Coach Houston could not have been a better fit for us. He brings credibility to our staff, and that is important in that we are building from scratch.

None of my players are on full scholarships. Not a one. We had to give partial scholarships. But I think right now that's to our advantage. These kids are determined, and they want to play football really bad. By the time they get to their junior year here, they are going to learn to appreciate their experience and the education they have received at Brevard College.

He'd be a good candidate. He brought basketball to Sam Houston.

This kind of kicks off the spring for us. We're going to split up our talent -- because we're trying to get an idea of who's going to play on our first team down the stretch -- but we expect to compete with all the teams here.

We played slow tonight, ... You have give Houston credit because they came out and jumped on us. They shot the ball really well. I think we tried to get back in it, but in the playoffs we just have to play our style of basketball.

I think we have the best weekly newspaper in the Houston region. Our readers tell us over and over (although we never get tired of hearing it) that they love the Observer . We love it too!