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My heart goes out to the young man. This will be a big blow to the talented, but unproven Oregon receiver room. I was hoping that ES was going to have his “breakout” season in 2025-26, improving his consistency and getting 1,000+ receiving yards this season before being selected in the 2026 NFL Draft. I hope he keeps his head up and continues to be a leader on the team as he works through the grueling rehab ahead.

Women's 1500 is loaded with talent, and Oregon has three top entries. Women's NCAA Outdoor Championships 1,500 is a loaded event. Who is entered for Oregon? WWW.REGISTERGUARD.COM The NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships are at Hayward Field this week and the Oregon women have three top entries in loaded... Men June 11 & 13 Women June 12 & 14

Tez and Bucky together in Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Tez Johnson Manifest NFL Draft Destination With Bucky Irving? WWW.SI.COM Former Oregon Ducks wide receiver and now Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie Tez Johnson repeatedly told Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving last season that he wante

Game 5, Week 5. PSU is off in Week 4. OBD naps in Week 6. PSU will be 3-0 coming into the game, and OBD 4-0.

Fair point, no doubt. However, without Stewart in 2024, OBD has zero wins against TOSU.

CBS Sports One of Many with Doubts About the Settlement House v. NCAA settlement fundamentally alters college athletics, but don't expect it to bring stability - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Chaos has become the status quo in college athletics over the last decade, and the landmark settlement won't change that

To look on the bright side, here's hoping more reps for the youngsters in Fall camp turns up a star (or two) in the making early on. How soon is that Penn State game again? Game 4?

Historic House v. NCAA settlement gets final approval, allowing schools to pay college athletes WWW.NYTIMES.COM Universities can begin directly sharing revenue with college athletes starting July 1. What does it mean for OBD?

All theory until there’s high level productivity. Hope he recovers but this is a dude with identical stats all 3 years he’s played at two schools. There’s always the hope of a breakthrough though, high upside.

I fail to see how congress limiting a person’s right to choose where they work, restrict their ability to gain money for their labor, and restricting the free market principles of our country is a good thing. I find it especially reprehensible when they target the players and no one else. It seems incredibly discriminatory. &nbsp if anything the last few years of football has shown the free market works! There was incredible depth last year and football was incredibly fun to watch unlike the good old days when the SEC dominated the playoffs with the high scoring championship game of 6-3.

Once upon a time (in a universe far, far away?), there was a game called football played almost exclusively at colleges and universities by those affluent and privileged enough to attend, and enjoyed by fans of the same ilk in stadiums reported upon by newspapers, and occasionally by a new fangled thing called radio that would let the great unwashed in on what they were missing. It was a violent pastime of the upper class who felt no need to regulate what they controlled and tacitly agreed upon was a four year amateur sport mostly left behind by participants once they entered the real world. No fortunes were waiting to be amassed, either as a player or celebrity; and anyway, they already owned all the fortunes. What possible role could be played by antitrust sentiments in a sporting event where hardly anyone involved wasn’t in some way part of, or privy to this exclusive galaxy operated by and for themselves? How things have changed: enter the great unwashed wanting to be part of the fun; professional football; obscene university contracts with broadcast tv/mass media; and now at last, new fortunes just waiting to be made. Poor, poor upper class. No one seemed to understand anymore that this game belonged to them. Even their clubhouse rules (NCAA) were no longer enforceable in the face of the cultural juggernaut their little game had become. So, the moral to this tale is, once football’s white collar became blue, it became probably best to just let this horse have its head to eventually either run off a cliff, or return to the barn. Your guess is as good as mine.

Here's "a Chuck"

