Read this:

http://chancellor.ucla.edu/priorities

This lists all of the priorities of the Chancellor.  They are:

1. Academic excellence

2. Civic engagement

3. Diversity

4. Financial Security

You will notice that the words "athletics" or "undergraduate experience" or pretty much anything other other than research, money and diversity are mentioned in the Chancellor's priorities.  Basically, he doesn't care one whit about football or athletics at all.  So from this I do not expect Guerrero to be fired or for anyone in the AD department to change their culture.  And certainly no one is going to make any effort to build an on campus stadium or improve the football facilities.  We can wish for it all we want, but the Chancellor is telling us that he just isn't that into us.  Why aren't we listening to what he is telling us?

The New York times on how the "NCAA sanctions will take a toll" on the Trogans:

“You can trade the bottom 20 guys or 25 guys on your roster for a great quarterback,” Kiffin said. “It’s more important.”

Kiffin may come to regret that remark because his depleted roster may be his biggest obstacle. It fell to 70 scholarship players Wednesday when the university gave a full release to the junior college linebacker Glen Stanley. Four reserves and two signees have bolted the program.

U.S.C. was already 15 scholarships short of the N.C.A.A. maximum of 85 before the reduction of 30 scholarships began. Kiffin said U.S.C. will be unable to exceed 75 scholarships in the next three years.

Kiffin said that U.S.C. had brought in just three offensive linemen in its past two recruiting classes. Eight to 10 would have been ideal, and he is feeling the numbers crunch.

“The margin for error is very, very small for me,” Kiffin said. “If we’re going to sign classes of 15 guys and other people are signing 25, the last thing we can do is sign three guys who don’t make it academically or two guys who end up getting kicked out of school.”

There are other signs that Kiffin’s tenure at U.S.C. could be more of a blip than a reign. He said Tuesday that the Trojans’ new athletic director, Pat Haden, has not mentioned anything about extending his contract to help him survive the sanctions. That is a common practice when a coach has to deal with the sins of a previous regime. [...]

U.S.C. still has tradition, a fertile recruiting base and plenty of recent success on its side. But as Kiffin’s first Trojans training camp starts next week, the long-term prognosis is not good as he stares at an emaciated roster and impending sanctions.

Read rest of it here.

At the Sundance Film Festival spotlight is on Reggie:

Documentary Spotlight
If you’re a basketball fan, you know that one of the great NBA rivalries in the mid-1990s was between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks. In classic David-meets-Goliath style, the two teams faced off in thrilling seven-game battles during the 1994 and 1995 playoffs. In Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks, Dan Klores focuses on the Pacers’ master showman, Reggie Miller, who was as skilled at three-pointers as he was at trash talking. Not only did he antagonize the Knicks; he antagonized a whole city and relished every minute of it—just ask Spike Lee.

Winning Time entertains on many levels: it goes beyond the action on the court and delves into the psychology of the game. By deftly weaving humorous interviews with exciting archival footage, Klores has created a film that appeals to both the die-hard fan and someone who has never seen a game

More on the film on tWWL's 30for30 website.

Is it time for the former Pac-8, then the Pac-10, to become a superconference and be the Pac-12?  This model would be like the 12 member SEC, Big XII, and ACC.

The two universities to add would be Utah and BYU.  I suggest these two as they are the only 2 universities in the west to not only have big time football, but also strong traditions in basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, etc.

I think adding these 2 universities would solidify the new Pac-12 as the premier western conference to equal the abovementioned superconferences.