The Pac-10 looks forward to participating in the Hawaii Bowl. Hawaii is a wonderful destination for our student-athletes and our fans and Hawaii has an affinity with the West Coast that makes this a great fit for the Pac-10.

We are extremely pleased to have both these athletes on board. They both bring their own unique style to the football club and prove each and every day that they are outstanding individuals both on and off the football field.

It's a big loss for Stanford, and it's a big loss for the conference. The achievements are truly monumental, looking at it in terms of building the program, hiring outstanding coaches and building outstanding facilities. The one missing facility is the football stadium, and now that's moving forward.

I think the way we've structured it with the four games plus the national championship will be a positive,

It's about time the Pac-10 was impacted positively by a hurricane,

[Pac-10 Commissioner Tom Hansen said Stoops is an example of the upgraded coaching across the conference.] It's pretty clear that Mike has that program headed in a good direction, ... I don't think there's any doubt he's going to succeed there.