The school was opening in September. The budget was set. We went into the dormitory and found kids to play. Were we good? No.

When I got in [to SSU in 2001], I found out that they had never done a feasibility study. The president told me that he just made the decision to move to D-I. He was disillusioned with the old conference they were in [the SIAC] and wanted to go D-I.