Posted by Jon Joseph: Below is my response to an article by Jon Wilner of the Wilner Hotline, I’m disagreeing with only one side of the 11-5 format being told and making the B1G the Playoff format bad guy. Every CFB metric, including the number of folks tuning in, supports the B1G and the SEC having at least 4 teams each in the PO field. Viewers equal dollars at a time when CFB desperately needs dollars. Why trust a committee that had Boise State ranked as the ninth-best team in the country? Would Boise have defeated the 3-loss Illinois, Bama, Ole Miss, and South Carolina teams? Compared to these four teams, Boise had a weak strength-of-schedule. There was no explanation from the committee as to why Boise's SOS was ignored. Since the inception of One True Champion, the BCS, no team without a Blue Chip Roster has won a title. The B12 has no Blue Chip teams. The ACC has two Blue Chip teams, Clemson and Miami, and sometimes a third in FSU. The ACC, in particular, with eight conference games, and the B12 do not have an in-conference strength of schedule close to the SEC and the B1G. The CBB committee, with its disclosed and followed metrics, would publicly deal with this. The football committee decides its rankings sub rosa. If the ACC wants 3 teams in, stop enabling Notre Dame's independence. And play 9 conference games. Many 9 conference game B1G teams plan 10 P4 games, so don't try to justify 8 conference games because Louisville plays Kentucky, or because you're propping up Notre Dame. The B1G has indicated that it would consider the 5-11 format IF the SEC plays 9 conference games. An entirely reasonable request, no? If you believe Sankey and the SEC ADs weren't aware that the SEC would have had 6 teams in a 16-team 2024-25 PO field before being so informed by SEC coaches in Destin, Florida, don't get hurt falling off the pumpkin wagon. The Advisory Committee was a phony detente move by Sankey, who will be hailed as a hero if he goes 11-5, notwithstanding staying at 8 conference games. Sports journalists can't see through Sankey's ploy? They need Petitti to speak up and tear down the SEC's newfound interest in 11-5? So much for impartial journalism. And Jon, to the best of my knowledge, the NFL does not invite UFL teams to its PO. Add Notre Dame, Clemson, ASU, CU, FSU, and perhaps a couple of others to the Power 2, and what program outside of this group could win a PO? This is not CBB, where mid-majors can make tournament noise and win four games in a row on the way to a CFB title. The ACC and the B12 readily accepted media money. The media marketplace has decided on two winners, the SEC and the B1G. Harsh, but thus goes capitalism. From the B1G's POV, take a look at the SEC cheerleader, ESPN's FPI top 25. Only 81.25% of the SEC is ranked in the top 25. If I'm Tony Petitti, here's my Exhibit A(uburn.) Thanks for the great coverage of CFB, but as a Ducks fan, I prefer Petitti to follow the advice attributed to Teddy Roosevelt: Speak softly and carry a B1G stick. I never want to see Tony doing the Sesame Street act Sankey went with in 2023-24 when lobbying for Bama to be in instead of FSU. Sankey won the argument. Tony should roll over for the 11-5 model without the SEC playing a 9th conference game? I hope you are willing, without supporting the position, to explain what you believe to be the B1G's reasons for four automatic qualifiers. KEY TAKEAWAYS * Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti remains silent on his controversial playoff proposal. * The 4-4-2-2-1 model gives Big Ten and SEC four automatic bids. * Critics demand transparency, comparing Petitti's silence to other commissioners' open discussions. College Football Playoff controversy: Time for Big Ten commissioner to explain his radical proposal WWW.KSL.COM As the College Football Playoff world debates proposed formats for 2026 and beyond, the architect of what many consider the nuclear option has remained deafeningly silent.

30, don't forget Michigan's 2nd win over Bama in 2024. 4-loss Michigan, with many of its best guys sitting the game out in anticipation of being drafted, backed up the Rose Bowl win, beating an all-hands-on-deck Bama team in the Reliaquest Bowl. But Bama belonged in the PO, right?

So you and everyone knows…I am not a “Chuck,”

I’m with you Chuck on Malek. I was not impressed with his body language in the spring game. I’m sure it was just a bad day or he was not settled into the offense as good as we hoped I’m not ready to loose my mind over Evan’s injury as we have a ton of talent in that room. Although I feel sick to my stomach for Stewart’s season, I know he was working his but off to prove he is that guy. Very sad turn of events for the young man. Hope he makes a full recovery.

Tough break for Mr. Stewart. On the brighter side, Dillon Gresham looked good in the spring game. The word of mouth on Perry is also encouraging. One question for the cognoscenti.... We used to speak of split ends, flankers and slot guys. Now they use a confusing alphabet soup, which I cannot keep straight. My understanding is that the receiver on the line of scrimmage must be strong or large enough to deal with press coverage, if he is not so fast as to render it impractical. I am not sure who would be best suited for this among the current crop. I thought Lowe and Bryant were slot guys; Moore is not big; Kasper is tall and seems to get open, but does not seem to have reliable hands; Jurrion may not have recovered his burst after the injury. Two tight formations ends might alleviate this.

Don't let fact and reality get in the way of the SEC blather. I didn't see this, but Alabama could have exclaimed that "Yeah, Vandy & Okie beat us...but they're in the SEC, and that's why we should only play a 8 game schedule!"

Bret Bielema has some B1G beefs. Not highlighted here, but he recently LOL at the SEC beating its 8-game drum. What's behind the beef? Origins of Bret Bielema's social media bluster, and how it shapes culture at Illinois - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The Illinois coach isn't afraid to speak his mind on social media -- and his players love him for it 'I don't want to get Cocky, but I believe our overlooked 3-loss team beat a 3-loss SEC team that was screwed out of a PO spot?'

And Yoda:

Sabrina!

Boy...what a blow to this year, and to the stacking of the classes. A ton of talent in the WR room, but mostly inexperienced, not what you want when it is late in the game and 3rd and 9 at Penn State. I cannot put my finger on it, (besides the big drop in the Spring Game) but I do not have a good vibe about the transfer Malik Benson.

This is very true! Trying to keep up with all this is numbing. Very glad that OBD is a Have and I've never wanted a season to start more than 2025.

It is becoming more difficult for casual fans to root for their teams when they have no chance to compete in the NIL arena. Honestly, I feel that we are lucky that Oregon has a current seat at the table. Having legislators rescue college football…hmmm…no comment, since I risk being banned from the website.

Downtown Sabs. On Thursday night against the Mystics, Ionescu rewrote the WNBA history books yet again. She did so in the first quarter of the game by hitting a wide-open corner three on a fastbreak play. The Liberty announced on social media that with that trey, Ionescu has now become the all-time leader in franchise three-pointers with 401 triples to her name. - Yahoo Sports