"This will be the spark that sort of lights the flame down here to really get this game at a different position" -- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, on tonight’s Packers-Eagles game being the first to be played in Brazil ( "Today," NBC, 9/6).
"If we’re going to grow, it will be for the right reason, and right now there’s no compelling reason" -- Univ. of Iowa President Barbara Wilson, on how the Big Ten is done expanding for now (Cedar Rapids GAZETTE, 9/5).
