Jason Cook weighs in on the SEC Network, Kyle Field redevelopment

Key quotes from Jason Cook interview:

"Unveiling yesterday showed the power and strength of the SEC. The SEC is about teamwork and passion and that was on display."

"The last two days can't be explained and weren't planned this way. It doesn't get any better than right now for A&M fans."

"All of this goes back to the strong foundation we built towards being one of the top universities in the country."

"We didn't know how we would stack up in any sport in the SEC, but the way things have happened have been great for the league."

"Football is going to carry the network. Triple headers on Saturday will be absolutely huge."

"The SEC Network programming will be in addition to what's already on channels like ESPNU. Nothing is being traded."

"This network will have the ESPN brand and production value. You won't notice the difference between big ESPN and SEC network."

"ESPN is making this investment because TV has changed. The only thing keeping people in front of the TV is live sports."

"Taking the national footprint the SEC now has, I think that helps immensely with distribution of the network come Aug. '14."

"There has been a network launched without distribution recently. That didn't go very well."

"Slive is a patient person and strikes when the time is right. The SEC is in a very good place for distribution purposes."

"A&M made a statement this week with the Kyle Field announcement. It was the talk of the day in Atlanta yesterday."

"We had 1.2M hits on the kylefield.com  server from 5-6 PM on Wednesday. That shows the excitement that exists."

"Great thing about A&M is that we always step up and make something happen. We need to stand together for the stadium project."

"The way the phasing works, we will have to sell 109K tickets in year two.

"Having a concert at Kyle was very successful last year. We're looking into something similar this year."

"Coach Sumlin is taking over the Aggie football Twitter account from 1:30 to 2:30 today to field questions."