Blais has said that he want to be at a university where hockey is king. Hockey is UNO's only D1 sport and UNO ended up 4th in Hockey attendence in the nation and is growing. He also loves Trev Alberts who is his AD which he said is also important to him. UNO is trying to build their own on campus hockey arena. I think that also motivates Blais to see that thru