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I did my homework coming into this interview process. So I knew the averages in this conference of...
I did my homework coming into this interview process. So I knew the averages in this conference of what people were paying their staff and facility-wise what everybody had. Those discussions started right away in the interview process. Everything I asked for, they were willing to do. That, to me, showed that they were serious.
— Coach James Franklin, answering ESPN's Chris Low, when he asked, "What kind of assurances have you received that Vanderbilt is going to spend the money to upgrade facilities and do the things necessary to get the program up to speed with everybody else in the SEC?"

