Eric Hyman
Eric Hyman
Eric Hymanis a former athletic director at Texas A&M University. He has also served as athletic director of the University of South Carolina, Texas Christian University, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and The Virginia Military Institute...
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To captivate the attention from everybody around the country has elevated South Carolina to put us in the position where we can continue to build and maintain this momentum. What he's done this year is build a foundation, an anchor.
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Both schools agreed it was best to play the rivalry game on the final weekend to conclude the regular season.
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With a 12-game regular-season in effect, we want to play seven home games each year. You would rather play opponents within the state that people are familiar with and can identify with than play a school with no name recognition. Financially, it's a win-win situation for everyone in the state.
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We have a wonderful opportunity, a long way to go, to get our presentation up to speed with our competition. This will help us do some of that.
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Really what it all boils down to is (charging) $40 to go watch a Southeastern Conference football game reasonable? I think in the marketplace if you compare us (to other schools) ... it's more than reasonable.
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Our objective is to try to do this on an annual basis. We want to reconnect with our past. Our past is very important to us.
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Stability. I'm looking for stability. The key word that Craig said is shared vision. That's what we're excited about.
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I think we have huge room for improvement.
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Is a $40 price to go watch a Southeastern Conference football game reasonable? We've done our due diligence around the country. You'll see that it's more than reasonable.
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Give the credit to Dave (Odom). I may have jumped on board, but as soon as I got here and had a talk with Dave, one of the first things he mentioned was the history and some of the things he thought we should do; I happened to agree, but it started with him.
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He has a familiarity in the system, both in the athletics department and in the university.
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He is a people person and is very talented, as indicated by his proven track record.
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We have to have a grasp of where we are from a budgetary standpoint. We have to have better accountability and we have to run it like a business.
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When it's all said and done, I'm held responsible for our budget. If I had the latitude, there's nothing I would rather do than grant everybody's wishes. Unfortunately, I'm not in that position.