[Spiny_Norman]

Oregon athletics department supporters will just call it petty jealousy, but others might remember the quip about having a football team with a university loosely attached.

BC - are you referring to this quote from the University of Oklahoma president (which is from the 1940s or 1950s)?

"When asked by a member of a legislative appropriation committee, 'Why do you need so much money?' President Cross replied, 'I would like to build a University of which the football team could be proud.'"

http://www.okhistory.org/publications/en...ntry=CR017

[Spiny_Norman]

Oregon athletics department supporters will just call it petty jealousy, but others might remember the quip about having a football team with a university loosely attached.

BC - are you referring to this quote from the University of Oklahoma president (which is from the 1940s or 1950s)?

"When asked by a member of a legislative appropriation committee, 'Why do you need so much money?' President Cross replied, 'I would like to build a University of which the football team could be proud.'"

http://www.okhistory.org/publications/en...ntry=CR017