Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted 21 hours ago This article is a HOOT! Credit DanLduck for finding it and passing it along...you gotta read this! Did Oregon State, Washington State build a Pac-12 they're not good enough to compete in? NEVADASPORTSNET.COM The easy thing for Oregon State and Washington State to do during the latest wave of conference realignment was a reverse merger with the Mountain West. The Be 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 2 Share Posted 21 hours ago "I wonder if Oregon State and Washington State just built a conference they're not going to be competitive in." "So far, the results have not been great. They haven't been bad, either. They've mostly been mediocre." "...those schools could have just built a new Pac-12 they won't be very competitive in with regard to winning regular conference championships." 2 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JabbaNoBargain No. 3 Share Posted 9 hours ago Great find! I’ve been saying all along that there is nothing to suggest the PIG2 won’t ultimately find themselves in nearly the same place if they rebuild the PAC into a top G6 conference. A bit of a paradox, if they’re adding teams with large recruiting advantages and better geography than the PIG2 have, they’ll slip to at best middle of the conference. If they’re adding teams they can have sustained success against it won’t be a top G6. Enjoy the bean counting wars piggies, you peaked a year ago. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 4 Share Posted 9 hours ago Thank you, Charles and DanL. No two schools deserve to be hoisted on their smelly petards than the Left Behind Pac-2. 'You Ducks destroyed a conference!" OSU and WSU didn't do this to the MW? 'You Ducks are not honorable.' Did Oregon sign a deal for game inventory it is trying to weasel out of less than a year after signing? 'Travel will have you begging to return in a couple of years.' But it's perfectly okay to invite a school from Memphis, New Orleans, and wherever Texas State resides in Texas to the party, right? Washington State football. Since playing well in 2024, the Head Coach, O Coordinator, and star QB have Couged It out of town. Oregon State football. Paying $1.5 M to a QB, Malik Murphy, who was going to lose his starting spot at Duke to a transfer from Tulane. Murphy has now taken his act from the SEC, Texas, to the ACC, Duke, to the Pac-Whatever, plus Gonzo. Regarding the new media deal, it's a good thing the Pac-Whatever hired, 'Trust Me, It's All Good' George Kliavkoff as a consultant. Thanks for creating the 6th member of the G6 and have a really nice day. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 5 Share Posted 8 hours ago Everything they accuse us of, they have done… They say, ”we sued the Pac 12 for survival!” My response is, “yes, and Oregon left the Pac 12 for ultimate survival, as being in one of the super two conferences is crucial in today’s environment.” They say, “Oregon destroyed the Pac 12!” In my response is, “Oregon State has destroyed the Mountain West… How are you any different?” Answer? They are the same, only on a much smaller scale! Jabba is right…the PIG2 are settling into their true niche, not the falsely elevated and overpaid position they had in the original PAC-12. 1 1 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 6 Share Posted 7 hours ago On 4/4/2025 at 8:52 AM, JabbaNoBargain said: ’ve been saying all along that there is nothing to suggest the PIG2 won’t ultimately find themselves in nearly the same place if they rebuild the PAC into a top G6 conference. The Erickson Beaver team was a mirage, along with Leaf's Cougs team that went to a Rose Bowl. Love baseball, but that's the only sport that either of the Pig2 could really compete in consistently. Beaver Nation gets kudos for supporting their team. through the good, but mostly bad, seasons, year round. Both schools suffered from delusions of grandeur, worse that Washington. They should have joined, Idaho, Idaho State, EWU, and the others, in the Big Sky Conference, long ago. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 7 Share Posted 7 hours ago Think of it Beavis, you are mediocre in a Group-of-Six Conference! 3 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JabbaNoBargain No. 8 Share Posted 5 hours ago My take is their short term greed killed them along with a commissioner more concerned about her job existing than the conference being successful. There was a moment in time when the PAC brand might have still relatively resonated, that they needed to immediately reverse merge with the MWC and negotiate a media deal that might have fetched $15-20m per team. But they took the short term cash hoping for who knows what. Now they’re holding onto a brand nobody cares about while creating a hostile and competitive market with the MWC. Well done piggies! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kamikaze Kid Moderator No. 9 Share Posted 4 hours ago These will be known as the good ole days for for Beavis and Coug It. I hope they're storing up some fond memories of being back to back PAC football champs and runner ups. In forty years, the grand kids won't believe the legend of these wonderful times! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven A Moderator No. 10 Share Posted 1 hour ago The "new Pac". . . Conference of Non-champions Gone like the big redhead. RIP Mr. Walton, glad he didn't live to see this fiasco. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
