Oregon State, Washington State reportedly nearing TV deal with The CW
“The goal was a broader reach with exposure than what we previously had on the Pac-12 Networks."
“The goal was a broader reach with exposure than what we previously had on the Pac-12 Networks."
"I didn’t know I needed a folder for most unhinged college sports tweets, but this is Mount Rushmore."
Will the Pac-2 schools of Oregon State and Washington State get a new home for football home games?
"Today’s news marks a huge victory for our universities and a significant step toward stabilizing the Pac-12 Conference and preserving its 108-year legacy."
Games against Oregon State and Washington State would count in league standings.
"No member acting in the Pac-12′s best interest would allow departing schools to drain the Conference’s assets on their way out the door."
Huard will call two games, almost 300 miles apart, in the space of about 16 hours.
The agreement would call for a scheduling alliance for the next two seasons with an intent to merge after that.
"I cannot wait to get to that state, that state really likes me."
Quite a few people noted issues with Pac-12 Network during the Washington State-UCLA game Saturday.
Matt Leinart took time to praise Washington State on Big Noon Kickoff and send a message to Pat McAfee and College GameDay.
After Ryan Leaf criticized 'College GameDay' earlier this week, ESPN's Pat McAfee had choice words for the former quarterback on Saturday.
"Is this a real tweet??? You must have been hacked Ryan."
"Oregon State and Washington State must be able to chart a path forward for the Pac 12--not the members that have chosen to leave it."
Probably to the Mountain West, tbh.
The school will also pause all “non-essential travel, purchases and professional development,” system president Kirk Schulz announced Monday
"At least one of the partners we were talking to said, 'We’re ready to sign today, but the optics of us announcing that we’re laying off X number of people and we signed a multimillion-dollar deal with the Pac-12 are just not the best, so we’re going to have to wait six weeks.'"
"I think it’s awesome you get to buy a game, but sweet Christmas. The Cougs in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl. Ohhhh."
"Even if you didn’t get a heads up in the meeting, you should get a call from the sports information director — basically, the PR department — before the game."
Tice tweeted "WSU head football coach Rolovich is out today for his refusal to get the Covid-19 vaccination" at 12:57 p.m. Pacific, more than three hours before a regular media member committed to reporting that Rolovich had been fired.
Mike Leach had an issue with John Blanchette but he probably could have picked a better time to deal with that.
A report has the selected teams as Washington State, Arizona State, Alabama and Penn State, but no contracts appear to be signed yet.