Pac 12... 11... 10... 9... 8... 7...6...5...4... POOF!

Just don't let her get a history degree and sell coffee in Portland

 

Yeah looking at these text book prices….this is crazy!

 

Right! Or a degree in French art!

She was starting off with a degree in Kinesiology, but was warned that the D1 sports schedule and medical majors are brutal. So she is going with a Business/Marketing major. We’ll see how this plays out.

Back on topic, I’m bummed about the PAC 12 breaking up. Will miss some of those rivalries for sure.

 

Me too. The handwriting was on the wall though when USC and UCLA bailed. The finances of the league were probably the best when those two schools were top dogs and California audiences got to watch them beating up on weaker northern schools.

 

Our school system is preying on kids man. It’s disgusting. And then they get out of school with a shit ton of debt and no guarantee of a good job. It’s so important for parents to sit down with their kids and talk about their goals now because college can’t just be a 4 year party. If they get out with a worthless degree they’re in deep shit.

 

Not everywhere and you can apply for assistance which most students can qualify for when they are over 18 without problems.

 

She worked hard and so did mom and dad. You all deserve it. Education costs are ridiculous in this country

 

exactly right

my first year at the UofO was 1970. Stayed in a dorm. My room and board AND tuition was $500/term; $1,500/year. That's about the same as an IPad

 

$1500 in 1970 dollars is about $12K today. My grandson will be going to UO next fall and the cost of tuition, room and board is something like $34K. So nearly three times as much.

 

I didn’t even realize they HAD college back then! What did you major in…..Fire Starting or Cave Drawing? #BAM

 

I grew up in a small Willamette Valley logging town on the edge of the Cascades. When I was in high school, almost all of my buddies were headed to OSU. I was good at math and liked the idea of engineering so I had pretty much decided to head to Corvallis too. I do remember that some of the 'hotter' girls in school were headed to the UofO, so I did have that in the back of my mind

anyway, I was sitting at the table with my application thumbing thru the OSU catalog one last time and I noticed a number: 66% of the OSU student body was male. "wait a minute" thinks I, "I don't like that ratio...at all"

so I pulled out the UofO catalog and read the fine print: 59% of the UofO student body was female. Hmmm.

so I switched my 'major' from engineering to business. But really, I was majoring in party and girls. I must not have paid attention in class because 9 years later I had 2 ex-wives and no degree. It was a fun decade though

 

Funny how girls are such a factor to a 15-17 year old. Not saying OSU did not have hot girls, I am sure they did, but I definitely remember watching the cheerleaders during the Kamikaze Kids era and saying to myself..... "that's where I am going to college".

 

Our government stopped subsidizing our higher education in the 90s.

 

They had only fans back in the 1800s????

 

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/conference-realignment-winners-losers-oregon-comes-up-short-in-big-ten-move-arizona-fits-in-big-12/amp/

Losers: Oregon and Washington
The Ducks and Huskies have been among the most watched and successful athletic departments in the country over the past 30 years. Both programs earned a rightful place in one of the top conferences in college football. However, their arrival comes through the back door with a diminished share.

Oregon has won a College Football Playoff game and played for national championships in 2010 and 2014. Washington has four top-15 finishes in the past seven years, including an 11-2 season with an Alamo Bowl victory in 2022. Now, both programs will make substantially less money than Maryland and Northwesternto play in the same conference.

To make matters worse, the Big Ten is a logistical nightmare for the newest West Coast additions. The nearest current Big Ten member is Nebraska, more than 1,600 miles away from both schools. While USC and UCLA provide a Western wing of the conference, even those schools are more than 800 miles away. At least USC and UCLA earn $75 million per year to make the nightmare trips; Oregon and Washington will be struggling on a budget.

 

My mom was a Pan Am flight attendant. That was basically the same thing back in the 70s.