05-01-2015, 08:58 AM
Of course, it's all about "intra-conference competitiveness", but Sonny Yikes thinks it would be a good idea to discontinue playing USC and UCLA every year. Sonny, not steeped in the Pac-8, Pac-10, Pac-12 traditions thinks replacing them with, say, theoretically, New Mexico St. or San Jose St. would be best for the overall conference, to say nothing of the Bearz W-L record.
I understand traditions, but typically those teams have pretty good programs, Dykes said. I think it puts you at a bit of a disadvantage."
Of course, he could recruit and coach his own team up so the disadvantage belongs to the Trojans and Bruins but ummm...well, you know
http://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/arti...235186.php
More seriously, maybe Yikes doesn't know the Bay Area schools brought this on themselves by insisting (in cooperation with the LA schools) that the conference schedule make an accommodation to maintain the LA/Bay Area rivalries annually intact. I wonder if "We Bow to No Program" Stanford's coaches and administrators still feel the same.
I understand traditions, but typically those teams have pretty good programs, Dykes said. I think it puts you at a bit of a disadvantage."
Of course, he could recruit and coach his own team up so the disadvantage belongs to the Trojans and Bruins but ummm...well, you know
http://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/arti...235186.php
More seriously, maybe Yikes doesn't know the Bay Area schools brought this on themselves by insisting (in cooperation with the LA schools) that the conference schedule make an accommodation to maintain the LA/Bay Area rivalries annually intact. I wonder if "We Bow to No Program" Stanford's coaches and administrators still feel the same.