It was a mistimed tackle, and not malicious, but we would not win an appeal. When players are as committed as mine are, these things happen, and it was a physical game, though there were no hard feelings afterwards.

They weren't frightened to put a tackle in and we had to be committed and get stuck in.

When the players want to win more than the coach, that's a great sign, and I see that.

I frankly was disheartened, but not surprised that the appeal was denied.

I love that time of the game. That's where players make their money, so to speak, and where you win or lose. Playing in crunch time is something I've always enjoyed since I was seven years old.

When Sirius asked me if I wanted to program a channel committed solely to Elvis, it was a no-brainer. Everybody has an Elvis connection. I don't care who you are or where you're from, you know who Elvis is. This is no gimmick; we're not going away.