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Q&A with Building the Dam: Questions for Oregon State as they prepare to face Stanford

Related Topics: Gary Andersen

1. Can you give us a quick rundown of the Gary Andersen situation? What exactly happened there?

Gary Andersen and the school decided to "mutually part ways", and in the process releasing OSU from all the payments left on that deal (which added up to about $12.6 million). From what we've collectively read and been told, it was a combination of things that spurred Andersen to make that decision. For one, he came to OSU with the mentality of "I'm going to win here if it kills me." When the wins weren't coming despite his best efforts, turns out it may have been closer to killing him than we thought.