Pac-10 Won’t Join Alliance

The Pacific-10 Conference says it will not jeopardize the future of the Rose Bowl by joining the bowl alliance and guaranteeing a national championship game in college football every year, officials said as the annual NCAA convention ended.

Although Big Ten and Pac-10 representatives held informal talks about joining the alliance this week, it apparently is far from reality.

“No, it won’t happen,” a Pac-10 source familiar with the discussions said. “We don’t want to destroy the Rose Bowl to be part of something where every four years you get to host the national championship. Look at how no one cared about the Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl this year.