The evidence is fairly convincing that smaller schools are more effective. At the district level there are some modest benefits of having a larger organization, but those are more than offset by the deficits of larger schools.

I don't there's a lot of pressure on her. She was a keeper in our youth program and she's played on our travel teams in the summers. I like the way that she prepares herself when the ball crosses into our half.

I made a highlight tape and sent it to about 20-30 schools. I looked to see which senior quarterbacks were leaving, obviously if they had a good passing game. BC was the first to reply, a week after I sent it.

Everybody's in good spirits. It's kind of like a rally.

That is fine and I am in support of it, because some people do get out of control and give Block Party a bad name.

There were very few accidents of any significance.

They played as a team very well today. We didn't have a very good weekend. But even though we lost our games this weekend, they were able to move the ball up until finishing time. That's where we fell flat.

They played very well today. They could have finished more, though. They had a lot of opportunities that went wide, high, over and through. But at least the opportunities were there, and that's something we've had trouble with in the past.

This is strong GOP country. This is the hotbed of Republicanism, the most conservative state in the nation.

stressed O'Brien. ''And if Quinton can continue on this path this year it will all have worked out. I feel very fortunate to have a senior quarterback for our last season in the Big East and a senior quarterback for our first year in the ACC. We'll keep our fingers crossed; I know I am.