Kevin Weiberg Quotes (20 Quotes)

There has been no directive from college presidents and chancellors to ask us to research creating a playoff structure,

... A 12-game regular season with the opportunity for a conference championship game and a single postseason bowl game is where most presidents and chancellors have been at this point.

The council was careful to clarify in its vote that the action was based upon the unique circumstances presented in the Baylor situation.

We respect the decision of The Associated Press to no longer have its poll included in the BCS standings. Since the inception of the BCS, the AP poll has been part of our standings. We appreciate the cooperation we have received from the organization in providing rankings on a weekly basis. We will discuss alternatives to the Associated Press poll at the upcoming BCS meetings and plan to conclude our evaluation of the BCS standings formula, including any other possible changes by our April meeting.

We'd like to have those issues resolved prior to conference media days in late July.

I think at some future point -- I don't know when that point will arrive -- there has to be an analysis of several factors. There will have to be some analysis of on-field performance, there would have to be a historical review, as well as some attempt to analyze future potential.

I appreciate how you can get into that spot, but you have to be very careful about the potential ramifications. It hasn't been uncommon to have classes like 28 or 29, but I've never seen one as high as 30.

It's so hard because you end up dividing all your time.

Every year there are deserving teams that do not make it. This particular year the at-large positions were filled automatically, under the rules that all of the conferences and Notre Dame agreed to.

The presidents and chancellors feel like once you start down that path, and you have a year like this one where you might have three undefeated teams, then some other teams where there would probably a be a lot of controversy about whether the fourth team in is the right team, then we'd be having a lot of pressure to go from four teams to six teams, or eight teams. Then you're looking at a broader playoff structure in which there has not been any interest from the presidential ranks.

These voters have pledged their seriousness in participation. If they don't have a legitimate excuse we want the Harris people to excuse them.

Big 12 teams have been part of the bowl since its inception and we very much appreciate the continued opportunity to have a presence in Houston.

It's a long ways to go, and that's why you can't put too much emphasis on the first standings, because there are too many games yet to be played.

It is difficult to put into words how much she will be missed in the coaching profession. Marsha's program at Texas Tech has been a model for the growth and success of women's basketball and has been an important catalyst in the growth of the sport in the Big 12 conference.

He has been very good to work with, and his sideline demeanor had been exemplary. I have great respect for him and understand that he was acting on emotion, ... However, the Big 12 and its member institutions place tremendous emphasis on the conference's sportsmanship policy.

Marsha Sharp has been such a great coach and a wonderful ambassador for the sport that it is difficult to put into words how much she will be missed in the coaching profession.

Every year, there are teams that are deserving teams that do not make it.

I don't really know precisely why we're having this hearing.

This is a new model that presents unique opportunities for the bowls hosting them. The feedback from our current bowl partners has been very positive towards it.

Coach Wooldridge's remarks violate the conference's principles and standards of sportsmanship. Frustration from a close loss is not a justification to publicly criticize game officials and it certainly does not justify making a baseless claim that officials favor one team over another.