The cost grew too high.
The seats became too empty.
Sometime during Saturday’s loss to Wake Forest, Oregon State Athletic Director Scott Barnes must have looked down at the vacant cavern known as Reser Stadium and decided matters had crossed the point of no return.
OSU fired football coach Trent Bray on Sunday after a 0-7 start. The school owes him $3.6 million. Players tell me a team meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. Assistant Robb Akey will be appointed the interim coach for the remainder of the season, they say.