We thought perhaps if we invited Texas A&M as well, we might get Texas,

The idea is to try to get relationships developed because it's my thought that when an athletic director has to hire a major coach, he doesn't have time to really start meeting people. There's the statement made that ADs hire people they know. Well, it's true. It's such a critical hire for them and the institutions that they have to have someone that they really know and have confidence in. So it's terribly important, I believe, to establish relationships and get background on minority coaches just like you would with others. So we took some extra effort to make sure that occurs.

He was pitching against a team that was very focused and I thought they did a real good job of hitting the pitches where they were thrown. They didn't come out of their shoes on anything and kept a very, very solid base,

I made the vote predicated on what I thought was right.

It was thought that a high death toll would hamper the rebuilding and re-population of the city.

For a bunch of young kids, I thought we played real good. We had opportunities. We had a chance but just didn't come through with that key hit.