Was at a Bible Study with AD when he got the call from Fedora to talk about the decision. Austin explained why him and all the players were frustrated that we weren't playing in Dallas, but the choice had already been made. Fedora apparently thought, "These guys had an amazing year and most of them will never get the chance to go to Hawaii. Let's give them a free trip they can enjoy." Didn't take into account Seniors' parents who couldn't go or the fact that football players would rather play better teams than just go to a location.

On the flipside, most players I know are fine with decision now. They enjoyed the trip and, as Fedora assumed, most aren't ever going to get back to Hawaii, so going once was a great experience. That doesn't mean they wouldn't have preferred Dallas, but it is what it is now. There wasn't some "let's ruin USM" mentality going on. Just a coach trying to give a special reward to players and screwing up by not asking anyone first.