The cupboard is certainly not bare on O-line. The key for us there is, do we have guys who can do the job? No question.

I feel bad for Randy because I think he had found his home and was real anxious to show what he could do. I think he's got very good ability and he's happy here and when you're happy your ability can shine even more.

It looks like it might be his ACL and it doesn't look good,

It's an unusual situation because we've had a few years where teams have been interested. We haven't had any calls on our seniors this year. But I think we'll have some guys get looked at next year.

It's a sacrifice for an outstanding facility. Our players are resilient, and I don't foresee it as a problem.

They're a very good team and so are we. This is going to be a real exciting week for La Crosse football. We've been in these kinds of games a lot and we seem to respond well.

They know all the positions and that makes it harder for teams to know who's lining up where.

A lot of people are making a big deal of (the layoff) and obviously we wish we had one more game. But, we're going into our conference season motivated and healthy. We know the only way to get into the playoffs is to win our league. So I'm done feeling sorry for myself for not having 10 games. Let's get going and play ball.

This is going to be a heck of a challenge. We just want to play well and start to find out what kind of team we have.

You're always looking for the guy who can capture your heart as a player and who can capture the team's heart. That's as important as the guy who can make decisions. I'd say it's still pretty close. I don't want to reveal my hand yet.