They were very good. It was a very productive meeting.

It's easy to start one if you can connect dots.

Fisher perfected what we had to do and has taken the program to new heights.

As soon as the military goes in and can establish appropriate law and order, stop vandalism, stop the gangs running through the area, attacking people, commandeering weapons and food, we'd be more than willing to participate.

We don't want to be your adversary. What we want to be is working with you people.

From the beginning, we wanted to compete with Army and Navy. All of the people running our program at the start were West Point graduates.

Imagine a performance with huge crowds, the city closing off River Drive for festivals and concerts where everyone could gather on the campus grounds as a setting. It would be a great gathering lawn that would easily hold 5,000.

Buck Shaw gave the academy instant name recognition because of his time in the NFL,

To play on national television and play in a bowl game, we had to get a special waiver from the NCAA. We weren't accredited yet because we hadn't graduated a senior class.