No Aloha

Guess these teams weren't hurting for money. Dave Reardon reports:

Western Athletic Commissioner Karl Benson today disclosed the names of three Pac-10 schools that declined to play at Hawaii in the upcoming football season despite a guarantee of $1 million and a national TV appearance.

"Arizona State, Oregon State and Washington State turned down the offer," Benson said. The schools did not accept 11th-hour invitations from UH (working in conjunction with the WAC and ESPN) to play at Aloha Stadium on Oct. 20.

The Pac-10 would have paid $400,000 of the amount and UH would have paid $600,000.

Wow. Of course, maybe if the Boise game hadn't already been scheduled on Thanksgiving weekend, or if the 2007 schedule had been worked on much much earlier, if if if... still, that's a lot of money to turn down, even minus travel expenses.