New PAC-12 Forming

[nelsonmuntz]

Colorado State, Utah State suing Mountain West Conference over exit fees

Mired in a realignment struggle for members, the Pac-12 and Mountain West are at the center of the latest conference realignment shakeup.

sports.yahoo.com

Do you realize that if you get your way, and there is only a P2, there won’t be enough fans left to justify having the P2? Put another way, if college sports shrinks the number of schools playing by enough, even the fans of those schools won’t care anymore.

 

[Rufus]

Do you realize that if you get your way, and there is only a P2, there won’t be enough fans left to justify having the P2? Put another way, if college sports shrinks the number of schools playing by enough, even the fans of those schools won’t care anymore.

What is "my way" exactly? I'd love to hear this one.

I also can't wait to see how you tie it back to Colorado State and Utah State suing the MW over exit fees.

 

[Rufus]

Baseball schedules are out. Oregon State opted to go independent and Washington State opted to join the MW in baseball this year.

Here are the schedules:

https://osubeavers.com/sports/baseball/schedule

2025 Baseball Schedule (PDF) - Washington State University Athletics

2025 Baseball Schedule (PDF)

wsucougars.com

Some interesting tidbits............

Both will play multiple B1G teams, with Oregon State playing quite a few B1G teams. Oregon State is stacked with P4 opponents.

Indiana @ College Baseball Classic
Minnesota @ Karbach Round Rock Classic
Ohio State @ College Baseball Series benefiting Shriners Children's
vs. Rutgers
vs. Washington
@ Nebraska
@ Nebraska
@ Nebraska
@ UCLA
@ Oregon
@ Oregon
@ Oregon
vs. Oregon
@ Iowa
@ Iowa
@ Iowa

That is a 16 game B1G schedule for the Beavers. As a comparison, a B1G full schedule is 30 games, so that is over half a season of B1G games.

Former PAC-12 schools Washington and UCLA are on the schedule with 1 game each. Oregon 4 games. No other former PAC-12 school appears on the Beavers schedule except for a 2-game series vs. Washington State

The Beavers play the Ducks 4 times, but 3 of those games are in Eugene, and only 1 in Corvallis.

The Beavers squeezed in a game with Rutgers prior to the start of the 3 game Rutgers @ Oregon series.

The schedule is loaded with traditional baseball powers (Virginia, Auburn, Oklahoma, Baylor), including western powers below the P4 level.


Washington State has a full MW schedule. The Cougars schedule isn't as daunting and has fewer P4 opponents. Outside of a 4 game road trip to Arkansas, the Cougars only play vs. Michigan State and vs. UCLA at the Kleberg Bank College Classic and then a 4 game series vs. Iowa in Texas. And then a 2-game series @ Oregon State for the only other former PAC-12 school on the calendar outside of the UCLA game. No games with the Huskies were scheduled.