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What should they have done? How about actually trying to pull their weight years ago, and make the Pac -12 better in the revenue generating sports. Not waiting till 2018 to invest into stadium renovations. How about not allowing yourself to be an anchor, and counting on your in state brothers pull you along. Then acting like they betrayed you after years of pulling your sorry carcass. How about giving a wink after you won money not owed to you, and finally owning up to your failures. If the Big Ten had offered you membership at a ten percent revenue sharing percentage, you'd jump. Facts are you didn't put in the work, but you want the rewards of your harder working brother. That's a loser mentality, and it's a major issue in society today. " I didn't fail, the system kept me down. Give me a handout, I will sit on my butt waiting for it.". To anybody that's made something of themselves, seen their children do the same, and hopefully live to see their grandkids do the same. You know what that means. Do you wanna make something of yourself, or excuses for why you never will? As long as your lungs draw air, it's not too late. But some people wake up looking for slights and excuses. Oregon chose to be better, that's why they're an elite AD with great backing. Oregon State chose to just be content in a changing market. They never thought a 108 year old house would crumble.

Maybe this is a stupid question, but heck it's slow season, so I'll ask it anyhow. We are an 11 seed facing South Carolina. Colorado is a potential tenth seed facing Boise State in the First Four. Is there one ten seed, or two? I know a win in the First Four is an official tournament statistic, so I guess it's a way for a small school like Bryant to say they have an official tournament victory. So an eleven seed is better than a ten seed? But is a sixteen seed better than an eleven if the sixteen doesn't have to play an extra game against another sixteen? With expansion talks upcoming, I hope football seeding isn't as confusing. Maybe it's a good thing Mike Leach didn't get his 64 team field. Loved the pirate, but no thanks to his tournament idea. Riddle me this Quackman. When is a sixteen better than an eleven, and when can there be multiples of the same numerical value?

Does that mean that whatever miniscule revenue is generated will go to the Pac Who? Kind of embarrassing. Imagine being dumped, but still honoring a commitment to film your ex giving a speech for their online associates. Give me a P, give me an A, give me a T, give me an H, give me an E..... Blah blah blah.

11 seed. To me that means we were likely on the outs if we didn't win the tourney. The chairman said there were five bids stolen this weekend. Indiana State looks to be the one team that most are griping about today. I don't get upset over teams 69, 70, or 71. Those teams aren't going to win a title. But I do feel bad for fans of smaller programs, one upset can make your day as a fan. I mean look at how those kids at Duquesne reacted. Their first bid in 43 years, that's a special moment.

While I don't have any idea how they'll do in the tournament. It's all a plus. Two weeks ago, I saw First Four as a real possibility .

It is rather fitting. "Hey Beavis, I can see George's butt" "Hahaha, I can see his media deal. It's miniscule, Butthead".

To anybody who feels sorry for the two. Imagine having a house with twelve kids. Ten of them work hard, contribute to the family and get accepted into college. Those ten got what they deserved. Now take two of those and they slacked off, rarely cleaned their rooms. Then one day, dad and mom announce they are selling the house, moving to the beach house. The parents have it written that all the kids will get something from the sale. But the two deadbeats with no options, nowhere to go, want to take everything from the sale. After all, they got abandoned. It's not fair, how can they afford to keep living the lifestyle they've grown accustomed to without the luxury of living rent free? Meanwhile across the street, the same thing happened ten years ago to the EastMans. Little Cindy and Ucef just got dropped into the much less lavish neighborhood. But they worked hard, made themselves more desirable, and they got rewarded. Meanwhile Wally and Beav want to take what they don't deserve. They won't let the house be sold, they're clawing to stay in there. It's not fair!!! The moving trucks are coming, it's near time for the police to throw the vagrants out of the P4 neighborhood. "YOU LOSE SIR!! YOU GET NOTHING!! GOOD Day!!"

