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Message: [QUOTE="atom58, post: 4798826, member: 5312"] They nearly got lost in the shuffle of musical chairs so maybe they care about it now. I have read they both did stadium renovations (Stanford in 2005 and Cal even more major ones in 2010) so there must have been some interest. (SMU spent $250 million on athletics even in the AAC. "Build it and they will come.") They wanted to join a conference together so they could keep playing. As Wildhack said in that interview that was posted here, Stanford has had some success with Jim Harbaugh and during most of the David Shaw era. They won the Pac10 (he said) and won the Rose Bowl. I know this CFP business has messed up the traditional bowl system but if you guys won the ACC and then the Orange Bowl, this board would be ecstatic. If a team is not a doormat there will be greater attendance. Frankly, even then some local fans would prefer to watch games on TV - no traffic jams and no deafening noise. [/QUOTE]