The vision I had for the school is about to be completed. It's just too bad we didn't get to move to the Big East Conference at the outset. Going to Conference USA is the only reason I left (for Oklahoma, following the 1994 season). I wasn't interested in playing in that league.
When you are playing this building game, you don't concern yourself with the ones you don't get. You concern yourself with the ones you want. There were some that went somewhere that were comparable to us, but some that went to places bigger than us.
We're playing way over our heads, ... But that's OK. We did the same thing at Louisville. It's going to make us a better football team in three or four years.
We have done our homework and the kids that we are bringing in are the kids that we want. Early in life when you are playing this building game you aren't concerned about the ones you don't get. You have to make sure the ones that you get are the ones that you want.