WSU, OSU get expedited review in Pac-12 lawsuit

The Pac-12’s two remaining schools, Washington State and Oregon State, won a “small but significant victory” Friday when the Washington Supreme Court granted their request to “expedite the review of a case that will determine control of the conference.” WSU and OSU are facing a “fast-approaching deadline” for resolution of their lawsuit against the conference and the 10 departing schools: the opening of the transfer portal on Dec. 4. With their “futures in doubt and their players coveted by other schools,” WSU and OSU asked the Supreme Court to “move quickly in setting the briefing schedule” for its review of the Univ. of Washington’s emergency motion to stay a lower court’s ruling that gave WSU and OSU control of the conference’ governing board. The new timeline should give WSU and OSU “some clarity on their futures prior to the start of college football’s version of free agency” (San Jose MERCURY NEWS, 11/17).