Oregon State may be ‘days’ from a decision on start of a rebuilt Pac-12

[Jonnyeagle]

Oregon State may soon have an answer as to where it is headed in conference alignment.

Athletic director Scott Barnes told The Oregonian/OregonLive on Wednesday that Oregon State is committed to rebuilding the Pac-12, starting with the remaining four schools of Washington State, Stanford, California and OSU. Those four schools were left out on Aug. 4 when five Pac-12 schools accepted invitations to join the Big Ten and Big 12 beginning with the 2024-25 school year. That followed Colorado’s departure for the Big 12 the previous week, and USC and UCLA’s announcement last year that they would leave the Pac-12 at the end of the 2023-24 school year

Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2023/08/oregon-state-may-be-days-from-a-decision-on-start-of-a-rebuilt-pac-12.html?outputType=amp

[NorthTexan95]

Oregon State may be committed, but I'm not sure the other three schools are. 

[El Paso Eagle]

So OSU and WSU did not have a backup plan? I guess they thought the other eight remaining would care about them.

Are OSU and WSU now waiting for Stanford to take care of them? Do these guys deserve to be in a Power conference?

[MeanGreen22]

With all due respect to Oregon State, y’all just passengers along for the ride. Stanford/Cal the ones driving the bus. 

[NT80]

18 hours ago, Jonnyeagle said:

Oregon State may soon have an answer as to where it is headed in conference alignment.

Athletic director Scott Barnes told The Oregonian/OregonLive on Wednesday that Oregon State is committed to rebuilding the Pac-12, starting with the remaining four schools of Washington State, Stanford, California and OSU. Those four schools were left out on Aug. 4 when five Pac-12 schools accepted invitations to join the Big Ten and Big 12 beginning with the 2024-25 school year. That followed Colorado’s departure for the Big 12 the previous week, and USC and UCLA’s announcement last year that they would leave the Pac-12 at the end of the 2023-24 school year

Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2023/08/oregon-state-may-be-days-from-a-decision-on-start-of-a-rebuilt-pac-12.html?outputType=amp

Stanford has not committed to a revamped PAC.  It won’t happen until they do, if they ever do.  They may end up Indy.  Right now they would prefer to still join Big10 or ACC. 

[El Paso Eagle]

1 hour ago, MeanGreen22 said:

With all due respect to Oregon State, y’all just passengers along for the ride. Stanford/Cal the ones driving the bus. 

Just curious. I understand Stanford, but why Cal? The most in-debt program in FBS and not successful?

[MeanGreen22]

8 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Just curious. I understand Stanford, but why Cal? The most in-debt program in FBS and not successful?

They have seemed tied together this whole time. And the ACC rumors have been consistently about them. Honestly, who knows at this point. All speculation. 

[wardly]

Stanford will kick Cal to the curb in a heartbeat if it gets them into the ACC. Cal can't afford to not play for pay.