Jay Jacobs
Jay Jacobs
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We're going to make the best decision that doesn't put us at a competitive disadvantage with our sister institutions. I want to base it on what came here in 1999 when we were top 10 in the country. That's where we're headed. It's OK to have a demand that outweighs the supply. It's OK for us to not have enough seats to create a demand and excitement and people wanting to attend.
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We just did a ticket increase and an apparel deal with Under Armour. Some of that would go to it. We're looking at fighting it from both ends -- pulling from these additional revenues we had to create to keep our program where we all want it to be and go out and ask donors.
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I think what they have is comparable to what we want to end up with.
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Our mission statement is to ensure Auburn has the pre-eminent athletics department in the nation. And we're going to get there by following our two cardinal rules: Always tell the truth, and always treat others as you'd like to be treated. If we can do that, we'll succeed.
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That attitude expressed by Ford's supporters is exactly the rationale that led us to support the strongest candidate.
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Kim is not being pushed anywhere whatsoever. This is the team we are assembling. It is well thought-out.
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What we'd want to eventually do, if we stay in the coliseum, is replace all the seats, have a new scoreboard and do the things to update it.
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Certainly I can have no valid objection to his personal political preferences. However, making them known in such a public way, I believe, compromises both the appearance and the reality of nonpartisanship so expected from journalists and media commentators.
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We may have some blanks to fill, but I'm confident we'll do that.
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Moving the LSU game to Sept. 16 allowed us to accomplish two goals. First, we are able to avoid playing five consecutive conference games in the middle of the schedule. Secondly, it allowed us to have our first SEC home game in September instead of the first weekend in October.
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No one can find any words that I have spoken to you or anyone else that constitutes a threat to you or anyone else. Suffice it to say that I have been accused of making threats before. It goes with the nature of the position that I hold.
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We've asked the facilities division to give us some information, what they think is reasonable that we could expect this to cost.
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We're going to diligently look at our options and make the best decision for Auburn. We're going to try not to rush anything. We'll be deliberate and keep things moving, but we're going to explore and make sure we know what's best for Auburn.
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We wanted to cooperate and work together with other institutions to make sure everything was in place before releasing the schedule. We appreciate our Auburn fans' patience as we worked to complete the 2006 schedule.