good. nobody wants to coach osu. hope he’s stuck and has to keep osu solid, even if unspectacular. like he did as a player. osu will always be second fiddle to oregon. especially now in the pac-2.
Seriously though, who will OSU play next year? Not easy to fill a schedule this late. I think they should do a home and away vs WSU like in basketball. That will take care of 5 games.
the assumption has been that OSU/WSU would complete a scheduling agreement with the MWC. They still might but a big part of the assumption would be that the incentive for MWC teams would be the opportunity to eventually join a reformatted PAC in two years when the current MWC media deal expires. A bigger brand might mean a better future media deal (although that has seemed a bit of a stretch) The problem is that OSU/WSU don't have clear sailing anymore to keep the PAC alive because it appears the 10 departing PAC teams are willing to fight in court about the distribution of PAC assets and future revenues. And a legal battle could take years and essentially kill OSU/WSU dreams of keeping the PAC alive because the NCAA imposes a 2 year deadline on reformatting a conference and the longer it takes, the harder it becomes for the MWC teams to cancel scheduled games and rearrange their season schedules, bumping all the other teams to other dates on the schedule. That's not an easy task considering it's less than 10 months till when the 2024 season starts. OSU/WSU might be able to apply to the NCAA fro an Hawaii exception allowing the teams to play 13 games. But I've read in a couple of places that some of the MWC teams won't agree with that because it would eliminate their in-season bye reportedly, the 10 departing teams and OSU/WSU are engaged in arbitration right now. But there's really no pressure on the 10 departing teams while there is seriously mounting pressure on OSU/WSU to settle so they can start to plan their futures. They need some finality. The 10 departing teams don't. And, the UofW has filed a lawsuit claiming, since they are in the state of Washington, they have the same right as WSU does in state court. This is a pretty obvious legal strategy because if the judge, a WSU alum and a past president of the WSU booster club denies the UofW claim, the path is wide open for the UofW to appeal to a state appellate court or to file to move the lawsuit to federal court. Moving it to federal court would be a disaster for OSU/WSU there is probably room for compromise but iw would probably take OSU/WSU to stop operating from a deep sense of grievance.
I wonder how much a wrinkle this Colorado play calling change will have this weekend >> https://www.espn.com/college-footba...rces-colorado-pat-shurmur-call-plays-new-role
Are the Bills a home or away game? Who the heck are the Bananas? Will they be playing football or baseball for that one?
just saw that the UofW filed a lawsuit in Whatcom County to quash the lawsuit filed by OSU/WSU in another Washington county https://theathletic.com/5026697/2023/11/02/washington-wazzu-oregon-state-pac-12-motion/ the foundational legal argument OSU/WSU are making hinges on Kliavkoff's claim that USC/UCLA were "removed from the Pac-12 Board" when they announced they were leaving the conference. Unfortunately for OSU/WSU there are no legal documents showing the two schools were removed from the board. And, the bylaws specifically state no school can legally exit the conference, and the GOR, until that school mactuallyfiles a formal written notice of exit....and no school can file that notice until August, 2024. Further, both schools have claimed they didn't challenge any assertion of exclusion because the only business in front of the board was the next media deal of which they weren't going to particpate " Oregon State and Washington State have argued that all 10 departing schools are no longer board members, since they have announced their departures, effective Aug. 1, 2024. The filing cited past comments from Kliavkoff that USC and UCLA were removed from the board when they announced their Big Ten plans last year and a text message on Aug. 4 where Kliavkoff claimed the league had only four board members left (OSU, WSU, Cal and Stanford). The UW filing on Thursday claims that, despite comments by Kliavkoff, USC and UCLA were never actually removed from the board. It also claims all members long ago agreed that current-year revenues are shared evenly among all active members, and that OSU and WSU can do whatever they want with money after that. “Their lawsuit stems from a flawed interpretation of the Pac-12 bylaws, which were drafted and ratified by all 12 schools to ensure an equal revenue distribution for every member who remains in the conference throughout the current media rights deal, which ends in summer 2024,” the group statement said. “All 10 member schools adhered to these bylaws, and we are resolute in protecting our rights to participate in Pac-12 Conference governance through the end of this season." with 2 different lawsuits filed, in two different state courts, unless an agreement is reached or this is moved to federal court, this legal battle could probably advance all the way thru state appellate courts and end up in the state supreme court. And that could take a couple of years...which OSU/WSU don't have right now, the crux of the matter appears to be that OSU/WSU want to control all the Pac-12 revenues for the 2023-24 sports calendar. The 10 departing schools appear willing to fight that, and fight it as as far as necessary. the biggest danger for OSU/WSU is if they lose in court, and the Pac-12 board meets with all 12 schools present, the 10 departing schools can vote to dissolve the conference and split all current and future revenue equally.
Kind of looked like an offensive PI on that play that set up the TD for Colorado. Funny they are not showing much of that play.
