The PAC 10 expansion groundswell

[Mormon Red Death]

If the ink is dry on the contracts then why do the presidents and chancellors have to approve anything? I was actually under the impression the deal was approved on the front side. Maybe it all is just buyer's remorse by some Pac-10'ers.

Or Maybe its the ramblings of a old guy who is retired but still wishes he made decisions.

[SeattleUte]

This Chuck Young must be 100 years old. Maybe he's demented.

[Uncle Ted]

This Chuck Young must be 100 years old. Maybe he's demented.

For a demented old fart he seems pretty sharp to me...

(Dec 9, 2009 video)

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[pellegrino]

This Chuck Young must be 100 years old. Maybe he's demented.

I don't think he's demented, but it's obvious he's out of the loop, mad about what they're doing to "his" conference and doing everything he can to stop it. The question is does "everything he can" amount to anything more than a hill of beans? I think not.

[wally]

For a demented old fart he seems pretty sharp to me...

(Dec 9, 2009 video)

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OK, I fell for it and watched this "waste of 8-minutes video."

Yes, he is well-spoken. Yes, he was large and in charge at UCLA some decade ago or more.

He spends the first 5-6 minutes of the video on a "do-you-know-who-the-hell-I-am/back-in-my-day rant" that presumably was going to be used to make a point of some sort on a "part 2" segment of the video that is floating around somewhere on YouTube, and that I'll never see.

My take: Demented-no. Old, irrelevant fart-probably.

I'll worry about this if I hear rumblings from multiple additional sources.

[creekster]

OK, I fell for it and watched this "waste of 8-minutes video."

Yes, he is well-spoken. Yes, he was large and in charge at UCLA some decade ago or more.

He spends the first 5-6 minutes of the video on a "do-you-know-who-the-hell-I-am/back-in-my-day rant" that presumably was going to be used to make a point of some sort on a "part 2" segment of the video that is floating around somewhere on YouTube, and that I'll never see.

My take: Demented-no. Old, irrelevant fart-probably.

I'll worry about this if I hear rumblings from multiple additional sources.

As a long time Bay Area resident I can tell you that Glenn Dickey, who wrote the column, is usually dead wrong abtou this sort of thing. PAC? can you back me up on this?

[PaloAltoCougar]

As a long time Bay Area resident I can tell you that Glenn Dickey, who wrote the column, is usually dead wrong abtou this sort of thing. PAC? can you back me up on this?

So far as I am aware, Dickey hasn't been wrong about anything of this magnitude in at least twenty years. But then, I haven't read a Glenn Dickey column since the '80s.

[creekster]

So far as I am aware, Dickey hasn't been wrong about anything of this magnitude in at least twenty years. But then, I haven't read a Glenn Dickey column since the '80s.

Thanks. I think.

[LA Ute]

This NPR story is interesting:

To Start A Spinoff Biz, Look To Utah

When it comes to creating new start-ups from academic research, only MIT compares to the University of Utah — despite the fact that MIT's research budget is five times larger. Now officials from colleges around the country are flocking to Salt Lake City to learn how the school turns inventions into jobs, and profits.

I had no idea that the Fentanyl lollipop was invented at the U. That's a major part of pain care everywhere now. Anyway, I am sure SU will agree with me that the data mentioned in the NPR story were a big part of the U's pitch to the PAC10.

[Surfah]

This NPR story is interesting:

To Start A Spinoff Biz, Look To Utah



I had no idea that the Fentanyl lollipop was invented at the U. That's a major part of pain care everywhere now. Anyway, I am sure SU will agree with me that the data mentioned in the NPR story were a big part of the U's pitch to the PAC10.

Any reason you're posting this in different threads?

[LA Ute]

Any reason you're posting this in different threads?

Incompetence.

[falafel]

This NPR story is interesting:

To Start A Spinoff Biz, Look To Utah



I had no idea that the Fentanyl lollipop was invented at the U. That's a major part of pain care everywhere now. Anyway, I am sure SU will agree with me that the data mentioned in the NPR story were a big part of the U's pitch to the PAC10.

I heard this report on the radio today. I liked how they said that the U had as many startups from its products in 2008 as MIT did, but that MIT had 15x the budget or something like that.

[LA Ute]

From another thread where I accidentally posted this same topic:

It osunds like something you would suck on at a rave.

Silly as it may sound, they are a real boon to cancer patients.

[hostile]

I had no idea that the Fentanyl lollipop was invented at the U. That's a major part of pain care everywhere now. Anyway, I am sure SU will agree with me that the data mentioned in the NPR story were a big part of the U's pitch to the PAC10.

Invented by Ted Stanley, one of the anesthesiologists at the U. He is one of the initial proponents of all-narcotic anesthesia. I played rugby with one of his sons. One of the funnier things I remember from med school was Dr. Stanley saying that "intubation is just like sex - it's all about timing, positioning, and lubrication."

[SloanHater]

Ode to Utah, the original BCS buster

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/po...nal-bcs-buster

For those wondering what's the difference between an invite and independence.