We didn't plan to come to Troy University together, it just happened.

That's something I'm sure no university president enjoys announcing, especially as often as has happened here over the last four years.

Team roping is his event and steer wrestling is mine. So, we're OK with it.

I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep your hands clean and try to represent the university.

It's a very similar process to a university or hospital being accredited. It's a thorough process and normally a department spends about two or three years doing self-assessment making sure it meets the rigorous standards required by CALEA.

We have been blessed with great tradition - established by having a great University, great coaches and great players. In establishing a set of criteria with extremely high standards, these three stood out among the rest. Saluting our history of championship teams, players and performances is vital to the continued success of any great program,