The essence of the report is that we've gotten better, we've moved forward. We've tried to alert parents and young people that students are not here as athletes, they're here to learn and do research.

I certainly would have done it for a dollar, because I believe in South Carolina that much. There's a different level of accountability when you take it to full-time.

In the Quad-Cities its seems like there are five or six ways to get to a destination. What needs to be determined is the primary way to get to your destination.

Dad wasn't a daredevil, but he lived his life to the fullest.

For a long while, people didn't give scholarships for special teams. But now, it's understood. You're not looking for a walk-on. You're looking for a guy because he is a weapon.

It's been really interesting for me ... to share in the experience with someone who is seeing the quilt for the first time. Just how surprised they are by the number of quilts and also by the detail and the love that people put into each quilt. Each time I see someone who's never seen it, who's seeing it for the first time, moves me.

As soon as Dad got a taste of it, that's all he could think of.

At this level and above, when teams are evenly matched, normally the difference makers are special teams. There's nothing like taking an eight- or nine-play drive and scoring and then the other team gets in the end zone with the kickoff return - those are momentum swingers. We tell our guys, be the reason we won, not the reason we lost.

Everyone thinks it's a good idea to get more people on the road, ... The proposed starting salary and costs for their schooling seem a little high and the council wants to look at that.

We like to sell when we're recruiting the idea that it is our hope that at least twice per year, you're going to play in an NFL venue,