Adam Gorney catches up with Jake Dickert to break down the Cougars' 2024 recruiting class.

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That the ACC, Big-12 and Pac-2 will partner with these guys (Endeavor is a majority owner).

To create 3 conferences, ACC, Big12 and Pac10, where the majority of the Pac-10 gets back together.

Endeavor/TKO would be the TV rights holder and negotiate with the networks on the TV deals.

Big test tomorrow. Hope they take their Big Boy pants to Phoenix.

Seems to be the most likely scenario based on rumors at the moment. How about that? His first road game with his new team will be in Pullman against his buddies.

Wow. Loss to Washington must have really pissed them off.

Just threw his 3rd TD pass. Should be 4 if his receivers could hang on to the damn ball.

Cougs should be pushing for a discussion with the M's to have the Pac-12 networks take over the production of this.

Pac-2
WSU
OSU

MWC
Air Force
Boise State
Colorado State
Fresno State
*Hawaii
Nevada
New Mexico
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV
Utah State
Wyoming

Could or should the Cougs and Beavs throw their P-5 affiliation around and "thin the herd" so to speak?

Which schools might get left behind in such a scenario?

On the other hand, are there schools from other conferences the "New Pac" should go ahead and poach while the gettin's good?

Highlighted on Reddit:
• ⁠Refill the Pac-12 Emergency Fund that was drained to help pay Comcast.
• ⁠Split the $35 million in liabilities among all 12 members rather than getting stuck with the tab themselves.
• ⁠Make a financial deal with the Las Vegas Bowl by the Jan. 1st deadline to keep it as the primary Pac-2 Bowl site.
• ⁠Vote to affirm that all $120 Million in Assets stay with the conference and will not be dispersed to the 12.
• ⁠Refill the Pac-12 Emergency Fund that was drained to help pay Comcast.
• ⁠Split the $35 million in liabilities among all 12 members rather than getting stuck with the tab themselves.
• ⁠Make a financial deal with the Las Vegas Bowl by the Jan. 1st deadline to keep it as the primary Pac-2 Bowl site.
• ⁠Vote to affirm that all $120 Million in Assets stay with the conference and will not be dispersed to the 12.
* Control the rights to the historical video archives of the conference. If any of the departing schools want to use it, they have to pay.

Has anyone been listening to KJR or any other station there about the WA Supreme Court ruling from today? Just curious what the local lilac and pee wearers are having to say about the effect on the mutts.

BTW, I think it was dGib that said right after the Libey ruling that he saw nothing wrong with the ruling that would justify an appeal and overturning by a higher court. Credit to him for a good call!

Trans volleyball player wins women’s scholarship for University of Washington after concealing trans identity since age 12

“We know many of the girls he’s playing against do not know that they are competing against a male.”

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How do you think this is going to fly in the Big-10? Pac-12, sure...we already football refs on Tranq. But I'm not too sure this will work in in their new conference. Sometimes you have to put aside your socio-political beliefs when you whore yourself out...

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It is a schedule.

Gawd - gut laughed over this one. Also lots of hot - oops can't break my promise....

HCML passing on the 12th of December of last year. Not a fanatic but cared about him.

The Army-Navy game is about to start on CBS.

Bucket list for me.

My guess is the Cougs.

Would allow WSU to get the highest bid for the game (ESPN) and then split the TV and gate pot with UW.

All right, here we go. I'll start with the snippets I posted on another thread. I have more but need to wake up to remember them. Damn dementia.

I've told the story more than once here about the early 80's when you could bring anything into Martin as long as it wasn't glass. Thus the 5 gallon gas can full of spodie odie. 40 years later, I still can't believe we got away with that. You can't exactly stick a 5 gallon gas can in your shirt or coat. We got so shitfaced. Jumping on my motorcycle to get more vodka at halftime was nuts.

Couple of other quick ones. When I had season tickets, there were 6 of us that sat in Section 24. I had a big fanny pack that could hold like 17 airline bottles, which I would save and refill game to game. I would sit in our innermost seat and basically be bartender - my spouse and buds would pass their pops down and I would spice 'em up,

One game me and a bud smuggled in beers. Security saw us pulling on them, and just confiscated them, nothing more.

I took my Mom to a game once, and had a vitamin jar full of whiskey. Asked Mom to put my vitamins in her purse to get by Security. Then during the game I asked her for my vitamin jar, and promptly opened it up and dumped it in my drink. Poor Mom about had a stroke.

