We just want to win. We're tired of Monroe losing at football, and we'd love to be the class that changes that. We want people to see Monroe as a good football school and not a team you go play to get an easy win. It's nice to get off to a good start, get a couple of wins under our belt.

It gives me more strength and more speed. I'm pretty much a power runner. I don't have a whole lot of moves. I just try to run over people.

He was a tremendous person, and we're going to miss him.

I feel positive about this team. These kids won titles as freshmen (frosh championship), sophomores (JV) and juniors (NCL I) so they are used to hanging up a pennant.