How Bo Nix made himself an elite QB and Heisman contender https://www.espn.com/college-footba...oregon-bo-nix-made-elite-qb-heisman-contender
Marang hasn't shown up to his radio show two days in a row after his USC Trojans losing to Oregon and is claiming it's because of a hamstring injury.
Doesn’t make sense though. He wasn’t claiming that they would beat Oregon. I think he fully expected them to lose.
Not what he was saying in September. It was the classic "we shouldn't win" hedge. What doesn't make sense is being too hurt to talk on a microphone.
Judge gives Oregon State, Washington State full control of Pac-12 and millions of dollars in assets A judge granted Oregon State and Washington State a preliminary injunction Tuesday in their legal battle with 10 departing Pac-12 schools, giving the Pacific Northwest rivals control of the conference and millions of dollars in assets. With a significant legal hurdle cleared, Oregon State and Washington State could soon determine how they will go about keeping the Pac-12 alive and what schools they will be competing against next year. “We look forward to charting a path forward for the Pac-12 that is in the best interest of the conference and student-athletes,” Oregon State President Jayathi Murthy and athletic director Scott Barnes said in a statement. "Our intentions are to make reasonable business decisions going forward while continuing to seek collaboration and consultation with the departing universities.” At a hearing in Whitman County Superior Court, not far from Washington State's Pullman campus, Judge Gary Libey ruled Oregon State and Washington State should be the only members making decisions about Pac-12 business. “Oregon State and Washington State will be the sole members of the board,” Libey said, ruling quickly after hearing arguments for about 2 1/2 hours. Officials at Oregon State were quick to applaud the judge’s decision. “I am absolutely thrilled that the court decided to rule that we are the only remaining members of the conference board,” said Oregon State University president Jayathi Murthy. “The ruling is entirely consistent with how the board has conducted itself over the last year.” The outgoing Pac-12 schools said they will appeal the ruling. Read more
I'm not sure if all the OSU celebrations about this ruling are justified. it was a forgone conclusion that the judge was going to rule this way. That judge is a WSU alum, a past president of the WSU booster club, and has season tickets to WSU games. There is actually a rule governing judges in Washington state courts saying the judge should recuse if there is "any basis for an appearance of bias". That's actually a rule in most courts. That rule would seem to apply. There is no doubt at all that WSU/OSU went venue shopping for the most favorable judge they could find I'd imagine that will be part of the legal filing in the appeal that is going in front of the Washington Supreme Court the judge was also pretty clear that while he was granting OSU/WSU control of the board of the PAC, he would intervene if that 2 school board took any action that treated the other 10 members "unfairly". And that would certainly apply of OSU/WSU tried to take an unequal share of revenue from the 2023-24 athletic year. the other 10 schools have already legally conceded in filings that OSU/WSU are entitled to all PAC revenues going forward after next July. And also entitled to all PAC assets left after settling liabilities. OSU/WSU filed their lawsuit, they claimed, because they were concerned that the other 10 schools would vote to dissolve the conference after next July. The other 10 schools are fighting because that believe OSU/WSU will try and take an uneven share of the current years revenue anybody who believe OSU wouldn't try to do that didn't pay attention to the actions of OSU in front of the emergency session of the Oregon legislature. Or the insane things OSU's president and AD said about it being Oregon that destroyed the Pac-12 and the state should make Oregon pay for the 40M hole in OSU's athletic budget while also considering if Oregon should be forced to pay OSU's athletic scholarship obligation for an undetermined number of years. like I said....insane. It was also an exercise in blatant hypocrisy because the discovery of that case in Washington revealed that OSU and WSU were applying for entry into the Big-12 and ACC months before the Colorado/UofO/UofW/Arizona/ASU/Utah were accepted into the Big-10/Big-12. And after all of OSU's talk about conference loyalty and partner integrity, they are engaged in trying to raid the Mountain West Conference effectively destroying another conference
The Pac 12 is made up of members in 6 states. A court in one state does not have jurisdiction over the schools in the other 5 states. OSU and WSU should make a fair proposal to the other schools about the money and assets and move on. If not each school in the other states can file their own lawsuit. This will drag on for years and eventually end up in federal court.
OSU/WSU are not interested in any equitable or fair distribution of the money: https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/11...ting-schools-fear-punitive-action-by-wsu-osu/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/11...e-of-the-conference-and-the-outbound-schools/
LA Times article detailing the Trojans double dealings which went a long way towards destroying the Pac 12 https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-07-29/usc-president-carol-folt-pac-12-expansion STOMP
Our court system is a total joke when these schools can go shopping for a judge who is clearly biased.
"survival" is kind of a weird label in this case. Colorado State, San Diego State, Boise State...they are all surviving. So are Central Florida, Tulane, Memphis. OSU spent decades sitting at the big boys table but did next to nothing to earn the chair. Riding in the luxury car without paying for gas They ridiculed Oregon when the Ducks were working hard to build their brand; dismissed the Duck uniforms as style over substance. Patted themselves on the back for being the 'lunch pail' program and doing things the 'right way' while Oregon was all flash. They've convinced themselves that it was all Phil Knight responsible for Oregon success. But the reality is that the very first tangible thing Phil Knight did was build the practice facility, the Moshovsky Center, and it wasn't completed until 1998. In the 10 years before that, Oregon had been to 7 bowl games including the Rose Bowl and Cotton Bowl. In the same 10 year period, OSU was 23-83 and capping off 31 straight seasons of losing records I'm not buying this OSU-as-victim narrative. They victimized themselves.
I've had multiple attorney friends (on differing sides and specialties) and one judge say something along the lines that the modern judicial system would never be agreed to by people if they didn't know what side of it they would end up on. That right there tells me all I need to know.
