38 Quotes by Mike Slive

One of the great things about the Southeastern Conference is our fans and our support -- the importance of college football. On occasion that exuberance goes over the top. What we'd ultimately like to do is channel it on the field.

He has resigned and will no longer officiate in the Southeastern Conference. If he had not resigned, he would have been prevented from officiating in this league.

Hurricane Katrina has devastated the lives of victims in four of the SEC's states, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi, and may continue to do so for months and years to come,

Just the fundamental format, I think, needs explanation.

I will have discussions with our athletics directors soon and will recommend that we eliminate the subjective element of the tiebreaker and replace it with objective criteria.

I was very impressed with the culture of the committee. You leave your hat at the door, so to speak, and do the best that you can with the material that's in front of you. There's a lot of information and the data is used in a way that's very efficient in terms of comparing teams. Then you have subjective impressions and the final analysis.

I think one of the things that we need to be doing over the next several months is explaining the double-hosting model, which is in effect the national championship game rotating through the four bowls. I think there might be some confusion as to how the teams get to the (title) game.

It doesn't do me any good to speculate.

It creates a situation that would tolerate that format.