ADVERTISEMENT

What an great win.

I knew OSU wouldn't go away. They're a tough team.

Their QB needs some work though.

I was wrong about the team with more TOs would lose. We were -1 and still beat 'em.

Looks like some tough injuries is the only major downside. That was a very physical game.

Just think, we won by a FG that clunked off the left upright. Amazing.

This is a really good coaching staff. Kudos especially to CJD.

4-0 and more excitement to go!

Washington State vs. Oregon State pregame links




Learn everything you need to know ahead of today's big top-25 matchup between No. 21 Washington State and No. 14 Oregon State by visiting these links from Kuria Pounds. There's a preview of the matchup, a look at the Beavers with Brenden Slaughter of BeaversEdge plus a column on what this game could mean for the two remaining teams left standing in the Pac-12.

RV lot tales

So it is really late but I couldn't sleep. So some RV stories.


Back in the day, RV lot spots were cheap. I think my "b lot" permit got me in. Anyone remember Camp Coug, which was a party get up that some RV patrons would put together. Tarps, I think a keg of beer, lots of fun was had.

We had this little tear drop trailer that we called the silver bullet. Just a pathetic little thing, but it worked. People would throw their empty beer cans at it just for fun. Had a warning sign on the door "pit bull with Aids".

So much fun. I have a little folder of pictures I took with many hotties at the lot. Needless to say, I hid all that from my now ex. Although one night, when we had our RV there, I was hanging out with a bunch of women's soccer or VB alumni and the wifey came looking for me. She was not happy at all.

I've told the story about the mutt fan who was giving Cougs shit on the way out of the Apple Cup game (which we came back and won). Little f-er. I ignored him twice, but when then wifey said "c'mon and he said "listen to your woman", I put him down hard. Think his GF kicked me in the ribs because I broke one. About as bad as my ribs after my Montana mishap. 3 weeks later and they still hurt.

Fun times.

Relegation

There have been several articles discussing setting up the new Pac 8,10,12, in partnership with the Mountain West and setting up a relegation type system. We have talked about this in the past, I guess getting in front of this is one position to take. The biggest issue with this is athletic budgets and having a huge decrease if relegated. Unfortunately, I do believe it is the direction of College Football.

USC and UCLA left because they had to share money with schools like WSU and OSU, and the perception was that USC and UCLA contributed a lot more, because they were in a large media market, so they should receive more. Well, if you look at the current situation, 8 of 12 teams from the Pac are in the top 25 in football, and all these teams earn less revenue from their TV contract than most of the teams in the top 25. If money was the sole answer, the Texas A&M should win a NC, but they haven't. Revenue sharing saved baseball and football, and other major leagues sports by creating parity, and fan interest, and keeping franchises in cities. Well you aren't moving universities, but you are losing fans interest by putting schools at a disadvantage or shutting them out of leagues.

College Football, or the networks, depending on who you see as running the show, seem to think differently. Do you actually think in 5 years that Northwestern, or Purdue, or any of the bottom teams in the Big will continue to receive as much revenue as Michigan. Look at the SEC, Alabama and Georgia won't continue to support Vandy and South Carolina. If your ratings suck, just like any other TV show, you're gone. Nick Saban has mentioned he is in favor of some form or relegation, so you know they have discussed it in the SEC.

The fact we are even talking about relegation is hard to comprehend, but who would have thought 5 years ago that a college football player could be paid millions per year to stay in school, (they say the Colorado QB Sanders is worth 10 million a year) or that one could transfer to another school because he didn't like it, or because someone came in and offered him a couple 100K to move. No Caps on NIL, almost unlimited transfer rules, and next up is relegation. There is a lot of money that goes to schools that under perform, the networks won't continue pay those schools. They won't even pay two schools that are performing right now and have performed much better than many schools in the Big, Big 12, and SEC over the past 25 years.
ADVERTISEMENT

Filter

ADVERTISEMENT