For Oregon, this is great. Being part of the Roman Empire is better than opposing it. I don't like the minimum guarantee for the sport though. Minimum guarantee referring to the Big Ten/SEC getting a higher amount of participants guaranteed. I'm not talking about G5 teams getting the bad end either. Until proven, they are usually a sacrificial lamb. But if the Big Twelve or whomever has a really good year, their programs should get in over the fourth or fifth best teams in the P2.

Please don't expand the stadium. Tickets should remain a premium for the impending horde of Big Ten invaders. I don't want to ever see large swaths of Red, Blue, or putrid Spartan Green in Autzen. Let them come to Eugene, let them tailgate. But make them watch the game on television. I know some of them will get in. We'll see those two famous Buckeye fans this Fall. The bald dude with the painted face, and the dude with the weird hat and sunglasses that always has a cape and grills outside the stadium before games. But no more!!! We should not hear that stupid chant during the game. You know the chant, I heard it as a kid growing up there. I won't say it. BTW the dude grilling out is a super nice guy, and his BBQ is good. But that's only for pregame purposes. For sixty minutes, he is our enemy!!!!

Yeah the whole victim theme never seemed right to me. The Pac-12 lied to it's members, there was never a television deal in place. Every team sought an escape after the truth came out. Oregon and Washington were vetted by the Big Ten a year before. Utah was never a target, even if they thought they were. So they went to their fallback, ASU was lucky enough to have Arizona drag them into the Big Twelve. Colorado just went back home. Then you had the two arrogant academics in Cali, they were rumored to be Big Ten targets, but got a reality check when they had to take the last boat out. Not to the Big Ten with us, but to the ACC with SMU. The PAC WHO CARES couldn't get a bite, so they became self righteous babies, who fought harder in the media and court rooms, than they ever did on a football field. Maybe if they put as much effort into building their brand as they did fighting to steal money, they may have been a valuable commodity. That ship has passed though. Oregon should leave the Beav in the dust. We can play Portland State, Idaho, or Akron.

God Bless You Kim!! God only gives us the challenges he knows we can overcome. The day shines brightest right after a storm. Rest up, get better, and we'll see you back here when you're ready.

The only true positive of the Big Ten/SEC alliance is the end of Notre Dame being allowed to pretend they are still a unicorn. When in reality, they've been nothing special for years. They never provide a compelling game when they get into the playoffs, or BCS before that. Rudy is a great movie, but that's the limit of their aura imo. The ACC had a chance to force their hand in 2020, but didn't. Is it any wonder FSU wants out of that conference? The ACC would've fought for Notre Dame if they went undefeated, in hopes of them joining. They allowed Notre Dame to influence the stupid additions of Stanford and Cal. FSU, Clemson, and UNC didn't want them.

The NCAA has been corrupt for years(much like the government). One must only look at the FBI probing into college basketball in '17. Yet North Carolina and Kansas got no punishment, and Sean Miller got no show clause. Louisville got stripped of their title, Pitino was fired. While I dislike the way the transfer portal is being used in conjunction with NIL, mainly because it allows the gap in haves and have nots to increase. I would prefer the young men putting their bodies at risk getting paid, rather than the old men with too much money to begin with. ESPN is now suing FSU because of trade secrets, yet they colluded with the ACC behind it's members backs, and the contract isn't allowed to be viewed outside of the ACC offices. I think we know how that story is going to end. It's clear as day that FSU is coming to the Big Ten, not the SEC. ESPN has a vested interest in keeping big brands in the ACC, but they also just inked that deal with the SEC. So I believe they know FSU is leaving for a conference with no deal with them. If/When that happens, you have the path cleared for the Big Ten to get into the Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina markets. That means the Big Ten is in every region in the country. I doubt the SEC cares about that, but ESPN does. Because essentially that move would decrease the value of their secondary conference(ACC), and strengthen what Fox can offer up. In closing, I'm glad the NCAA is losing it's authority. I feel bad for the programs that have invested into their program, yet have no way of ever cracking into the Big Two Club, but that's life. Maybe the remnants of the ACC can go to the Big Twelve. Programs like Louisville, Virginia Tech, Pitt, Duke, NC State etc.. But I feel like the ACC may just add Boise, Beavis, and Wazzu.

