Herb Vincent
Herb Vincent
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Usually that never happens. We keep the (visiting team) buses moving so the fans never get the opportunity to touch the buses.
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Everything we'd normally do to get ready for a game we're doing. There's a tremendous value to the people of Louisiana at the right time to play a football game to help bring people together. That's why we're working hard to get that done.
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That's a very attractive home game, and we don't want to lose that. But we don't always know what's happening in New Orleans and how it will affect us.
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We wouldn't think we'd have to postpone the game.
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It's a shame she couldn't be there to coach the team the last two years. These were her best teams, and the crowds were the biggest. The program has improved by leaps and bounds by what she did.
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We decided to wait and see what the storm does for now. The chancellor is weighing the issues about school on Monday.
cooperation involved
We have to have a lot of cooperation from everyone involved and our fans. We've never done something like this before.
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They're going to work as long as they can on Monday. They will also secure all possible projectiles around the stadium and batten down all other construction and equipment around the stadium for the storm.
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After practice, instead of just going home, the football players would walk across the street to the Maravich Center and ask if they could help out. So many of their own family and friends were affected by it. They really understood the magnitude of it.
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The people who met today aren't the people who work out the nitty-gritty details to make things happen. LSU will obviously be reimbursed for expenses and would not suffer financial losses from this arrangement. Beyond that, not a lot of details have been settled. They will emerge in the days to come.
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We may have an announcement on that very soon, possibly Friday.
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Before the hurricane, it would have been one big Mardi Gras-type party this weekend. But it wasn't appropriate to have that when there's people with dire needs and emergencies.