Civil war lives on meaning TTU will be coming to Pullman next year, taking Oregons spot in the TTU-UO series.

Looks like we are locking in schedules as the Pac-12 (2) with a focus on what's next. Clearly the on-going fight with UW et. al. has created us to operate under the status quo.....and we have to finalize next season as their is no time to wait until spring to sort this out.

That said, of all the ideas floated around, I love (for obvious reasons) the idea of the ACC, Big-12 and the Pac-2 creating a super conference (or sorts) to compete with the SEC/Big-10. To keep everyone happy, I think you'd' have to have a tiered distribution of media revenue to support certain markets being in the mix. Not a huge delta, but some delta none-the-less.

Plan B appears to be raiding the Mtn West, but the scheduling alliance apparently has penalties so the assumption I have is that isn't the preferred option. I do think SDSU will be in the new conference and maybe UNLV (market, location, potential). Cal and Stanford have to be pushing for most of the band to get back together and next year is going to really suck for them travel related.

The fact that Shulz and Chun have been quiet indicates to me that NDAs have been signed and things are cooking in the background.

I think this will be the type of football I will be watching from now on to get my fix.

Shades of the 92 Apple Cup

https://www.outkick.com/montana-delaware-snow-photos-video-football-game

This could get interesting; college football is such a cluster right now.

Orange Bowl press conference cancelled

Eked out a 5 point win over SDSU. CLW still in the shooting funk she's been in most of the year. Fortunately we are deep enough to overcome that.

About where we are at currently. Kind of like the presumption that Gloria Naverez, etc will take over.


I still think she's pretty damn cute.

First off, I have to comment on how disgusted I am with WSU's shitty Athletics site. And frankly the regular WSU site. A bunch of glitzy BS. No wonder enrollment is lagging. Just provide them info on applying and enrollment and costs and forego all the self-serving BS. Am I wrong? Of course not, I never am.

Athletics site? Shit. Of course we don't get crap for info on this site, aside from my incredible insight, which is why I will never re-subscribe here , so we have to go to serviceable Brand X and Y to get info? So VB made the sweet 16? Good job ladies. And in deference to our Board gal pal Julie, I will make no reference to how cute those grand children aged athletes were bouncing around after the victory. Nice interview on Brand Y. Oh yeah, have the ladies gone back to those bun hugger shorts? I remember when we got away from those and went to a more demure set of shorts. No complaints, but hey give the ladies back something a bit more comfortable and less enticing to perverts like Ed, Sponge, Gibby, Stretch and others. Not me of course, I avert my eyes. Maybe that is why attendance is so good? Hmmm.

Nice interview, including comments about the 2,500 or so fans that showed up on a holiday weekend for the win. I've only been to one or 2 VB games in Bohler, but that place does indeed rock. Women's BB should ditch Beasley and play there. I think it can hold about 3,000 if packed? Can you believe Men's BB played there before Beasley? I'm too young to have gone to those, because I am a relative child in many ways, but didn't we play Lou Alcinder (Jabbar) in there back in the day? Curious to know if any old Geezers here saw any of those games.

Oh yeah, gotta comment. Reading the news, some nice young Alaska HS lady swimmer got her winning trophy pulled because her regulation acceptable swimsuit hiked up a little too far on her butt and apparently pissed off some Karen's in the crowd?

How can they even swim up there dodging polar bears and whatever? Kidding, they were in a pool. Met a couple of folks recently from Alaska. One of whom was from Fairbanks. Which I would not even be able to find on a map if not for Call of the Wild. Of course once again I did not look at the actual news pictures of this sweet 16 year old. But really? Go back to 1920 swim suits if that is what it takes.

He's bounced around a bit, but good to see a former Cougar assistant coach get the shot.

Washington State volleyball beats Dayton to make NCAA Sweet 16​

Seattle Times staffDec. 2, 2023 at 10:16 pm
The No. 10 Washington State volleyball team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament by beating Dayton in Pullman on Saturday night.

The fourth-seeded Cougars (26-7) won 25-21, 25-15, 20-25, 25-16 against the No. 5 Flyers (32-3).

The Cougars will be at top-seeded Pittsburgh (27-4) on Thursday. Pitt beat No. 8 USC 3-1.

It’s the Cougars’ first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2018.

Magda Jehlarova had 15 kills and 10 blocks for the Cougars, and Pia Timmer added 12 kills and 11 digs. Argentina Ung added 42 assists, eight digs and seven blocks for WSU, and Iman Isanovic had 11 kills and seven digs.

