It's a very big deal for our state, for both conferences and for the university. We're going to make a lot of money off the use of the stadium that can be put back into the athletics program.

I don't know what they will call me. I guess they will just call me Rudy.

When it's for the Hispanic community and a good cause, there's no price we can put.

I told him I wouldn't go, because they hadn't won there. But he did take the job. He just felt it was the right thing to do. And he was right, because they did win.

I told Ritchie that down deep [Box] didn't want to leave and he ought to talk to him. That's all I did, I just got them together. This is the first time in the 13 years that I've been here that I felt there was a player that was really a good kid who could help the team. If he wanted go come back, we needed to pursue it, and Ritchie was for it.

I am very proud of Doug. He is his own man. He's developed his own style of doing things and handling players.

It will greatly enhance the state boys and girls high school basketball tournaments, NCAA basketball tournaments that UNM plans to host, plus other events like concerts and shows.

I got 54 people, and I'm sure I could get 100 easily if I wanted to. All the people I called jumped on board right away, and even more people were calling me asking to be part of the committee once they heard about it.