Oregon State is us when the Big East broke apart without basketball. They are nothing without a power conference around them. Like us, they have to win 11 or 12 games to get a playoff spot. I already see the mistakes they are making that UConn made "We were in a power conference" - no one cares - everyone is in this for themselves - when they start losing consecutive years to whatever Texas school is in that league, it's on them. They played 5 P4 games this year and lost 4 by multiple touchdowns. They play Texas Tech at home next year but then don't have another Power 4 conference team coming in to Corvallis until 2031. They are a Diaco hire away from being a complete joke. And the American is better than the new PAC so they aren't even in the best G5 conference.Bray didn’t need nor want more $$ he took a pay cut. You clearly have 0 clue.
Our NIL is much larger football wise. Lol you actually think UConn is better job than OSU. Oh my word.
As far as the comparison with UConn, they have a much better stadium situation, pretty similar training facilities and currently better NIL but not by much and that's going to fade away quickly. The Civil War is over for now; they can't play in 2026, so they lost that big rivalry advantage they had over UConn although it may return in the future. They have a much more difficult area to recruit (Oregon is now going to get everyone they want there and Washington is right near by, the California recruits at the 3 star level might like the more "local" conference). UConn is in conference limbo until at least 2029 but they also have back-to-back 9 win seasons. When Oregon State goes 5-7 next year in the new Pac 12 - they are just a G5 team that didn't make a bowl. No one cares that they used to be a power conference team, just like UConn and USF. Oregon State also doesn't have the brand of UConn in all sports. That's not debatable. Yeah, they have a great baseball program, a sport where Coastal Carolina has also recently won a title just two years before Oregon State. UConn has won Men's and Women's basketball and Field Hockey since then. UConn is also in a part of the country where all the other football teams are bad and they don't have a juggernaut Oregon team right up the road that won't even play them.