12-29-2023, 02:54 PM
Answer: USC and UCLA voted against the contract...not so much that they were against it, they just preferred the flexibility of selecting the best possible opponent from around the country. PCC football was the SEC of its day, as it were. And the best opponent was Army, with Glenn "Mr. Outside" Davis and Felix (Doc) "Mr. Outside" Blanchard. UCLA would end up winning the conference, and they wanted to play Army, so they and USC (which finished third that year) suggested a one-year moratorium before the started the contract.
On the Big 9 side, Illinois, Minnesota, Northwestern and Purdue voted against the PCC proposal. The Illinois faculty was particularly most outspoken, due to the academic disruptions involved for student athletes. Numerous counter-proposals were created, and a final vote was taken. Illinois and Minnesota still demurred, but the vote was 7-2.
So the great irony is that two of the schools that voted against the contract -- Illinois and UCLA -- ended up playing each other in the first Rose Bowl of the new compact.
Here's the rest of the story...
https://pigskinhistory.blogspot.com/2011...-nine.html
On the Big 9 side, Illinois, Minnesota, Northwestern and Purdue voted against the PCC proposal. The Illinois faculty was particularly most outspoken, due to the academic disruptions involved for student athletes. Numerous counter-proposals were created, and a final vote was taken. Illinois and Minnesota still demurred, but the vote was 7-2.
So the great irony is that two of the schools that voted against the contract -- Illinois and UCLA -- ended up playing each other in the first Rose Bowl of the new compact.
Here's the rest of the story...
https://pigskinhistory.blogspot.com/2011...-nine.html
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