We're trying to play less physical and knock the ball around more than we were before playing Arapahoe.

We're trying to play less physical and knock the ball around more than we were before playing Arapahoe.

For too long, the publicity of the sport has come in a two-week window (during the College World Series). And read more

For too long, the publicity of the sport has come in a two-week window (during the College World Series). And now, we're trying to put it in the center stage year round.

That's a third of the game, ... And special teams determine field position.

That's a third of the game, ... And special teams determine field position.

The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. Consequently, pastoralists living read more

The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. Consequently, pastoralists living in these arid, remote lands have very few survival strategies left and desperately require our assistance to make it through until the next rains.

I am amazed. This is totally different from where we usually go.

I am amazed. This is totally different from where we usually go.

At USC, if you're running back there, and you do gain you over 1,500 yards, people see you as a read more

At USC, if you're running back there, and you do gain you over 1,500 yards, people see you as a candidate, but not one of the top ones.

What linebackers do is run and tackle, so you can't change the game to make it any easier. Besides, this read more

What linebackers do is run and tackle, so you can't change the game to make it any easier. Besides, this sort of thing really gets your focus sharp. What we're looking to do in this game, it kind of takes over everything else -- you really have to look at the opportunity you have instead of who's missing.

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your read more

I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.