Nicole did a tremendous job. It easily could have been a 5-0 game, but she kept us in it.

What's missing in all this is DeLay is getting us to not talk about the facts in the case one more day. They don't want to deal with the charges. They are shopping for a friendly judge.

I think we need to get back to the basic fundamental parts of our offense that I brought with us from USC. I was able to spend some time in California with Coach Carroll and those guys. Hopefully we can work out some of the kinks we have on offense.

It was important for us to kind of get the good feeling back.

I can't emphasize enough (that) none of us have ever coached or played or seen the way the game is going to be.

We've got so many things against us. The red tide is hammering us, fuel prices are through the roof and the grouper closure will mean the peak season is totally shot. They're all nails in our coffin.