I'm also shocked to realize that Richard "Fig" Newton is still on the roster. It feels like he's been here since 2014
After reading Caple's piece today, Ana Mari Cauce's thought process was impressive
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Are you fully converted to being a Caucesucker?
Her big dick energy at the press conference today was impressive. A real top to bottom effort at UW to be great feels almost like it might become a reality. I’m cautiously optimistic they may get this right.
whatshouldicareabout
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Do you think everyone on the board(except PGOS)'s thought process was impressive, too?
Cuz we all thought the Pac-12 was going to have a shit deal for 13 months
Cuz we all thought the Pac-12 was going to have a shit deal for 13 months
Next year's beer glass slogan?
Granted, my expectations for her were low heading into this. But the fact that she put a primary on the football program and openly and publicly stated that she felt Kalashnikov was playing 3-card Monte was impressive.
This whole thing tells me the big money at Worshington still loves football
As long as we talk about academis and do what it takes to stay in the bigs in football life goes on
She deserves credit. Gerberding sold out the big money
As long as we talk about academis and do what it takes to stay in the bigs in football life goes on
She deserves credit. Gerberding sold out the big money
Watching the press conference, President Cauce is definitely the alpha. Happy to hear no hedge in the defense of the decision to move; she hit all the right reasons we had to go. The unnecessary dig at the Pac-12 Network was admirable.
Where the fuck this lady been for the last eight years?
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Uwspindoctor
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Absolutely. Don’t understand all this “oh I’ll miss the pac-whatever” the rest of the internet is posting about. They sucked and are now virtually dead, good riddance.
I genuinely enjoyed watching PAC 10-12 football, even tho it had slipped. The random games between Arizona and WSU type teams were often so much more entertaining than an Illinois vs Iowa or Kentucky vs Miss State.
The SEC obviously has much more talent but the PAC 12 was underrated nationally because nobody gives a fuck about West Coast football. The QB’s and skill players have always been good, which made a lot of games entertaining.
That said, the conference died when the LA schools left and we did what needed to be done. Tradition had already died. West Coast teams with the 7 pm games had no national relevance and the move to the Big 10 hopefully changes that.
We will still play 7 pm games but I doubt it will be as many. Games against quality Big 10 programs will generate excitement in the fan base and the program. The traditionalists that are sad the PAC 10-12 met it’s Denise are blue hairs and this is the shot in the arm UW needed to get a passionate fan base and stadium rocking again.
Gladstone
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I can't believe I'm typing this but Cauce has been spectacular. I remember sarcastically saying at her hiring that she could be the football president[/i] Emmert claimed to be. Except it somehow isn't a joke and she actually came through. Wild.
And yes, there's currently a growing narrative in Trojanland that USC left (+ attempted and failed to burn B1G bridges behind it so UW/UO couldn't follow) because the conference stood aside and did nothing when the NCAA came calling during the latter Carroll years. As if anyone owed them shit. Soft soft soft. They say this despite USC leading the charge (along with Stanford) to cook UW and Don James out in the early 90s after winning the ship. There is zero precedent for the Pac schools supporting each other like that lmao but plenty of precedent in the opposite direction. USC's version of the stabbed-in-the-back myth.
It feels bizarre -- and maybe I am over-thinking it -- but I feel like UW and UO are going to be quasi-aligned in their hatred of USC now lol. All the while USC fans try to justify their actions by crying about how no one else in the conference helped defend them against sanctions. Not sure I had we have codependency issues[/i] on my 'excuses USC fans give for fleeing the Pac and trying to block UW/UO' bingo card.
