A number of schools and athletic directors have stepped up and gone above and beyond more than anything I have experienced. We will never be able to express the amount of appreciation we have. |
I can't say enough about the tremendous outpouring of support we have received from every single person we have spoken to over the last several days. Our priority was to continue to provide a high quality academic and athletic experience for our athletes. This plan could not have come together without their help. |
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. |
I have shared with our coaches that Tulane athletics has been given a role and a mission. That is 'Carry the Torch, Be the Face, Represent the Name, of Tulane University'. 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. |
In the end, this is probably the best scenario, to return students to as normal a campus setting and experience as we could. |
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. |
It looks as though Fogelman may have dodged a serious bullet, |
Life as we know it in New Orleans and Tulane has changed. We have leaned on each other and gotten support. And there may be a stronger resolve than there has ever been. |
Logistics have not even been tackled. The first priority between now and next week is to make a decision of where to place the team and to get them in class. |
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. |
Our first preference is to first identify a home away from home venue for our football team. |
Our preference is to first identify a home away from home venue for our football team. The possibilities, there are more than a handful right now. We haven't weighed in on any of them at this point, and we haven't ruled any of them out. |
Somebody said it was a week ago Sunday this all began, ... It seems like many years ago. |
That's absolutely something we think about all the time, ... Everyday, we keep in mind that we're representing (Tulane). |
That's beyond the first phase of this, ... We're trying to make certain everyone is in safe harbor. |