We all know the stories about buses being vandalized here. We see this as a great opportunity for Butte to change that perception. We want people to come in and have a marvelous time and have a great tournament.

Sometimes maybe you need an experience. The experience can be a person or it can be a drug. The experience opens a door that was there all the time but you never saw it. Or maybe it blasts you into outer space...All that negative stuff. All the pain...It just floted away from me, I just floated away from it...up and away...

The bus will run every hour from the Civic Center and stop at the major motels. The riders just have to show their tournament tickets and the ride is free. It's the first time we've tried that and we hope it will go over pretty good.

I'm really happy with the level of cooperation we've gotten from Butte-Silver Bow agencies (and other entities). If we get 6,000 people in here, I'll be a nervous wreck. But that's what we're hoping for.

It looks like it's going to be a great tournament.

We had an opportunity to coach him in the Pro Bowl and that's a special player. Andre Johnson has turned into one of the better receivers in the National Football League.