There was an unease that was beginning to spread out among all the people who had come into contact with him.

We feel we can be ranked higher than what we are. Our goal wasn't to be ranked at the beginning of the year, it was to win the Big Ten championship. We think we can be up there with the best of them. We feel we have just as much talent as anybody in the country.

I don't think we've taken a couple steps back. I definitely think we're better than we were at the beginning of last season. But we haven't progressed like I think we should have. But it only takes game for that spark to go and for us to get back on track.

We are just in the beginning phase of the plan.

The FSA tests are beginning to affect teaching and learning in a bad way. Because those tests are used to evaluate schools, students and classrooms, what's started to happen is teachers are being forced to teach to the test.

I think he's a wannabe. He's ready to sacrifice his life at this point and become a martyr. In many ways, it would be more painful for him to just remain in prison and be forgotten.