![]() I asked him if he thought that five more schools would actually jump ship. After USC, UCLA and Colorado announced that they were leaving the Pac-12, there were, as I mentioned, a ton of questions about the future of the conference and a lot of speculation about what schools like the U of O would do. I talked to them on Tuesday, but we couldn’t air the conversation because of technical problems. Scott Barnes is the athletic director of the university. Tyler Bilodeau is a sophomore at OSU and a forward on the men’s basketball team. Should and can this quartet resuscitate the conference by luring other universities to join them? What are the alternatives and what does all this mean for student athletes? That leaves only four schools in the conference next year including Oregon State. The Universities of Oregon and Washington jumped ship followed by Arizona, Arizona State and Utah. Colorado came next and then over the last month, the bottom fell out. The Pac-12 implosion started last year with the defections of USC and UCLA. Note: The following transcript was created by a computer and edited by a volunteer.ĭave Miller: From the Gert Boyle Studio at OPB, this is Think Out Loud. We’ll also hear from Tyler Bilodeau, a forward on OSU’s men’s basketball team, about how the realignment will impact student-athletes. OSU Athletic Director Scott Barnes joins us to talk about the future of the Pac-12. ![]() But what that competition will look like still remains to be seen. Meanwhile, UO has promised to prioritize “long-held traditions,” including competition with OSU. ![]() OSU President Jayathi Murthy has said the university is doing everything in its power to “stabilize and rebuild” the conference, but with Stanford and Cal rumored to be in talks with the North Carolina-based Atlantic Coast Conference, the path forward remains unclear. OSU is one of four remaining schools in the conference, along with Washington State University, Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. With the departure of the University of Oregon and the University of Washington from the Pac-12 conference, athletics at Oregon State University face an uncertain future.
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