Tilman J. Fertitta Quotes

I'm in love with college football. I have such a blast with it.

My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life.

There are many reasons why I hate college football. The 4-hour games drone on longer than Steve Lyons during the American League playoffs. The ever-expanding season threatens to creep into early July. Boise, Idaho, hosts a bowl game. And it's played on blue artificial turf.

Since they all broke up the greatest conference in football, which was the Southwest Conference, I've had little interest in them any more. I thought that was a disaster and a disgrace when they did that, but they did it anyway. So I've lost interest them and I don't care what they do anymore.

College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.

There needs to be a college football commissioner.

There needs to be somebody that looks out for what's best for the game, not what's best for the Big 10 or what's best for the SEC or what's best for Jim Harbaugh, but what's best for the game of college football - the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players, and the people that play it.

Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.

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

We're from Athens, GA.; we're big Bulldog fans, and I remember watching A. J. Green, David Pollock, David Greene. We were big Cowboys and Falcons fans.

It's not as if I dislike Michigan. I have a lot of respect for the university - not only the athletic department but how they educate young people. The only reason I dislike them is because they are the No. 1 rival for OSU.

I'll tell you, people remember every single pick I make against their team, they really do. There's just so much passion in college football, I wouldn't have it any other way.

I love that about college football. I love all the funky matchups. I love the Funky Cold Medina Poulan Weed Eater Bowl. I love all of that. I like the crazy games. There's obviously a market for it because them TVs love to put it on there.

I only get to experience this college football once. I want to live it up while I can.

Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!

Coaching at Texas and playing at the University of Oklahoma, I had the opportunity to see a lot of guys in Texas - Texas lettermen - who I played against.

My dream was to play for Alabama - football, basketball.

One thing I remember, honestly, was how many great players Arizona State had.

On the field, I went from an anonymous redshirt to a short-yardage specialist to a Heisman Trophy candidate. Off the field, I showed up as a wild kid and grew up.

Tennessee is a program that I thought had a lot of tradition. A program that I thought stood for something.

I watched UCLA football for many, many years. I've grown accustomed to the Pac-10 style.

I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that's pretty cool.

I don't know. I always sort of liked playing [Georgia] that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended.

College football: I do not see the relationship of those highly industrialized affairs on Saturday afternoons to higher learning in America.

When I was a kid down there it was always a dream to go to a Nebraska game but when you live in those small towns you hardly ever get up to one.