David Parry Quotes (10 Quotes)

Simply, what you had was too many men on the field by Nebraska -- a whole slew of them -- and Michigan had two or three extra men out there. Since both teams had too many men and both teams fouled, it was an offsetting penalty, and the game was over. I think it might have been wise to throw penalty flags and to announce, to say, that it was an offsetting penalty the game was over.

We're proud and happy about what we got off the ground in 2004. We've sent out a lot of mailings and we've been to a lot of meetings.

The jury obviously, to some extent, believed the arguments that we made,

My dad was a diehard fan, ... We had season tickets from when I was about 5 to about 12 years old. I used to go to a couple of games a year. I still remember where the seats were, too, 15-yard line, on the scoreboard side, under the awning. So if it rained or whatever, we were always underneath.

We stopped for some plays that weren't worthy of being looked at.

Parry, who spoke from his home in Indiana, said the debate over game times seems to be growing louder. We need to look at some ways to speed up the games because they seem to be getting longer and longer and longer, ... It'll come up at the (NCAA) rules committee meeting in February. Maybe there are some tweaks to the rules we can make, maybe look at the length of commercial breaks.

If anything, my high school has even better attendance today than some Mondays.

They were not so fast to scream at refs of the field because they knew if a play was called wrong, it would get corrected upstairs.

The jury obviously had some issues back there as to what the evidence was, and there had to be some concern about the penalty, ... It's kind of a huge win.

I think the future of it is bright. Generally, it received good reports. There were a few bumps along the way but nothing significant where you'd hear anyone say, 'Chuck this, it's not working.' It's been the other way around. Most people believe it's been a good thing that has brought credibility and a trust (to the sport).