some more on this: people try and justify the CW by pointing at Georgia/Georgia Tech...FSU/Florida, etc. Well, those are home-and-home rivalries between two Power-4 programs. The CW will be a home-and-home between a Power-4 and a G5. It will damage Oregon's SOS which will become a big factor in the 12 team playoff and for those pointing at the 5 year agreement between UW and WSU: this year's game was played in Seattle; next year's game will be played in Seattle. Then home/home for 4 years. In other words, over 6 seasons, 4 games will be played in Seattle and 2 in Pullman
changing tracks from the CW... **************************************** the Portal is going nuts right now:
I have no clue how it works if it's a long term agreement. What will Oregon pay Oregon St to come to Autzen in 2025? Do you just call it a wash?
Feels like you're making a few assumptions here that I'm not sure I agree with: The B1G SOS not being significantly tougher than the P12 SOS - I bet Oregon's average SOS will be tougher in future years, even with OSU on the schedule That SOS will be a big factor into he 12 team playoff - no evidence to suggest this That the civil war will automatically replace future scheduled P4 games (Oklahoma St, Baylor) and not other mid-majors - I haven't seen confirmation either way. I don't see how scheduling a mid-major is a big deal in either direction. The obvious advantages from the AD's perspective (and why I thought it would end up getting scheduled again) is the ability to play a mid-major and have an automatic sellout, games in Corvallis will be easy travel, and many Oregon fans could attend if they wanted.
Wonder what the delay is for additional Oregon players to enter the portal? More are coming, for sure.
Certainly could be. Curious if the benefit of possibly playing would outweigh missing the chance to find a roster spot prior to the early signing period. It should also be noted that this 30 day window closes on Jan 2nd, 2024. There has to be more true sophomore/redshirt freshman from Lanning's first class that will get processed out.
this season, out of 133 teams, this is where the MWC ranked in SOS: 70 Boise St (8-5) 73 San Jose St (7-5) 81 Wyoming (8-4) 87 UNLV (9-4) 89 Air Force (8-4) 93 San Diego St (4-8) 94 Utah St (6-6) 95 Fresno St (8-4) 105 Colorado St (5-7) 120 Nevada (2-10) 123 Hawaii (5-8) 128 New Mexico (4-8) common opponents are a significant component of a teams SOS. OSU can't play 9 of those teams every year without downgrading their own SOS value and LOL at the idea that a home and home against OSU won't have an impact on future P4 OOC...it just did
How does any of your posted show that Oreogn's SOS won't be improving by moving to the B1G over what they've had in the P12 (where they were able to compete for a top 4 spot), that SOS is going to be a major factor in the 12 team playoff selections, and that future civil wars games (in 2026 and beyond) will replace P4 games. And if the B1G schedule is going to be so hard, does it even benefit Oregon to schedule a difficult P4 non-conference game? Again, a lot of assumptions that I'm not sure are based in fact.
