Skip Bertman Recovery Quotations

We don't want to interfere with the recovery effort in any way.

We don't want to interfere with the recovery in any way. And there are no hotel rooms in Baton Rouge for the Arizona State team, for the SEC officials, for the media or for the ESPN crew.

No athletic director would want his football coach to open up on the road with a top-20 team and lose the home field advantage. We worked for a long time trying to solve every problem, but in the end there were some concerns that we just couldn't control. Like the immediate use of the Maravich Center and the Field House. Of course we don't want to interfere with the recovery effort in any way. Money's not an issue in this thing, my God.

The football team feels just like you do, just like we all do. They want to help. And hopefully, against Arizona State (on Sept. 10), that will be a time - after some recovery and some mourning - when the athletics can once again act as a bonding agent to get everybody back together on a positive note.

The events of yesterday and this morning have made it clear that this is not the time to play a football game. This is a dire situation that rivals any in the history of our state, and our priorities are on participating in recovery efforts.

The events of (Monday) and (Tuesday) have made it clear that this is not the time to play a football game. This is a dire situation that rivals any in the history of our state, and our priorities are on participating in recovery efforts.