With my contract situation and the team moving in a new direction, it was pretty much a done deal.

We have been pretty steady on the road as well. This one was a little different because we were in Valley City last (Tuesday) night.

At this point I anticipate he'll be out for the season,'' Edwards said of Pennington.

I figured there'd be a lot of phone calls, a lot of interest and stories. But I'm preparing for just another game, another chance to put a 'W' on the board.

There were times I thought we were a little bit more conservative than we could have been, especially in the games that we played well early on and got out to big leads. I felt that sometimes we allowed teams to get back into it because we did pull the reins back a little bit.

The position is a test of your patience. You can't relax. You can't ever feel like you're never going to get that chance. You always have to expect it's going to happen next week or next play. You always have to be prepared.