Loyal Coug1 said:

Dude just tell us WTF was said. We don't all do "X".

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Just click on the box. 💥 Boom! Like magic, you’re no longer ignorant of the point of the post and you can respond here, directly on the content provided. You can also see who is providing the content and what others think about it, too.

No app necessary.

Go ahead, I have faith you can do it! No need to proclaim you can’t. Try. Give it one chance.

Why don’t you just take a minute, sit down, give yourself a hug, calm yourself, and when you’re ready, give it a shot.

No need to be afraid, Elon won’t bite.

I’ll be right here for you just in case something goes wrong.

Loyal Coug1 said:

I'm about done with this, but I'll ask one last thing. When do you think the ACC might collapse?

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The ACC is not going to collapse.

I'll give you a couple of points to consider.

ESPN has a lot at stake with the ACC and will move when necessary to protect their financial interests.

The ACC Network launched Aug. 22, 2019. The network profits are split 50/50 between ESPN and the ACC.

In 2022-23 academic year for which data is available the league made $481.7 million from its television rights.

This year the ACCN will receive carriage rates from cable and satellite companies in Northern California with the addition of Stanford and Cal and the Dallas Texas market with the addition of SMU.

The Nielsen TV Market ranking for San Fran and Palo Alto area is #10 and #5 for the Dallas Market.

Additionally, the ACC total sports content/distribution is 100% with ESPN. If the ACC collapsed ESPN would have a BIG HOLE in their sports programming.

At this point in time we are hearing from everyone else but ESPN.

Don't know if WSU/OSU could become a member of the ACC with a western pod with CAL and Standford but ESPN will be part of the discussion.

HAIL TO PITT!!!!

The joke on this list is USC. As the real estate agents always say, "location, location, location". In SC's case the foreign student population also alters the culture of the overall student body; they rake in a lot of money by swelling the foreign student population.

UCLA is a pretty reserved party school. Outside of the frats the school is almost dead on a weekend. Sure, they party. But to be on this list? And ranking Oklahoma ahead of Oklahoma State defies logic.

Santa Barbara is legit. It is closer to WSU of the late 70's than any other school that I've visited, with all the attendant issues that goes with that.

“UNITY”


https://x.com/amuse/status/1827750030104465533?s=46

Everyone else notice that according to WazzuWatch, “Loyal Coug” means “Always moving the Goal Posts”?

UCLA with an 8% acceptance rate, a party school? If you party hard and get into UCLA, you are a friggen stud. The kids I know who went to UCLA were of the square pants variety. "Square pants" because that is what sitting on hard chairs, studying hours on end, does to your arse.

Loyal Coug1 said:

Clearly they have not been to Pullman. This list is a joke.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/california-university-is-the-2025-top-party-school-in-america-study-says/

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Where is Chico State?

Loyal Coug1 said:

Clearly they have not been to Pullman. This list is a joke.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/california-university-is-the-2025-top-party-school-in-america-study-says/

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Have you been to Pullman on a typical Friday or Saturday recently?

The mighty have fallen. The alumni still know how to party. The students don’t.

UCSB is the real deal. Drove through there a few weeks ago. It’s amazing.

Loyal Coug1 said:

The LV Review article gives me some hope again for the merger. At this point the main reasons for still wanting a reverse merger are, in no particular order:

• Keeping our future NCAA basketball allocations (~$30M for the Pac-2 in FY 2026 and beyond)
• Allowing for a rewritten set of bylaws that IMHO would benefit the MW schools if done correctly. Reduce exit fees and eliminate the BSU premium for starters
• Add a litle cachet to the conference. This one is debatable, but I stand firm on the notion that the Alaska Air PacMtn Conference would come off as an elevation in profile for the MW, and some semblance of face-saving for the Pac-2
• If we could pull it off and make it effective for FY2025, the Pac-2 would keep their BB allocations, the MW schools would keep all of theirs (however that would be split up, assumably pro-rata as they currently stand. Pac-2 and MW schools keep whatever other cash, etc. exists. Now if the Pac-2 were to join another conference (none of whom want us) as of FY 2025, our final Rose Bowl $50M and CFP monies (a few $M?) would probably go away. So it's reverse merge as of FY 2025 or wait until FY 2026
• Finally, we currently cannot win a league championship in FB, and get -0- BB allocations from the WCC aka HS gym league. An FY 2025 reverse merger fixes both for next year. And eliminates the $10M plus $1M affiliation payments and allows us to share in whatever TV revenues are out there.

