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Article: PAC-10 MIGHT ENTER NATIONAL TITLE ALLIANCE ROSE BOWL CLOSE TO DEAL TO JOIN OTHER COLLEGE BOWLS.(Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- July 12, 1996
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An agreement to bring about a true national-championship game in college football may finally become a reality within 60 days and be played as early as January 1999.
Jack French, executive director of the Tournament of Roses Association, said the Rose Bowl is ``very close'' to a proposal with the bowl alliance that could be reached ``within 60 days'' and would integrate the Big Ten and Pac-10 into the national-title mix.
The bowl alliance is comprised of the ACC, Big East, SEC, Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences and Notre Dame. Since the Rose Bowl automatically takes the Big Ten and Pac-10 champions, a major loophole exists for a title game.