46 Quotes by Mike Hamilton

We knew it was going to be a tough game no matter who was in their lineup. They played well. But we stuck to the game plan and persevered at the end.

We're not living in the middle of that every day. It's life. There are folks in Baton Rouge who are having to deal with circumstances that hopefully none of us will ever have to deal with personally. That's what makes it touchy.

When you look at programs like Nebraska, Oklahoma and Florida State and Ohio State and others and you see the retired numbers there, we felt like this was a logical progression that we needed to really consider. We have a great football heritage, and maybe we need to start recognizing that more so.

Right now, we have plans to put a Neyland statue out there, as well as some type of system to recognize our great players, All-Americans and College Hall of Fame members,

Coach didn't want to put the lineup up because he didn't want guys on our team worrying about who was in or who was out.

Are we going to recognize our tradition or not? If we're going to recognize our tradition, then let's get on with it.

It was definitely a big monkey off my back.

It put the Georgia security people in a bad situation, and frankly, it put our people in a bad situation. It happened in the excitement of the moment, and our intentions were good. It was truly a celebration of our fans. But all things being equal, we don't need to have our players in the stands of an opposing arena. It wasn't fair to put Georgia in that kind of position.

For future games, we hope our fans will continue to support our teams with great passion and energy but will celebrate victories in the stands and not on the floor.