Teresa will be out of a job come FY 2026 no matter what happens. Again, in my humble but All-knowing and All-seeing opinion, it seems like her best bet is to lobby for her old job back under new Commissioner Gloria Nevarez. Part of my magical and almost mystical vision is, as stated only a few dozen times, is to shutter the Pac-2 offices and move the merged conference HQ to Colorado Springs under Gloria's leadership.

Such a win-win for all involved. That said, if the Pac-2 continues to F- around, our only option will soon be to, hat in hand, come begging for the Mtn West to take us in as of FY2026. The $30M out the window becomes less of an issue at that point.

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Move HQ to Vegas.

CougPatrol said:

If this was the first year that we started waving the flag on Game Day, I would agree; but it's not. It's a longstanding tradition.

I have a better analogy than yours. My ex-wife and I used to go to Hawaii or San Diego together every year for the 15 years we were together. When our divorce was final, I took a new girl with me to Hawaii and it was a blast.

Flying the flag this year doesn't send any meaningful message other than, "FU, we're still here."

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This right here is the biggest reason to continue.

Sure, the flag is good for visibility. Is it really meaningful beyond our fan base? Not really. But isn’t our own fan base the real reason it’s continued this long anyway?

Wouldn’t surprise me if the ESPN powers pull any support or assistance for us to get the flag center stage, but for as long as we can get it there, we should continue…just to be a pain in the ass.

Just please, try to position it so our flag isn’t in picture with McAfee.

Loyal Coug1 said:

Clearly they have not been to Pullman. This list is a joke.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/california-university-is-the-2025-top-party-school-in-america-study-says/

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Now that the Pac-12 is only WSU and OSU, we no longer are worthy of being ranked for anything.

BSpike76 said:

Actually it was 91% on mfj over 400k, or single over 200k.

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Pretty crazy, but accurate.

CougEd said:

Actually Kennedy is wrong....the time period MAGA is talking about is the 50's. Booming economy, middle class growing. Out of WW2 (or the first world war to Trump's knowledge), limited war in Korea...then the meat and potato's of the grievances...you can figure it out. BTW....tax rate on the wealthiest 49% and they were doing just fine, and not pissing and moaning about "their money".

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Actually it was 91% on mfj over 400k, or single over 200k.

CougEd said:

Sad part that treatment of war veterans and people who suffer disabilities is ok with 46% of the people who vote...

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Well the Dems have to hammer on these topics. Since our veterans and armed forces tend to vote republican, the Dems have to hit this HARD. Hopefully they can get McMasters and Kelly to participate in the ads, speeches, etc.

Loyal Coug1 said:

You mean 2 decorated retired Generals hate Trump because he disparages our veterans, mocks wounded veterans and doesn't want them around him, and calls wounded and dead soldiers suckers and losers. Trust me, you are going to see a shitload of ads and speeches on these topics in the next couple of months. So get used to it.

And his mocking of war hero John McCain, revered in Arizona, will be prominent in that and other states. Lots of ammunition.

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Sad part that treatment of war veterans and people who suffer disabilities is ok with 46% of the people who vote...

justinbgocougs said:

government man hate trump, oh no!

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You mean 2 decorated retired Generals hate Trump because he disparages our veterans, mocks wounded veterans and doesn't want them around him, and calls wounded and dead soldiers suckers and losers. Trust me, you are going to see a shitload of ads and speeches on these topics in the next couple of months. So get used to it.

