Right now we're just not a very good football team. In the end, we did what we had to do but it sure was ugly. But I'll take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day.

Arum said he wants the right of first refusal once Tommy's football career is over.

Other than the penalties (six for 57 yards), I was very happy with our performance. Our execution and defense was very good. I'm happy with being able to shut out Lakeview.

Those two are just quality kids and quality athletes. They just read each other and have a non-verbal communication. They're winners.

That's a good football team. Their three backs are exceptional, and they're a hard-nosed team.

I thought that he would have been a better boxer than a football player, because being a football player you have to have size, you have to have speed. It's a lot more difficult to get a scholarship for football than it is to go into the gym and go box.