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#1 Get After the QB - ALWAYS! Autzen ZooThree keys to victory: Oregon vs Oklahoma StateDan Lanning's Oregon Ducks look to continue their hot start to the 2025 season on Saturday, as they take on Oklahoma State.

Oregon was just fine before PK came along... 🤣

No one fully knows what each collectives are giving the most. But here are a few articles I pulled quickly that might give you some idea. But again accuracy varies. Wasn’t able to find 2025 numbers. The best way to get understanding on this subject is research. Hope this helps. College Sports NetworkTop 10 NIL College Football Teams: Just 4 Schools Pass $2...Only four programs average over $200K per player in NIL: Texas, Oregon, Michigan, and Bama. Colorado's close, but not quite top-tier—yet. Ranking every College Football Playoff team by NIL collectivesTOP COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF TEAMS RANKED BY NIL COLLECTIVES FOR 2025 SEASON NIL CollectivesBig Ten Conference Schools 2023-24: School 2023 Conf 2024 Conf Collective Funding * Total Support Ticket Sales Contributions Illinois Big Ten Big Ten $ 9,311,667 56,656,994 15,693,517 40,963,477 Indiana Big Ten Big Ten $ 13,631,160 82,939,020 21,278,997 61,660,023 Iowa Big Ten Big Ten $ 9,698,730 59,012,087 26,416,829 32,595,258 Maryland Big Ten Big Ten $ 3,735,112 22,726,352 12,735,792 9,990,560 Michigan Big Ten Big Ten $ 16,357,054 99,524,766 55,266,135 44,258,631 Michigan State Big Ten Big Ten $ 13,035,471 79,314,544 25,178,673 54,135,871 Minnesota Big Ten Big Ten $ 7,171,424 43,634,648 19,252,536 24,382,112 Nebraska Big Ten Big Ten $ 7,973,918 48,517,435 38,946,701 9,570,734 Northwestern Big Ten Big Ten n/a n/a n/a n/a Ohio State Big Ten Big Ten $ 20,253,400 123,232,149 59,649,921 63,582,228 Oregon ** Pac-12 Big Ten $ 10,623,807 64,640,729 24,357,945 40,282,784 Penn State Big Ten Big Ten $ 13,793,489 83,926,716 44,678,657 39,248,059 Purdue Big Ten Big Ten $ 5,510,579 33,529,207 16,617,614 16,911,593 Rutgers Big Ten Big Ten $ 3,624,816 22,055,252 13,049,333 9,005,919 Southern Cal ** Pac-12 Big Ten n/a n/a n/a n/a UCLA ** Pac-12 Big Ten $ 5,919,423 36,016,831 17,494,361 18,522,470 Washington ** Pac-12 Big Ten $ 9,406,794 57,235,798 29,198,790 28,037,008 Wisconsin Big Ten Big Ten $ 8,982,406 54,653,602 38,117,093 16,536,509 Follow the Money: The NCAA’s Top NIL Collectives Revealed

Excellent point to discuss. I’ve wondered about this as well. I had to look up how old Phil Knight is; he’s 87. Hoping Oregon makes this national championship happen sooner than later. Oregon doesn’t have the massive student body / alumni numbers to keep up with the likes of Mich. / tosu / Penn St. once the piggy bank runs dry. Also would be nice to confirm if Phil Knight has things set up for Oregon after he’s gone, or if the rumors are a coping mechanism for a scenario us fans don’t want to face.

Keep in mind that much of the increase in a team's NIL expenditures is a result of trying to outbid other teams who intend to poach their rosters. That is exactly what happened to Ohio State last year. Most of their $20M was spent on keeping guys in Columbus. I would imagine Oregon has had to do the same.

Great thoughts to ponder, Darren, but especially for our younger ones. I already lived this once, as I watched, losing Oregon Duck teams as a teenager in the 80s, (including the infamous toilet bowl of 1983) Often times sporting a mullet.😜 Whatever happens with the Ducks, personally, I am never going back!😁

For years, Oklahoma State had the second-richest owner in college football in oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens. Pickens was OSU’s version of Phil Knight. He donated over $652 million to his alma mater until his death at the age of 91 in 2019. Unfortunately, for Cowboys athletics, Pickens died before the NIL era begun. The pre-NIL era was a simpler Is Oregon the Next Oklahoma State?

I'd say we often smile at Trojan comments. Oh wait... laughing. We often laugh at Trojan comments. My bad there.

From my understanding the media gets these numbers at times through connections and people inside these collectives. As of right now there is no formal reporting out there for amount paid. Last season the number that seemed to be fairly accurate for Ohio State was about 20 million for their entire team. A ton of money for sure. But when Gundy is throwing out Oregon is paying 40 mil for our team this year that is completely outlandish and he is throwing a number out there. Some commentators who I feel have a good idea for these things just said that number was wildly off by millions. The reality is that we don't know and those who do know are the people who run the NIL collectives. They don't need to release their numbers and as a result they don't. I'd imagine Oregon is probably around 4th or 5th in terms of overall spending. We spend for sure, but we aren't throwing money around like some programs. It was reported that we actually had an NIL offer slightly lower than Texas for Dakorian Moore. I don't remember the number anymore and are any of these numbers accurate? I don't know but it's all we have to work off of for now.

