Tilman J. Fertitta Quotes

I was set to go to Oregon to play college baseball and football.

I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns.

I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.

I just don't understand the Big 12 not wanting to own Houston, Texas, which is soon to be the third-largest populous in the United States. To me, it's a no-brainer. I'm just kind of disappointed and shocked it's not an automatic.

I was going from Furman to the University of Georgia. I transferred to play football.

Iowa State's a great team; I know how tough they are in Ames.

I mean there's a hell of a difference between the Big Ten and the ACC when it comes to quality football.

I don't recruit against Nick Saban. I recruit for the University of Georgia.

I don't know how Coach Saban found me all the way in Hawaii from Alabama.

I will always root for the Sooners.

I love college football. I've been involved with college football since 1953. That's a long time as a player, coach and 30 years in television.

I can't stand USC. They get such media attention.

I go back to Francis Schmidt. Francis Schmidt was the Ohio State coach who hired me.

I think one thing I had going for me that a lot of rookies didn't is that we played 15, 16 games every year in college.

My brother went to Ohio State. I think Cris Carter just graduated, but Cris was there a lot. I got a chance to go up there and watch the battle between Ohio State and Michigan.

Football is football; I don't care if you're doing it in Division II, NAIA, or in the SEC or anything in between.

I think there's a lot of talent in the Big 12. I think there's a lot of good football teams. It's tough to play in the Big 12.

I'm a backup quarterback at the University of Dayton. I was a one-year starter in high school. I think I got the job in high school because our quarterback left and went to another school.

There's something about the Razorbacks that's unique to Arkansas - I don't know how many states have just one team that the entire state coalesces around. We don't have a pro team, so everybody's into the Razorbacks. Everybody's watching the Razorbacks on Saturday.

I didn't even dream of going to college. College was not in my definition. If somebody told me I was going to play for the Missouri Tigers in 2009, I would laugh at them.

I would love to join Big Blue Nation and play for Coach Calipari at Kentucky, and I would love to join my close friend Michael Porter Jr. and play for coach Cuonzo Martin at Missouri.

At the end of the day, I grew up wanting to play in the SEC.

It still comes down to attracting players, and UCLA can attract players as well as any place in the country.

I was a three-star recruit, went to Texas A&M, and no one really talked about me there.

Coach Kingsbury, I know the type of offense he runs. He recruited me out of high school and I have a great relationship with him.