Quick Hits....

"I've been on the Orange Bowl Committee for 20 years, and I have never experienced anything like the number of requests for tickets I've gotten for this game" -- Orange Bowl Committee member Ron Stone, on the demand for the Alabama-Notre Dame BCS National Championship (MIAMI HERALD, 1/3).

"This is an iconic program that is structured for sustained success. I don't see any areas that are broken" -- Nebraska AD Shawn Eichorst, who today officially replaced Tom Osborne (OMAHA WORLD-HERALD, 1/3).

"I think there will be a team in Seattle again and I hope there will be" -- NBA Commissioner David Stern, on hedge fund manager Chris Hansen's efforts to land an NBA team for the city ("SVP & Russillo," ESPN Radio, 1/3).