I worry that we bring (student athletes) here and we tell them that they can be world-class in sports, and they can be world-class in academics. There's no off-season.
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It's a fabulous appointment. Bob will be great. Stanford couldn't have found a better guy.
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We've been 10-5 in the Big Game, that's not bad, ... Yet at the same time, we've been in the top 10 maybe three times in the 15 years I've been here. That's hard on everybody. It's hard on the students. It's hard on the coaches. It's certainly hard on the athletic director.
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