“There’s lots of appreciation in the restaurant and retail and hotel categories and nobody’s worried about tapering off. We’re clearly in for a great ride this season” -- Boulder, Colo. Mayor Aaron Brockett, on the economic impact on the city of Boulder amid the attention and success of the Colorado football program (“Last Call,” CNBC, 9/20).
“You can land any (of the all-time greatest college football coaches) with Shedeur and Shilo and the transfer portal in Colorado and I can guarantee you nowhere near record-breaking, not even close” – FS1’s Keyshawn Johnson, on Colorado coach Deion Sanders being the reason for Colorado getting record-breaking TV ratings (“Undisputed,” FS1, 9/20).
“One hundred million dollars in seven days is typically the sort of thing that gets the Treasury Department to investigate you. That’s the kind of money we’re talking about” -- ESPN’s Pablo Torre, on SMU announcing it had raised $100M in about seven days to assist in the transition to the ACC (“PTI,” ESPN, 9/19).
“In a lot of ways I think they deserve it because I don’t know that (Angels GM Perry Minasian) or the GMs who have been there in the past have been allowed to do their jobs” -- MLB Network’s Ruben Amaro Jr., on the poor state of the Angels despite having two of the best players in the game, OF Mike Trout and DH/P Shohei Ohtani (“MLB Now,” MLB Network, 9/19).
