I feel personally very compromised. Wouldn't it be wonderful for Merced County to become this one oasis in an overdeveloped read more

I feel personally very compromised. Wouldn't it be wonderful for Merced County to become this one oasis in an overdeveloped region?

We are in a major revolt right now.

We are in a major revolt right now.

All you need is one stunning pot and one stunning plant.

All you need is one stunning pot and one stunning plant.

I believe that the addition of the 12th regular-season game would make any playoff even more difficult. I find little read more

I believe that the addition of the 12th regular-season game would make any playoff even more difficult. I find little support for a playoff among presidents of major universities, and I believe some voted for the 12th game in lieu of that.

The things that it saw as priorities 10 years ago, they may still be priorities, but they aren't necessarily the read more

The things that it saw as priorities 10 years ago, they may still be priorities, but they aren't necessarily the only priorities.

I'm hoping to get track-side for that one. It's equivalent to being next to your favorite baseball payer or Barry read more

I'm hoping to get track-side for that one. It's equivalent to being next to your favorite baseball payer or Barry Bonds, in the presence of legends.

In some places if you get to the Final Eight and lose to the No. 1 seed and win 32 read more

In some places if you get to the Final Eight and lose to the No. 1 seed and win 32 games, there's 6,000 people waiting to meet you at the airport when you go home. But with us, with our tradition, people say, 'What happened?' We're just a team that came close . . . a team that almost had a chance to be great.

I think the team has potential. Our pitching looks pretty good and defense looks pretty good, which is the way read more

I think the team has potential. Our pitching looks pretty good and defense looks pretty good, which is the way we usually win games.

I come from a tradition of screenwriting -- with a co-writer -- where everything is challenged, where you have to read more

I come from a tradition of screenwriting -- with a co-writer -- where everything is challenged, where you have to defend every idea, ... I am a robber of ideas, but for there to be ideas, you have to have discussion. If everyone takes my word for the truth, you can't do that.