[NU Sports] Two words for the Oklahoma State boosters

[Dennis W. Brandt]

Oregon State's first trip to the Rose Bowl was their first year in the 
Pac-8?  I did not know that.  The first Northwestern football game I ever 
saw was us beating them 7 - 3 in the season's first game of 1964.  If I 
recall correctly, fullback Steve Murphy scored the only touchdown.  The band 
hadn't even rehearsed yet.  It was the only home game I ever saw dressed in 
civilian clothing.  (Me, not the game.)  Michigan murdered us that year 35 - 
0 and then murdered Oregon State 34 - 7 in the Rose Bowl.  We started the 
season 2 - 0 but finished 3 - 6, one of which was our obligatory loss to 
Miami of Ohio (28 - 27).  Ya remember nine game seasons?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter C. Warner" <pcw at warnerpatents.com>
To: "'Mike Nolan'" <nolan at tssi.com>
Cc: <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Two words for the Oklahoma State boosters


> After a pay-for-play scandal in the 1950s, the Pacific Coast Conference 
> was
> disbanded and, In 1959, the Big Five was formed (Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC,
> and Washington).  In 1962, Washington State was added to make it the Big
> Six.   Oregon & Oregon State were added in 1964 and it was renamed the
> Pac-8.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Nolan [mailto:nolan at tssi.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 1:55 PM
> To: Peter C. Warner
> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Two words for the Oklahoma State boosters
>
>> The Rose, of course, was special because of the tradition the Rose,
>> Big 10 and the Pac-12 (previously, Big Five, Big Six, Pacific-8,
>> Pacific-10) built together for over half a century.  Even outside Big
>> 10 and Pac-12 country, people had Rose Bowl parties to watch the game.
>
> Wasn't the Big Six a midwest conference?
>
> It was previously the Missouri Valley Conference, a name subsequently used
> by another conference (with several teams that were part of the the old
> MVCC).  It later became the Big Seven, then the Big Eight, then the Big
> T(exas)welve.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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