Our defense played great, just like we expected. Offensively we did just what I expected as well. We made a ton of mistakes, but we did what we had to.

They had to go in and replace the pipe and the fix the gauge, ... So that took some time.

We're working on trying to get some regular testing done on our own.

It's giving us a taste of fall.

You have to burn the tape, ... You start over because there isn't much to learn from that game. So we're going to regroup tomorrow and go from there. There are two things you can do when you face a situation like this - give in or come back. We've got eight games left, and we're not that bad.

It was a hit and run - boom.

The combination of strong winds, heavy rain and darkness have made the going pretty tough on our crews, ... But they will continue to work into, and if necessary, through the night to try to get service back up.

It'll just hurt 'til the next shows come around next year. I'll just have to work a little bit harder on some of the old prospects that I haven't heard from in a while and everything, but, yeah, it'll hurt definitely.

I worked for Knight Ridder for 18 years and I know the Detroit Free Press was part of the company's pride back in the old days. Now it seems, viewed from the outside, that these papers are like cards in a deck: you shuffle them, you deal them, you fold them, and the meaning of them as an institution in the community seems to have been lost.