dgibbons said:

Speed option to the boundary on 4th down.

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Best coaching a half share can buy!

Observer11 said:

We just need one school with a pulse and a football team.

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Okay, but it does three things:

1. Mountain West 2.0. Even though it's the Pac-12, it's MW 2.0.
2. Arguably the best G5 Conference in the country, (nobody cares).
3. Washington State is the USC of the Pac-12.

Doesn't change anything else. It's still a G5 conference.

Life lesson for UNLV - pay your accountant, your lawyer and your QB timely.

We just need one school with a pulse and a football team.

M-I-Coug said:

Apparently UNLV and Nevada's TV Ratings are beyond horrible. The locals don't care, and only a small percentage of hard core fans watch their games on TV. It's true.

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Nevada’s average TV audience would fit in Martin stadium. And all of them could sit. UNLV’s is higher, but it’s still going to sell to county level advertisers, not state and certainly not national.

KRUSTYtheCOUG said:

No, not really the same. UW left a fully functioning conference for more money. WSU and OSU have recruited new members to rebuild a conference decimated by defections.

The only hypocrisy that could even be considered here is if CSU, SDSU, FSU, USU and BSU all had came out publicly denouncing you douchbags as duplicitous, traitorous scum-suckers...and then proceeded to leave their conference for more money. That's all I have to say about that.

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I never said same and totally agree it's not. What the cuogs are doing is worse.

95coug said:

Really, no matter how this ends up playing out, I don’t like it. We’re doing pretty much the same thing to the MWC as was done to us. We’ve got more of a survival motivation, rather than the outright greed that USC, UCLA, UW, and UO had, but the money is a factor too. But, we went to the MWC for a life boat…and then we talked their strongest rowers into a mutiny and tossed the rest in the water.

I know, it’s the way CFB is now. Doesn’t mean I have to like it.

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I don't feel sorry for the MWC at all. They knew they had us over a barrel before this season because we needed games in a hurry. So, they overcharged us. They tried to do the same thing in the other sports, but we had more time to make other arrangements. They even tried to gouge us even more by doubling the amount they were charging for the 2025 schedule, and we said no.

Did you notice that all of our tough and money making conference games are on the road? It is not a coincidence.

Instead of trying to work with the Pac 12 for some sort of partnership, the MWC leadership tried to use us as an ATM. They were just as greedy as the huskies, Ducks, etc. The MWC overplayed their hand. I repeat, I don't feel sorry for them at all.

Regardless of the details, this is the predictable result of NIL. Players will hold out for more money after a good season. If they get out to a hot start, they can hold out for more. There are no controls on what they can demand or when. Get used to seeing good players on mid- and lower-level teams shut down their seasons after week 3, so they can save their eligibility for transfer.

So 3-0 UNLV (ranked # 29 via other receiving votes) beats...

First 3-0 start since 1984.

At Houston Cougars, 27-7
Utah Tech (FCS) at home, 72-14
At Kansas Jayhawks 23-20

and Fresno State (3-1) at home on Saturday.

Sheesh. If he did hire an Agent to seek more money, then is both Ego-Greed and a Quitter, who quits on his team?
And possibly it's the Agent's fault for ambulance chasing to "dude....hire me, and I'll no doubt, 100%...get you more money"!

Could the root cause be the Agent?

Loyal Coug1 said:

F-it, I'll link the Brand X article. What a crock of shit.

"I think Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould is smart as hell. I think she has been doing a lot of rope-a-doping here. The Presidents ultimately decide, but she's a veteran backroom fighter, and making the right moves.

I think Gould is a brilliant commissioner,"

Either Paul is F-ing her (no thanks BTW), or he is I don't know what. Ms. "swing for the fences" from last Friday has F-ed this thing up so badly. All to keep her job, at the expense of the Pac-2 and the MW. This new lawsuit is pathetic. Snookering the 4 traitors with promises of AAC poaches will be exposed. They so played her. We will survive in spite of her. And how is our 2025 schedule looking, Teresa and Anne?

Paul Sorensen: Here’s how I see Pac-12 rebuild shaping up

'It's all about the Pac-12 brand now and the national media can go pound sand'

247sports.com

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I do think that the Schulz PR machine wants to do a victory lap on this.

You may recall, Schulz hinted at wanting to move in this direction a year ago.

Really, no matter how this ends up playing out, I don’t like it. We’re doing pretty much the same thing to the MWC as was done to us. We’ve got more of a survival motivation, rather than the outright greed that USC, UCLA, UW, and UO had, but the money is a factor too. But, we went to the MWC for a life boat…and then we talked their strongest rowers into a mutiny and tossed the rest in the water.

