COLLEGE NOTES: ROSE BOWL READY FOR PARTY LINE?Byline: Jon Wilner Daily News Staff Writer The granddaddy of them all might hook up with Ma Bell. Get ready for ``The Rose Bowl as Presented by AT&T.'' Bill Flinn, Tournament of Roses chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , would not confirm an agreement, but he acknowledged the Rose Bowl is searching for a presenting sponsor for '99 - when it joins the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar bowls to form the Bowl Championship Series. ``We'd like to have one before Jan. 1,'' Flinn joked when asked about time constraints. ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. , which owns the marketing rights to the BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. , is gathering sponsors for the games. The Rose Bowl, however, has final approval on its presenter. ``There have been discussions with AT&T and other sponsors,'' Pac-10 assistant commissioner Jim Muldoon said. ``It's not a done deal (with AT&T), but they're talking about it.'' No movement: The Pac-10 did not vote to revamp the football schedule during last week's spring meetings in Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. . Instead, league officials are mulling a plan that would allow the Northwest schools to play each other each season. Under the current eight-game conference schedule, each team misses another on a two-year rotating basis. Oregon will miss Washington in 2001-02, for instance, creating financial problems for the Ducks since Washington is their most-coveted ticket. Headliners: Temple and North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. will join Stanford and Cal in the 1998 Pete Newell Challenge, held Dec. 29 at the New Arena in Oakland. The Owls and Tar Heels should make the second annual Newell Challenge, run by Pacific Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). resident Jeff Fellenzer, one of the top competitions of the season. With its starting lineup returning intact, Stanford is expected to start the year ranked among the top five nationally, and Cal has top-20 talent. |
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