Published by TVGuide.com
NFL Preview Issue, September 5-11, 2004
Are there idiotic questions you just won't ask?
I don't want to grab a coach just because we can. I don't want to ask questions like, "Coach, you turned the ball over 10 times. What do you have to do in the second half?"
You've been at this a long time. Does anything scare you anymore?
Well, now there's an "incident room" in every stadium, if there's an act of terrorism or anything like that. I hope I'm not one of the incidents!
Did you ever want to run away and join the circus?
Are you kidding? This is a circus!
What's the down side of working in the sidelines?
I hate being the Human Popsicle, like in Green Bay in December. But there's a way to beat that. Watch your feet. The trick is sock, baggie, sock — 3 layers to insulate the heat. That's the secret of the sidelines.
How far will you go on the field to get a story? Is there any line you won't cross?
Yes, and it's a little bit like Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said about pornography: I know it when I see it.