CougEd said:

and the support ... which actually is more important.

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I think things will settle back up when the Pac12 reforms. Even for the most interested, it’s hard to go to Pullman in November to play Wyoming. It’s a nothing burger, no offense to Wyoming. Can’t swap USC for Hawaii and expect things as usual. Once we have consistent opponents like Fresno, Boise, SDSU, CSU etc we’ll be alright. Hopefully a scheduling agreement with some of UU/ASU/Stan/Cal/UW/Oregon going forward can be achieved too.

Also like to add here that the end of seasons have felt predictably shitty with Dickert. How many knew in your hearts we were gonna drop a game or two to WYO/Oregon St/ New Mexico to finish the season. I knew without a doubt. The new staff will energize things a bit I think.

BiggsCoug said:

WSU has the athletics department it deserves with the admin hires it has made. Hire routinely bad people? This is what you get.

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and the support ... which actually is more important.

Loyal Coug1 said:

C'mon guys. The country is full of G5, FCS, D-2, etc programs that are getting along just fine. WSU is now one of them. BSU has done just fine being an underdog G5 team in a fairly remote place.

Yeah we got F-ed by the traitorous 10. Things will never be the same again. Ever been dealt a shitty hand in your life? I've been dealt several. You get up, dust yourself off and move forward. The Pac-2, however, has made numerous missteps. "We will continue to fund Athletics at a P4 level". What a joke. "We are swinging for the fences". How myopic.

Maybe the rest of you will come to accept that the best thing the Pac-2 could have done was immediately do the reverse merger with the MW, But no, we were too cool to accept reality. So here we are - begging Sun Belt teams to join the Pac-X. Crying like babies because that mean MW is trying to enforce the agreement that we willingly signed. As the Humongous said in The Road Warrior, "what a puny plan".

Wake up, grow up, and deal with it.

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WSU has the athletics department it deserves with the admin hires it has made. Hire routinely bad people? This is what you get.

UberCougars said:

Yeah but, whatabout Are dEmOcRaCy?

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That scam has worked for the military industrial complex for the past 80 years. And the uniparty ran it again on J6.

No mas.

See also “in the best interest of the student athlete”

BiggsCoug said:

I could care less what your link is.

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Glad to know you care.

Observer11 said:

The red pill journey of a thousand miles begins with one step

Day 110 of the Trump presidency and the Republic still stands.

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Yeah but, whatabout Are dEmOcRaCy?

CougEd said:

For once I agree .

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The red pill journey of a thousand miles begins with one step

Day 110 of the Trump presidency and the Republic still stands.

CougEd said:

We are dangerously close .

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Wazzubrooz said:

Yes.

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C'mon guys. The country is full of G5, FCS, D-2, etc programs that are getting along just fine. WSU is now one of them. BSU has done just fine being an underdog G5 team in a fairly remote place.

Yeah we got F-ed by the traitorous 10. Things will never be the same again. Ever been dealt a shitty hand in your life? I've been dealt several. You get up, dust yourself off and move forward. The Pac-2, however, has made numerous missteps. "We will continue to fund Athletics at a P4 level". What a joke. "We are swinging for the fences". How myopic.

Maybe the rest of you will come to accept that the best thing the Pac-2 could have done was immediately do the reverse merger with the MW, But no, we were too cool to accept reality. So here we are - begging Sun Belt teams to join the Pac-X. Crying like babies because that mean MW is trying to enforce the agreement that we willingly signed. As the Humongous said in The Road Warrior, "what a puny plan".

Wake up, grow up, and deal with it.

Yes.

95coug said:

Not going to matter soon.
Basically every funding agency is seeing massive cuts, and those that remain are cutting overhead rates to unsustainable levels. Research is going to fall off a cliff.
Tuition increases are capped, and demand right now is pretty soft.
State operational funding is being reduced, with the current proposal falling about 6% short of what was requested. And that's without factoring in the threatened elimination of federal funding.

Lean times are coming to WSU, and to most other research institutions. The primary focus is going to be on keeping the lights and heat on...not on whether we can land high-demand recruits and coaches.

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Sad but true .

