So, as I may have mentioned some time ago, I went to Helena on a lark to be an extra on Yellowstone, damn almost 2 years ago? Fun trip, but my "one in a crowd" clips did not make the actual series. They were idiots.

BUT, I got a text yesterday asking if I could come back to Helena for filming as an extra June 10-11. Regrettably, and though with my incredibly handsome appearance and magnetic aura I would be a shoo-in for a cinematic breakthrough, I chose to decline.

Point is - Yellowstone is filming again! There will be a season 5B to wrap it up. I'm pretty pumped.

The reason I am posting this, is because a couple, few, some here(Loyal, etc), don't think that WSU, OSU, PAC 2, would, will join the ACC, B12, or do a best of G5, coast to coast conference, or merge with ACC, etc, and that it's BS, Hogwash, haven't seen it anywhere, etc.


What they don't get is that this smoke, rumors, etc, has been all over the internet, twitter, Instagram, streams, podcast, and that semi credible, credible, semi non credible sources alike, some of these are Canzano, Wilner, Greg Swaime, Jim Williams, Various LOCKED ON streams, etc, have either at least semi credible semi professional opinions, rumors, insider reports, sources, logic, reason, facts, extrapolation, analysis, projection, etc.

Just because a couple, few, some here(Loyal), haven't heard, found these and other sources, doesn't mean these things won't happen. Where there is Smoke, there can OFTEN BE FIRE.

Before the PAC 12 disintegrated, there were all kinds of unsubstantiated rumors, etc, flying around, and 1,2,3,etc, around here said it wouldn't, couldn't happen, that they hadn't seen, found stuff about it, until others posted the sources.

If some(Loyal, others, etc), continue to dispute, I'm sure that between all of us we could spam, post a flood of links, copy, paste, etc, to podcast, websites, articles, stories, columns, streams, etc, hundreds of various sources, etc, if we wanted to waste our time doing so.

I just happened to accidentally stumble into this, these sources.

I didn't have time to try to figure out how to share the link to the article, but I did copy, paste directly from the article the portion that applies.

Here is the copy, paste.


"Longtime college football radio host Greg Swaim hinted that the Big 12 can come calling with invites for the Pac-2 at some point.

"Good news coming soon for those of us who believe that (Oregon State) and (Wazzu) belong in the Big 12," tweeted Swaim.

Meanwile, PressBox DC's Jim Williams reported that the ACC would look to include Oregon State and Wazzu in a contingency plan with Memphis, Tulane, USF, and UConn if/when FSU, Clemson, UNC, and Louisville leave. With that said, whether or not the ACC would remain a Power conference in this situation is up for debate."

Hey all Great News, I finally found, BOUGHT a RV in Spokane, that cost $5000.

It was on a Craigslist ad.

The back end, edge where end, side meet has slight warping of fiberglass, and Lamination fading, peeling.

And there is a slight leak on top of the Slide out. He says I can either fix it, or have slide out, slid in to avoid leaking.

He was upfront, honest in ZOOMED in photos of the slight problem areas.

It passed inspection, by me and my friend Bob.

I once owned a 79, 40 ft 5th Wheel that had leaky roof, that I fixed by getting cans of sealant paint, and painted, sealed whole roof. I sold it for $850, paid $500.

I have about $1100 left over in bank. I parked the RV, at a friend's place from church who said I can park it there, in exchange for them being able to use it for their family reunion.

So next step is to try to fix leak(Which should be doable, using calking, paint leak sealant, spray sealant.). Throw RV cover, protector over it. Catch a plane down there, or pay a friend about $1000 to take me, my trailer, my stuff, to RV park, down there, park me, drop me off.

Also I'll have to find insurance, pay for minor repairs, continue to save, etc.

MI was, is right. It's either pretty nice or seems pretty nice. Everything works, or seems to work, or at least when showed us, and when did inspection. Most RV parks will accept it, etc.

He says he wanted to upgrade, and needed money for medical bills, so he wanted to quick sell it, and hopefully help another person enjoy it as much as he did.

The pictures of it look pretty nice, its nice looking on both outside, inside, except for the 2 problem areas from up close, but further back, can't easily tell, see, don't notice the 2 problem areas, etc, at least according to what I saw in pictures, and in the inspection, and he was very honest in both pictures, inspection, and what he told me, as he said the Reason why showed the 2 problem areas, in pictures, and did the inspection, etc, is that he wanted me to know what I was getting, got, etc.

