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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No one has called me. But I think this shows what people think about John as a coach.
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We are working hard to address the problem presented by the small percentage of people who, by their actions, damage the reputation of an entire University.
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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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We're a very flexible campus. We actually still have people in the special needs shelter at the Field House.
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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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We can get back to some type of normalcy we're used to here and get a Saturday night in Tiger Stadium where we can turn our guys loose and turn the fans loose and for a brief time, three, four, maybe six hours, people can forget some serious, serious problems.
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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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You cant run a football game in Tiger Stadium without 1,500-1,600 people to help,
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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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We really want to play at home next week.