18 Quotes by Todd Matthews

We've already had some dangerous situations, and I am really dreading March.

We've already had a dangerous situation in January with a number of grass fires. But the month I dread is March.

We're happy to get a win to start the season. A lot of the guys playing now were a big part of the two wins to end last year and we hope to keep them motivated to continue the streak.

I don't know that I've ever seen that in high school football.

People just really have to be careful of what they are doing. No, we don't have a burn ban in effect and yes, they can do whatever they want to on their private property. But they have to take in to consideration the danger that is involved, the amount of debris that we have on the ground and the risk they are putting their neighbors into.

We are trying to discourage people from doing any outdoors burning. We have not had a really bad fire season in a while. This is as bad as it has been since I have been with the Forestry Commission. But the potential for a truly bad fire season is now.

The problem is the landowner can't afford to have his timber cleaned up because there's no market now for the pines or hardwood.

We are just not able to keep up with the number of wildfires we are having right now. These guys are actually from North Mississippi. They came down to help us out. We are so short handed that we have had to call in other crews to help us out.

We knew we had to get back to the run to regain control of the game and take some time off the clock.