I took pictures of me in front of it. I'll post the pictures, if I can figure out how to post the pictures here.

I look at this graphic and say to myself "do i really care about any of these games?" It'll be interesting to see how their TV ratings play out. It could also be true that ESPN "overpaid" for the Big-12 and the next round might not be as favorable.

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Have always felt that much of what we call expense to athletics, should and could be a university expense and obligation. I suspect it's the "academics" that have put the pressure on WSU for its current accounting practices.

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Links below. Stupid BS lawsuit by ASU swimmer gets approved. Now the NCAA says schools can pay athletes directly. Oh and Penn State is going to spend $700 million to enhance its 106,000 capacity FB stadium.

OK Cougs, it's time to get real. Let's make sure you are all aware that WSU is not eligible to participate in the 12 team CFP playoff in 2024, because we will no longer be P5, and we are not in a G5 conference. While we are eligible to compete for the WCC title(s) in BB, we get -0- money from any NCCA tournament allocations even if we earn them (recall that women's BB might start getting their own allocation crumbs.)

The Pac-2 has to keep the conference alive to get the approx. $30M in FY 27-30 NCAA BB tournament allocations. If we bailed in FY25, we would lose year 2, and maybe(?) the $50M final Rose Bowl allocation. Or have to share with the traitors. I can't find an answer to that one.

WSU cannot compete with the P4 in NIL, paying players directly, or FB ticket revenues. I am sure that I am missing some things. To hold out and try to beg our way into the ACC or Big-12 is just a suicide mission on many fronts, including the above and the logistical costs involved.

So it is imperative that we recognize reality and engage the MW in the reverse merger to become the Pac-12/14. For FY 2026. F- year 2 of the WCC deal. F-the year 2 highway robbery of our shitty affiliation deal with the MW. F paying out our precious $250M (and being spent by the day) to lure any subset of MW or other teams to join the new Pac. Get us in our new league next year, start earning NCAA BB money again, and be positioned for whatever the top G5 team(s) may get in the next iteration of the CFP. And be a real league for upcoming FY 27 TV negotiations as the MW deal ends in FY 26. And finally, hope to keep some of our Bowl affiliations, logically the Holiday and/or LV, both of which are in MW cities.

This is so obvious, and so logical.

Signed a PG. Didn’t put up great numbers as a sophomore at uw, but when then signed him as a transfer from Lamar, there was some hype.

Below is a uw article about their signing of him last year. It give some perspective on who they were hoping he would be and maybe who we are hoping he will become.

I'm going to post this link without comment because I'm sleepy and am going to bed. Looking for comments and intelligent observations (good luck, eh?). I will post my incredibly insightful, probably witty, and no doubt profound far-seeing comments in a day or two.

He is from Iceland. His highlights look good.

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What a shit show this whole thing is:

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A brandx poster posted about Okafor a few days ago saying he committed (and 2 other as well). Apparently now official. He was injured last year after 9 games. PF/C at 6'9" 235. Not much offense. Rim protector, defense, and boards.

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1. Cameron Ward generates a lot of very positive plays and some very negative plays. When added together, he’s obviously a net positive player. But if he could just eliminate taking sacks where he could throw the ball away, or run the ball when he has a lane, he’d be a lot more net positive. Eliminate the bottom half of those highly negative plays and we are probably 2-3 games better on the record. He’s frustrating polar in performance.

2. Refs were no help, but if we don’t run bubble screens on 3&12 we can go for it on 4th and 5. If we just catch the easy interceptions we prevent their TD. If Cam runs for the first instead of throwing an incomplete to Victor we probably kick an icing field goal. If we take advantage of our opportunities and stop making ridiculous mistakes, we pull ahead easily in that game. Rip off a 22 yard run and then throw it 3 times with the clock at 4 minutes? Refs suck and affect both sides, we did not control what we could have controlled.

3. Arbuckle needs some coaching. I like lots of his concepts, especially the pick plays and slants, but we rely way too much on little slot receivers trying to spring blocks for bubble screens. We have got to stop it. And the trick toss halfback pass every game has to stop.

