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Post by beaverstever on Aug 5, 2023 20:06:08 GMT -8
Not really - a big portion of the schools that were a part of it are gone - it has to be renamed and rebranded anyway. I agree with the concept of time to grieve - but for me - time's up. Time to move on. I'm sort of upset that we didn't hear something from the Pac or from OSU about the future. 4 schools are drowning their sorrows and/or pissed off and/or in severe depression (or most likely, all of the above) and a word of hope would go a long way right about now. Are there really any fan bases that are happy right now? Seems more like it’s varying degrees of upset. |
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Post by irimi on Aug 5, 2023 20:56:27 GMT -8
I'm sort of upset that we didn't hear something from the Pac or from OSU about the future. 4 schools are drowning their sorrows and/or pissed off and/or in severe depression (or most likely, all of the above) and a word of hope would go a long way right about now. Are there really any fan bases that are happy right now? Seems more like it’s varying degrees of upset. The Huskies and the Ducks are pleased as punch. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Aug 5, 2023 20:58:07 GMT -8
Are there really any fan bases that are happy right now? Seems more like it’s varying degrees of upset. The Huskies and the Ducks are pleased as punch. Pennywise and dollar foolish both. This is going to work out great for Oregon State and poorly for them. |
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Post by Judge Smails on Aug 5, 2023 20:58:35 GMT -8
Are there really any fan bases that are happy right now? Seems more like it’s varying degrees of upset. The Huskies and the Ducks are pleased as punch. The non-revenue sports at those schools are not happy. They’re pissed. |
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Post by beaverdreams on Aug 5, 2023 21:12:56 GMT -8
I can't even be around any of my Duck friends for awhile. I will say something likely damaging to the friendship after they try and rationalize how it was a 'business decision', or how we would have done the same thing, or any number of tropes I'm seeing bandied about that somehow make it all okay. f%#* those god damn a-holes. (Cautionary tale here about posting after several drinks...)
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Post by irimi on Aug 5, 2023 21:13:00 GMT -8
The Huskies and the Ducks are pleased as punch. The non-revenue sports at those schools are not happy. They’re pissed. But beaverstever asked about fan bases, not athletes. I think Fusky fans and f%#*induck fans are feeling good that their team has been validated and will remain so. |
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Post by irimi on Aug 5, 2023 21:14:59 GMT -8
I can't even be around any of my Duck friends for awhile. I will say something likely damaging to the friendship after they try and rationalize how it was a 'business decision', or how we would have done the same thing, or any number of tropes I'm seeing bandied about that somehow make it all okay. f%#* those god damn a-holes. (Cautionary tale here about posting after several drinks...) My sister the Duck fan with no real connection to the university tried to tell me that it wasn’t the ducks that killed the Pac. It didn’t end well. |
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Post by Judge Smails on Aug 5, 2023 21:32:28 GMT -8
I can't even be around any of my Duck friends for awhile. I will say something likely damaging to the friendship after they try and rationalize how it was a 'business decision', or how we would have done the same thing, or any number of tropes I'm seeing bandied about that somehow make it all okay. f%#* those god damn a-holes. (Cautionary tale here about posting after several drinks...) My sister the Duck fan with no real connection to the university tried to tell me that it wasn’t the ducks that killed the Pac. It didn’t end well. It’s actually not definitive that they killed it. There’s a lot of stories that name Arizona as the start of it and that caused uo and uw to bail. |
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Post by escott58 on Aug 5, 2023 21:42:54 GMT -8
Maybe they'll take their "referees" with them! They were always pandering to the big-money schools.
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Post by rgeorge on Aug 5, 2023 22:01:20 GMT -8
The non-revenue sports at those schools are not happy. They’re pissed. But beaverstever asked about fan bases, not athletes. I think Fusky fans and f%#*induck fans are feeling good that their team has been validated and will remain so. Let's modify that to... "for the next 13 months". Once they begin regularly losing 3,4,5 games per season, aren't in line for major bowls or the CFP, and only have $ to show for a bunch of unhappy athletes in other (probably football eventually) programs... fans will begin with the rationalizations. I'm thinking there will be plenty of detractors very early in their first full year in the B10. |
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Post by irimi on Aug 6, 2023 6:05:42 GMT -8
My sister the Duck fan with no real connection to the university tried to tell me that it wasn’t the ducks that killed the Pac. It didn’t end well. It’s actually not definitive that they killed it. There’s a lot of stories that name Arizona as the start of it and that caused uo and uw to bail. Sure. But the Ducks decision to go created the mass exodus that left us out in the cold. Fwiw, I think the Apple deal was a non-starter. Being relegated to a streaming platform instead of appearing on a regular channel was bulls%#t. It would weaken the brand. For an average contract. A lot of risk in signing that deal. It makes me think we were doomed from the start. |
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Aug 6, 2023 6:20:23 GMT -8
Are there really any fan bases that are happy right now? Seems more like it’s varying degrees of upset. The Huskies and the Ducks are pleased as punch. None of my duck or husky friends are happy at all. |
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Post by irimi on Aug 6, 2023 6:26:03 GMT -8
The Huskies and the Ducks are pleased as punch. None of my duck or husky friends are happy at all. Good. Then they should boycott the teams. That would bring them back in a hurry. |
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Aug 6, 2023 6:52:02 GMT -8
None of my duck or husky friends are happy at all. Good. Then they should boycott the teams. That would bring them back in a hurry. Time to move on. Being angry and hoping for pipedreams come true is going to be an unpleasant path. People rarely go out of their path for things that truly matter, not going to do so for college sports. |
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Post by irimi on Aug 6, 2023 7:51:05 GMT -8
Good. Then they should boycott the teams. That would bring them back in a hurry. Time to move on. Being angry and hoping for pipedreams come true is going to be an unpleasant path. People rarely go out of their path for things that truly matter, not going to do so for college sports. That’s what the Seattle newspaper says: it’s better for the Fuskies in the long run and sports fans will soon enough forgive, trading the Apple cup for a game against Michigan or Wisconsin. |
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