… (the big three here are Hawaii, Alaska, and Nevada) has a farcical public university system.
HEADLINE #1:
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT DEBT
EXPECTED TO REACH $13M
HEADLINE #2:
BUILDING ENROLLMENT, FOOTBALL TEAM,
PART OF PLAN FOR NEW UNIVERSITY OF
HAWAII WEST OAHU CHANCELLOR
And what a chancellor!
[With Rockne] Freitas’ background as a [football] star at Oregon State University and his many years in the NFL, as well as being instrumental in bumping up UH football to the Mountain West Conference, anything is possible.
May 17th, 2013 at 8:30PM
If Hawaii did have two college football teams they could play each other – think of the savings on air travel!
May 17th, 2013 at 10:13PM
Mr Punch: True. One of Hawaii’s perennial explanations for its absolute disaster of a football program is that travel is so expensive.