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Is it too soon to say "maybe next year"?

Because...it doesn't feel like it's too soon.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I think they will split with WSU.
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yeah. Assuming a 0-4 start that would be a 7-5 record and good enough for a bowl game. I still think Wake Forest could be a challenge; and going on the road against Tulsa won't be a gimme
 
Pretty tough watching Johnathan Smith and Michigan State beat Boston College when the Beavers are struggling quite so much.
 
Damn, watched that game late last night……that was tough. Not sure who the Beavs QB is, but he was pretty much terrible. Liked some of the defensive backs flying around out there. They were hustling though.
 
THE HCP said:
Damn, watched that game late last night……that was tough. Not sure who the Beavs QB is, but he was pretty much terrible. Liked some of the defensive backs flying around out there. They were hustling though.
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They need a QB bad.
 
I honestly think the only draw to get recruits there was that every season they were going to be on tv playing UCLA/Stanford/USC teams like that is gone. That’s what I was talking about when I didn’t quite understand the draw and why people were excited about Texas State or whatever they are called joining their “league”!
 
THE HCP said:
I honestly think the only draw to get recruits there was that every season they were going to be on tv playing UCLA/Stanford/USC teams like that is gone. That’s what I was talking about when I didn’t quite understand the draw and why people were excited about Texas State or whatever they are called joining their “league”!
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They probably will end up being a farm team for better colleges. Every good player they get will get nabbed up the next season. Sad situation at this point.
 
Poor Beavs. If they had a deep snapper they could have made their extra points and not muffed their punts, and they would not have been in a position to force a pass for a pick six at the end, which was just insult to injury. They should have won that game easily. I feel really bad for the dude who was brought in as the snapper. He was getting booed, and most likely none of those people knew he'd never been a deep snapper before Saturday.
 
THE HCP said:
I honestly think the only draw to get recruits there was that every season they were going to be on tv playing UCLA/Stanford/USC teams like that is gone. That’s what I was talking about when I didn’t quite understand the draw and why people were excited about Texas State or whatever they are called joining their “league”!
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You make it sound like the Beavs chose TXST over USC. Of course the Beavs are way worse off than they were a decade ago, or 3 years ago. That is unavoidable.

TXST was far better than the other possibilities like NM ST or UTEP or whatever. There's some cool things going on with the university and program.

Pac12 got biggest deals of group of 5 conferences. People who are excited probably are glad it's not much much worse than what seemed possible. Nobody is saying the Beavs are better off than 3+ years ago
 
BBert said:
Also, the Beavers quarterback. Not good.
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They are giving that kid $1.5 million too ... yet didn't think enough to have a back up long snapper ... not sure I've ever seen a TD like the muffed snap on the punt where the kid just kicked it and scooped and scored. Worst part is everyone dogging on the long snapper (which he was bad) but that one wasn't even his fault, it was all on the punter.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Caught the 2nd half of the game since the Duck game was over midway through the 1st quarter.

Tough loss, but I'm going to stick with my prediction.

Beavers will start 0-4 but rally to become bowl eligible.

Things will get better, my fellow Beaver fans.
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Not sure I'd be penning in Houston as a win, they aren't bad and ESPN has them as the heavy favorites! In fact I think OSU is only favored by their (albeit dicey) prediction meter for the Sam Houston, Wake, Layfette, Tulsa and home Wazzu games. But could easily be looking down the barrel at an 0-6 start, at which point does Brey have any control of the team?
 
We are going to lose by 50+ to both Texas Tech and Oregon. Brutal start to the season.
 
On the positive side, I didn’t realize that Oregon State University football team has a female mascot along side of Benny, her name is Bernice. Did you know that!?
 
Less baseball back to a real sport please. Football!
 
With NIL & the transfer portal are we just not going to be seeing many upsets anymore?

It was different when smaller conference teams could recruit players who liked the campus, had a same full ride offer with a bunch of schools, and would commit to 4 years.

Now with the transfer portal any good freshman/soph that OSU type school get transfer elsewhere. With NIL the Beavs have a $10 million budget or whatever trying to compete against $80 million teams.

Kind of similar why Alabama and other SEC teams reign of national championships might be over. Those schools - mostly through 3rd party boosters - used to just pay for all the best players. They don't have that advantage any longer.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
With NIL & the transfer portal are we just not going to be seeing many upsets anymore?

It was different when smaller conference teams could recruit players who liked the campus, had a same full ride offer with a bunch of schools, and would commit to 4 years.

Now with the transfer portal any good freshman/soph that OSU type school get transfer elsewhere. With NIL the Beavs have a $10 million budget or whatever trying to compete against $80 million teams.

Kind of similar why Alabama and other SEC teams reign of national championships might be over. Those schools - mostly through 3rd party boosters - used to just pay for all the best players. They don't have that advantage any longer.
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The king is dead, long live the king!
 
SharpesTriumph said:
With NIL & the transfer portal are we just not going to be seeing many upsets anymore?

It was different when smaller conference teams could recruit players who liked the campus, had a same full ride offer with a bunch of schools, and would commit to 4 years.

Now with the transfer portal any good freshman/soph that OSU type school get transfer elsewhere. With NIL the Beavs have a $10 million budget or whatever trying to compete against $80 million teams.

Kind of similar why Alabama and other SEC teams reign of national championships might be over. Those schools - mostly through 3rd party boosters - used to just pay for all the best players. They don't have that advantage any longer.
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there may be fewer instances of a G6 beating a rated P4 team. It will still happen, maybe not as often. Off the top of my head, so far this season, Hawaii has beat Stanford (but Stanford sucks), and South Florida beat Florida. There may have been others. I'm not sure if an FCS team has beat a P4 team yet. That usually happens at least once a year

but the gaps will grow wider. The projections for the Big-10 in the last couple of years of their media deal are that schools will be paid 80-100M/year, and the back loading of the contract likely pushes the payout close to 100M.

that's just for football. For the 2025 NCAA BB Tournament, the SEC will distribute 70M to their schools. Now that's distributed on a rolling 6 year average. The Big-10 made 42M; Big-12 40M. That's based on 'units' which is basically each game played. About 2-2.4M/unit. That's an advantage for conferences with more members, providing they have several good teams obviously. But that can generate an additional 2-4M per school. This is one area where the Pac-12 can make some hay. With Gonzaga and San Diego St. the Pac-12 might generate some additional revenue. Colorado State and Utah State usually have good teams too. Boise St has been good lately too
 
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