The kids responded after last week. We really focused this week on coming out early and starting fast. I feel like the kids did that. Once we got on a roll, it was tough for Mississippi State to get going.

The kids were focused coming into tonight. All the distractions that I was worried about seemed to go away.

It's all very misguided. They're starting too early, and getting burned out.

Now we're coming out here, and I was a bit leery. I was just starting to feel solid, and I knew, because I had been told, that there was a lot of pressure on Walter (O'Malley), the Dodgers owner, to use a local announcer.

The sentiment is not as enthusiastic as it was early this week. Investors are starting to realize that if the (economic) numbers continue to come in on the strong side, the Fed is going to tighten (credit) again.

We looked good early on in the day against Truman, but in the last dual we weren't focused. I was happy with our performance, but we need to just maintain our focus, especially this late in the season.