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All of that is tolerable, but they better not even think about calling it,

Charles is correct. The whole thing with retaining "Pac12" is money related. For example, the Rose Bowl contract is with the Pac12. As a result, OSU/WSU will receive $50M for the 2025 game, and another $50M for the 2026 game. Then, the existing Rose Bowl contract expires. That would have been money split 12 ways. I doubt there is any plan to split that 2026 game money with the new members of the Pac. There is no way OSU/WSU were going to walk away from that by merging with the Mt. West or renaming the conference. There is also some residual value in retaining the logo, web page, office signs, etc. etc. that don't have to be replaced.

The 2027 schedule is brutal. Looking ahead, it will likely be in the most difficult top 10. Six home games will not help the cause. A road game at Baylor is piling on to Michigan in Ann Arbor, along with Nebraska and UW on the road, and Ohio State, Penn State, and Iowa in Autzen. If Rob is going to cancel, in fairness to Baylor, it needs to happen soon so both schools can book another game. Replacing the game with a cash payment to Portland State for another home game would be fine with me. An OBD win against a B12 team will not move the PO needle, but a loss will not go unnoticed. Oregon does not need P4 Baylor to goose the 2027 schedule.

So far Oregon has mainly stayed out of the auction setting that recruiting has become now days, but will, should they go all in for this stud edge rusher? The article says he's a life long Tide fan, but does that matter anymore? Alabama Crimson Tide named 'lead school' for 5-star Oregon football target Anthony Jones DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Oregon Ducks are high on the board for 5-star EDGE Anthony 'Tank' Jones, but there is an SEC school who currently leads his...

Much as it pains me, I would guess Baylor gets canceled and replaced by Beavis

Other than this, Ed, How's Your Day Going? Louisiana Supreme Court awards Ed Orgeron's ex-wife $8 million in dispute over former LSU coach's buyout SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Ed and Kelly Orgeron were married when Ed signed a lucrative contract extension with the school after the 2019 national title.

OBD's Jett Climbs to ESPN's 5-Star Pinnacle. Oregon Ducks commit, Kobe Bryant's nephew becomes ESPN 5-star recruit WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM ESPN labels Kobe Bryant's nephew as a 5-star recruit

"Disappointed," a Big Ten athletics director told CBS Sports. "But not shocked."

'Everything Changed' because Greg Sankey Threw a B1G Sucker Punch Why the Big Ten, SEC alliance turned sour -- and what it means for future College Football Playoff format - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The Big Ten and SEC were on the same page this spring, but that all changed in June Greg did not receive Perfect Consciousness before the SEC spring meetings, right? Didn't know the SEC coaches wanted to stay with eight conference games. Didn't know the coaches did not want to play a B1G team every season. Didn't know a pamphlet would be sitting there using the ESecPN FPI to justify staying at eight games. This is a B1G pile of disingenuous, deceitful, male, bovine excrement!

DUH! LA Coliseum not ranked in 25 toughest stadiums to play in EA Sports College Football 26 TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM EA Sports recently released its list of the 25 toughest stadiums to play at in College Football 26. The LA Coliseum did not make the list

There’s a reason they haven’t shared the details of the TV deal. Some unknowns include if they paid extra to entice BSU and SDSU. Don’t forget to throw in Gonzaga getting a full share without a football team. The number I keep hearing is around $65M. Whatever number for a TV deal is finally released is not going to be as clean as dividing by 8.

Get Your Popcorn Ready for Week 5! Like Odysseus, our Forum Friends will have to overcome the Sirens, and also a White Out. Below is a good look at a Nits White Out. Open the article to have a better view of a close to all-white-attired stadium. Penn State falls shy of No. 1 in NCAA's 'Toughest Places' (and here’s who beat it) VICTORYBELLRINGS.COM Beaver Stadium, the home of the Penn State Nittany Lions, is ranked as the top venue in the Big Ten Conference, but not in the country.

Omigosh. A little humor about the Pac-12 trying to add schools--from a writer at The Athletic... ---------------------------------------- A comprehensive case for the Pac-12 ensuring all of its football members continue to have "State" in their names: "The obvious next choice for Pac-12 expansion is Florida State. "1. Adds the Florida footprint to the premier West Coast conference. "2. A built-in rivalry with Fresno State. Who’s the REAL FSU?? "3. In their filing against the ACC, Florida State said they would have preferred adding Oregon State instead of Cal and Stanford. Now’s your chance, Noles. "The answer is too obvious for it to ever happen, but as we have seen, the simplest solution is always the most elusive in college football." Tallahassee is very near the west coast of a coastal state, after all.

Because then the Pac-12 would have been dissolved with assets distributed equally among the 12 former members, and the Pig-2 couldn't have stolen 300 million from the other 10 former Pac-12 schools. They had to retain the name...