Jehlarova became the Pac-12’s all-time leader in career blocks with No. 757 early in the win. She had no errors to hit .750 for the match.

Taylor Russell led Dayton with 15 kills, and Lexie Almodovar had 11 kills and 15 digs.

The loss snapped a program-record 27-match win streak for No. 19 Dayton, which was undefeated in Atlantic 10 play.

Wow. In the span of a week, the Beavs have lost their head coach, starting QB, and their hyped freshman backup QB Chiles.

For anyone interested in it, I see that KHQ is having a show called "The Idaho Murders One Year Later" tonight at 8:30. That whole thing has been very quiet for a while, may be interesting to see what they bring forward.

Washington, Michigan, Texas and FSU

SEC gets left out ?

Just announced.

Florida St getting robbed of a playoff spot means they might just band with Clemson and blow up the ACC the same way the LA teams killed the Pac, contract be damned

What a screw job to the Ducks.

Ultimate trap game - if you win no one gives a shit because you should beat the shit out of a CUSA team; if you lose you're humiliated for losing to a CUSA team.

#18 in the playoff ranking, wouldn't have made the playoff next year, but still gets a shot at #8. Zero wins against ranked teams.

I'm trying to wrap my head around it - do they think the 20k Liberty fans are going to travel well across the country and fill the stadium? Do they think this is a good story and will drive ratings? Especially considering the rationale behind fcking the Cougs over (ratings... yeah right) how and why does this pairing make any sense?

Last thing I'll say: Anyone who thinks G5 will actually get a seat at the 12 man table, even if you're undefeated, here's all the proof you need that that will never happen.

The team we outplayed last week seems to be winning.

the portal.

He just said that Florida State brought this upon themselves by saying at a board of trustees meeting four months ago that they were willing to move conferences. He hoped it wasn’t the case that the committee punished them for doing so, but that didn’t stop him saying it.

Totally irresponsible and irrelevant. And if anything it shows that FSU was right- every team in the playoff will be in the SEC or the B1G next year.

Wasn't pretty but a win is a win. PSU is a pretty good team and played really hard. Lot of older experienced players. Yesufu and Darling were in street clothes. No idea why. I think part of our problem is that Houinsou and Yesufu are so different at the point. We only got the better of them when we went to a 2-3 zone late in the game.

other schools. How do determine, appraise what a players NIL worth is ? No one has asked that question. We know how to determine what the players skill set is worth to another team, but that is different than NIL value .

WSU and Oregon State reach schedule agreement with Mountain West​

Greg WoodsDec. 1, 2023 at 9:47 am
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The Spokesman-Review
PULLMAN — Washington State still doesn’t have a full picture of what its 2024 football season will look like. The Cougars are almost there, though.

Pac-12 holdovers WSU and Oregon State have reached a schedule agreement with the Mountain West Conference for next season, Washington State announced Friday, striking a deal that will provide each school six games against Mountain West teams, three home and three away.

The Cougars’ 2024 season has those six games lined up, plus the four already announced: Home against Portland State on Aug. 31, at San Diego State on Sept. 7, against Washington at Lumen Field on Sept. 14 and home against San Jose State on Sept. 21.

That leaves two open slots for games. WSU will announce its full 2024 schedule “in the near future,” according to Friday’s news release.

This agreement, according to a report from Yahoo! Sports, is expected to include a fee of roughly $14 million paid to Mountain West schools, and for now it is football-only. WSU and OSU will not be eligible for the Mountain West championship, according to the report.

Neither school is locked into a contractual agreement to make this a long-term arrangement, per Yahoo! Sports, but there is “intent and understanding” of full-time membership — or a merger — for WSU and OSU.

The Cougars and Beavers are expected to negotiate broadcasting agreements that are separate from those of Mountain West teams, who are partnered with Fox and CBS Sports Network.

With the transfer portal opening Monday, this comes at a key time for Washington State, which has already lost five players to the portal — including top receiver Josh Kelly, who entered Thursday. Quarterback Cam Ward is expected to field NIL offers around $1 million each, according to multiple reports, and top cornerback Chau Smith-Wade, who according to a source with direct knowledge turned down a big NIL payday from Michigan last offseason, should have similar options.

Greg Woods on Twitter: @GregWWoods. Washington State beat writer for The Spokesman-Review

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