Quotes relating to Michigan State pulling out of its 2007 UH game

About cancellation clauses, HF said:
"When you are dealing with real schools and, again, dealing with the Pac-10, (cancellation clauses) are not going to be an issue." (HA)


About Michigan State pulling out of the 2007 game, HF said:
"You can't be upset because you lose a football game and then decide that you want to take your crayons and go home." (HA)


Michigan State's excuse for pulling out of the game was, according to spokesman Lewandowski:
"When we signed the contract there was no way to know about new NCAA legislation approving a 12th game. And, we don't feel like it is in the institution's best interests to play 13 games with the time element that our student-athletes already have." (HA)


Upset with then-MSU coach Smith's comments about the 2004 officiating, HF said:
"I would say the comments made by the previous coach at Michigan State also created issues with Purdue, the issues with some other schools even to the point of the officiating and some other things. So, the fact is, we decided to hold their feet to the fire on the cancellation of (the) game ... that's just the way it is." (HA)