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TCU turns down Wisconsin rematch
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By Jeff Caplan
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Is a Rose Bowl rematch brewing between Wisconsin and TCU for the 2011 season
opener?
It's not going to happen, but both schools were contacted about the idea.
Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema said on a Madison, Wis., sports radio station
Wednesday that he was approached about playing host to TCU on Sept. 3.
"I was contacted probably a week, maybe a week and a half after the bowl
game about the opportunity to play TCU in our opener," Bielema said on the
show. "It was something that was going to be broadcast and made a big deal.
It took me all of about point-five seconds to say, 'Yes.' "
TCU defeated Wisconsin 21-19 in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, vaulting
the undefeated Horned Frogs to a No. 2 final ranking in The Associated Press
and USA Today top 25 polls (they remained No. 3 in the final BCS standings).
"I would definitely love the challenge to play them again," Bielema said on
the show. "And really, I thought it would be a great sell with our folks.
Unfortunately, TCU wasn't as excited about the matchup."
TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte on Wednesday confirmed that a third
party approached him about playing the Sept. 3 season opener at Wisconsin's
Camp Randall Stadium. Del Conte also confirmed that he declined the offer.
However, he said his lack of interest in the game had little to do with a
lack of excitement at the prospect of playing the Badgers again, but rather
that the one-time meeting would not produce a return game in Fort Worth.
"We already have Baylor for our opening game," Del Conte said. "A team
supposedly Wisconsin played last year doesn't want to go back there. A third
party was shopping the game around to other teams. I have no interest in
playing a one-[time] game."
A source said UNLV, which played host to Wisconsin for the 2010 season
opener, wants to get out of its scheduled Sept,. 3 game against Wisconsin.
Del Conte said plans for a potential home-and-home series were never
discussed.
"It was a very quick conversation with a third party," Del Conte said. "I
want to be clear: I never spoke to the Wisconsin athletic director or
football coach."
Now, had Ohio State -- whose president, E. Gordon Gee, famously had chided
non-BCS conference teams such as TCU for playing schedules littered with the
"Little Sisters of the Poor" -- been the Big Ten team seeking a late
schedule change, Del Conte said he would have been all ears.
"Oh yeah," he said, "of course." | B**********r
发帖数: 812 | 2 TCU就不鸟他是正确的，
马上TCU也是大联盟球队了，
当然要求home-and-home，自己主场也要
明显不能够再像以前那样只打一个客场 | L*1
发帖数: 11537 | 3 Wisconsin is pretty good to smaller schools when it comes to scheduling --
it is usually home-and-home and rarely home-alone.
For the TCU-Wisc matchup, I think TCU does not even want to consider (even
if home-and-home is discussed) for a reason -- it does not want risk its
chance for national title. For Wisconsin, it needs a tougher non-conference
schedule to boost its schedule in order to have a chance to play at big
stage. | s**********n
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