Tom Hansen
Tom Hansen
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I keep telling them I'm glad they weren't around about 230 years ago when this country was being founded. People have to get informed and become involved, no matter who you are. All ideas start with just one person.
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In each incident, the player committed an unsporting act toward an opposing player. The actions warranted the one-game suspension.
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I want to commit as soon as possible, ... I want to get it over with. It's everything. It's the calls every day, the coaches wanting to be your friends. ... It's a tough decision. It's hard.
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Bill was one of the first names suggested to us. We were very impressed with the candidates. Bill has a great passion for college athletics. He has terrific personal relationships in our business and with the media. We felt he would bring credibility to the position.
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We've ran for our lives countless times because trucks and cars have slid sideways on icy roads at a wreck we're working.
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I've talked to some of these convenience stores that do like this touch play because they say it brings income into their stores. Again, if there were more people living out in the country, they wouldn't need these touch play machines because there would be more people in their stores buying things.
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The bottom line is that a 10-1 team was passed over for two 9-2 teams. I didn't think it was fair that Ohio State was rated ahead of Oregon, especially when Oregon's only loss was to USC.
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Property taxes are too high because valuations are too high. I would support a tax shift, with an increase of sales and income taxes. It will not be a popular idea, but the burden of property taxes is too high on farm and ranch land.
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When we sell television properties, ... we're already claiming all of California.
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ABC is going to want to keep us from going to the open marketplace, but we're going to be very interested in going there if ABC doesn't make a preemptive offer. We've never had the opportunity to test it on the open marketplace.
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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.
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They open that road prematurely every single winter storm. I think they open it for economic reasons rather than taking care of the safety of the motoring public.
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It's absurd to say getting to the Sweet 16 equates to winning a national title. There's no question Duke's record of the past 15 years is impressive, but how many national championships have they won? Three doesn't equal 10.
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It's about time the Pac-10 was impacted positively by a hurricane,