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Sounds like you will know sign some sort of contract that spells out the "compensation terms"...

Stumbled upon this article on another site. Our exit fees are something else. Guess we don't have to worry about any buyers remorse among the traitorous MW 5. Interesting snippet from the article:

"The PAC-12 said they will not be paying exit fee for schools from the Mountain West."

If accurate, kind of contrary to everything I've read to date.

Looking at Pac-12 TV ratings on The CW and what they mean | Analysis



By Jon Wilner

Bay Area News Group

Midway through this experimental season, the data points to a favorable outcome. TV ratings for Pac-12 football games on The CW have been impressive thus far.

At least, the ratings seem impressive given the small sample size and lack of historical context.

The five broadcasts involving Washington State and Oregon State have averaged 433,000 viewers on The CW, with two topping 500,000, according to audience data provided by the SportsMediaWatch website.

(Oregon State’s overtime victory over Colorado State last weekend drew 568,000 viewers, the highest number for any college football game on The CW this season.)

That average viewership number of 433,000:

— Is within range of the ACC’s average on The CW for the entire 2023 season (488,000 viewers) and exceeds the ACC’s average (418,000) when a single game is removed from the calculation: Florida State’s late-season victory over North Alabama, when the Seminoles were undefeated and driving for a playoff berth.

— Exceeds the average for the five ACC games shown on The CW this season (404,000).

— Exceeds the average audience for Big 12 games on FS1 (268,000) which, if nothing else, reflects the immense reach offered by over-the-air networks like The CW.

— Tops the audience for seven of the 21 games broadcast on the Big Ten Network thus far.



The numbers certainly look impressive, but context is critical.

For example, we did not account for the differences in time slots and head-to-head competition that can shape viewership.

Nor did we examine the impact of lead-in programming. On multiple occasions, Pac-12 games have followed The CW’s highly-viewed NASCAR Xfinity broadcasts.

On an absolute basis, the ratings have limited significance.

“I’m not sure I’d read too much into it,” said analyst Jon Lewis, who operates the SportsMediaWatch website.

“So many games are on TV that it kind of splits the audience. There are only so many viewers in a given day to watch college football.

“If you’re a network like The CW or truTV, you probably aren’t overly concerned about the ratings because, really, what were you airing before.”

The CW’s move into college football began last season with an agreement to air 13 ACC games. The network added a package of Pac-12 broadcasts this fall — home games for Washington State and Oregon State — and could extend the agreement for 2025.

If the experiment succeeds, The CW could seek a long-term deal with the Pac-12 once the rebuilt conference adds five schools from the Mountain West in the summer of 2026.

There’s an additional layer of significance. Quality ratings this season could spur other media companies to bid on the Pac-12 games, potentially driving up the price.

(The conference is currently on the market exploring long-term deals.)

“The CW gets the rights now and in a couple years, when the Pac-12 is more of a conference, they are maybe in position to expand their rights and be the home for the Pac-12,” Lewis said.

“This is a means of getting their foot in the door.”

Deboer will have a fun week.

21-10 at half.

Cams receivers aren’t helping him out from what I’ve seen.

Rumors circulating that WSU will be playing at Ole' Miss next season. If true, we have an interesting schedule, even with only 7 games lined up so far.

08/30 - Idaho
09/06 - San Diego State
09/13 - at North Texas
09/27 - at Virginia
TBA - Washington
TBA - Oregon State
TBA - at Ole Miss

Michigan might be way over rated.

This is more fun. Anyone else watching this series? Thank you Spectrum for adding Paramount+ to my channel lineup for free. Such a good show. I rewatched the first 3 Season 2 episodes last evening just to get to get ready for episode 4 later tonight (streaming usually shows up after midnight Eastern time).

And damn - Dana Delany is 68? That is one well-preserved woman. Even old Sly looks pretty good for 79. Too bad Andrea Savage (the ATF gal) is getting shipped off to Anchorage. She's pretty damn good looking for 51.

Last year on September 3rd, Oregon State played at San Jose State and the football game drew 3.23M viewers!!! (Link below.) Why? Because the game was held on a Sunday and the NFL wasn't playing that day. So, the OSU vs SJSU was one of few football games on TV that day. Or maybe the only one.

The world according to Nick Daschel

With that in mind, couldn't the PAC-12 schedule a game one night a week, with little competition, like Wednesday night? Football fans would know there's always a PAC-12 game every week on Wednesday nights, so they would always tune in. We got some good football brands from the MWC, like Boise St, Fresno St, and San Diego St., so let's take advantage of it.

So, here's how Wednesday Night Football would work. Followed by an example Wazzu schedule:

1 - Every PAC-12 team would host just one Wednesday night game.

2 - Every PAC-12 team would travel to just one away Wednesday night game.

3 - #1 and #2 means a 9 team conference would provide a TV network with 9 Wednesday Night games, for 9 consecutive weeks.

4 - Teams no longer have two week long 'bye' weeks. Rather, teams get 10 days off before and after each Wednesday night game.

