John Swofford Quotations

We feel that this system will benefit officiating in college football. All of us want a correct ruling on the field and we believe that implementing this system will enhance the quality of officiating. The system that was used by the Big Ten this past season received very positive reviews by administrators and coaches alike.

Ultimately, he was widely outvoted. We had to wear him down over a period of time. Finally, I think he realized there wasn't a whole lot he could say about that if that was the way the university wanted to honor him.

We're probably a little short on bowls for one year, ... We'll want to do everything we can possibly do to have a home for all of our bowl-eligible teams if at all possible. But that will be a challenge this particular year.

Hmm. Information that could have been brought to my attention yesterday .

Jim Weaver and Seth Greenberg are to be commended for how they have addressed this issue.

I think we're looked upon as being on equal footing. The proof is in the pudding. The fact of the matter is you have to go out and compete year in and year out.

We have talked about it but haven't been able to wrap our arms around a consensus. It is time for more serious discussions. The issue has more relevance than in the past.

We are currently working with both institutions to reschedule the game,

We are confident that this is the beginning of a great new tradition in ACC football and the annual hallmark of what will be one of the most anticipated and meaningful games of the year,

We owe the Big Ten a debt of gratitude,

There are a lot of ways to look at it, ... but I think we're right there with any of the other four conferences. And that's where we'd like to be, and where I feel we should be.

To be honest, there was some truth to that for a while. I think people were almost too comfortable in the beginning. Some people spent as much time looking around the building as getting into the game because it was so different from Carmichael.

Crowd control in all of our sports is an issue that our schools take seriously and is discussed on an ongoing basis. The safety of players, coaches and fans must always be the primary concern of any sporting event.

The rivalry is one of the greatest in college football and having these teams showcase their talents in front of a national audience to kickoff the season is tremendous,

The threshold should be 3:30. With the average approaching 3:30, we have to be concerned because a number of games went beyond that.

Football is a very physical sport and every player needs to be protected and players must respect each other's safety.

It's not as much of a financial bang as some people think. But certainly it would help, and prestige-wise it would be very positive.

No, I wouldn't equate it totally to dollars necessarily. Just like there are years some people may feel a certain conference is maybe a little better than the ACC, that doesn't mean their television dollars are going to equate to our television basketball dollars necessarily.

In talking with Miami officials it was evident that lights in the Orange Bowl would not be available, ... and consequently a 3:30 start on Saturday was simply not workable.

You win a lot, you're in the spotlight almost constantly. I think anybody that has long-term success in a world as competitive as major college athletics is going to have some criticism.