- Norm Hitzges: If you're gonna be a dirty program, you better be good at it. You better understand that the group handling the dirtiness has to be small, and it has to be committed, and it doesn't go out and chirp at bars.
- Ron Meyer: [referring to a Trans-AM allegedly given to Eric Dickerson by Texas A & M] We called it the Trans A and M.
- Vinita Lee Piper: [regarding David Stanley and SMU] They opened up the cookie jar. Three and a half years later, they slammed the cookie jar, and his hand was in it.
- Norm Hitzges: There were schools giving out hundreds of thousands of dollars and winning only 3 games. That's the definition of a loser. If you have to say anything about SMU, hey, at least they got players that could play!