5 - Games would start at 6:00pm. That would give most TV views time to get home from work and tune in. Most ticket holders (except Puget Sound Cougar fans) would just have to take the afternoon off from work to attend the game. And they would get home around midnight after the game. But us season ticket holders would have only one Wednesday night game a season to deal with.

Seems like Wednesday Night PAC-12 Football is a whole lot better than what Calford is doing travelling to the East Coast to be in the ACC.

Example 2026 Washington State Football Schedule

Sat., Aug 29 - Idaho State (Out Of Conference)
Sat., Sept 5 - Houston (OOC)
Sat., Sept 12 - Washington (OOC)
Sat., Sept 19 - @ Stanford (OOC)
Sat., Sept 26 - @ San Diego State

Sat., Oct 3 - skip

Wed., Oct 7 - @ Colorado State (Wednesday Night PAC-12 Football)

Sat., Oct 10 - skip
Sat., Oct 17 - Tulane
Sat., Oct 24 - @ Memphis
Sat., Oct 31 - skip

Wed., Nov 4 - Fresno State (Wednesday Night PAC-12 Football)

Sat., Nov 7 - skip
Sat., Nov 14 - @ Boise State
Sat., Nov 21 - Utah State
Sat., Nov 28 - @ Oregon State (PAC-2 Championship)


This example schedule arbitrarily picks Memphis and Tulane as PAC-12 teams #8 and #9. Who knows if those 2 schools join us. I haven't a clue if the Apple Cup is in Pullman or Seattle in 2026 - I'm a Beaver Fan.

Army and Navy are both 5-0 with mostly blowout wins.

I'd suspect we blow the shit out a big portion of their military capability.

What a dumb decision by Iran.

ESPN really must be pulling out the stops to keep the ACC happy.

And those ACC fans on the east coast are going to be happy to have the late kickoff.

So elsewhere a conversation is being had about relative media values. Here's what one person threw out:

WSU - $13
OSU - $13
BSU - $10
SDSU - $8
Fresno - $5
Col St - $4
USU - $4
Average - $8.1 million.

I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with the numbers, throw in your own. But I think the declining order is pretty reasonable. So the question is what $ does the next member(s) bring in, and what does that do to the average?

Related, the TV viewership numbers through week 5 are interesting. Link below.

Week 5 - WSU did pretty well IMHO seeing as how we were up against Oregon/UCLA on Fox and Arizona/Utah on ESPN. Scroll down a (long) ways to see viewership on certain teams named Tulane and Memphis. Yes being on ESPNU (I don't get it) didn't help at all, but then it begs the question of why are they relegated to ESPNU?

Had to go back to Week 2 to even find UTSA/Texas State. Again on ESPNU, and a whopping 24K viewership. At least they outdrew the 20K for Troy/Memphis. Tulane did well in Week 2 against Kansas State on ESPN, but WSU slapped them around with the TT viewership. I did find Sac St./SJSU in Week 1 at 69K, beating out James Madison who had 37K on ESPNU.

Anyway, draw your own conclusions. Pretty interesting stuff if you ask me, especially if you start looking at the competing games and various networks. Just information. Which is never a bad thing.

Per CBS (link below).

So, thoughts on this? We are quoted as wanting to evaluate our media rights before moving further. Well I have some thoughts - like we haven't done this yet? Before offering the Traitorous 5, and before letting Gonzaga pollute our conference?

Which brings me back to Sacramento State. They have announced that they will tear down their FB stadium and build a new 25K stadium (I would advise them to make it 30K, or at least allow for future expansion to 30K). They have raised $35M in NIL money from the community. The Sacramento Kings have offered up their NBA stadium for Sac State's use. And it is all publicly stated as things that could garner a Pac offer.

So is the Pac even talking to them? And seriously, aren't they as or more attractive than USU? ESPN bottom 10 dweller BTW), especially with all these commitments? Watch out for the MW to come after them if we dawdle. Hell they are talking to FCS Tarleton State, whoever and wherever the hell they are. I think we should snag them. Their population footprint is bigger than anyone except maybe SDSU.

Poo-poo them all you want. They are swinging for the fences, with the backing to prove it. Right smack in the middle of our footprint.

Things that make you go hmmm....

Cap the number of teams at 9 and DON'T have a championship game. The winner of the conference will be in the NCAA playoff most years. Don't water it down by having an East/West division situation where you risk having your top ranked team losing to a weaker opponent in the championship game. Keep it regional. Keep it old school.

Not sure I agree with him on the East/West divisions. I think that's what'll bring in the highest media bid, but I appreciate his point. A 9-team league where you play everyone in the conference determines the champ. Suddenly, a late season game vs. Utah State or Colorado State carries significance.

I felt like it really changed the momentum of the game. I was there (and drinking since noon) but what I saw was our guy, literally, slap the receiver on the shoulder pad after the uncatchable ball was out of the play.

I’m surprised there hasn’t been more complaint/talk about it on here. Anyone?

Torn ACL.
Feel bad for him. Sucks.

Brand X is reporting that Gonzaga has accepted membership into the PAC 12. It will be a heck of a basketball conference!

Took a sugar high and irrelevancy instead of being part of a rising tide.

Doesn't do anything for football, but it's movement, and shows that at least someone is still working on something.

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