It was no doubt a challenge, but I believe it made me a lot better. It forced me to do things visually. I believe 80 percent of learning is visual anyway, and this was a chance for me to use video and use images to help them understand.

It's a challenge. There's no doubt about it, but I think we're well-suited to meet it and continue on.

It is going to be a challenge for them, there is no doubt in my mind. But if they run the operation professionally and with Iowans in mind, I think they have a shot.

Without a doubt we have been handed as extreme a challenge of rebuilding on the Gulf Coast as imaginable. But Mississippi is a great state with great people, and already we're welcoming golf, gaming and other tourists to the rest of the state. This will help the state and the state in turn will be better equipped to help the Gulf Coast and its residents affected by Katrina the more visitors we host. So the best thing we can and will do is to keep keeping on. We want visitors to come see why Mississippi is a special place and judge for themselves why Mississippi is considered a rising star of the golf-and-gaming world.

Without a doubt, getting people to come out and vote is our biggest challenge.

I'm a big believer in confidence. There's no doubt it's going to be a tough test but we're doing well - 24 games unbeaten isn't bad, you know.