“There is going to be a stadium built here” – Hollywood Park Land Co. Senior VP Chris Meany, on Rams Owner Stan Kroenke’s plan to build an 80,000-seat football stadium on the site of the former horseracing track (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 1/6).
“I do think in this day and age, with modern times where we have technology that can take out the human factor in certain key situations in big games, that we should use that technology to do so” – Lions coach Jim Caldwell, on potential pass interference calls not being subjected to a replay review (AP, 1/6).
“Chip Kelly needs to coach the football team. You have to have a personnel guy that can make those decisions, whether it is on college players or NFL players. It’s a mistake in Philly” – NFL Network’s Rich Gannon, on the Eagles coach taking on a new role overseeing player personnel (“NFL Monday QB,” CBS Sports Network, 1/5).
"We’ll donate those to some Third World country and just move on. Nothing major” – ESPN’s Marcellus Wiley, on Ohio State’s official national championship T-shirts featuring “Ohio State vs Florida State” despite the school playing Oregon for the CFP title (“SportsNation,” ESPN2, 1/5).
