Jay Jacobs
Jay Jacobs
forward looking move
We're not looking to do anything other than to look forward and move forward.
academic care facility fix managing share taken
We've got to fix that. Some of that is being taken care of by managing the facility and reprioritization. It's a multi-use facility. We share that with the university's academic mission.
appreciate complete cooperate patience releasing sure together work worked
We wanted to cooperate and work together with other institutions to make sure everything was in place before releasing the schedule. We appreciate our Auburn fans' patience as we worked to complete the 2006 schedule.
deal giving great hitchcock love meant passing people prayers thoughts true truly
We are very saddened by the passing of Mr. Billy. A true gentleman, he was a very compassionate and giving person who meant a great deal to this university. He had a great love for Auburn and Auburn people and will truly be missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Hitchcock family.
accomplish allowed avoid conference five game games home instead middle moving playing september weekend
Moving the LSU game to Sept. 16 allowed us to accomplish two goals. First, we are able to avoid playing five consecutive conference games in the middle of the schedule. Secondly, it allowed us to have our first SEC home game in September instead of the first weekend in October.
accused anyone goes nature position spoken suffice threat threats words
No one can find any words that I have spoken to you or anyone else that constitutes a threat to you or anyone else. Suffice it to say that I have been accused of making threats before. It goes with the nature of the position that I hold.
appearance both certainly expected known media objection personal political public reality valid
Certainly I can have no valid objection to his personal political preferences. However, making them known in such a public way, I believe, compromises both the appearance and the reality of nonpartisanship so expected from journalists and media commentators.
athletics cardinal department ensure following mission others statement treat
Our mission statement is to ensure Auburn has the pre-eminent athletics department in the nation. And we're going to get there by following our two cardinal rules: Always tell the truth, and always treat others as you'd like to be treated. If we can do that, we'll succeed.
comparable
I think what they have is comparable to what we want to end up with.
attitude exactly expressed led strongest supporters
That attitude expressed by Ford's supporters is exactly the rationale that led us to support the strongest candidate.
eventually replace scoreboard stay update
What we'd want to eventually do, if we stay in the coliseum, is replace all the seats, have a new scoreboard and do the things to update it.
blanks confident
We may have some blanks to fill, but I'm confident we'll do that.
anywhere kim pushed team
Kim is not being pushed anywhere whatsoever. This is the team we are assembling. It is well thought-out.
asked division expect facilities reasonable
We've asked the facilities division to give us some information, what they think is reasonable that we could expect this to cost.