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News and Notes for October 1
With the first full month of the Trentonian U blog in the books, we hope you are enjoying our college football blog, including our weekly rankings.
Please remember to check out our companion college basketball blog, Full Court Press.
Here are today's news and notes:
In what should be a gem of a matchup between two top-ten ranked Pac-10 teams, ninth-ranked Stanford visits Autzen Stadium Saturday to take on fourth-ranked Oregon.
Rivals.com breaks down this matchup.
Going into the game, Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh is trying to downplay his team. "To me, [there's] way too nice a stuff being said about us," says Harbaugh.
An interesting element to this game will be at quarterback. Stanford's Andrew Luck and Oregon's Darron Thomas have faced each other before in high school. The Houston natives played against each other twice in their high school days, with Luck's team winning both times.
To highlight the importance of this matchup, tomorrow's ESPN College Football Gameday will be from Eugene, Ore.
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While not a college football story, this week's announcement that Southwest Airlines is acquiring AirTran Airways, has a football slant to it.
Many were surprised when Southwest announced their intentions to purchase AirTran this past Monday. The surprise factor was not only with the size and scope of the purchase, but also in how there were no leaks of the acquisition prior to its announcement.
Initial talks between the two carriers began in May. During numerous discussions that would subsequently take place, we learn that leaks were non-existent because Southwest CEO Gary Kelly and AirTran CEO Robert Fornaro were using code names to communicate with each other.
Southwest is based in Dallas, Tex., and thus Kelly used code name "Cowboy". While AirTran is based in Orlando, Fla., its largest operations are in Atlanta, Ga., and thus Fornaro used code name "Falcon". These code names were used so that any outsider who may have inadvertently gained access to sensitive documents and emails, would not know be able to identify the companies involved.
AirTran coincidentally has an aircraft, Falcons 1, in Atlanta Falcons colors.
- Fred Sakai
Please remember to check out our companion college basketball blog, Full Court Press.
Here are today's news and notes:
In what should be a gem of a matchup between two top-ten ranked Pac-10 teams, ninth-ranked Stanford visits Autzen Stadium Saturday to take on fourth-ranked Oregon.
Rivals.com breaks down this matchup.
Going into the game, Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh is trying to downplay his team. "To me, [there's] way too nice a stuff being said about us," says Harbaugh.
An interesting element to this game will be at quarterback. Stanford's Andrew Luck and Oregon's Darron Thomas have faced each other before in high school. The Houston natives played against each other twice in their high school days, with Luck's team winning both times.
To highlight the importance of this matchup, tomorrow's ESPN College Football Gameday will be from Eugene, Ore.
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While not a college football story, this week's announcement that Southwest Airlines is acquiring AirTran Airways, has a football slant to it.
Many were surprised when Southwest announced their intentions to purchase AirTran this past Monday. The surprise factor was not only with the size and scope of the purchase, but also in how there were no leaks of the acquisition prior to its announcement.
Initial talks between the two carriers began in May. During numerous discussions that would subsequently take place, we learn that leaks were non-existent because Southwest CEO Gary Kelly and AirTran CEO Robert Fornaro were using code names to communicate with each other.
Southwest is based in Dallas, Tex., and thus Kelly used code name "Cowboy". While AirTran is based in Orlando, Fla., its largest operations are in Atlanta, Ga., and thus Fornaro used code name "Falcon". These code names were used so that any outsider who may have inadvertently gained access to sensitive documents and emails, would not know be able to identify the companies involved.
AirTran coincidentally has an aircraft, Falcons 1, in Atlanta Falcons colors.
- Fred Sakai
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