The kids have welcomed them. They seem to fit in real well. With the conditions going on around them, they have really come with a positive attitude and ready to move on.

Co-Lin has done an excellent job of communicating with all of our kids. They've come over several times and started building a relationship with us and the players. Most of the kids have the opportunity to play at the next level at Co-Lin, and it give them another chance to get that look and get re-recruited.

I'm kind of surprised on what we've gotten on a couple of these kids. We're just hoping that someone will give them an opportunity. They're so big, and they're good kids and will work hard for you. What they can accomplish is kind of unlimited. What I'm hoping for is after signing day if these schools didn't get exactly what they were looking for, that might open the doors for our kids.

This kid epitomizes what we're looking for. David did decide to play football. He worked hard and was eager to be out there. He tore his ACL in the third or fourth game, and it was tough. But he dedicated himself to our football team and what we were trying to do.

(Jeffers) did a good job of contacting and coming to a lot of our games. He developed a good relationship with a lot of our players and with our staff.

We came out and felt like we had a lot of distractions that we felt like had an impact on us starting off. We were just disappointed in our start. We focused on that from last year. We knew how we started against them last year. Then we came out and had penalty play after play. Those are things we focused on for a long time. In order to play 5A football, we can't make those kinds of mistakes.