Loyal Coug1 said:

And what is your solution here Uber? Let's hear it.

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How about: “Let the professionals do their job”

I’ll tell you what I would never do: negotiate business deals openly, in the press.

For this, Ann McCoy earns my praise.

There are few better examples that fit the old phrase, “Let it play out”, than this one.

Loyal Coug1 said:

1990 - Oh brother. The NFL's scheduling is your comparison? Well gee then, why does exactly NO ONE do this in CFB? I think NM State did it one-year decades ago because they were desperate for games.

7I - you agree with what? There's this cool thing called "reply to post". Helps others understand what you are replying to.

I don't know what is worse - Biggs and his non-stop Dickert/WSU hate, or you Anne/Teresa apologists.

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What surprises me is the lack of understanding of situation we are in currently. There is no great answer. Most schedules are made years in advance where a school only needs to find 3 games because 9 of them are conference games. What they have done to put together a 12 game schedule at the last minute when most schools have had their entire schedule complete long before we needed to schedule so many games has been outstanding.

I survived the Wulff era. I can survive WSU playing OSU twice in a season.

ttowncoug said:

I wonder if Stanford or Cal are in the works.

It would seem to me that establishing future series with them would help out with their scheduling.

I do like the idea of a week zero game that could create flexibility. I'd go with week zero in Seattle against a good opponent (SEC) as well.

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Stanford could still be in the mix. They have one opening (maybe 2 as they play at Hawaii in Week 0). Cal is full.

UberCougars said:

Nothing screams “We are a Power Conference” louder than adding the #142 ranked team to the mix, AmIright?

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And what is your solution here Uber? Let's hear it.

Coug1990 said:

I don't agree. It is another game for strength of schedule for one season. The NFL plays a home and away and it is by far the most popular league in America. So, it is the opposite of high school. Is it something we want to do all the time? Of course not. But we were put in a crazy situation, and we are making the best of it.

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7ICoug said:

Agree

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1990 - Oh brother. The NFL's scheduling is your comparison? Well gee then, why does exactly NO ONE do this in CFB? I think NM State did it one-year decades ago because they were desperate for games.

7I - you agree with what? There's this cool thing called "reply to post". Helps others understand what you are replying to.

I don't know what is worse - Biggs and his non-stop Dickert/WSU hate, or you Anne/Teresa apologists.

Loyal Coug1 said:

Yeah, this. Can I start anew in talking shit about how over her head and incompetent Anne McCoy is? Let's just schedule Umess and UC'mon as away games and be done with it. A home and home is sort of the ultimate in BS scheduling. We already had them at home. I'd rather beg for a different road game for a paycheck than do that. Pathetic.

Oh and speaking of incompetent, Who the F is our 8th Pac going to be? Figured out your TV media prospects yet Teresa? I will stick with Sac State. Lot's up potential upside, in the #20 media market, smack in the middle of our footprint. Cannot be any worse than perennial bottom-10 dweller Utah State......

College football Bottom 10 Week 8: Texas gets a little on the trashy side

The Bottom 10 reminds Texas, whose fans finally got rowdy at DKR, that throwing things is never the answer.

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And OSU's (now full) schedule isn't much better. Note that Sam Houston St. is just up from the FCS, and is bowl-eligible this year. App State joined the FBS in 2014.

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Nothing screams “We are a Power Conference” louder than adding the #142 ranked team to the mix, AmIright?

I wonder if Stanford or Cal are in the works.

It would seem to me that establishing future series with them would help out with their scheduling.

I do like the idea of a week zero game that could create flexibility. I'd go with week zero in Seattle against a good opponent (SEC) as well.

Coug1990 said:

I don't agree. It is another game for strength of schedule for one season. The NFL plays a home and away and it is by far the most popular league in America. So, it is the opposite of high school. Is it something we want to do all the time? Of course not. But we were put in a crazy situation, and we are making the best of it.

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+ 1.

dgibbons said:

I missed the announcement on this. Toledo is on the schedule for next year. 2-3 more to go. I believe we only need 11. And can do a home and home with the Beavs if needed.

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It makes sense, as their Athletic Director, Brian Blair, was in the WSU athletic department before he was hired by Toledo. So, the parties know each other, and he wanted to help WSU.

CougPatrol said:

Probably the right thing to do, but it sure screams High School.

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I don't agree. It is another game for strength of schedule for one season. The NFL plays a home and away and it is by far the most popular league in America. So, it is the opposite of high school. Is it something we want to do all the time? Of course not. But we were put in a crazy situation, and we are making the best of it.

CougPatrol said:

Probably the right thing to do, but it sure screams High School.

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Yeah, this. Can I start anew in talking shit about how over her head and incompetent Anne McCoy is? Let's just schedule Umess and UC'mon as away games and be done with it. A home and home is sort of the ultimate in BS scheduling. We already had them at home. I'd rather beg for a different road game for a paycheck than do that. Pathetic.

And edit - OSU's equally incompetent AD Scott Barnes had this to say: "We elected to play two games against Washington State in order to maximize the strength of this schedule," said Oregon State AD Scott Barnes in OSU's release.

That is about the stupidest thing I have ever read.

Oh and speaking of incompetent, Who the F is our 8th Pac going to be? Figured out your TV media prospects yet Teresa? I will stick with Sac State. Lot's up potential upside, in the #20 media market, smack in the middle of our footprint. Cannot be any worse than perennial bottom-10 dweller Utah State......


And OSU's (now full) schedule isn't much better. Note that Sam Houston St. is just up from the FCS, and is bowl-eligible this year. App State joined the FBS in 2014.

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At this point, we should cut the fuw game and explain to them that we need to play a tougher team to help our chances for playoffs

Flatlandcoug said:

call it the Pac-2 Championship game.

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I have a 2023 Pac-2 champions T-shirt. I'd buy another for 2025.

CougPatrol said:

Probably the right thing to do, but it sure screams High School.

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call it the Pac-2 Championship game.

dgibbons said:

If we do a week 0 game we'd have three byes.

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I really like the week 0 idea. Play an FCS team.

SaveFerris said:

As discussed, looks like the Beav's twice. Now up to 10 games.

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If we do a week 0 game we'd have three byes.

Probably the right thing to do, but it sure screams High School.

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As discussed, looks like the Beav's twice.

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November 1 and November 29 according to OSU.

So, that puts us at 10 games.

Loyal Coug1 said:

Not great at all. I don't know who all we were up against at that time since SEC network games aren't included, but OSU/UNLV likely had the screen to themselves with the late game other than TCU/Utah.

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I don't understand why they would air game against Hawaii starting @ 12:30 PM Pacific when its 9:30 AM in Hawaii. You can almost guarantee Hawaii fans aren't tuning in that early.

KRUSTYtheCOUG said:

Well that ain't great. COUGS are the lowest rated former P5 member. At least OSU beat out some of those with a respectable audience number. That's all I have to say about that

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Not great at all. I don't know who all we were up against at that time since SEC network games aren't included, but OSU/UNLV likely had the screen to themselves with the late game other than TCU/Utah.

Dave_86 said:

Week 8 viewership

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Well that ain't great. COUGS are the lowest rated former P5 member. At least OSU beat out some of those with a respectable audience number. That's all I have to say about that

Flatlandcoug said:

They might sell out the lower bowl but I would be surprised if they filled up the stadium.

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Don't know what your definition of lower bowl is, and I've never been there. But they are following this on the UNLV board and the stadium keeps opening new 200 level sections, which are apparently usually closed. So no way on a 'filled" stadium since there are also 300 and 400 level seats, but they are hoping for 40K.