Skip Bertman
Skip Bertman
J. Stanley "Skip" Bertmanis a former college baseball coach and athletic director at Louisiana State University. He led the LSU Tigers baseball team to College World Series Championships in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, and 2000...
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It's great we're able to do all this. We will get a extremely large amount of publicity by hosting the NFL. But as far as doing that again next year, we'll have to look at that.
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This was as minimal an amount as I could do to make us compete at very high levels. This is the best five years in this school's athletic history, not just in the wins by the football team but certainly in academics.
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We stand ready and willing to serve the Sugar Bowl. We'll offer them all our athletic facilities.
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We're a very flexible campus. We actually still have people in the special needs shelter at the Field House.
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Although the cost of running the athletics program increases each year, we didn't plan to raise prices this season. Unfortunately, the impact of the recent hurricanes has forced us to accelerate the need to make these price increases now.
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They opted for a different setting. We would have to pay Fresno State more money than the other two.
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As you know, there is unfortunately an element in every crowd that does not exhibit good sportsmanship. And when crowds grow to the size of those on a football game day, it takes only a very small percentage of offenders to ruin the day for so many.
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As far as I'm concerned, John is going to be our coach for a long time.
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This is history-making. In a hurricane-laden year, people needed something uplifting and spiritual. I think these teams have captivated the entire country. I am proud of the women, and I am proud of the men.
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This could be the first time in history that the men and women from one school won the SEC basketball championships.
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This contract shows our belief in what she's doing and what she will do in the future for women's basketball at LSU.
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So we got our night game, but not on Saturday night. Our preference was to play on Sunday night if not Saturday. We weren't going to move this game (to another location).
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The money from this game is all going to be donated to the hurricane relief fund.
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This is a modest increase in our ticket price in order for us to continue to move forward our basketball programs. One of our short term goals is to begin a feasibility study for a new basketball practice facility for both our men's and women's basketball teams, and this move is the first step in making that happen.