We appreciate everything that Mark was able to accomplish in his one season at ULM. The program is definitely headed in the right direction and we are grateful to him for his leadership. We wish him the best in his future endeavors.

Obviously there are numerous Indian tribes in Louisiana. We're going to be in contact with those organizations to get — hopefully — a letter of affirmation. That will be a part of our appeal. We're starting that process right now.

We received information from the NCAA about the appeals process and that's what we were waiting on. Now we're collecting that data and we're going back to our committee that was involved in our mascot self study to begin with. They are formulating their plan to submit an appeal.

That is the framework we should use with this.

I was a history and government major at Ohio State University, and I've spent a lot of time just fiddling around with who the next president's going to be, over the years, or who would I like to see in that job, or whatever. And I've come to believe, without any reservation, in this era, the best-prepared person for this job by far is Donald Trump.

Chipotles to me are a one-of-a-kind pepper because they're smoked jalapenos, so they're fiery and they're smoky. It's good to use chipotles in salsas or soups or condiments - that works really well. To me, they always really pick up anything you put them in.