Sometimes people pick things up at different speeds. Also... I am sure the freshman have a limited playbook of their own. I think Dan wanted to give them some real reps in the game. Montana State was going to be a great opportunity for them to get their feet wet and figure out some of their niche roles. Davidson is going to be seeing the field as a power back in short yardage situations so getting him some early season reps will be key to making that more successful. Whittington as the lead back for Oregon still only had 10 carries on the day. Yes, Hughes had only one but it's not like we had a back out there taking 20+ reps. We'll have to wait and see how Hughes emerges for this team. One thing is for sure at this point... if you're a runningback don't come to Oregon if you want to be a feature back. 2024 was really the exception of the Lanning era where James was that feature back. In all the other seasons there were at least 2-3 backs that played a major role. Looks like they are going back to that. 2022 - Irving, Whittington and James 2023 - Irving and James (Whittington injured) 2024 - James (some Whittington but no where near close in terms of carries) 2025 - Whittington and who else?

Great post, but even with a 'flattened out' field, one of the usual suspects, a team in the PO committee's top 6 in its final poll, will win the 2025-26 Natty. And this time, the team ranked 6th will not be the 8-seed. ASU could have and should have, but for a not-called targeting penalty, defeated Texas in the 2nd PO round. But would ASU have won two more games to win it all? Until it happens, the Usual Suspects, plus move-over OBD, with the resources and Dan to capitalize on the same, will win it all. More than ever, capital in CFB counts and then some.

That and a ton of 5 and 6th year guys that Chris Petersen recruited. There is a trend post COVID season. Teams while the oldest rosters were the ones that seemed to win the national title or get closest to it. Those rosters that maintained the old guys for that extra year had the best chance of winning it all. Michigan and Washington make the case... Both rosters were LOADED with 5th and 6th year guys. The Georgia teams that won back to back national titles were loaded with senior talent. This is the last year of the covid shirt... And things might just break wide open because the amount of players who are still from the COVID era is super small now.

I'd say no to both. Cristobal does have a sense of loyalty. He refused to interview for the Miami job when it came open the first time while at Oregon. Yeah, he ran for the job the second time but it's his dream job. He has the program going the way he wants and I would be shocked if he ditched it for Bama. And as for Sark... At this time I think Texas might be more talented than Bama. He has the donors and all the NIL he could ever want. He's built his program so why start over? What makes the Bama job so good is that it has the resources but does does every other major program. What's the difference between Bama and Texas right now? Only the expectation to be as good as Nick Saban at Bama. I'm not sure Nick Saban could meet their standards anymore. The field has flattened out at the top.

I could tell you, but then there would be one less member of this forum.

Yes, please......Deion to Bama. Make it so.

How good is he at blocking??? Maybe he is so good at running that the previous two years he was utilized so much in spite of lack of development in that area??? I actually assume he knows how to block, but the fact is, I don't know.

What I'm wondering about is... How will a bad year affect the current recruiting class? Oregon and Alabama are "tied" with 5 - 5*s apiece. If DL can flip one of those 5*s, Oregon will be in undisputed first place for them. How much in a twist would THAT put the Alabama fans in?????

Mike, an old coach-player colloquium updated for the modern era of CFB. Coach: Son, you've been in this program for years and have never come close to living up to your potential. Is it because of an Intelligence Quotient failure or abject apathy? Player: Coach, I have my dough, so I don't know, and I don't care. 😁 As noted above, Saban bailed for a reason. When the only over-the-table money came from the NFL, no matter what your incoming number of stars, players balled out. Today, you recruit players with competitive zeal, with the love of the game, no matter the money, or the effort may not be there. How would I have handled being 17 or 18 with millions of dollars in the bank: 🤪! It's not just Bama losing that was so out of Saint Nick's Bama team's character; it was the lack of effort and being smash-mouthed in the process. We saw this movie last season vs. Vandy, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Michigan, four teams that on paper shouldn't have had a chance. Perhaps Bama runs the table, or at least loses only one more game, and makes the PO with a win or two? I don't see it.

I don't care how tall they are, QB can't get it to them from his back.

Maybe they can swap buy-outs with sc. Do they know that Penix doesn't have any eligibility left? Cuz that is what made ewe dub the two years he was there.

A major lack of desire. They didn't look like they were interested in defending their legacy, much less put a foot up FSU's behind for talking smack before the season started. They expected to walk in and dominate, and when FSU was taking it to them, they didn't respond. It took a late fumble for them to get back in the game, and when their defense started putting in effort, it didn't last when FSU responded (FSU wanted that win way more-it was totally evident the entire game).

Seems to me that in all sports theres a lot of players that are ranked high at a lower level but when they get with the higher level players certain truths come out.

Never follow a coaching legend. Unless, they pay you $10 million/year, with a $70 million buyout….lol

Too much early money makes "desire" too difficult to motivate. They already getting paid.

I really doubt true freshman know the playbook better than Hughes. Probably a disciplinary issue.