For the most part, they have really been our bank. They have been the ones to step up and support us when we somehow get to downfalls.

I am pleased that the conference office and our department were able to work on this together and come to a conclusion.

If I make a dollar that means we're working and then we'll start working on taking the cumulative deficit down.

In my public comments that were made to the stadium board, we came out and stated that it was always our intent to perhaps not pay any rent in the 2005 football season.

There might have been a game back in football where if you have 2,000 more people come, then all of a sudden you've closed that gap. So we're in a fluid business and you just have to keep dealing with it.

A lot of times we field calls about the large blocks of tickets that are held by corporations and different people who sometimes don't come to the contests. Now they will be able to put those tickets back into the system.

No question, it can bring in money for us. But the most important thing about it is it eases the transfers of tickets between the fans, and it gets people into the stadiums quickly.

Scholarship reductions in any sport are not easy to accept.

Scholarship reductions in any sport are not easy to accept. I have spoken to the coaches of both sports involved and impressed on them a need for improvement to avoid these scholarship reductions in the future.

The scope of the disaster is indescribable. I'm sure our fans will respond with overwhelming support and provide much-needed funds for the victims of this catastrophe.