Rick Dickson Quotations

I have shared with our coaches that Tulane athletics has been given a role and a mission, ... We have to carry the message, to Tulanians especially, but also to the whole country, that an institution as valuable as a 170-year-old university and a culture as rich and vibrant as ours in New Orleans, will not and cannot be erased by this disaster.

Our first preference is to first identify a home away from home venue for our football team.

Our community needs hope. Our student-athletes represent hope for them. They will carry the torch and be the face, and display the name of Tulane University and the New Orleans community until we are able to come home and do that on our own campus.

Until we get a sense of what the next step is, I really think this is a good outpost for us as far in terms of stability and trying to maintain some normalcy.

It looks as though Fogelman may have dodged a serious bullet,

It just made the most sense, based on availability. We know that many of our fans have relocated along the I-10 corridor from Baton Rouge to Houston, and, with its central location in that region, Lafayette will be a great site.

Then, we'll put the logistics of the athletic piece together next.

That's absolutely something we think about all the time, ... Everyday, we keep in mind that we're representing (Tulane).

This is the first step and a significant event in the healing process for Tulane athletics, our university, our city and those affected in the Gulf South.

Until 4 p.m. on Friday, ... we didn't know the answer if we could compete in our sports programs.