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This smells like negotiating tactics on all or 1-2 of the Pac4s part. And that’s smart.

OSU Board of Trustees is meeting via Zoom right now. Barnes on agenda for Athletics Update including discussion on revenue (can click on his PPT in agenda). Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees - 08/25/2023 LEADERSHIP.OREGONSTATE.EDU *Members of the public have the following options for providing comments on action items listed on the agenda: Submit written comments by noon Wednesday, Aug. 23 to trustees@oregonstate.edu. All

P.S. MWC Commissioner Gloria Nevarez reportedly is in Pullman today… Sources: MWC, AAC ramp up courtship of Oregon State and Washington State with college landscape still shifting SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Commissioners of the two leagues will deliver expansion presentations in the coming days to officials from Washington State and Oregon State, sources tell Yahoo Sports.

Exactly. Networks wanted to shed the dead weight, why pay $30M each for Beavis and Coug. Then starting with Colorado, the recent 6 that left the Pac decided the same thing. Getting watered down by low value partners. Sad but smart. Sure sounds like Stanford and Cal will be officially gone any hour now. Oregon State move from Pac-12 to MWC looks set as CFB insider claims Power Five to Group of Five move for the Beavers confirmed WWW.SPORTSKEEDA.COM The Oregon State Beavers are one of four schools remaining in the Pac-12, which has appeared on the verge of collapse for much of the summer.

In wonderful irony for whiners… Barnes now a rumored candidate for the vacant UW AD job. USC hates that UO and UW are now in the B1G, yet hires UW’s AD who made that B1G leap. WSU AD a strong candidate for Ohio St B1G AD job.

Conference game against Mario? If he lasts that long? See #1 Stanford and Cal to the ACC? Five (not-so) bold conference expansion predictions WWW.YAHOO.COM A look at five predictions for conference expansion for the Big Ten, ACC and SEC.

Clemson, Florida St, North Carolina, and NC St are the current no votes keeping Stanford and Cal out of the ACC. They need one to flip, which is unlikely. This is good news if you are a Beav or Coug, better chance of PAC surviving via expansion or merger. It’s dead without Stanford. https://www.si.com/college/2023/08/11/stanford-cal-acc-unlikely-future-unclear-pac-12

Sounds like NIL is a big deal for Baker and Texas is all in.

Do not forget the $34M buyout for any MWC team is highly prohibitive. Especially for a Pac4 with no media $. It is not as easy as it sounds to just bring some on board. Most likely is a full conf merger or absorption. Cal & Stanford clearly do not want that even though keeping it open as an option, given ACC does not yet have the votes to add them. Feels OSU & WSU might be MWC bound and with no negotiating leverage. Not even sure the $4m a year per team MWC media deal gets increased with expansion. But Feels a better option than AAC.

Just wow. My guess is this was Arizona. Pac-12 presidents went into panic mode as George Kliavkoff swung and missed WWW.YAHOO.COM Details from the final, franctic moments before 5 #Pac12 schools abandoned ship add to the humiliation for this dying conference.

Beavis and Coug being introduced to their new conference.

Well said! The whole thing. And the above quote can apply to the programs left behind and Apple.

Fun idea but can’t just poach MWC schools due to the huge $ buyout clause, with no media $ anymore to back that. Maybe it works the other way if MWC absorbs 2 or all of the remaining PAC 4. But Then they get the $4M per year MWC media deal…

The more I think on this… Even if OSU, WSU, Cal, Stanford try and make a go as the Pac- they can’t afford MWC team team buyouts now, especially with no viable tv deal. SDSU and SMU can’t happen now. And Apples already rotten deal has to be off the table now…not even worth it for them anymore at those $ with these Pac prospects. Maybe MWC goes with Apple at next contract to increase its $ via streaming. So in meantime Pac4 brings in Eastern, Montana… Or somehow convinces Big12 they need to hit 20 teams NOW and get added on the chest at low%s . But Seems Big12 should not keep buying until they stand back to see what SHOULD be next, vs what is desperate. Can’t see WSU and OSU being better than some other options for Big12 add…after the Zona schools and Utah go.

It’s basically down to where do OSU, WSU, Cal, & Stanford go. What are things that we are aware of: Mountain West buyouts are too expensive for any of them to come to PAC with those 4 before 2025. Not hearing ANY talk of Mountain West absorbing anybody and their TV $ are so low they can’t afford splitting. Don’t know if their current contract allows for any $ in expansion. Stanford has the $ to be independent for a year or 2. Not the others. Big12 all but just added the 2 Arizona schools and Utah to go with Colorado. Even if they want to expand beyond that, OSU and WSU are waaaaaaaaaay down the list. Bay Area schools don’t seem to fit but maybe. Really is sad but a Beavis and Cougs are really in a pickle. Also feel sad for SDSU. Got led on by George without any firm ground or $.

Man, just when I had a few months of actually thinking Canzano turned a corner on being a legit good, sourced reporter. After this and his recent statement that PAC media deal getting more $ than Big12 is a lay-up. Clearly, once again he is either being used or creating fake news for clicks. Maybe both. No. More. Trust.

No thanks. Boise St market and academics are terrible. Boise ~100th largest U.S. city (yawn) and per uS News and World Reports, “Boise State University is ranked #331-440 out of 443 National Universities. Source link: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/boise-state-university-1616/overall-rankings#:~:text=your college needs%3F-,Boise State University Rankings,about how we rank schools. Athletics are not great outside of a couple football games. Hanging a hat on a game from 16+ years ago that only one team was fired up to play their opponent…no prospective recruit let alone current college student even remembers that game. San Diego St is light years ahead in every category: market, academics, athletics.

My fav Oregon sound is “Kenny Wheaton is gonna score!”

Don’t forget the bad blood in how Peterson dealt with the Boise State player instigating the LeGarrette punch by calling him the N-word in front of many witnesses. Kelly suspended his player for the rest of the regular season, Peterson did nothing to his player. Oregon leader ship never forgot that and I don’t think Peterson ever was going to become an Oregon head coach

Massive get

I have it from a solid source that “Kenny Wheaton is going to score!”

This is great news. No thanks on the drama.

SDSU has got to be negotiating that they get a full share. And they sure deserve it.

I will believe it when I see it… Until then, speculation can be fun: If UO and UW to B1G, Then the 4 corner schools bolt to Big12. Then, remaining 4 PAC merge with MWC. Redefine divisions. SDSU dominates football and hoops and goes to playoff.

Microcosm but my UO kid normally goes to games with a dozen friends. ZERO of them could attend the Wisconsin game because of being in middle of heavy finals week (they are all juniors & seniors) plus the high % of bad virus going around campus. Does not explain non-Students staying away though…