Mike Hamilton Great Quotations

We have been blessed with great tradition - established by having a great University, great coaches and great players. In establishing a set of criteria with extremely high standards, these three stood out among the rest. Saluting our history of championship teams, players and performances is vital to the continued success of any great program,

This will be a great series for our team and our fans, and it continues our model of playing major interconference rivals that bring national attention to our program,

When you look at programs like Nebraska, Oklahoma and Florida State and Ohio State and others and you see the retired numbers there, we felt like this was a logical progression that we needed to really consider. We have a great football heritage, and maybe we need to start recognizing that more so.

Right now, we have plans to put a Neyland statue out there, as well as some type of system to recognize our great players, All-Americans and College Hall of Fame members,

For future games, we hope our fans will continue to support our teams with great passion and energy but will celebrate victories in the stands and not on the floor.