Maybe 3 home games 3 body bag games , the rest on the road . Need a way to stretch whatever revenue we can get

Not going to matter soon.
Basically every funding agency is seeing massive cuts, and those that remain are cutting overhead rates to unsustainable levels. Research is going to fall off a cliff.
Tuition increases are capped, and demand right now is pretty soft.
State operational funding is being reduced, with the current proposal falling about 6% short of what was requested. And that's without factoring in the threatened elimination of federal funding.

Lean times are coming to WSU, and to most other research institutions. The primary focus is going to be on keeping the lights and heat on...not on whether we can land high-demand recruits and coaches.

They’ll all transfer out when they don’t play. Yawn. I’m about at the end of caring.

4 QB's in one recruiting cycle is more than a lot. The two incoming frosh, plus these two transfers (3 years and 3-4 years left respectively). Both may be P4, but they were benchwarmers. So these 4 plus Dart (any other returners?) with Zevi gone after this year is a lot of guys to develop. Agree with some of what Mik predicts about who stays and goes.

Observer11 said:

Blow it all up.

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For once I agree .

Coug90 said:

Is it just me or does this dude look like Jalen Hurts? Tush Push QB!

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Doesn’t matter who your QB is, if your OL can’t get the initial push, the rush push doesn’t work.

Is it just me or does this dude look like Jalen Hurts? Tush Push QB!

kougkurt said:

From Pit. With 4 years of eligibility. Our QB room is looking stacked

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Goodness! He’s going to have the flexibility to put in the third stringer inside the 5 yard line like Rolo!

Observer11 said:

Because WSU hated not having total control. Local volunteers limited building their fiefdom of athletic department associates and lackeys.

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Nail….hammer….head. Spot on!

longtimecoug said:

Too late to fix it

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Blow it all up.

ttowncoug said:

This guy is co-chair. He's saying we need to protect the smaller schools and not let the power 2 run away with this. He's 100% right.

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Too late to fix it

Potter is likely out.

mister noon said:

wonder how many eligibility years these transfers plan to spend as a Coug (?)

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The other Transfer QB has 3 years eligibility. Don't know how many years of eligibility this Transfer has.

The other Transfer QB is from Rutgers in the Big 10, and is at least a 3.5 star+.

Zevi will be pushed, but will still be the starter.

After that, the 2 Transfer QB's will battle it out to be the starter, after Zevi gone, with the loser likely transferring.

The starter will start as a Junior, after Zevi gone, then get a NIL Deal and Transfer somewhere else for their senior year, most likely.

Jaxon Potter likely transfers out after this his coming sophmore season, this coming season.

QB Room:

QB 1: Zevi.

2. Transfer QB from Rutger.

3. The other Transfer QB

4. Jaxon Potter.

5. The freshman HS QB recruit.

Next Season after this coming season:

Zevi Gone.

QB1: Transfer QB from Rutger.

Back Up: The other Transfer QB.

Jaxson Potter might Transfer out, but if not, Back up #3

Freshman HS QB: Might Transfer out, but if not Back up #3 or 4.

59% chance Rogers brings in 1 Transfer QB.

Next season after that.

Transfer QB from Rutger transfers out, gets big NIL deal.

The other Transfer QB is 50/50 on whether Transfer out or stay be QB 1.

Jaxson Potter 50/50 on whether Transfer out or be QB 1

75% chance that the freshman HS recruit from Zevi's last season gone, but if not, 50% chance that QB 1.

67% chance that Roger's brings in 1,2 more Transfer QB's.

So QB room, depth, recruiting looks very good under Rogers so far.

Gibby is correct, that this House vs. NCAA lawsuit - which is about to get approved - required revenue sharing to begin in July of this year.

In addition to revenue sharing, the NCAA will have an NIL clearinghouse and enforcement arm. Deloitte is running the clearinghouse to confirm fair market of NIL deals.

Like it or not, we need the Federal government to put legislation in place to keep these endless lawsuits from happening. It is rumored that the second this House vs. NCAA lawsuit and framework is established, the vultures are going to file anti-trust suits against the NCAA claiming they can't legally put market caps on NIL deals. (I personally agree with the vultures in this instance). The only way to get this under control is federal legislation, giving the NCAA and their schools protection from anti-trust, allowing the schools to legally define that student athletes aren't employees (remember some athletes want to form a Union) and allowing this framework to work in a way that the courts aren't creating the rules.