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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We really want to play at home next week.
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We feel good about the game being next Saturday, but the other day we thought we were going to be playing North Texas this Saturday. You never know. We think things might lighten up between now and then. But with the information we have now, I feel real good about the LSU-Arizona State game staying where it is.
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We feel good about the (ASU) game being next Saturday, but the other day we thought we were going to be playing North Texas this Saturday, ... You never know. We think things might lighten up between now and then. But with the information we have now, I feel real good about the LSU-Arizona State game staying where it is.
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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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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.
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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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I think the commissioner was impressed with the stadium and with how everything was handled. He knows we'll do what it takes to help keep the Saints. But we didn't talk about next year.
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It could happen that the federal government could tell us not to play the game. It depends on what is happening in New Orleans next week.
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We will now face significant logistical challenges . . .. Naturally our strong preference would have been to play during the weekend, but safety for student-athletes, fans and everyone else involved in a football game was the overriding factor for the commissioner.
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We will now face significant logistical challenges, but we hope for the continued cooperation of our fans. Naturally our strong preference would have been to play during the weekend, but safety for student-athletes, fans and everyone else involved in a football game was the overriding factor for the commissioner.
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We got our night game, but not on Saturday night. We'll have to be like the football players and focus. This is the first time probably ever that LSU will play a football game on the same day that the school has classes. But the commissioner said that in the best interest of safety, he wanted the game on Monday. He wasn't sure how much the winds will have subsided by Sunday.
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You have to remember these two have a long history that we don't know about. And the Baylor coach is high strung.
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We'd have to arrange something as far as a rental agreement. And it would have to work with the LSU football schedule. I'm not sure we could play football on a Saturday night and have it ready for Sunday afternoon.
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That would be something very special. It's already been a very special season.