In the good years we've had, we've always had two tailbacks splitting time. It keeps them both fresh.

The last two games were played on [a surface] like quicksand, so they are no indication of what he can do. Mud is the adversary.

He brings speed, he brings toughness in his running skills. Mike [equals] or exceeds the skills [Carr] had as a freshman.

Any time you go to Central Oregon, you aren't terribly unhappy with a split. What we are disappointed with is that we worked hard all year to win a league championship, and we may have lost that (with the loss to Redmond).

It was our first time out with a lot of youngsters -- and you heard a lot of new names. They'll hold down the fort till we get the kids out from basketball.

It is a bit of a flukish thing that we've had that many players injured at the same time,