to come - at least that's the goal.

On paper it looked like it was going to be a pretty tight dual. Merrill beat us up through the middle and that was the key.

It showed us some of the things we need to work on. And I think it's motivation.

Anyone who worked with Michael knows what a great room-jarring laugh he had. He was your best audience for anything remotely funny.

People think this will keep John Doe from being able to put huge amounts of money into a race. No, as long as John Doe wants to individually spend that.