"J. Stanley "Skip" Bertman" is a former college baseball coach and athletic director at Louisiana State University (LSU). He led the LSU Tigers baseball team to College World Series Championships in 1991 College World Series/1991, 1993 College World Series/1993, 1996 College World Series/1996, 1997 College World Series/1997, and 2000 College World Series/2000.

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We can get back to some type of normalcy we're used to here and get a Saturday night in Tiger Stadium where we can turn our guys loose and turn the fans loose and for a brief time, three, four, maybe six hours, people can forget some serious, serious problems.

We are working hard to address the problem presented by the small percentage of people who, by their actions, damage the reputation of an entire University.

We got our night game, but not on Saturday night. We'll have to be like the football players and focus. This is the first time probably ever that LSU will play a football game on the same day that the school has classes. But the commissioner said that in the best interest of safety, he wanted the game on Monday. He wasn't sure how much the winds will have subsided by Sunday.

You knew she was ill. But even through last week, she was upbeat. She was a great coach, but more importantly, she was a great human being. She touched a lot of people. I was happy for her that she could see all the hard work come to fruition. To reach goals like that, not everybody can do. It was a life well lived and well served.

Sometimes sports can provide a medicine that no doctor can provide.

[Because of Rita, Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive set kickoff for Monday at 6:30 p.m. Central.] The commissioner made a great decision, ... We've got a wonderful event here with ... a safe environment.

This is a modest increase in our ticket price in order for us to continue to move forward our basketball programs. One of our short term goals is to begin a feasibility study for a new basketball practice facility for both our men's and women's basketball teams, and this move is the first step in making that happen.

Can you imagine anywhere else in the United States where they had to postpone the first game, move the second game to the road, then not be able to get in a regular home where you really want to play?

As you know, there is unfortunately an element in every crowd that does not exhibit good sportsmanship. And when crowds grow to the size of those on a football game day, it takes only a very small percentage of offenders to ruin the day for so many.