... The guys (from each team) really like each other, they're good friends. But when it's time to play golf, we want to beat each other's brains in. When it's done, we're all friends and we go to dinner together, go to ballgames together. I think the world of Dean and the Utah State golf team.

This is a great team. We've played well the last month. ... We've only really had one bad tournament and that was in the fall. We've played a tough schedule. We've seen numerous top 25 schools, so I think the team is prepared for this.

The consumer's been out in force for several months, ... all of these factors have contributed to very robust sales at retail.

They are just executing better. They've got better merchandise, better fashion and better advertising.

Everybody's got to play the same holes. I like to tell the guys that until they let us start playing defense, we're not going to worry about what everybody else does but ourselves. We're not too worried about that.

There's a lot going right with Wal-Mart. They've also done a lot of good things in terms of improving the presentation and the content of the merchandise in their general stores.

This has been expected for a year-and-a-half now. Lee Scott has been with the company, he's very well regarded by the street. This is not surprising and there will be no changes in company strategy.

You've seen a general malaise in consumer enthusiasm to shopping at malls, so that's been a contributing factor (to lower department store sales) and there's also a bit of malaise in terms of interest in leading (department store) brands. That might be because department stores are getting a little stale and they lack freshness.

We didn't get off to a very good start but we came back and played pretty well that second round. Western Illinois played really well, this is not an easy golf course. We still have a chance tomorrow but things have to go our way.

I was glad to see that match halved because both of those teams shot 59, ... It would have been disappointing to see somebody lose a point to a great round.