It seemed like Ohio State tried to be more physical, but they still ranked 83rd in rushing yards. UCLA was 16th, and they passed for under 3,000 yards. The issue with Ohio State is their line however. But lineman prefer run heavy sets, it's easier. Especially if your QB is a statue that doesn't process zone coverages very well.

The coaches have been free agent mavericks for years. Agents have been putting their client's names out for other jobs since the start of Big time athletics began. This is while their client is under contract, I repeat under contract. Not enforced, unpaid servitude. Guys making millions who make their money because of how well they recruit & coach up teenagers. Teenagers who pledge allegiance to these men that come into their homes, and promise to lead them. Often time to mold them into players and men that can succeed into adulthood. These young men put their bodies on the line, in exchange they get a college education(Not cheap by any means). But the sport makes billions of their performance. Grown men benefit, the school benefits, and other sports benefit. Let's be frank here, non revenue sports players benefit. Those kids get scholarships to attend school, but they don't bring in anything of monetary value. They are funded off the sweat & physical abuse the football players endure. So am I upset that these guys are getting paid? No. Am I upset they have the chance to transfer if the coach who brought them there leaves? Again no. But I do think something needs to be fixed, and the grown ups need to take some responsibility. They need to understand they've been abandoning their posts, and young men for years. For a better opportunity, all while they were under contract. They didn't pay the buyout either, the deep pocketed boosters of their new employers did that.. Willie Taggart was a mercenary one year coach. How many young men did he tell to trust him? Come to Eugene, be a Duck. Sometimes from across the country. Just to leave at the first chance because he wanted to go home to FSU. Yes a day of reckoning is coming, but it's been on the horizon far longer than anybody's been aware of. The grown men that have been making millions are just now starting to feel the sting.

I think it's much easier to win a title in basketball than football for smaller programs. But I also think it may be even harder to retain your Star players if your NIL support isn't in place. The one and done rules have really crippled the game imo. Just let high school kids go pro if they're 18. But if they choose to attend college, enforce the three year rule. Basketball has the G League for it's developmental players. It's also not as physically taxing as football. I hope that the Big Ten, SEC alliance will help fix things like the transfer portal rules, but also hold coaches accountable for contracts they agree to. Accountability is a two way street. Chip Kelly, Dabo Sweeney, or any of the old guard coaches can't complain about players leaving on a whim for better opportunities, when they do the same. Just look at this past coaching cycle in CFB.

After Ohio State fired their guy yesterday. Holtmann signed top classes, but hasn't won a Big Ten road game since January 2022. The athletic director Gene Smith was crying at the podium after announcing the firing. The guy had 9 conference wins the last two years combined. He has a fifteen million dollar buyout because Smith gave him an extension in '22. I think I would hold off on the tears Gene. This raises a good question though. Is there the same expectation for OBD on the hard court as the gridiron?

"Out of a series of bad options, this is the best". What? Just stop with tie ins then. If the Outback Bowl, Capital One Bowl, Holiday Bowl, and Cactus Bowl are rated in that order..you can't have a seven win Minnesota play a nine win Ole Miss, over a nine win USC. Then have a nine win Washington play Boise State, while a six win Indiana plays a nine win LSU. If there is no more Pac-12, those tie ins are null & void Why is this so hard to comprehend. Just do what you did a decade ago with the Big East. The format is there. You can't let any baggage remain of the now dead carcass. It was mismanaged, no more of this nonsense. Won't this albatross be lifted? Oregon is no longer a Pac-12 football member. The next time they line up for a game, the patch will say Big Ten. The field will have a Big Ten insignia on it.

I don't think Nebraska was brought in for the same reasons as Rutgers, or Maryland. I mean they celebrate that their football stadium becomes the biggest populace center in the state. Not Lincoln, but the stadium. They are top 10 in wins, they are supposed to be a blue blood. But they are more on the level of Iowa. They just sign top 25 classes, instead of top 50. They certainly don't pose a challenge to Michigan or Ohio State. It's not through a lack of support though. They spend money, pack their stadium, and have high expectations. Unlike Oregon State, who depends on Oregon to provide a sellout. But a reality check is headed both their ways. Oregon State is a never was. Nebraska is a has been until proven otherwise.

