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I’ve searched high and low to find any of the media outlets talking about what Oregon Coach Mike Bellotti said during a press conference yesterday. I heard the sound bites on ESPN 920 here in Las Vegas last night. I’m amazed that no other media outlets are writing about his comments. I did find a few people on cougar board talking about Bellotti’s comments on BYU being part of the Pac 10 here and here.

Here’s what I remember from the sound bites I heard on the radio (the second one I haven’t found anywhere else):

The media person asked Mike Bellotti if he thought that BYU could compete with the upper half of the Pac 10.

After a short pause, Mike Bellotti said, “No.”

He then went on to say that he thought that BYU had a number of players that could be stars if they were in the Pac 10, but that collectively as a team BYU wouldn’t be able to compete in the Pac 10. Mike Bellotti also referenced BYU’s loss to a bad Arizona team and their loss to California in last years Las Vegas Bowl.

I could not believe that he really said this. The only thing that makes sense is that if Mike Bellotti says that BYU could compete in the Pac 10 he’d be admitting that BYU was a better team than Oregon. However, Mike is stupid for making a comment like this. There are plenty of good ways to answer the question. Saying, “No” is not one of them.

The second sound bite from Mike Bellotti is even more amazing.

A reporter asked Mike Bellotti if he had gotten any film from other schools in the Mountain West Conference.

Mike kind of stuttered as he asked what teams were in the Mountain West Conference?

The reporter said, “New Mexico, …”

Mike responded that he’d talked to Andy Ludwig and got tapes from them.

That’s ridiculous. What kind of coach doesn’t know where he got tapes from? Even if Mike Bellotti doesn’t know which teams are in the MWC, he sure as heck should know what kind of film he has available from an opposing team and the background of those games.

The funny thing is that I don’t know if Mike meant to say these stupid things or if he just doesn’t know how to hold his tongue?

**All of the above quotes are from the best of my memory. They aren’t exact, but are my best memory of what was said. If someone has the exact quote I’d love to post them.