The biggest difference between this week and previous weeks is that we absolutely came prepared to play in every phase of the game. Our kids played extremely well, were focused and absolutely executed the game plan to perfection.

As a football coach, you always try to find a way to make your kids smile when they take the field. You can say that Burlington sewed things up and this game doesn't seem as important to them, but they still have a shot to share the conference title. That is a motivator for them.

In the past they have struggled with our speed and quickness. We still have that speed.

When we dropped to 2-4, we knew we needed to win our last three games to qualify. We won the first one last week. But this week we're playing a better team, so we have to play even better.

If the Reds were baseball's first team, who did they play?

a blank slate -- and you get to play.