2025 College Football Predictions: 10 Matchups that will Shape the Regular Season 2025 College Football Predictions: 10 Matchups that will Shape the Regular Season WWW.FOXSPORTS.COM Texas vs. Ohio State in Week 1? Yes please! Ohio State vs. Michigan in Week 14? Absolutely! FOX Sports' Joel Klatt lists 10 games that will shape the 2025 college football season.

Marcus Mariota Opens Up About Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Headlining the class of 2025 University of Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees, former Oregon Ducks quarterback and current Washington Commander Marcus Mariota shares his thoughts on being honored alongside his former center Hroniss Grasu. Marcus Mariota Opens Up About Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame Induction WWW.SI.COM When thinking of Oregon Ducks athletics, few athletes come to mind more often than former Ducks quarterback Marcus Mariota. Entering his 11th year in the NFL wi

Oregon Football picks up another prediction to land 5-star OT Immanuel Iheanacho The writing has been on the wall for the Ducks to land the 5-star OT, and another recruiting prediction — this time from On3's Charles Simmons — strengthens the case. On Thursday night, Simmons logged an RPM for Iheanacho on On3 with a confidence level of 60. This bumped Oregon up to an overwhelming 90.7% favorite on the site, ahead of schools like Penn State, Auburn, and LSU. Over on 247Sports, there are three Crystal Ball predictions for Iheanacho, all in favor of the Ducks. Oregon Football picks up another prediction to land 5-star OT Immanuel Iheanacho DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Oregon Ducks have picked up yet another prediction to land 5-star OT Immanuel Iheanacho in the 2026 class.

Unless they're winning! In which attendance might be good because winning is still fun. And if they're winning they can dream of making the playoff... only to be outraged when they're snubbed.

I could see them getting 12 million if they embrace that 7pm time slot and play hardball with it. I could see ESPN and Fox being ok with that kind of payout if they get that time slot filled regularly. But I DOUBT the Scrap-12 will consider embracing the 7pm time slot and they will probably all see themselves worth 20mil and prime time slots. They are still pushing this notion that they are a Power Conference but they are G6. If they were smart they'd leverage their west coast time slot to their advantage. But if they were smart they would have used that Pac-12 war-chest they stole and bought their way into the Big 12.

For this game against a rested Gopher team, Dan and the team cannot come in with a 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right' attitude, or Oregon's playoff hopes could be 'Blowin' In the Wind,' and sinking 'Like a Rolling Stone.' A loss would send Ducks' fans home with the 'Subterranean Homesick Blues', and believing that 'It's All Over Now, Baby Duck.' I'm sorry, Bob, but I wanted to recognize you and your Alma Mammy. I wonder if Bob ever attended a game without first paying a visit to 'Mister Tambourine Man' and stuck around 'Maggie's Farm' long enough to score a degree? If he didn't depart Minneapolis with a sheepskin, he joins Bill Gates as a fairly successful college dropout. Playing the week before at Iowa, where soon-to-be the B1G coach with the most wins, Kirk Ferentz, has gone 107-57, 65%, at home in Kinnick Stadium since 1999, followed by a Friday night kickoff aganst a team coming off a bye, is the 2025 version of 2024's eight consecutive B1G games without a nap. Easier, but still questionable. Looking at Minnesota's schedule, the Golden Gophers, if they can get by Cal in Berkeley Week 3, have a chance to enter Autzen 7-2, and fired up to hand OBD a huge upset. Along with Bob Dylan, I'd like to again thank my gifted Editor, who edits like Bob composes songs. Beat the Skis off of the Second Rodent on the Schedule, and 'Don't Look Back, It's All Right!'

I am looking forward to seeing the football attendance for oac when a home slate includes Utah State and Texas State. The only conference draws may be Boise and Fresno. I predict a very New Mexico-like** late season attendance number of sub 20K for turds like TSU and USU. CSU not much better. **I admit I have a grad degree from UNM and attended a few sub 10K games while there. I do not see the reasoning for not joining the MWC. It would have been a much stronger conference than the Pac-Steight or the current MW. Beavernation needs a B-2 flyover and a bunkerbuster shot to the athletic department. Of course Beaverbob will do a press conference and claim that there is nothing to see there.

$ 7 to $ 10 Million a Year! It Just Means Less!

They badly need to rebrand their logo as it is no longer even representative of the geographical locations for most of the schools! two total schools in the new conference can be considered as "mountain" schools (Colorado State, Utah State), yet it is one of the predominate features in the current PAC-12 logo. The new logo needs to be as boring as possible in order to properly highlight the generic, no-name places in each state that their respective schools call home! And a name change to the Left Behind Land Grant State Schools Conference should be legally required!

Big Ten flexes its muscles against SEC scheduling.

I am trying to figure out which is worse....adding Texas State to a conference, or calling the conference they are creating as the, "New Look Pac-12." This label has popped up in several references by writers in the last two weeks, with John Canzano being one of the primary promoters of the label. (Of course) I mean....how DO you portray the revised conference that is clearly much, much worse than the original....and everyone knows it? Are you really trying to pretend it is something better than it is?