Paul Hoolahan
Paul Hoolahan
built consider equity game understood
There's way too much equity built into our game to even consider it. That has been understood from the start.
assess engineers structural
It's being decontaminated right now. Then the engineers can go in and assess the structural issues.
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They went on a rampage. They broke down the doors and stole just about everything we had. Interestingly, they didn't take a lot of irreplaceable Sugar Bowl memorabilia. But the place was a mess; before I could enter my office I had to take shots and put on a hazardous-waste suit.
basically involving taking
This was pre-Katrina, absolutely. This was basically involving negotiations with Fox, which is taking over the broadcast.
city continue everybody involved state talk totally
We are going to continue to talk with city and state officials, everybody who will need to be involved in this process. This is totally about New Orleans.
amount far help last learned relatively short year
Actually what we went through last year is going to help us. When we went to Atlanta, we learned how to get a lot done in a relatively short amount of time. We have come so far from where we were. We'll be able to do this.
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The Sugar Bowl cup, the original cup, believe it or not, was still there. We quickly left with that.
conference footprint furnishes host played team within
The Southeastern Conference (which furnishes the host team for the bowl) wanted it played within the (geographic) footprint of the league, and it was only appropriate that it should be.
baton confidence level played today
I can't say with any level of confidence today that it won't be played in Baton Rouge.
governor happen knowing mayor possible state
We want to be able to go to the legislators, the mayor and the governor knowing that we did everything humanly possible to make it happen in the state of the Louisiana.
basically daunting days pull task
It's just a daunting task and we've basically got about 90 days to pull it off. We're going to need a lot of help.
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It's a similar situation to many homes in New Orleans. They've got to gut everything inside. They've got to repair the roof. There's a lot of issues.
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It's been a great relationship. Twelve years is a long run and it worked to both of our benefits. You couldn't ask for a better sponsor.
creating feels month sponsor starting title trying uncharted water
There's a lot of uncharted water we'll be trying to navigate. Just creating a new logo that incorporates our new title sponsor is very time-consuming. We're about a month behind, but sometimes it feels like more. In a lot of areas, we're starting from scratch.