I know, it’s the way CFB is now. Doesn’t mean I have to like it.

The dogs drove their equipment truck to Rutgers. Just wait til that game is in November

moondawgie said:

You have to read the post I replied to for context, follow along. Yes, we left for the money 100%, nothing hypocritical about that. I was pointing out the posters hypocrisy. If you are supporting the cuogs current moves while criticizing UW's choice, you are the hypocrite.

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No, not really the same. UW left a fully functioning conference for more money. WSU and OSU have recruited new members to rebuild a conference decimated by defections.

The only hypocrisy that could even be considered here is if CSU, SDSU, FSU, USU and BSU all had came out publicly denouncing you douchbags as duplicitous, traitorous scum-suckers...and then proceeded to leave their conference for more money. That's all I have to say about that.

Loyal Coug1 said:

F-it, I'll link the Brand X article. What a crock of shit.

"I think Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould is smart as hell. I think she has been doing a lot of rope-a-doping here. The Presidents ultimately decide, but she's a veteran backroom fighter, and making the right moves.

I think Gould is a brilliant commissioner,"

Either Paul is F-ing her (no thanks BTW), or he is I don't know what. Ms. "swing for the fences" from last Friday has F-ed this thing up so badly. All to keep her job, at the expense of the Pac-2 and the MW. This new lawsuit is pathetic. Snookering the 4 traitors with promises of AAC poaches will be exposed. They so played her. We will survive in spite of her. And how is our 2025 schedule looking, Teresa and Anne?

Paul Sorensen: Here’s how I see Pac-12 rebuild shaping up

'It's all about the Pac-12 brand now and the national media can go pound sand'

247sports.com

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Or maybe your brain has bathed in too much Monarch?

Cougini5591 said:

Reno is still a fun place to Travel to.

If it gets UNLV... Great!

I will also accept and enjoy Wyoming and New Mexico

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The only reason Nevada would be better than Hawaii is lower travel expenses. About the same level of support and commitment.

fingerdisco said:

I guess it does, West Rutgers

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Indiana Western has a catchy ring to it.

moondawgie said:

You have to read the post I replied to for context, follow along. Yes, we left for the money 100%, nothing hypocritical about that. I was pointing out the posters hypocrisy. If you are supporting the cuogs current moves while criticizing UW's choice, you are the hypocrite.

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You're dumber than your coach on 4th down.

moondawgie said:

Pac 2 shady as hell. I thought they were the moral standard bearers but they have now cemented themselves as worse than any of the schools that departed.

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Speed option to the boundary on 4th down.

It’s being reported now that he was paid his NIL money that was due, but after a solid start and UNLV being 3-0, he hired an agent who said his market value had gone up

M-I-Coug said:

So this was the reason? The kid was promised NIL money, and it never was produced? Despite the fact that UNLV is 3-0.
Is this the reason for him quitting?

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Yes.

Same thing you, me or any other functioning adult would do if you accepted a job and got stiffed.

UNLV mis-judged their leverage here.

moondawgie said:

You have to read the post I replied to for context, follow along. Yes, we left for the money 100%, nothing hypocritical about that. If you are supporting the cuogs current moves while criticizing UW's choice, you are the hypocrite.

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“We”?

Ok sparky. 😂

Flatlandcoug said:

You really should just shut your f#cking mouth, you traitorous piece of sh!t. It is going to be f#cking glorious when you turn into the Nebraska of the West.

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You’re fighting somebody who lives on the Ave, probably in a ⛺️

Best to back away slowly. Watch his hands.

moxeecoug said:

You mean like the Traitor 10, B10, B12 and the ACC did their best to destroy the PAC12 because of money? The PAC12 learned its lesson from the best and your hypocrisy knows no limits.

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You have to read the post I replied to for context, follow along. Yes, we left for the money 100%, nothing hypocritical about that. I was pointing out the posters hypocrisy. If you are supporting the cuogs current moves while criticizing UW's choice, you are the hypocrite.

Coug90 said:

The question is what’s more gross, a kid quitting on his team mid season or a program making NIL promises they didn’t follow through on (which appears to be the case).

Shitty for the team as it could be a historic season.

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So this was the reason? The kid was promised NIL money, and it never was produced? Despite the fact that UNLV is 3-0.
Is this the reason for him quitting?

UberCougars said:

Why are the exit fees against the PAC-12 teams enforceable but MWC and ACC teams not?

USC, Washington, etc. attorneys all got duped?

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It is not the exit fees at issue, it is the “poaching “fees. Also have seen other places confusing GOR with this suit, but those are specifically tied to media rights. Not sure how it all works out, but some of the OSU beaver lawyer folks seem to thing a settlement is coming.