Jim Delany Quotes (10 Quotes)

There have been discussions about the Big Ten being down, and my reaction was, I don't think we're down, ... I don't think we have a Kentucky or an Arizona in our league. But I'd rather have quality depth than shallow depth in one or two good teams. And I think that's what we have.

Any versions of the 'plus one' concept that have been bandied about in the media would not satisfy the test that the Big Ten presidents and chancellors have applied when addressing our relationship with the Rose Bowl.

I think one of the big issues that has been very unintended, but very much reinforced by the media, is using this term BCS over and over again for purposes for which it was never considered, ... It was simply a way to support the bowl system and to provide a 1 vs. 2 game for the coaches, the players and the public. It's been really difficult for the conferences that don't have automatic ties to the Rose Bowl, the Sugar, the Orange or the Fiesta to constantly hear that they are 'non-BCS.'

It was an effective p.r. effort by the Cowen group, I don't think there's any doubt about that. All things being equal, we wouldn't have gone to a fifth bowl. ... Although we were moving in an evolutionary way toward more inclusion, whether we would have

We have healthier programs in the middle than we've ever had. Part of that is based on more television opportunities for more people and more bowl opportunities for more people.

The bowls know what they know. And the selection process is sacrosanct. We may get disappointed, but that is the nature of the bowl system.

Intercollegiate athletics is a big business, ... For anyone to say it's not would be disingenuous.

To have Penn State back in the mainstream is a very good thing, not just for the Big Ten but for all of college football.

If you disagree with it, that's your right. It's your choice. It's OK, ... But we have a lot of people coming to our games. We've got a lot of people watching our games (on TV). ... Why would we change what we're doing

We choose to play at that time so whatever the consequences are, we bear them.