Edit - one more. Back in 1988, when we beat the mutts by one in a frigid game, I was living in my first stint in YakiVegas. Somehow I got 7 tickets to Apple Cup. Me, my 4 buddies, and frozen Mom and Dad. Anyhow, we piled into my Toyota van (that older style that was actually pretty cool), and off we went to Pullman, partying all the way. None of my buds had ever been to Pullman. So we watched the game, and then headed off to a party at some rural house. There were a passel of cute chicky poos there, and my buds were just gaga. I'm like, welcome to Pullman.

We are bouncing back. Will it be Pac-14 or PacWest? I prefer Pac 14.

Interesting idea
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Just read a great interview with Mateer. While I have my concerns about his ability to through the ball at a high level, the kid is tough as nails and shows tremendous leadership for his age. Talked about how he knew that most of the team never considered transferring. Really good to hear his thoughts on things.

I mentioned in other threads that I think the campus vibe in Pullman is an underrated thing in this transfer era. Of course there are going to be big money kids that we end up losing, and if there's a culture problem in a locker room, that program will see significant defections. Apart from those things, I believe WSU is going to press on and play to a fairly high level in our new league. Recruiting will probably be impacted some, but I've pivoted away from my initial panic thoughts. I've spent a fairly significant amount of time on most of the MWC campuses over the years. Apart from SDSU, none of them are in our league. As a University, a football program, campus vibe, etc.

At the end of the day, I have WSU slotted in where we've been for a couple of decades now. The best option out West for kids who aren't pulling in offers from UW, Oregon, SC, UCLA, etc. That's who we are and it's what we're going to continue to be, I believe.

Per Brand X, CJD is all on board with elevating Cougar Football via the following:

1. Growing the Cougar Athletic Fund (CAF)

2. Expanding and Enriching WSU's NIL coffers via the "Cougar Collective"

3. Re-doing/Modernizing the football locker room. Good news is pledges have already been made for more than half of the estimated $3.5M pricetag.

“A football locker room is a sacred space for our team to build culture, strengthen unity’s and create lifelong bonds with teammates," CJD said. "This modernization will provide space for our team to do just that.”

Sounds like Dr. Chun and Coach Dickert have spent a lot of time identifying and prioritizing the football program's immediate and long-term needs

Here's yet another bitch of mine. Why do we need yet another apple variety, and how much federal (aka taxpayer) money was spent to develop this one? Geezus, when I shop at Winco, which rocks, there are like 10 different apple varieties in the bins. But we need more? Why? I suppose it is because WSU gets a shitload of ongoing state and mostly federal funding, so they have to do something to spend the money on. Hell I have 2 varieties in my fridge. Taste about the same.

While federal grant funding is not a huge part of the federal budget, there appears to be no oversight for any of the granting agencies. I've ranted before about our Shock Physics program, which I believe has contributed -0- to society after millions and millions in grant money. And our decades long Biofuel program, which I believe has resulted in nothing, in contrast to our numerous touting's of it over the years.

And not just pick on my alma mater, some of the shit I've seen at other stops are like really? And I had a hand in submitting some of those grants, which made me want to barf on the documents. Times that by institutions throughout the country. Oh and wheat research. Many universities, locally WSU and OSU, are doing all this research and developing new varieties. Why? And why do we need programs and costly administrative structures for all of them?


Gawd and once again I try to start a thread and this site F's me up. Is it just me? I've asked this question many times and have never gotten any response from this board. Hello McFly?

Could there be college sports with no restrictions in the future?

Judge issue TRO on NCAA

Transfer as many times as you wish

What is interesting about various suits filed by current and former NCAA athletes, against the NCAA, is they will eventually put the NCAA out of business. On the surface that sounds great, since the NCAA had ruled with an iron fist until the past few years( " the hell with the Bast.....s) However, with no NCAA rules there will be less opportunities for other athletes in the future. And while each case has some merit, if they all win their appeals against the NCAA, the NCAA will fold and eventually many schools will drop division 1 sports. They'll drop due to costs and potential liabilities, and soon lack of fan interest. Universities will start spending more on attorney's fees then they will for the entire budge in say crew or tennis, so why carry sports at the D1 Level? drop down and avoid the limelight. FCS and lower levels might get a lot bigger in the future, more teams moving down rather than up. And while these athletes are currently fighting for their rights, in the end the true student athlete that needed a scholarship, to obtain a college degree, will have a more difficult time finding one because of these suits.


And then there is this, I may not just boycott the SEC, I may boycott ESPN entirely. Disney is destroying college football.

ESPN to give SEC NFL treatment