The kids aren't trying to do that obviously. But we're not valuing the football.

It gives kids more opportunity to come in and compete. It's a window of opportunity. We've got good football players here and we'll be just fine.

I'm proud of our kids. We battled. We could have hung it up, but that's what we're working on: Trying to get better and keep battling.

Our kids have to deal with another loss, and that's the difficult part. I'm trying to tell them how good they are, how good they can be, and that they can reach their goals this year. I believe they still can.

We're trying to show these kids love, Christian love. For some of them, this is the only Jesus they're exposed to.

I know we're out in the suburbs and there are a lot of ... good teams in Cincinnati, but I don't know why nobody thinks we're one of them. I hope we proved tonight that we can play in big football games.