Canzano: What to do about Texas Tech?
Newly minted Oregon State AD walks into the debate.
The new guy in charge of the athletic department will be introduced on Tuesday in Corvallis. When Kevin Griffin takes the stage in a late-morning news conference in a room at Reser Stadium, everything will be in place.
Tables will be covered with linens.
Chairs will be arranged in rows.
Orange-and-black decorations will be put on the walls.
What the first-time athletic director also walks into is a college ecosystem that is in complete disarray, drunk on money, and rife with lawsuits.
The game plan is simple. Don’t like the NCAA’s eligibility ruling? Sue. Don’t want to follow the transfer portal rules? Litigate. Want out of that NIL contract? Lawyer up.
Griffin will spend some time on Tuesday telling us about himself and sharing his vision for Oregon State athletics. My first question relates to what the Beavers’ new athletic director plans to do about the Texas Tech game on Sept. 12.
Sometimes a moment of truth arrives an instant before you step through a door. Certainly, for a first-time, first-year AD, this is a complicated one.