Read it and weep Cougs

Tequilla said:

Selfishly I wish the Oregon game wasn't Thanksgiving weekend going forward ...

Besides that, the Cougs are going to let their pride get the best of them

The best path forward for Oregon St and Washington St is to play as many top programs as possible, stay as relevant as possible, and maximize football revenue to cover as many sports as possible

Instead, they are going to allow their pride to get the best of them, have massive cuts to their athletic department, and become an absolute doormat

Just hate to see it

Which top programs could they even schedule? No P5 programs are going to want to schedule them in the middle of their conference season and definitely not a game in Pullman. The only way they'll be able to fill out their schedule is to join the MWC or some other G5 conference.

whlinder said:

Cuog can posture all they want but at the end of the day the Crapple Cup is going to happen on 9/14/2024 because both schools need the money and both schools have an open date. They need it to stay alive, we need it to get our AD back on some better financial footing.

Next year's home slate with Michigan, USC and UCLA has WAY better headliners than this year's Oregon, Utah & Cuog, but this year at least had Boise St as one of the dreck games which gets replaced by the abysmal Weber St & Eastern Michigan combo.

Cuog getting paid to play in Husky Stadium on 9/14 benefits everyone. I assume total revenue for that game would be higher at Husky Stadium than Lumen, so why would you not do that? Oh right, Cuogar Pride.

Well, we gave in and picked “neutral” next year in order to keep the matchup going and align with our B1G schedule going forward.

First and right to get the date right and that it would be happening.