Overall I thought the game was a strong indication of an improving team. I hope they can build on momentum into the offseason and sell their idea to recruits.

Think I'll copy and paste the Pac-12 leadership roster and check back in a few months to see how it looks. Better be a lot smaller. Pac-12 networks also of course.

Couple of recent links below on Jaylen Wells. Of course we all assume he's gone, but what is doesn't get drafted, or is low low second round?

The second link is a bit dated, but note that they project Isaac Jones at #58.



Another one that shows him as undrafted.....

Signed with WSU according to CBB Europe. 17 5.7 2.4 in Iceland's first league.

Didn’t watch the whole thing because I’m not a Brady disciple, but Bledsoe was there, and he was funny:
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Watched a little of the Indiana game on CBS. Caitlin Clark had her best game so far, albeit still turning it over a lot. 91-80 loss shows improvement. Kinda wish the announcers would focus a little less on her and more on the game(s). And boy those women play rough.

Might have to catch some of the LA game (on now) and drool over Cameron Brink. She is one tall drink of water.

How new Pac-12 exec plans to turn Pac-12 Networks into profit source​

Jon Wilner
May 16, 2024 at 8:00 am Updated May 16, 2024 at 8:00 am
The Pac-12 Networks will broadcast their final live event later this month and cease to exist as a media distribution company at the end of June. But the engineers, cutting-edge technology and production facility will remain in place under a new executive.

The conference has appointed Michael Molinari the senior vice president for business development and studio operations for Pac-12 Enterprises.

Essentially, he’s the general manager of content production, charged with turning what remains into a source of profit and leverage — everything the Pac-12 Networks were not.

“Michael brings a wealth of knowledge and high level of respect from across the sports broadcasting landscape to lead our new production services business with Pac-12 Enterprises,” Commissioner Teresa Gould said in a statement released early Wednesday morning.

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“We are excited for his leadership in bringing these offerings to market and helping us realize our vision for this extraordinary facility.”

First question: What are Pac-12 Enterprises?

Simply put, it’s the conference’s media production arm — the guts of the broader operation that was the Pac-12 Networks — and it’s located in a massive office in a business park in San Ramon, Calif.

Molinari knows the facility and the engineers well, having served as the Pac-12 Networks’ lead producer for football and men’s basketball broadcasts for more than a decade. (His previous stops include ESPN and the Big Ten Network.)

Molinari and Gould are planning to take the production services “external” and identify “new and prospective clients to utilize [the] full suite of production capabilities,” according to the conference.

The production facility includes:

• More than 2,000 square feet of “acoustically-tuned stage space and insert studios.”
• Nine broadcast control rooms.
• The infrastructure and connectivity “to produce live events anywhere in the world.”

The facility will produce two buckets of live events for Washington State and Oregon State in the upcoming competition year.

Earlier this week, the “Pac-2” schools announced a media rights agreement with The CW and Fox to broadcast their 13 home football games. Fox has its own production team, but The CW does not. Pac-12 Enterprises will handle production for those 11 games.

The second bucket encompasses everything else.

For the next two years, the Cougars and Beavers will be affiliate members of the West Coast Conference in basketball and other Olympic sports.

The WCC has an exclusive agreement with ESPN+ to broadcast more than 900 live events.

Pac-12 Enterprises will handle the task for the Cougars and Beavers.

But there’s room for more business, and that’s where Molinari comes in.

He’ll attempt to not only find clients — Apple and Amazon, for example, outsource production of their live sports broadcasts — but also turn Pac-12 Enterprises into a piece of leverage for the next round of realignment.

If WSU and OSU decide to rebuild the conference in time for the 2026 football season, they will need a media rights agreement.

That agreement will include a streaming component (ESPN+, Amazon, Apple, etc.), but building on-campus production facilities to meet digital media demands is a costly undertaking.

The Pac-12’s infrastructure would limit the scope of any campus build-out, potentially making the conference more attractive to both new members and new media partners.

It’s bold thinking, for sure, and it might become a lost cause. Nobody knows what options will exist for Washington State and Oregon State in 12 or 18 months.

But they need to be ready, and Pac-12 Enterprises is an important piece of the preparation.

Jon Wilner: jwilner@bayareanewsgroup.com

The Allmighty Loyal One multitasking again.

