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 been very fun and exciting to watch both teams.
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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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Football is woven into the fabric of society here, and to play next weekend would be great medicine for an ailing state, ... Some people might call it insensitive, but sometimes you need a distraction. You need a game.
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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.
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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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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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I don't think they could have gotten the people together to play a game by Saturday. They're used to having a whole year to prepare for a game. We never talked to them, and they seemed more interested in getting the Saints for a game.
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He oversaw budgets, did football scheduling, oversaw maintenance. His job included a little bit of everybody's job. That's what made him so knowledgeable and that's what will make him so valuable to Georgia Tech.
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It's great we're able to do all this. We will get an 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.