Jay Jacobs
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basketball best chance classroom drive edge fill helps invest program recruit
That is what helps you get the blue-chip student-athletes that are exceptional in the classroom and on the court. That is what helps the drive to fill that up. We want to invest in the Auburn basketball program to give them the best chance to recruit the best and have the chance to have a competitive edge on the court.
grants help mac move request shifting
The MAC will help us. We'll just have to do some shifting around if the SEC grants the request to move the LSU game. If it's not Temple, it could be another MAC team. I don't see that being a problem.
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.
base best came create decision demand excitement ok people seats sister top wanting
We're going to make the best decision that doesn't put us at a competitive disadvantage with our sister institutions. I want to base it on what came here in 1999 when we were top 10 in the country. That's where we're headed. It's OK to have a demand that outweighs the supply. It's OK for us to not have enough seats to create a demand and excitement and people wanting to attend.
best decision deliberate diligently explore options rush sure
We're going to diligently look at our options and make the best decision for Auburn. We're going to try not to rush anything. We'll be deliberate and keep things moving, but we're going to explore and make sure we know what's best for Auburn.
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.
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.
comparable
I think what they have is comparable to what we want to end up with.
additional apparel ask both create deal ends fighting increase looking program pulling ticket
We just did a ticket increase and an apparel deal with Under Armour. Some of that would go to it. We're looking at fighting it from both ends -- pulling from these additional revenues we had to create to keep our program where we all want it to be and go out and ask donors.
allowed avoid conference five games home instead middle playing september week
We were 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 week in October.
closer diligently trying work
We're a lot closer than we were, but we still have a lot of work to do. Everyone is trying diligently to get to an end where we can make a decision.
capacity higher maybe worse
Well, maybe not worse than this right now. I was working with children, and sometimes they have a higher capacity than adults.
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New York voters have a long history of not going along with the candidate that the establishment tells them to support. They don't like being told what to do, and their ears will perk up when there's a contest.
campaign giving harder impression mounting top
They are only giving the impression of mounting a campaign for the top of the ticket, but are working much harder down ballot.