Well Teresa still FCKED it up, made it harder then it had to be, as it shouldn't have had to goto the last hour, minute, second to give official notice before the June 1st deadline.

Teresa ALMOST Killed the PAC 12. Still could KILL the PAC 12 if she doesn't get 8th football member by July 1st, 2025 deadline, when exit fees to leave a conference and Join PAC 12, would double, which would make getting a 8th football member by July 1st 2026 a extremely less likely, if don't get 8th football member by July 1st, 2025.

My guess on what happened, is that either Teresa Gould hasn't told the MWC 5 about a 8th football member in back pocket, an or media deal in back pocket, or both in back pocket, if 1 or the other or both in back pocket locked up, or they are close to getting a 2026 media deal, an 8th football member, but don't have them in place yet this close to the July 1st 2025 deadline, and that scared the MWC 5 into waiting til the last hour, minute, second to give official notice before June 1st deadline.

And that, those things probably is what scared Scott Barnes into approaching Big 12, ACC and asking them again, recently if Ore St could join one of either Big 12, ACC, which got told no.

And that also probably scared the MWC 5 into waiting til the last.

Now that the MWC 5 gave official notice to MWC, A reverse merger is probably off table, unless Teresa, PAC 12 fail to get a 8th football member, and 2026 media deal by July 1st 2026, which is the next deadline to be worried about.

I suspect tho, that the PAC 12 has at least Texas St, New Mexico St, semi locked up in back pocket, and the same for a 2026 media deal, and that Teresa, PAC 12, MWC 5, everybody, etc, will wait until the last day, hour, minute, second, before the deadline again, that's on July 1st 2025.

It looks like the Monty You Tube show, and the 2 articles I read, were both semi partially wrong and semi partially right about some of the things that happened.

Its clear that Scott Barnes did ask Big 12, ACC again because he is worried, scared, etc.

And its clear that SDSU AD Wicker was getting extremely frustrated, worried, concerned, scared, etc, over how long its taking.

And its clear that the MWC 5 were frustrated, concerned, worried, scared, etc, and that's why they waited til the last, then gave official notice.

But Monty and the 2 articles were wrong about the MWC 5 not giving notice by June 1st deadline, and wrong about MWC 5 going back to MWC, and wrong about the PAC 12 dying by, on June 1st deadline, and probably wrong about the PAC 12 supposedly probably not having 8th football member, Texas St, New Mexico St, 2026 media deal semi locked up in back pocket.

Well Teresa still FCKED it up, made it harder then it had to be, as it shouldn't have had to goto the last hour, minute, second to give official notice before the June 1st deadline.

Teresa ALMOST Killed the PAC 12. Still could KILL the PAC 12 if she doesn't get 8th football member by July 1st, 2025 deadline, when exit fees to leave a conference and Join PAC 12, would double, which would make getting a 8th football member by July 1st 2026 a extremely less likely, if don't get 8th football member by July 1st, 2025.

My guess on what happened, is that either Teresa Gould hasn't told the MWC 5 about a 8th football member in back pocket, an or media deal in back pocket, or both in back pocket, if 1 or the other or both in back pocket locked up, or they are close to getting a 2026 media deal, an 8th football member, but don't have them in place yet this close to the July 1st 2025 deadline, and that scared the MWC 5 into waiting til the last hour, minute, second to give official notice before June 1st deadline.

And that, those things probably is what scared Scott Barnes into approaching Big 12, ACC and asking them again, recently if Ore St could join one of either Big 12, ACC, which got told no.

And that also probably scared the MWC 5 into waiting til the last.

Now that the MWC 5 gave official notice to MWC, A reverse merger is probably off table, unless Teresa, PAC 12 fail to get a 8th football member, and 2026 media deal by July 1st 2026, which is the next deadline to be worried about.

I suspect tho, that the PAC 12 has at least Texas St, New Mexico St, semi locked up in back pocket, and the same for a 2026 media deal, and that Teresa, PAC 12, MWC 5, everybody, etc, will wait until the last day, hour, minute, second, before the deadline again, that's on July 1st 2025.

It looks like the Monty You Tube show, and the 2 articles I read, were both semi partially wrong and semi partially right about some of the things that happened.

Its clear that Scott Barnes did ask Big 12, ACC again because he is worried, scared, etc.

And its clear that SDSU AD Wicker was getting extremely frustrated, worried, concerned, scared, etc, over how long its taking.

And its clear that the MWC 5 were frustrated, concerned, worried, scared, etc, and that's why they waited til the last, then gave official notice.

