We will not succumb to politically correct extortion.

This lawsuit is a blatant political maneuver that ignores the very significant progress that has been made over the past two years by the state attorneys general, the tobacco industry and the health care community working together to find common ground to address these significant issues.

The federal lawsuit filed today has no basis in fact and no basis in law.

It will be tougher to repeat, although we're up there. We were 10-0 against D-II teams last year and 5-1 against D-I. I played up last year. Almost all of the D-I schools are private except for us and Houston out of Memphis.

The supplies are critically tight and probably will be for another week.

They have some pretty good guys on that team, ... If you fall asleep on those guys, those guys will punch you in the mouth. I know we are going to be prepared over here. I know for a fact Romeo Crennel will have those guys prepared for us. ... It's not going to be a cakewalk.