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8/24/2010, 10:58 AM
Along with Utah:
These two schools weren't at the top of the Pac-10's wish list.
Which brings us back to Young. The rabble-rouser trying to keep Colorado and Utah out of the Pac-10 is basing his argument on academics and geography and history. He talked to San Francisco Examiner contributor and longtime Bay Area columnist Glenn Dickey about his campaign.
About academics: "Colorado is on par with Oregon. Utah isn't even in the picture."
About geography: "You have two schools in Washington, two in Oregon, two in Northern California, two in Southern California, two in Arizona, so you can have a complete round robin in football."
About history: "I don't see any way the other schools can be brought in without affecting the rivalries between the Southern and Northern California schools, for example."
Some of those opinions might sway a chancellor or two, but if Young really wants to get folks thinking he would take a completely different tact. He would remind them that adding Colorado and Utah wasn't what the Pac-10 set out to do. This wasn't the plan. This wasn't the vision.
Would it work?
Probably not.
Colorado and Utah are more than likely Pac-10 bound, but still, taking a step back would make folks think about their inclusion. Those schools, after all, turned out to be consolation prizes in the conference realignment game.
Read more: http://www.newsok.com/jenni-carlson-would-big-12-take-back-colorado/article/3488090#ixzz0xXVdgwRG
Thoughts?
These two schools weren't at the top of the Pac-10's wish list.
Which brings us back to Young. The rabble-rouser trying to keep Colorado and Utah out of the Pac-10 is basing his argument on academics and geography and history. He talked to San Francisco Examiner contributor and longtime Bay Area columnist Glenn Dickey about his campaign.
About academics: "Colorado is on par with Oregon. Utah isn't even in the picture."
About geography: "You have two schools in Washington, two in Oregon, two in Northern California, two in Southern California, two in Arizona, so you can have a complete round robin in football."
About history: "I don't see any way the other schools can be brought in without affecting the rivalries between the Southern and Northern California schools, for example."
Some of those opinions might sway a chancellor or two, but if Young really wants to get folks thinking he would take a completely different tact. He would remind them that adding Colorado and Utah wasn't what the Pac-10 set out to do. This wasn't the plan. This wasn't the vision.
Would it work?
Probably not.
Colorado and Utah are more than likely Pac-10 bound, but still, taking a step back would make folks think about their inclusion. Those schools, after all, turned out to be consolation prizes in the conference realignment game.
Read more: http://www.newsok.com/jenni-carlson-would-big-12-take-back-colorado/article/3488090#ixzz0xXVdgwRG
Thoughts?