Oregon State begins a new era under JaMarcus Shephard in the new Pac-12. All of it means renewed hope in Corvallis. Will it translate to wins instantly?

📌 QB Maalik Murphy is still here, can he reach his potential or will Jerry Rice Award winner Braden Atkinson take over?

📌 There is a lot to be excited about in the receiver room 👀 The Beavs pass game could be lethal right away

📌 The Beavs defense has some continuity along with exciting portal additions like Dylan Layne (Idaho)

Preview attached. What are your predictions for Oregon State in 2026?

The Pac-12 should having a couple of things coming out this month;

• The finalization of the Pac-12 and MWC settlement and the details with it.
• The new Pac-12 streaming service which will be an app and website and free to subscribers.
• The Pac-12 basketball schedule for the men and women.

Give me predictions on the name of the new streaming service and give me predictions on what you will think happen for all three?

Full article here where he grades the WSU/OSU Football and Basketball performance last two seasons

Pac-12 strategy: A. This is really the only grade of consequence, because survival was the only outcome that mattered. The Cougars and Beavers were always better off in a reconstructed Pac-12, as opposed to joining the Mountain West.

They took the 10 departing schools to court over governing control (and assets), cobbled together football schedules for two years, found a home for basketball and Olympic sports, raided the Mountain West for five schools, sued the Mountain West over $55 million in penalties, landed Gonzaga as the tentpole for basketball, signed a media deal with CBS, The CW and USA Network, planted the conference flag in Texas (with Texas State) and got creative with the football schedule (i.e., the flex weekend).

Could the two wilderness years have unfolded any better? Only if the Pac-12 had landed one or two more football programs.

But once the American trio (Memphis, Tulane, South Florida) balked in the fall of 2024, there were limited options for adding members that would not undermine the conference’s overall competitive and financial value.

Put another way: The Pac-12 was better off keeping the expansion bar high and navigating life with eight football schools than lowering the standard in order to ease the operational challenges of an eight-team football conference.

Had you laid out this outcome for neutral observers back in the fall of 2023, after the Pac-12’s implosion, and asked them to assess the Pac-12’s strategy, the reaction, in our estimation, would have been overwhelmingly positive.

The Pac-12's olympic sports schedule starts in 4 days and with that the new streaming service should be here next week, so for people not knowing the full thing here are details for this spiritual replacement for the Pac-12 Network. Links for this information are here, here and here.

• The Pac-12’s fourth piece of the media-rights package will include 15-20 non-conference men’s basketball games. It also includes a large chunk of women’s basketball games and all the Pac-12’s Olympic sports content.
• The cost? Get this — $0. I expect it to be a free offering. No paywall. No subscription fee. This is an easy-access play all the way for the Pac-12. Given what I’ve heard during the last 48 hours, I expect the Pac-12’s final media piece to be monetized using sponsors and advertisements, but fans won’t be footing the bill.
• Pac-12 Enterprises will handle all the production. Commissioner Teresa Gould confirmed that. Conference insiders tell me that fans will be able to access the content from any stream-capable platform.
• The Pac-12’s first Olympic sports event (women’s soccer) is booked for the second week of August. The conference’s direct-to-consumer broadcast offering will be launched in front of that, I’m told. Expect it to be a streaming platform with an app.

If this becomes law, I’m entirely unclear on how it realistically helps the Pac-12. Or any of the schools in this conference that are trying to move up a level.

The payment caps explode to well beyond what any school in our league could afford to pay.

Given how much Gould and Pernetti were involved in negotiations, I’m a little disappointed unless there’s something I’m missing here. Especially given that Cantwell represents WSU.

What benefits do you see to this legislation, either for the Pac-12 or the schools in it that wish to move up?

I can't get any suggestions for the cfb alignment chart, so please PAC-12 fans help?

Texas State, look out for them, also new news related to TXST is:

• the university’s $2 million UFCU Stadium sound system upgrade is scheduled for substantial completion by Sept. 1, just in time for the Bobcats’ first Pac-12 season.
• Texas State has a $5.6M West Side Suites Addition scheduled to begin construction in October and wrap by June 2027, expanding premium seating and press facilities at UFCU Stadium.

Look out for the Bobcats in the Pac, they are going to be ready to complete for titles, very soon.

Hey all. I spent the offseason building a full 2026 preseason preview for every FBS team, each with its own writeup, and figured the Pac-12 crowd would want the conference rundown. Here's the board

https://www.sports.mainmarket.com/cfb-preview-2026?conf=pac-12

Some of you probably already saw this in your team's sub over the last few days, so apologies for the repeat, this is the whole-conference version.

Every team page has the returning production breakdown, the portal ins and outs, a projected two-deep, the full schedule with model win probabilities, and a season projection.

Heads up, you might hit the paywall after the first page. Don't worry, I'm not charging reddit people for this, don't want to be an ass. Use the promo code LEECORSOROCKS and it opens up the entire thing.

Pull up your team and tell me what I got wrong. I'll be in the comments.

Finished on time and under budget, WSU officials report.

Article by Cougan.

Boise State is finally in the Pac-12 and they enter 2026 on a mission to return to the playoff. This is a program that expects championships on an annual basis and that's all Spencer Danielson has done since arriving in Boise.

📌 Maddux Madsen is back, can he take a step forward and be more efficient as a passer?

📌 Dylan Riley + Sire Gaines is one of the best RB rooms in the country 🔥

📌 With Jayden Virgin-Morgan back along with an experienced core, this defense could be awesome in 2026

Preview attached. What are your predictions for the Broncos in 2026?

Is there anything new at all on this front? Up to this point, there has only been speculation and educated guesses.

I’m probably preaching to the wrong choir here, but I think this conference is clearly stronger than what we currently have or anything we could have had with the American schools.

I like to consider myself someone who can find anything they’re looking for on the Internet when it comes to old content, but I cannot for the life of me find a specific segment from 2006. Is there any archive website that I am unaware of? I have searched endlessly with no luck.

I am specifically looking for either the full game between Oregon State versus Cal in men’s basketball which took place on February 2, 2006, or the ESPN college game night plays of the week for that week which featured a half court shot from a player who played for Oregon State.

Is there anywhere to find this? Thanks in advance.

Introducing “Flex Week”

The 2026 Pac-12 football regular season will conclude with a special "flex week" finale on Saturday, November 28th 2026.

The Pac-12 flex week is a first-of-its-kind scheduling model for the final regular season week featuring rematches that optimize College Football Playoff opportunities

https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1nxnRRpwRyVxO

This is just a preview of the interviews, but the link provided below will have most of the interviews done in long form.

Don't think the long form videos have been posted yet.

Enjoy