Inside one of the new premium areas at Oregon State’s renovated football stadium reads a lyric from the school’s fight song. FOX13
A day after leaving behind more than a century as a tenant to the premier athletic conference on the West Coast, Washington’s leadership said stability was at the forefront of its decision to join the Big Ten Conference.are tied together in ways beyond their current predicament. They are land-grant universities. They reside in the true college towns of the Pac-12 – Pullman and Corvallis – while the rest of the conference is mostly in major metro locations.
Tuesday was a landmark day for Oregon State, unveiling to the media the massive renovations to Reser Stadium that included the demolition and complete reconstruction to the west side of the facility. The project cost more than $160 million and puts the finishing touches on the stadium that’s been the home to the Beavers since 1953 and has previously been updated in phases.
"I’m not naïve to not think these guys are reading and wondering and all of that," Oregon State coach Jonathan Smith said of his team Tuesday. "And as we get information, we’re going to get it to them. But I do feel like the attention to detail from the meetings to the walkthroughs to practice has been really solid. So it’s not a massive distraction taking away from things. At the same time, yeah, they’re interested to see how it plays out.
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