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  • On a related note, Colorado Coach Dan Hawkins was at BYU's spring practice the other day.
    τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα πλείονες ἢ δυόμενον προσκυνοῦσιν

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    • Originally posted by All-American View Post
      On a related note, Colorado Coach Dan Hawkins was at BYU's spring practice the other day.
      Is he looking for an ass coaching job?
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      • Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
        Is he looking for an ass coaching job?
        No, just ideas about how to run a football team.
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        • Originally posted by All-American View Post
          No, just ideas about how to run a football team.
          Why doesn't he go ask Chris Peterson?

          Given that Peterson is why he has the Colorado job in the first place
          "The first thing I learned upon becoming a head coach after fifteen years as an assistant was the enormous difference between making a suggestion and making a decision."

          "They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a depression."

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          • Originally posted by All-American View Post
            On a related note, Colorado Coach Dan Hawkins was at BYU's spring practice the other day.

            He is probably scouting BYU in how BYU prepares to play against Utah (We all know that BYU is obsessed with Utah and they spend most of their Spring time preparing for Utah). Hawkins is just getting ready to face Utah when they both meet in the Pac-10 (12). Pretty smart by Hawkins. It is never too early to prepare.

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            • lol.

              http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...eadlines;other

              As part of his conference's ongoing expansion study, Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott has explored the possibility of staging a conference football championship game with the current membership of 10.

              NCAA bylaw 17.9.5.2 (c) states that a conference must have at least 12 members to stage a championship game. NCAA legislation would be needed to change that bylaw. Supposedly, such a change would be non-controversial.

              As expansion talk heats up, some college sources have said they have had a hard time finding value for the Pac-10 to expand by the two teams it would currently take to add a championship game. The far-flung league would have to divide revenue 12 ways instead of 10.

              "I don't see expansion tied to a championship [game] and a network," Scott said. "I do think our conference is very well laid out for the possibility of a network. While we don't have as many states or the population, let's say, of the Big Ten, there's logic to the way our conference is laid out."
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              • sounds like other cities are picking up on this and rolling with it.

                http://blog.seattlepi.com/huskies/archives/199197.asp

                NCAA bylaws require at least 12 teams for a conference to have a title game. The Pac-10 announced in December that it would consider expanding to 12 teams, with Colorado, Utah and BYU considered the most likely candidates.
                But Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott thinks he can still arrange a title game without 12 teams. All it would take is a tweak to NCAA bylaws that few would be likely to protest.
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                • This speculation is fun to watch. Especially the attempted debunking of speculation by folks desperately hoping the speculation really is just speculation.

                  “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                  ― W.H. Auden


                  "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                  -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


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                  • Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
                    This speculation is fun to watch. Especially the attempted debunking of speculation by folks desperately hoping the speculation really is just speculation.

                    I'm partial to the speculation by folks desperately hoping that the speculation really isn't just speculation.
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                    • Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                      I'm partial to the speculation by folks desperately hoping that the speculation really isn't just speculation.
                      I'm just taking the whole thread on spec.
                      “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                      ― W.H. Auden


                      "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                      -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


                      "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                      --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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                      • Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                        I'm partial to the speculation by folks desperately hoping that the speculation really isn't just speculation.
                        You shoudn't have a dog in this fight, but you're all over it, just to tear down and kill joy. Speaks volumes. Finally, you've got yourself the perfect avatar.
                        When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                        --Jonathan Swift

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                        • Poor 700 AM sports were really, really sad about that article. They think Utah going to the PAC 10 may not happen now! Just yesterday, they were talking about it being a done deal. So Sad.

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                          • Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                            sounds like other cities are picking up on this and rolling with it.

                            http://blog.seattlepi.com/huskies/archives/199197.asp
                            This quote was interesting

                            Unlike the Big Ten, the Pac-10 does not have a financial stake in its own network that would spur expansion. Whether the league expands or not, the possibility further exists that the Pac-10 could enter into a partnership with the Big 12 and/or ACC to form a network. Scott has spoken with Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe and ACC commissioner John Swofford in the past.

                            "I don't see expansion tied to a championship [game] and a network," Scott said. "I do think our conference is very well laid out for the possibility of a network. While we don't have as many states or the population, let's say, of the Big Ten, there's logic to the way our conference is laid out."
                            Why not partner with the mwc? we have a network we are in their geographical area.
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                            • Anyone notice the parallels of Utah going to the PAC -1 and the end of the world? No one knows the day or the hour it will be announced, not even the angels in heaven.
                              Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
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                              • Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                                You shoudn't have a dog in this fight, but you're all over it, just to tear down and kill joy. Speaks volumes. Finally, you've got yourself the perfect avatar.
                                I just dont want to see my Ute friends get hurt.
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