But Monty and the 2 articles were wrong about the MWC 5 not giving notice by June 1st deadline, and wrong about MWC 5 going back to MWC, and wrong about the PAC 12 dying by, on June 1st deadline, and probably wrong about the PAC 12 supposedly probably not having 8th football member, Texas St, New Mexico St, 2026 media deal semi locked up in back pocket.

UberCougars said:

I’m not the one here who believes Trump caused steel prices to rise 250% because his sole supplier told him so and who convinced him the steel he purchases isn’t tracked by the market.

BTW, do you have any pictures of the boat your steel supplier owns? I’ll bet it’s sweet!

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I can explain it to you. I cannot understand it for you. You make up shit to fill in the gaps in your drug addicted fantasy land.

You are beneath every poster here. Get off the drugs. Stay out of jail.

Fresno Bee is now reporting that Fresno State has notified the Mountain West at the end of 2025-26...

Fresno State notifies Mountain West it is departing the league, will join Pac-12

Dave_86 said:

This forum has the best food fights of any that I visit.

At all of those message boards, no one, and I mean no one, cites "The Monty Show" as a source. Figure it out.

Oregon State has in Scott Barnes a very, very talented athletic director who is at the top of his game. If Teresa Gould is screwing up the rebuilding of the PAC-12, then I have full confidence Barnes would do whatever he can to have Gould pushed aside.

The only thing that could stop Barnes from disposing of Teresa Gould is the idiot leadership at Washington State University. Beavers & Cougars are equal partners in all of this.

p.s. Been reading a Texas State message board and their fans are still hoping for PAC-12 membership.

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HCoug said:

Agree.
When Barnes and Chun were together in a press conference, Barnes’ superiority was very apparent. He exposed Chun as the inept poser that he’s always been.

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Dave - I threw up my mouthful of Coors Light at THIS. Your guy is a goon. With regards to idiot leadership at WSU, no arguments there.

Last time I disparaged Charlie Chun, I was roasted on this site. I'm sure Gibby has the receipts...

95coug said:

I’ll defend the WSU leadership slightly, only because the president is new and is now dealing with what’s effectively an 8% budget cut in basic operations. Maybe more.

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Maybe this is where the administration pushes for student fees to make up any shortfalls? A lot of schools rely on those as a revenue source

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The only thing that could stop Barnes from disposing of Teresa Gould is the idiot leadership at Washington State University.

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The braintrust at Brand X seems confident WSU's new lady president will be an upgrade over Dr. Schultz as far as athletics goes.

dgibbons said:

No receipts.

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Same energy…

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Loyal Coug1 said:

Doubtful that any measure will make Ed's posts understandable. Look at Mik - he copies and pastes entire posts many times over. Doesn't make them more understandable. (Sorry Mik )

That said, I bet 'ol Gibby has a whole set of frequently used phrases saved. Such as "Lose your wallet lately?" and "Bring the receipts". Now the Eloquent Loyal One doesn't need to copy and paste his remarks since every post is a brand new fresh breeze of information, wisdom and frequent mirth. Lilac-scented no less.......

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At least gibbons copies and pastes his own material. Uber just copies pastes someone else’s tweets.

BiggsCoug said:

Did you go to school past grade school? Serious question.

You are beneath every poster here.

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I’m not the one here who believes Trump caused steel prices to rise 250% because his sole supplier told him so and who convinced him the steel he purchases isn’t tracked by the market.

BTW, do you have any pictures of the boat your steel supplier owns? I’ll bet it’s sweet!

Loyal Coug1 said:

Doubtful that any measure will make Ed's posts understandable. Look at Mik - he copies and pastes entire posts many times over. Doesn't make them more understandable. (Sorry Mik )

That said, I bet 'ol Gibby has a whole set of frequently used phrases saved. Such as "Lose your wallet lately?" and "Bring the receipts". Now the Eloquent Loyal One doesn't need to copy and paste his remarks since every post is a brand new fresh breeze of information, wisdom and frequent mirth. Lilac-scented no less.......

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Seems to me like the same old retreads.

I have a younger women, but prefer older....so I say not to come across creepy. BTW did I tell you that I'm a lady killer? Don't want you to know about my inflatable honey.

Also what about the revere merger.

Does everyone know that I want you all to think I'm super special even though I'm a lonely old man? I'm super smart and all knowing btw.

Dave_86 said:

This forum has the best food fights of any that I visit. And I visit OSU, WSU, BSU, FSU, CSU, USU, and SDSU message boards on a weekly basis, and nobody has food fights like this place.

At all of those message boards, no one, and I mean no one, cites "The Monty Show" as a source. Figure it out.

If the 5 schools leaving the MWC for the PAC-12 haven't paid their $5K "leave the MWC" fee yet, then it's because they don't want to give up their MWC voting rights until the last minute.

