Dave Maggard
Dave Maggard
Dave Maggardis an American former Olympian and university athletic director...
goal national program
Our goal is to be right back as a national program - today.
bowl dollars longer millions money talking television
It's money that was here that is no longer here. You're talking about money at the gate, television money, bowl money. You're talking millions of dollars annually.
obviously saw season situation
First of all, they went through the whole situation before the season began. They indicated that what they saw would be adequate. Obviously they miscalculated.
guess longer save stay
I would guess that they would want to stay much longer (at Robertson) because they're going to save a lot of money.
bringing excited exploring fans football game giving home houston including several team
For 2007 and 2008 we are exploring several options, including Grambling State. We are excited about bringing this team to Houston and giving our football team and fans another home game and a very entertaining opponent.
housing work
We just couldn't work everything out. We have no on-campus housing available.
challenge challenges conference confident good meeting usa
We feel good about the challenge of the schedule. We think Conference USA is going to be very competitive ... we feel pretty confident in meeting the challenges of this schedule.
changed cut few guys last money power presidents program
When you see some of these presidents do screwy, interesting things, I don't know that things are changed markedly over the last few years. Some of these guys don't have the power to tell boosters or the money guys, 'Look, this is the way the thing is going to be. I'm going to cut this program down.' They'd be gone.
coaches ensure importance knew safety utmost
We knew this postponement was of the utmost importance to ensure the safety of our student-athletics, coaches and administrators.