We didn't start hitting until about the fourth inning.

I was anxious to get back out here.

I'm just glad to be back out here.

Last year we started off pretty bad and got better. If we hang tough for a while, I think we can do big things.

I don?t think it takes away from the luster of the conference. It?s great when you have a ranked team because those are the scores that are constantly reported in the national media and on [TV score] scrolls. It helps get face time on TV, but it?s not necessarily bad. Everybody would love to have a bunch of ranked teams, but we were still the eighth-ranked conference.

You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.