"It's very frustrating to have somebody write about some element of our business, saying that the information came from 'a highly placed source in the athletic department.' It'll be a topic that I know only three of us discussed, so it didn't come from us. It's not possible to have come from us, but people sort of cloak themselves in descriptions like that. It's just part of the deal.

"This is about Notre Dame going to San Antonio in a major way, having a major presence for four days in San Antonio. That's why we're doing it. It's the larger university mission that's served by this model.

"And that's how we'll evaluate it. If we don't think we're meeting those goals, those expectations, we'll take another look at it. But that's how we're approaching it."