Rockford Quotes

"We`re not as crazy as we used to be. Nobody`s laid out with a jones anymore. Now we know what we have to do and we do it. What`s fun is getting to meet all the people whose music we listen to. It`s a gas! We met Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick ... he was the greatest! He hung out with us when we played Rockford, Illinois and he got totally plastered! No more tequila for you Rick! When he pulled that stuff out, I knew there`d be problems. What a wild guy. We loved him. When we left him, he was sacked out on the floor."

We held out as long as we could. In order to get the gates up and running for the airport`s regular schedule of flights, we had to take the command center down. Everything is still there at the airport and can be reassembled in a very short time if a flight does come to Rockford.

Pad level, the speed of the game and tempo. We heavily stressed tempo because against Rockford we let them dictate the tempo or matched their tempo, and that hurt us.

The difference was essentially four plays. You can`t let a team like Rockford have plays like that.

I am proud to be able to play a part in bringing indoor football to the Rockford area. It`s our goal to make sure that each game is a memorable experience for fans, young and old,