This is not going to be an easy year,

It kind of just typifies our whole year, having to scratch and claw through it all. It's not always easy. We were playing the number five or six team in the country and we knew it was going to be tough, so I'm proud of the way our guys did compete.

It's not easy during or after the campaign and I am sure that he realized that. I certainly am sorry to hear that health issues have impacted him and affected what he wanted to do. I certainly hope that his health improves quickly and dramatically.

It's not a pleasant feeling by any means. Last year it was tough just to try to get up for games, to get any kind of motivation going. But if you keep thinking about it and thinking about it, it starts to get to you, and that's a bad thing. You just have to keep your mind focused on your job and what you have to do to help your team win. Eventually, we'll get one.

It's an easy thing to do and if we don't get it under control in poultry, every year it's going to get back in wild birds and every year it's going to spread around again and we'll never get this thing under control.

I'm happy because I'm not in Detroit. I never have to live in Detroit.