[terry]

If Stanford's annual rivalries with U.S.C. and UCLA had not been preserved, we would play each of them two years out of three, on average. So by preserving the rivalries, we get one extra game against each of them every three years. That's not a major difference. And there's no guarantee that the one extra game against U.S.C. or UCLA will be tougher than it would have been otherwise. There may be years when Arizona or Arizona State, for example, is a tougher opponent. I'm willing to accept the potential competitive downside for the sake of preserving the traditional rivalries.

[terry]

If Stanford's annual rivalries with U.S.C. and UCLA had not been preserved, we would play each of them two years out of three, on average. So by preserving the rivalries, we get one extra game against each of them every three years. That's not a major difference. And there's no guarantee that the one extra game against U.S.C. or UCLA will be tougher than it would have been otherwise. There may be years when Arizona or Arizona State, for example, is a tougher opponent. I'm willing to accept the potential competitive downside for the sake of preserving the traditional rivalries.