On a lighter note, I think we have a new team to dislike in our new conference. If you want a laugh, listen to the three Husker guys in this video . The one Ohio State guy at least has a program that can brag, and he's far less insulting to OBD. They really don't know what's coming their way.

The Beav has been content with just being a P5 member. So they have a good couple years, and they finally make an investment in their facilities. All of a sudden we're supposed to forget the majority of their history? I'm agitated that Oregon has been made to look like the bad guys that don't care about the fans. When our leadership took a program that was an also ran prior to the late 90's, and made the product exciting, innovative, and competitive with the powers. To me, that's caring about the fans. Oregon State fans need to be upset with Oregon State. They're parasites, entitled ones at that. They got more than they ever put in, and now they want more. More payouts, an easier path to a playoff spot, and recognition of being a P4 program. They deserve nothing, they deserve the same fate as the left behind of the old Big East conference. Keep investing, winning. Building up your brand like Oregon has done. Then perhaps the Big Twelve may want them. Why didn't Cincy or UCF get a payout, and access to the BCS system after the Big East dissolved? Why did they have to punch above their weight to get into a P5 league? I'm with Charles. I'm sick of hearing about poor Oregon State.

Okay, so this article is a little old. It was published a month after "Oregon killed the Pac-12". But the jist concludes that Oregon State wasn't fighting for assets for itself. It was doing it for the every man. The farmer, plumber, electrician, and all those poor little kids that are being ripped off. As evil, Big corporate Nike steals from their pockets. Just to prop up Oregon!!! I can't make this up. There aren't any facts, just feelings. Oregon State is crying foul because the Pac-12 imploding is going to put them in a financial distress, right after a two hundred million dollar project on their crappy football facilities. My daddy told me to watch my money. Never spend a dollar when only a dime is guaranteed. But evidently they don't teach economics in Corvallis. Why we’re still fighting for the Pac-12 LEADERSHIP.OREGONSTATE.EDU Jayathi Y. Murthy, president of Oregon State University On a typical fall football weekend at Oregon State University...

Ohio State is kind of like the Midwest version of Oregon. To me these two programs recruit, and treat college football at SEC type levels. Our fans are the most rabid on the west coast. We have boosters that demand excellence. Our NIL setup is top notch. Washington likes to preach about their so called better history(1 title back in the early 90's, and being top twenty in all time wins). They like to say they have better student athletes, and won't go all in with NIL. They've beaten us three straight times, and boy have we heard of it. But I don't like their chances this November. I only question if we'll beat them worse than we beat Oregon State this year. Puddles and Brutus are too of the most recognizable mascots in the game. Will they meet two times..three times this year?

Watched the Purdue game tonight vs Indiana. They are a very well disciplined defensive squad, with that big guy Edey plugging the middle. Their guards aren't the most athletic, but they can shoot, and are good in sets. Edey is a good passer, and while he isn't fast. He reminds you of Jokic in the way he reads defenses, and is strong on rebounds and down low. Hard to strip the ball from him. Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Northwestern all operate similarly. Meanwhile Michigan and Ohio State have better athletes, but struggle to play a good forty minutes. Maryland is the same story. Oregon will need to be stronger down low next year. Or we will be pushed around .

Herbie has become another ESPN personality. Just like those clowns like Stephen A Smith, Kendrick Perkins, and Pat McAfee. Sad thing is he used to be informative, a bright guy with real insight into recruiting, play calling, and insight into one of the biggest most rabid fanbases. While not being the obvious homers as Lou Holtz, Desmond Howard, or the insufferable Mark May. Now he's a shill, imagine his response if an undefeated Ohio State got left out in favor of a one loss squad. Not only that, but he double talks about one program interfering, but forgets about others. Whatever fits his marching orders from the mouse.