Tom Hansen
Tom Hansen
areas attractive test
We want them to test the waters. We want to see if other areas are attractive to us.
abc interested open opportunity test
ABC is going to want to keep us from going to the open marketplace, but we're going to be very interested in going there if ABC doesn't make a preemptive offer. We've never had the opportunity to test it on the open marketplace.
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I think the way we've structured it with the four games plus the national championship will be a positive,
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I think he'll probably have to pay it back, but the NCAA gives you a payment schedule.
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The announcers were portraying the game as called hideously. If they were accurate, that's not what anyone wants.
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We thought perhaps if we invited Texas A&M as well, we might get Texas,
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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 became Lake Martin. Every year, the storm drains go the other way.
assuming people start week willing
We're going to start pressing a lot of it this week ... assuming people are willing to talk.
help hurt people
We would probably hurt more people than we would help with this legislation.
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For those reasons, it's going to take a strong reason to get out of there.
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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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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 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.