Michigan to allow alcohol sales in 2024. The ESPN article says that 55 of 69 Power 5 teams sold alcohol in public areas last season. So where is WSU and wunderchild Anne McCoy with this languishing move? And do the mutts sell alcohol?

CC's 3 day Spring meeting wrapped up, and topics (link below) included a robust discussion of expansion out West, including the West Coast Pod concept. Oops typo. Nothing of either topic was reported to have had any discussion whatsoever.

Talk about closing the barn door after the horses get out.

I wouldn't call it a 'deal".​

WSU, Oregon State land TV deal for home football games in 2024 | Analysis​

Jon WilnerMay 14, 2024 at 11:47 am
A process that began last summer concluded Tuesday morning when Washington State and Oregon State announced a media rights agreement for their home games in 2024, when they will compete as a two-team football conference in the aftermath of the Pac-12’s demise.

Eleven of their 13 home games will be shown on The CW, with the other two on either Fox or FS1.

“It’s the best-case scenario,” said a source familiar with the negotiations. “It allows them to stay relevant.”

(No information about the teams’ road games in 2024 was made available; those matchups are controlled by the opponents’ media partners.)

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WSU football games will air nationally on The CW Network and Fox Sports in 2024
Although the Pac-12 Networks will cease to exist as a media distribution company at the end of June, the conference has retained the Bay Area production facility and will use the infrastructure to produce The CW broadcasts.

Our four-part reaction to the news:

• 1. The financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal is expected to generate approximately $1 million per game for the Cougars and Beavers.

That’s a paltry amount compared to what the 10 departing universities will receive under the terms of their agreements with the Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC. But cash was a secondary consideration to exposure for the ‘Pac-2’ schools.

In that regard, the agreement with The CW and Fox represents a massive upgrade.

Most OSU and WSU games over the past decade were shown on the Pac-12 Networks, which reached roughly 15% of the TV homes nationally.

The CW and Fox are broadcast networks available in 99% of TV homes.

“Given the number of times in recent years they’ve been exiled to the (Pac-12 Networks),” a second industry source said, “it will be good for everyone in the country to have access to all their games.”

• 2. The CW, which owns the rights to LIV Golf and NASCAR’s Xfinity Series, is steadily adding to its college football inventory after years of standing on the sidelines.

Last summer, the network announced it would broadcast 13 ACC football games annually through the 2026 season via a sub-licensing agreement with ESPN, which owns the ACC’s media rights.

The CW is expected to promote its Pac-12 package during ACC broadcasts and use ACC games as a lead-in to WSU and OSU matchups.

Each school will have one game on Fox or FS1: Texas Tech at Washington State, and Oregon at Oregon State.

• 3. Another key piece for two schools that have played so many night games over the years: The CW kickoff times are favorable.

Two of WSU’s six home games are locked into afternoon windows, while three more could start in daylight. Only one, against San Jose State, is guaranteed to kick off after dinner.

Meanwhile, four Oregon State’s seven home games have been scheduled for afternoon or early evening starts; the others could kick in afternoon windows.

“Most of the windows are conducive to ticket sales,” a source said.

• 4. The windows are also conducive to network studio shows.

During all the uproar over the Pac-12 night games — and the extent to which they were inconvenient for fans — an important element was often overlooked: #Pac12AfterDark had no shelf life.

Because the night games typically ended at 11 p.m. on the West Coast, there were few chances for highlights to appear on the influential ESPN, Fox and CBS studio shows that are produced during peak viewing hours on the East Coast.

By the time football fans in the eastern half of the country rolled out of bed on Sunday morning, the networks had transitioned to NFL coverage.

But The CW has afternoon and prime time (East Coast) windows available for the ‘Pac-2’ games, giving studio shows numerous opportunities to show highlights of WSU and OSU and discuss whatever narratives develop in Pullman and Corvallis.

For the schools left behind in the realignment game, relevance is far more important than revenue.

The Cougars and Beavers have enough cash to navigate the next few years thanks to a settlement with the departing universities worth in excess of $200 million.

What they need now — what they cannot survive without — is exposure.

The deal with CW and Fox offers exactly that.

Jon Wilner: jwilner@bayareanewsgroup.com

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