They're definitely considered people who believed in a cause and were willing to sacrifice themselves -- and, unfortunately, others -- to achieve that cause.

To some degree that has been our story, not being able to capitalize – put the ball in the net. We feel good. We dominated the game and played well. We were switching the ball and that's what we were aiming for in the second half.

All of a sudden there is a dark cloud over McLaughlin. There is no indictment, no official accusation of wrongdoing, but the terrible cloud looms nevertheless.

We want to do whatever we can to be helpful on this matter.

I was just looking for a little pop pass over the middle. The quarterback was pressured, so he kind of threw behind the receiver. The ball was all wobbly, so I knew it wasn't a good pass.

I felt like I let the team down by getting into trouble. I had to let the boys know I was still here.