07-06-2007, 11:26 AM
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If Louisville still needs out-of-conference games
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Hawaii done begging for a football foe.
"Teams don't want to make the trip anymore," says Hawaii Coach June Jones. "They come here, we kick their ass, they go home."
That's not bravado, folks. That's fact. In the past five seasons, Jones' teams have beaten Michigan State, Alabama, Purdue and Arizona State -- an impressive BCS foursome. No wonder no one wanted in when the Warriors were looking for a game to complete this fall's schedule.
Hawaii's administration officially called it quits last month. No more begging, no more pleading, no more $750,000 guaranteed payout offers. One BCS athletic director told me it costs "no more than $350,000" for a team to travel to Hawaii and play. You do the math. A BCS school could have walked away with $400,000 of cold, hard profit -- for a road game.
http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps...0338/-1/SPORTS
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$400,000 profit to play in Hawaii......sounds good.
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