And his mocking of war hero John McCain, revered in Arizona, will be prominent in that and other states. Lots of ammunition.

Meister_Rebel said:

B12 looking to expand with... ........ ........... ................ Connecticut?

I first read this from a Las Vegas Newspaper via MSN but apparently it's something that was reported by NBC on Friday.

Las Vegas Review-Journal article that mentions it via MSN..... https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/will-pac-12-holdovers-make-mountain-west-home/ar-AA1pmyyn

NBC Connecticut article: https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news...iting-uconn-after-school-makes-pitch/3370453/

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The LV Review article gives me some hope again for the merger. At this point the main reasons for still wanting a reverse merger are, in no particular order:

• Keeping our future NCAA basketball allocations (~$30M for the Pac-2 in FY 2026 and beyond)
• Allowing for a rewritten set of bylaws that IMHO would benefit the MW schools if done correctly. Reduce exit fees and eliminate the BSU premium for starters
• Add a litle cachet to the conference. This one is debatable, but I stand firm on the notion that the Alaska Air PacMtn Conference would come off as an elevation in profile for the MW, and some semblance of face-saving for the Pac-2
• If we could pull it off and make it effective for FY2025, the Pac-2 would keep their BB allocations, the MW schools would keep all of theirs (however that would be split up, assumably pro-rata as they currently stand. Pac-2 and MW schools keep whatever other cash, etc. exists. Now if the Pac-2 were to join another conference (none of whom want us) as of FY 2025, our final Rose Bowl $50M and CFP monies (a few $M?) would probably go away. So it's reverse merge as of FY 2025 or wait until FY 2026
• Finally, we currently cannot win a league championship in FB, and get -0- BB allocations from the WCC aka HS gym league. An FY 2025 reverse merger fixes both for next year. And eliminates the $10M plus $1M affiliation payments and allows us to share in whatever TV revenues are out there.

Teresa will be out of a job come FY 2026 no matter what happens. Again, in my humble but All-knowing and All-seeing opinion, it seems like her best bet is to lobby for her old job back under new Commissioner Gloria Nevarez. Part of my magical and almost mystical vision is, as stated only a few dozen times, is to shutter the Pac-2 offices and move the merged conference HQ to Colorado Springs under Gloria's leadership.

Such a win-win for all involved. That said, if the Pac-2 continues to F- around, our only option will soon be to, hat in hand, come begging for the Mtn West to take us in as of FY2026. The $30M out the window becomes less of an issue at that point.

justinbgocougs said:

you said absolutely nothing, cool

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You are correct , technically i didn't speak so I couldn't say anything, but I did "write" something... cool....

CougEd said:

Well what happens when Trump either leaves office or dies? He is the only person that can make america great again, and inflation lowest of the largest economies right now, high stock market, low unemployment, violent crime going down. I guess I am wondering what he will do when things don't go his way, like the last pandemic. He knew what was coming to America, and for his own self interests, it was one or two cases, and then he will reopen the economy on the day Jesus rose. He would have won 2020 if he didn't lie about the most important thing to happen to our country in years.

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The stupid thing about MAGA is it’s just a recycled message from every presidential challenger to an incumbent (in this case party). “America has been shitty the last four or eight years with (insert name/party) in office. We’re gonna make it better!”

justinbgocougs said:

government man hate trump, oh no!

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No... government men and women telling you and I he is a danger to our democracy

justinbgocougs said:

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Well what happens when Trump either leaves office or dies? He is the only person that can make america great again, and inflation lowest of the largest economies right now, high stock market, low unemployment, violent crime going down. I guess I am wondering what he will do when things don't go his way, like the last pandemic. He knew what was coming to America, and for his own self interests, it was one or two cases, and then he will reopen the economy on the day Jesus rose. He would have won 2020 if he didn't lie about the most important thing to happen to our country in years.

justinbgocougs said:

more gobbly gook from vaccine man

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So not only did you fail science and math you failed history too. MAGAs: our best and brightest burned out 3 watt lightbulbs.