A tribe of foreigners is educating the kids, building the buildings, running the businesses. There is a very real fear that modernization might be ephemeral if the expertise leaves.

Our kids feel comfortable running on this track. They're more accustomed to running on tracks that aren't banked. They feel like they're at home, so it's just great for all of the area teams around here.

At first, I tried to ignore him, and then I see more and more kids going over there playing, running up and down their driveway, and I said, 'Hey, something's got to be done.

Honestly, I think we've got four really good running backs. (The freshmen) are great kids and smart kids. Both have done a nice job picking up the offense.

I like to run a lot of backs, ... and we've got a lot of kids that are capable of running the football.

I am not really sure what to expect from our kids. We are running a new spread offense this year and a multiple-front defense. It will be a learning experience for us all. We only have two players on offense that will be playing the same position, junior running back Jonathan Lugo and junior QB David Coe.