*9 of the 12 Pac-12 teams are in or right next to big cities(I am counting Tucson in that 9)...the other three are relatively small...Eugene, Pullman and Corvallis. Hence as per this column, you are recruiting a kid to come to Corvallis so there needs to be some value for that choice. Which is why I believe OSU needs to hire someone "quirky"(WSU hiring Mike Leach). I thought Andersen was doomed from the start with his offensive style...may work in the Big Ten but not the Pac-12.

*I get when you have a losing program any victory or victories appear to be "momentum" but OSU beating Arizona and Oregon at the end of last season was way overrated.  Arizona finished in last place in the South Division; Oregon by losing the Civil War finished in last place in the North Division and OSU had a losing record too! So OSU was? The third worst team in the Pac-12? That was momentum? When you embrace illusion over reality then ultimately it leads to what happened today.