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My understanding is that it applies with the force of law until the next President writes one to dissolve it. This was common as Biden wrote 160 Executive Orders, and Obama wrote 277 Executive Orders. Biden revoked 72 Executive Orders from Trump's first term, which again--is common. (Trump has written 171 Executive Orders in his second term) It does not solve everything, but I view it as a next step?

The Duck is No.1, doesn't matter the category. Mike? Yes, not necessarily because of death, but he's just cool, and I'd get rid of the ----Notre Dame Leprechaun, leave him to "Lucky Charms" Traveler should be on the list, and Montana? Why?

Not getting political but as a high school government teacher here are the problems I see with this executive order. Executive orders are NOT laws thought they can be administered like a law. 1a. Who is going to administer this order? The NCAA? 1b. What realistic power of enforcement will they have? This is not a law, so how will it interact with existing State laws that do allow for NIL payments. Oregon, Washington, and California I know for a fact all have State laws that allow for NIL payments. I believe Tennessee passed a law last year to allow for even more freedom in NIL payments. Though not 3rd party payments, there is still the House Settlement that will complicate player payments. A lawsuit is certainly coming, most likely from players (probably with some support from NIL backers) because this would be a massive rule change for them. There are probably more questions that will crop up about this executive order but these are my initial thoughts.

The Executive Order has been issued. To what effect remains to be seen. On3President Donald Trump signs executive order relating to...President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday related to NIL and college sports, the White House announced.%

2027 is a l-o-n-g way off (... at least for 80-year-old OBD fans with bad hearts). I hope this is one fellow that believes in commitment. GO DUCKS!

The Duck is too popular to be relegated down to the mechanized category, but he should be #1 in both. Mike should be #1 in the live animal division due to the fact that if he gets out of his cage somebody is dying. Finally, as much as I despise USC, their mascot should replace Texas Tech's on this list.

I didn't realize there were other Harley riding mascots. So, we should have been first in two divisions. Also, I rate Ralphie over uga any day.

Looking at last season: The 4 extra at large teams would have been South Carolina, Ole Miss, Alabama and Miami. That is 3 SEC teams that would have qualified for the playoff in the final 4 slots. All with 3 or more losses, all while only playing 8 conference games and a bunch of FCS schools. Because of the skewed rankings and 8 game conference schedule, those three SEC teams had a huge, unfair advantage over Illinois, who was also 10-3 but had to play 11 power 4 schools last year. Then Illinois went out and beat South Carolina in the post season. There is no doubt in my mind that Illinois was a better football team than South Carolina last year, but they would have been left out due to unbalanced schedule and media narrative. I won’t even bring up the fact that 8-5 Michigan beat Alabama. Or the fact that the SEC had a losing record in the playoff and has not made the finals in 2 years. Petitti should never agree to 5+11 without everyone playing 9 conference games. In a 5+11 model, the BIG in most cases is going to be on the outside looking in for those final 4 spots. They will go to the ACC and SEC with less conference games and overall losses.

I don't see Oregon losing at home, but I really don't see losing 3 on the road either Not directed at you Jon, I just dislike the whole idea of a "trap game", now a potential trap game?

Dan wants a New Year's Day PO Championship game. Oregon's Dan Lanning seeks College Football Playoff schedule changes, favors Jan. 1 national championship - CBSSports.com

Number 1 on this list of the best college mascots. ESPN.comMcGee's Mascot Power Rankings: The best of the fun and fu...From giant red blobs and 1,700-pound steer to coonskin caps and bears riding Harleys, these are the sport's top merrymakers.

Drew Allar knows that Penn State needs to get over the loss to quality teams' hump. OK, Drew, but not in Week 5 por favor. 😁 YardbarkerPenn State QB Drew Allar gets candid about team's struggl...It is no secret that Penn State has struggled to win big games under head coach James Franklin.

Right. And in the B1G...we get PAID more!

Bowman is a Rivals 4-Star, and he was offered by NINE SEC teams, and the offer list includes Oregon, Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia, Miami, Texas, etc.

This article is a swing and a miss: Oregon motivated by College Football Playoff loss to Ohio State If I had Lanning alone in a room and was able to discuss the topic of the Ohio State game I would have said the following: You and/or your coordinators have previously said you schemed to beat OSU in the Rose Bowl the same way you beat them at home early in the year, despite OSU playing a very different style of play against Tennessee in the first round of the playoffs. Did you, your coordinators, or your analysts even watch the OSU vs. Tennessee game the week before the Rose Bowl If not, what the heck were you doing, if you did, why the heck did you change anything schematically and preparatory for playing OSUs new style of ball? We know there is a lot recruiting happening in the weeks leading up to the Rose Bowl. Did that significantly interfere with your ability to adequately prepare for OSU in the Rose Bowl? What are you, the coaching staff and the analysts going to do differently with your preparation process in the future to prevent this from ever happening again?

Great point. Look at Gus Malzhan. He was fired mainly because he didn't beat Bama enough. Looking back, his 3-5 record against Saban was better than any other coach in the SEC during Saban's time in Tuscaloosa. The next closest was Les Miles at 3-7.

Kesean Bowman joins the flock Oregon Ducks Land Commitment From Five-Star Receiver Recruit Over Ohio State Buckeyes Also posted on 2027 Recruits thread

Welcome to the Mighty Ducks! On3QUAAACK: Top-50 WR Kesean Bowman Commits to Oregon2027 Nashville (Tenn.) Brentwood Academy wide receiver Kesean Bowman has committed to Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks.