San Diego State's athletic director is not panicking about the pace of things being done. I snoop the BSU, FSU, CSU, USU, and SDSU message boards regularly and there's no serious discussion at any of them about returning to the MWC.

Oregon State has in Scott Barnes a very, very talented athletic director who is at the top of his game. If Teresa Gould is screwing up the rebuilding of the PAC-12, then I have full confidence Barnes would do whatever he can to have Gould pushed aside.

The only thing that could stop Barnes from disposing of Teresa Gould is the idiot leadership at Washington State University. Beavers & Cougars are equal partners in all of this.

p.s. Been reading a Texas State message board and their fans are still hoping for PAC-12 membership.

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I’ll defend the WSU leadership slightly, only because the president is new and is now dealing with what’s effectively an 8% budget cut in basic operations. Maybe more.

This forum has the best food fights of any that I visit. And I visit OSU, WSU, BSU, FSU, CSU, USU, and SDSU message boards on a weekly basis, and nobody has food fights like this place.

At all of those message boards, no one, and I mean no one, cites "The Monty Show" as a source. Figure it out.

If the 5 schools leaving the MWC for the PAC-12 haven't paid their $5K "leave the MWC" fee yet, then it's because they don't want to give up their MWC voting rights until the last minute.

San Diego State's athletic director is not panicking about the pace of things being done. I snoop the BSU, FSU, CSU, USU, and SDSU message boards regularly and there's no serious discussion at any of them about returning to the MWC.

Oregon State has in Scott Barnes a very, very talented athletic director who is at the top of his game. If Teresa Gould is screwing up the rebuilding of the PAC-12, then I have full confidence Barnes would do whatever he can to have Gould pushed aside.

The only thing that could stop Barnes from disposing of Teresa Gould is the idiot leadership at Washington State University. Beavers & Cougars are equal partners in all of this.

p.s. Been reading a Texas State message board and their fans are still hoping for PAC-12 membership.

Loyal Coug1 said:

Why do I find and paste relevant links that answer these questions if no one reads them? At least I expected better from you 95. Link (again!) below. Oh and make sure to keep visiting my new home board .

So at least for FB the roster limit and schollie limit are now the same - 115 oops edit: 105. You don't have to offer 115 105 of course. Other sports? PER THE LINK I ALREADY POSTED, new scholarship limits vs roster limits for all sports look a lot like they are the same (For example, 34 for Baseball).

NCAA Scholarship and Roster Limits: Key Changes Explained

Learn about the new NCAA scholarship and roster limits for the 2025-26 school year. Discover how these changes impact student-athletes and recruitment.

www.ncsasports.org

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I don’t bother scrolling back through very much here. There’s usually enough lunacy in the last 4-5 posts

dgibbons said:

Believe it's still proposed. Change would be up to 105 for the 25-26 academic year.

NCAA Scholarship and Roster Limits: Key Changes Explained

Learn about the new NCAA scholarship and roster limits for the 2025-26 school year. Discover how these changes impact student-athletes and recruitment.

www.ncsasports.org

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Same link that the Mighty Loyal One has posted twice today. And he corrected the 115/105 item.

But glad to see you are right on top of things today. Me too!

CougEd said:

Do you copy and paste . Must be a pleasant home at BTR's home .

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dgibbons said:

Sometimes. You might want to try it. Might make your posts understandable.

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Doubtful that any measure will make Ed's posts understandable. Look at Mik - he copies and pastes entire posts many times over. Doesn't make them more understandable. (Sorry Mik )

That said, I bet 'ol Gibby has a whole set of frequently used phrases saved. Such as "Lose your wallet lately?" and "Bring the receipts". Now the Eloquent Loyal One doesn't need to copy and paste his remarks since every post is a brand new fresh breeze of information, wisdom and frequent mirth. Lilac-scented no less.......

95coug said:

So the question now is, have they increased the scholarship limit, or just the roster limit? For football, Is it 85 scholarship equivalents across 115 players, or is it 115 scholarships?

Either way is bad for WSU. But 115 scholarships is worse for 80% of teams.

WSU would be better off - and the overall level of competition would be better - if the roster limit was 70.

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Believe it's still proposed. Change would be up to 105 for the 25-26 academic year.

Coug90 said:

Continuing to defend Uber isn’t the flex you think it is…

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No receipts.

CougEd said:

Do you copy and paste . Must be a pleasant home at BTR's home .

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Sometimes. You might want to try it. Might make your posts understandable.

dgibbons said:

You’ve got that cornered. Bring the receipts.

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Continuing to defend Uber isn’t the flex you think it is…

dgibbons said:

You’ve got that cornered. Bring the receipts.

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Do you copy and paste . Must be a pleasant home at BTR's home .