Reliving the Season: Arizona and UCLA

This is the beginnings of the “Pac-8” – Oregon is not mentioned….
AAWU
Following a “pay-for-play” scandal at several PCC institutions (specifically Cal, USC, UCLA and Washington), the PCC disbanded in 1959. When Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and Washington started talking about forming a new conference, retired Admiral Thomas J. Hamilton interceded and suggested the schools consider creating a “power conference”. Nicknamed the “Airplane Conference”, the five PCC schools would’ve played with other big schools including Army, Navy, Air Force, Notre Dame, Penn, Penn State, Duke, and Georgia Tech among others. The effort fell through when a member of the Pentagon vetoed the idea and the service academies backed out.[3]

On July 1, 1959 the Athletic Association of Western Universities was formed, with Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and Washington as charter members. The conference also was popularly known as the Big Five from 1960-19624 Washington State University joined in 1962. The conference was then known as the Big Six.
On July 1, 1959 the Athletic Association of Western
Universities was formed, with Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and
Washington as charter members. The conference also was
popularly known as the Big Five from 1960-19624
Washington State University joined in 1962.
The conference was then known as the Big Six.

Pacific-8
The University of Oregon and Oregon State University joined
in 1964. Idaho was not invited to join the AAWU and played
as an independent until the formation of the Big Sky
Conference in 1963.
In 1968, the AAWU renamed itself the Pacific-8 Conference,
or Pac-8 for short.

In 1968, the AAWU renamed itself the Pacific-8 Conference, or Pac-8 for short.

Pacific-10
In 1978, the conference added WAC powers Arizona and
Arizona State, creating the Pacific-10 conference or Pac-10
in its current form.

In 1968, the AAWU renamed itself the Pacific-8 Conference, or Pac-8 for short.

I remeber driving to Eugene and driving by the Cobug Inn and seeing “Go Ducks” ....

Not the best home lineup ever.

I knew this is what I would be writing when I started this series. No way in hell I was actually going to think about these games.