38 Quotes by Mike Tranghese

Five new members makes us not only bigger, but better in terms of overall depth.

No two people stood up during those very, very difficult times and expressed such sincere support for the league, ... I know it's something I won't forget. When you're being attacked and you have two high-profile coaches just come off winning national championships it gave a lot of incentive to our league.

The way we're scheduling now is not the right way to do it. We are committed to having everybody playing everybody else at least once.

They're very ambitious. They're not coming here just to be a part of this league, they're coming to be a significant factor.

There was so much stability that people were partners for long periods of time. In the true sense of the word, they were conferences, ... I don't know what the word means anymore. My biggest challenge is making certain that this large gathering that we now have can adopt a family atmosphere that we've always had here.

There were certain rivalries that we were committed to keeping intact,

It's hard to sit here and do cartwheels. I understand the USC situation. I have empathy for them. But at the end of the day, I have little doubt that the Rose Bowl game between USC and Michigan will be a fabulous football game.

It's hard to sit here and do cartwheels, ... I understand the USC situation. I have empathy for them. But at the end of the day, I have little doubt that the Rose Bowl game between USC and Michigan will be a fabulous football game.

The NFL is going to be playing in that Thursday night slot now and ESPN didn't want that game on that night to go against it.