It was a good season opener. I've never been to the Texas Relays and I want to come back when I'm in college.

The Gilmore Girls season opener is much anticipated. We wanted to premiere Supernatural after (it), and we really wanted to jump-start our schedule with what is arguably our strongest night.

I have confidence in whoever goes out there. Even when Kolbie was struggling at the beginning of the season, I always felt like his last outing would be the one when he turned it around. It took him being demoted and he's figured it out. He's getting key outs. Reitsma will do the same.

I though that this was a very good start to the season and that everything went about how we expected them to unfold. Any time you can finish a race with the top-three finishers, you are almost guaranteed to win the race. This is just the beginning and we know we need to continue to build off of this momentum.

You really can't enjoy it too long. As we learned in our season opener, if you are not mentally prepared, you can get beat on any given day.

[Bulger said that his ribs were bruised in the season opener Sept. 11 at San Francisco but that he kept quiet about it.] I'm not stupid enough to tell the trainers or anyone that I have sore ribs, ... Now that it's out ... they're a little bit sore.