All we ask for is the opportunity to compete, and come Friday evening, we hope we can do just that.

These guys signing with Division I schools shows that good things are happening with the Raider football program. It is great when these guys can go to the next level.

He's the one we have to watch, last year he did us in.

It shows that we have the program where we want it to go. So far we have been able to get kids the opportunity to play beyond high school and that is the big picture.

It's a defense that ranks first in our area, and amongst the best in the entire state, allowing only about 92 total yards a game.

They have a tremendously talented defense, if defense wins championships, then this defense would be the one to do it, they've been the 3A State runners-up the past two seasons.

The Bulldogs are very big up front defensively and offensively, and it's their great size that worries me the most.

Ryan and Randy are very important pieces in our defensive scheme, any time you lose key starters, you have to hope that their replacements can come in and fill the void.

We are young and we are still making mistakes. Overall, I think we are doing all right.

We are lacking experience, but our kids feel pretty positive about the season.