The longer the problem went on, fewer VPs seemed to be around. Only the occasional technician would accidentally pick up the phone if you were lucky.

I have been in touch with fellow Lions in Louisiana who are assisting me with coordinating needed items for the hurricane victims. Many homeless Lions are staying at a Lions children's camp in Leesville La., which has become a refuge for the homeless and also a distribution center for Lions helping Lions.

We handled their pressure pretty well, we just needed more offense again. Sun Prairie is probably the most talented team from top to bottom that we've played all year and you have to give them a lot of credit.

MCI WorldCom is made up of so many large companies in their own right that they all have a bad habit of blaming a different unit. When I have a problem and call, for example, the MFS unit, they tell me its UUNet's fault. When I call UUNet, they send me back to MFS. I'm not surprised that they were so disingenuous with this problem.