We talked to the younger kids, and told them they needed to close the gap for the older guys. They did their job.

It's a nice stadium and it has that new turf everybody seems to be going to. The kids are really going to enjoy it.

The whole thing came together from September to December last year. It's amazing to see so many of these kids now, because they're all a year older.

The thing that myself and the other coaches liked the best tonight was how the kids played with a lot of emotion. It was great to see.

We estimate that we can make as many as 17 to 18 million unique Cabbage Patch Kids before we run out of options,

What does this mean to me? It means I have to coach another week. But if any group of kids ever deserved to advance to the national tournament, it's these kids. They've worked so hard and become a team in every sense of the word. This was a total team effort.