The weather was still a factor as the wind was blowing and growing stronger as the game wore on. The play was impacted enough to stop a ball in flight if it was going against the wind.

We just haven?t handled pressure well. You can weather some of that stuff if you can dump it inside and score, but we?re not doing that.

We are in a general weather pattern the last couple weeks where there is going to be, every few days, a weather system moving across the Northern Great Plains. So rain is likely not only Monday night and Tuesday, but late Thursday night and Friday from the next system. So it's an active weather pattern.

We had small pockets of weather to contend with in the Northeast and some wind at O'Hare, but overall we got off to a good start.

[Though a brief downpour did threaten festival activities Wednesday, Mack said the weather forecast for the remainder of the rally looks clear.] Im glad it rained because behind the clouds, it looks cool and clear for the next four days, ... [The festival] is running as smooth as its ever been.

He served the ball extremely well, even in this weather. Ryan, he's just steady.