OD, thanks for your thoughts. I see the three B1G 10.5 win teams, OBD, Ohio State, and Penn State, finishing no worse than 10-2. Penn State plays both OBD and Ohio State. TOSU and OBD miss one another. These three teams have a Blue Chip Roster advantage (along with SC and Michigan) and the schedules to advance to the PO. Wisconsin, Purdue, Northwestern, and Rutgers have more difficult schedules than the B1G 3. In addition to the B1G 3, I see one of Illinois, Indiana, or Michigan advancing to the PO. All three of these teams have favorable schedules. If the B1G only sends its champion to the PO, what other teams do you see making the 12-team field? Again, thanks for the comment. Minnesota, being a Friday night game after OBD plays at Iowa the week before, and the Gophers being off the week before, is a potential trap game.

Thank you for the post and thanks to all of the terrific comments. 30 Duck has posted the learned SEC 'journalists' not-surprising knee-jerk reaction to Rhett Lashlee's comments about the SEC being top-heavy. Rhett is an SEC homeboy. Before he took the head coaching job at SMU, he played QB at Arkansas and coached in the SEC. Of course, Paul et al went ballistic over Rhett's comments. But facts are stubborn things. Paul, what pray tell does SMU getting the NCAA death penalty way back when have to do with college football in 2025? I guess Tennessee recently being sanctioned for running a pre-NIL pay-for-play program just means less? Lashlee correctly noted that six SEC teams have won titles since 1964. One heck of an achievement. Bama captured 15 of the championships. Paul guessed Bama had won 11 since 1964. Before Paul attacked Lashlee, he might have done a brief amount of research on the issue. Bama has won 15 titles since 1964. Lashlee's statement is factual. As others have noted on the Forum, many SEC fans ride the success of Bama and other SEC football champs, which is fine. There's nothing wrong with evidencing regional pride in the SEC, especially in a region with more college fans than pro sports fans. But the numbers don't lie; like the B1G and the majority of conferences, the SEC is top-heavy. Not every SEC team plays a gauntlet like no other. In 2025, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Purdue, and Rutgers have more difficult conference schedules than Missouri, Tennessee, and Ole Miss. If you use the FPI preseason ranking that has 13 of the 16 SEC teams ranked in the top 25, every conference game will be a top 25 versus top 25 contest except when Arkansas, Mississippi State, and Vanderbilt play one another. The majority of 'sports journalists' don't question Sankey's use of the biased FPI to justify the eight-game schedule. Sankey is a hero for supporting a 5-11 format, and Petitti is a greedy SOB for wanting a format with automatic qualifiers, a format that reflects the state of today's game, and a format that limits the power of a committee that does its business in the dark. A committee that SEC folks and ESPN talking heads vilified in 2024 for excluding 3-loss SEC teams. With a 5-11 format, the committee would be deciding on 11 and not seven at large participants. Is the committee roasted by Sankey roasted in 2024 now trustworthy? Why? The attacks on Tony Petitti are vile and viral. No other conference commissioner has Petitti's educational and business background. Tony and the B12's Brett Yormark (another inconvenient fact that is rarely reported) want teams competing for the same prize to play the same number of conference games. This is 'radical?' This is 'unfair?' When it comes to the bottom line, as it does in every business, the B1G is in the lead. Despite all of the populist support for the 5-11 format, the 'little guy' will never win a title. Despite the pounding Petitti is taking, the B1G is in the financial driver's seat. The SEC's deal with ESPN runs through the 2033-34 season. The B1G will have negotiated a new media deal in 2030, which will only increase the B1G's bottom-line advantage. If Sankey wants to stay with an 8-game conference schedule and a 12-team playoff, that's just fine. 🤑

I know, typing that scenario didn't seem quite right. How about "Oregon loses at Penn State, at Iowa, and to Minnesota" instead? Will fix it. I would be a bit surprised to see Oregon losing at Autzen in 2025. If throwing out a 9-3 regular season, at UW would seem a higher probability than at Northwestern or at Rutgers or at home to Minnesota (or to USC). UW has been pretty tough at home recently. In the last 10 UO/UW games, it looks like 5-5 (though 3-2 at Husky Stadium, 2-2 at Autzen, 0-1 neutral site). As ugly as this stat is, over the last 10 contests, Oregon has been outscored 288-330 (allowing 33 points per game yuck). Absolutely that was bad energy and needed fixed!

Ah, that's the rub. How many of the bunch on the You Tube show, or the ones that call PAWL do a lot of deductive reasoning?

Hmmm.? Objectively, Penn State should win. Iowa, could happen, but the Huskies? Can't do it.

I'm tired of the narrative that adding one extra conference game would get SEC coaches fired. What? You expect me to believe Lane Kiffin, Shane Beamer, Sam Pittman, Eli Drinkowitz, or Billy Napier would be fired because of one extra loss a year? Especially if more teams get playoff spots? That's a bull crap excuse and anybody with a brain capable of any deductive reasoning would see that. Beating LSU and Ole Miss saved Napier(that and DJ Lagway). The nerve of this guy saying Pettiti is a pariah and not good at math or common sense because he is holding Sankey accountable for an agreement they had for the B1G to go with the SEC preferred playoff format as long as the SEC goes to 9 conference games, before backing out because SEC coaches said it was impossible. It's bull, and Alabama, Miss State, Ole Miss, and most SEC teams need the money more than the bigger and more prestigious B1G institutions. "The SEC..It just means more!!" More whining and complaining? The best coaches and players on the best programs are scared of one extra game? If it was my coach saying that while making millions,I would fire him for that alone. Texas, Florida, Georgia, Texas A&M, and I think Tennessee are the only SEC institutions with the academic prestige and donor list to keep up. The SEC relies on football to pay its bills. The B1G is a much better run and well financed league. I'm kind of embarrassed how uneducated some of these guys are. The guy in the video isn't dumb, he's just brainwashed. Please hold the line. I want my fellow SEC fans to wake up from the propaganda. It will give us more great games.