ASU claims they did not turn down UH for this season

http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/jeffmetcalfe/4351

About how Karl Benson told the HSB that ASU, Oregon State, and Washington State rejected offers from Hawaii that came with a $1 mil guarantee for a game in Hawaii on Oct. 20, ASU associate AD Mark Brand (who does ASU's schedule) said:
"None of that is true," said Mark Brand, ASU associate athletic director who puts together the football schedule. "I never talked to Hawaii."

AZ Republic Note: "The WAC did approach the Pac-10, Brand said, to see generally if any teams were interested in a game. Certainly Herman Frazier, Hawaii athletic director and former long-time ASU athletic administrator, would have contacted Brand to make a serious pitch to ASU."