Tom Hansen
Tom Hansen
calls coaches commit soon tough wanting
I want to commit as soon as possible, ... I want to get it over with. It's everything. It's the calls every day, the coaches wanting to be your friends. ... It's a tough decision. It's hard.
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Calhoun had already been given a T in the first half, so there was no way they were going to throw him out of a tournament game. He got a free pass. That's part of why referees are instructed to leave the court immediately.
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It's nice how I started out, ... Now I just have stats. I just don't have my SPARQ rating.
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It was apparent for the last two years that we were going to get pressure from the other five conferences, ... That's why the BCS went to the presidents and said, 'We need you to take a more active role.'
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We're the only Division I-A conference that hasn't changed since Penn State was added to the Big Ten.
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We will all miss her terribly, because she was a wonderful human being in addition to being a great player. The affection is obvious the way everyone reacted to her loss. We can't believe she's gone. Losing any young person is the worst thing that can happen in life. We will be thinking of her throughout the season.
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We've ran for our lives countless times because trucks and cars have slid sideways on icy roads at a wreck we're working.
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We became Lake Martin. Every year, the storm drains go the other way.
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We thought perhaps if we invited Texas A&M as well, we might get Texas,
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We're pretty much in the range that's been publicly discussed, ... Four games plus either a fifth game played concurrently with them, or the 'plus-one' game, those are the major structural differences we're looking at. Or you could do both. Or there are various subsets within that.
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The Pac-10 looks forward to participating in the Hawaii Bowl, ... Hawaii is a wonderful destination for our student-athletes and our fans and Hawaii has an affinity with the West Coast that makes this a great fit for the Pac-10.
affinity coast fans fit forward great hawaii looks west wonderful
The Pac-10 looks forward to participating in the Hawaii Bowl. Hawaii is a wonderful destination for our student-athletes and our fans and Hawaii has an affinity with the West Coast that makes this a great fit for the Pac-10.
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The Pac-10 presidents are very strongly and unanimously opposed to any extension of the bowl season into January. ... It's not about money with our presidents. It's strictly a philosophical decision.
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We would probably hurt more people than we would help with this legislation.