Green is for Oregon football, money and overstepping greed in recruiting?
Will be an interesting next few months.
Here is Willie Lyles’ side of his scouting-service relationship with the Ducks in today’s Houston Chronicle.
Here’s the announcement from the league:
Expanding for the first time since 1978, the Pac-10 officially becomes the Pac-12 today with the addition of the University of Colorado and the University of Utah, opening a new chapter in the Conference’s long history.
With more than 120 Nobel Laureates across all of its campuses and the first ever to reach 400 NCAA Championships, the Conference is synonymous with both academic excellence and athletic success, having earned the nickname the “Conference of Champions”®.
Colorado and Utah fit perfectly into this tradition, bringing nationally recognized research programs and a record of athletic excellence that includes 42 NCAA titles. They become the first new Conference members since Arizona and Arizona State were added exactly 33 years ago today, joining California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington and Washington State.
“This is a very exciting day and a historic moment for our Conference, for college athletics and for Colorado and Utah,” Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said. “Our Conference was built on a pioneering spirit and through innovation that has contributed to some of the most valuable advancements in this country and the world. Colorado and Utah share those core values and instantly enhance the strength of our Conference both academically and athletically.”
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This just in:
Gonzaga will take on the University of Arizona on December 17th in the State Farm Battle in Seattle.
The event will take place at KeyArena and will feature two of the most successful programs on the West Coast, both of whom won their conference titles in 2010-11. Arizona is coming off a trip to the Elite 8, nearly reaching the Final Four.
The Seattle event will be the fourth all time meeting between the teams, with Arizona winning all three of the previous contests. The two teams last faced each other Dec 14th 2008 in Phoenix,
This just in from the conference (some items of local note highlighted):
With the 2012 London Olympics fast approaching, the Pac-10, which officially becomes the Pac-12 on July 1, will host two of its 14 Conference Championship events in 2011-12 at U.S. Olympic Trial venues, providing student-athletes throughout the Conference an opportunity to compete on world stage locations, it was announced today.
Hayward Field at the University of Oregon will be the site for the Pac-12 Track and Field Championships May 5-6 and 12-13, while Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, WA will host the Pac-12 Women’s Swimming and Men’s and Women’s Diving Championships February 22-25. The venues were approved by the Pac-10 Council.
“As we enter into an Olympic year and celebrate the commitment and excellence we have in Olympic sports we thought it was important to align Pac-12 Championship events with Olympic trial locations in 2011-12,” Pac-10 Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Weiberg said. “It was an excellent opportunity for us to provide our student-athletes with the unique experience of competing in venues that will be hosting these very important events with the USOC.”
The Pac-12 will conduct 14 Conference Championship events during the 2011-12 school year, representing 16 sports – men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, wrestling, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s gymnastics, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s track and field and rowing. Pac-12 schools have won national championships in all 16 sports and in 27 of the 37 Division I sports the NCAA sponsors.
Here’s the release from the Western Athletic Conference:
PARK CITY, Utah — Seattle University will join the Western Athletic Conference effective July 1, 2012. The announcement comes following the conclusion of the Board of Directors meeting in which presidents of both the incumbent and incoming schools for 2012 met to address several issues important to the present and future of the WAC.
With Seattle’s addition, the WAC will consist of nine full-time members for the 2012-13 season: Denver (non-football), Idaho, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State, San Jose State, Seattle (non-football), Texas State, Texas-San Antonio and Utah State.
“Seattle’s tradition and history along with a strong commitment to academics, its athletics program and their facilities make the university and its top-15 media market a great fit for the WAC,” said WAC Commissioner Karl Benson. “We look forward to a beneficial and successful relationship.”
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The Associated Press reports: University of Washington basketball player Venoy Overton has been given a continuance on a charge of furnishing alcohol to a minor.
The action Thursday in Seattle Municipal Court means the charge will be dismissed if he avoids another criminal charge for a year and completes 24 hours of community service.
The 22-year-old was charged March 8, accused of giving alcohol on Jan. 8 to two 16-year-old girls he met online.
Coach Lorenzo Romar suspended Overton for the Pac-10 Conference tournament, but allowed him to return for the NCAA tournament. The senior guard’s college basketball career ended …
Jake Locker and the UW coaching staff seemed thrilled with the quaterback’s work at Pro Day today in Dempsey Indoor. However, the opinions that really count come from NFL scouts, coaches and front offices.
Those were well represented also. Among them were the familiar faces of Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, and former UW coach Keith Gilbertson, who is now a senior offensive assistant with the Cleveland Browns. The Tennessee Titans, who are in need of a quarterback, sent several representatives.
“I think he helped himself considerably,” said Rob Rang, senior draft analysis at NFLDraftScout.com. “The thing is … …
Just received a call from Don Ruiz, who is covering the UW pro day that features quarterback Jake Locker. It’s over, and he’s begun adding some details to this report and will add more later.
Some 200 scouts and media were there primarily to see Locker go through his paces. Also participating were linebackers Mason Foster, Victor Aiyewa and Brandon Huppert, offensive linemen Cody Habben and Ryan Tolar, defensive backs Nate Williams and Vonzell McDowell, and backs/receivers D’Andre Goodwin, Austin Sylvester and Dorson Boyce.
Among those spotted were Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and former UW head coach turned Browns assistant …