You're talking about a piece of machinery that's as wide as an eight-lane highway, that's taller than the Houston Astrodome. It's awe-inspiring when you're next to it.

The conditions tonight obviously were a big factor for Houston. They're a team that does a lot of short passing. When you have the wet conditions it makes it harder for them to play their style.

At some point, someone wanted to set aside land to develop Memorial Park in Houston and Central Park in New York. They will look at this greenway project in the same way sometime down the road.

My relationship with Hubie was almost like father-son. It's a guy hooking up to a guy, talking about basketball, talking a lot about life. When he left, that hurt a lot of people on the team.

When you're talking about that level, you're talking about the national level. You're talking about the elite teams in the nation. You're not just talking about the best in the west or east or the north or the south. We're talking about great football programs.

Over the last several years, we started talking about a way to formalize the relationship. We began serious discussions (at) the beginning of this year.