There remain serious challenges in inter-collegiate athletics. Some of our older facilities have not been kept up. We still have progress to make, both in terms of the competitiveness of some of our sports and the challenge of fulfilling the scholar-athlete model of intercollegiate athletics. It's very important to me that our student-athletes be students first, athletes second. Education is extremely important to the people of Iowa.
Education is extremely important to the people of Iowa.
They are proud of their educational system and, in particular, are enormously proud of Iowa State University. They understand the central role this institution plays in Iowa today and in its future. They have extraordinarily high expectations for us. At the same time, they believe we can get better. And they are prepared to support us as we try to get better.