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Next season will sure tell the tale.

Seattle will win but...... Patriots 50 Seahawks 0 Obviously I dont like the Seahawks.

OK...I do not follow the NFL much, but I HAD to post this...

Max comp for a college player should be set at $250,000 per year-all other profits should be donated for academics which college is REALLY all about.

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | FEBRUARY 4, 2026 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | @OregonWBB Fourth-Quarter Dramatics Give Ducks Fourth Straight EUGENE, Ore. – Wednesday night's Oregon women's basketball game had a bit of everything: A dominant first half, a demoralizing third-quarter collapse, then a dramatic comeback by the Ducks, who've come to be known by their coach as the "cardiac kids." Up 21 points at halftime, the UO women gave up all of that lead and more to Illinois at Matthew Knight Arena. The Ducks trailed by eight midway through the fourth quarter, but rallied back to take the lead on a Katie Fiso drive with eight seconds left before hanging on to win, 76-73. The Ducks won their fourth game in a row, and completed their second fourth-quarter comeback in five days after Saturday's win at then-No. 16 Maryland. "In the end, we got the win, and that's what's most important," UO coach Kelly Graves said. "We showed some poise when we fell behind by eight. I know it wasn't looking good, but that's kind of when we start to make things happen. It's crazy." Mia Jacobs had 23 points and nine rebounds to lead the Ducks, Ehis Etute added 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting with nine boards, and Fiso finished with 16 points plus nine assists. The newest "Big Three" for the UO women not only combined for 59 of the team's 76 points in the game, they scored 22 of 25 in the fourth quarter. "It's a good, tough win," Jacobs said. "It's gonna help us in the long run. So it's good to have that under our belt." How It Happened: After making two-thirds of their shots in the first half, 18-of-27, the Ducks opened the second half by going 2-of-16. The Ducks led 45-24 at half, and Fiso got the lead back to 21 at 49-28 with a layup early in the third quarter. But the UO women would miss their next 13 shots — the last eight of the third as Illinois rallied to tie it at 51-51 entering the fourth, and then five more to open the fourth. Jacobs finally ended that cold streak with a couple of layups early in the fourth quarter, but Illinois matched them and more to lead 66-58 with 4:25 left. That's when the "cardiac kids" found their footing. First, Etute made a bucket. Illinois missed at the other end, and Fiso hit a turnaround jumper. Then, after another Illinois miss, Sofia Bell — whose trio of threes Saturday at Maryland gave Oregon the lead for good — was fouled on a three-pointer that dropped; she missed the and-one, but the Ducks were back within 66-65. "It felt like we were back in the game at that point," Etute said. "It was our game again." Etute answered an Illinois basket with a layup for the Ducks, and it was 68-67 with 2:04 to go. Jacobs then hit from three to put Oregon up, but the Illini answered in kind. It remained a one-point lead for Illinois at 73-72 in the final seconds when Fiso missed a jumper, but Etute collected the rebound. The Ducks called time out with 12 seconds left. On the ensuing inbounds play, the ball found its way to Fiso again. This time, she drove across the lane; Etute was camped out in the post, and Jacobs was set up on the arc for an outlet pass. But Fiso saw a path to the basket, lofted a high-arcing bank shot with her left hand, and it fell to put Oregon up 74-73 with eight seconds left. "When I'm driving downhill, I see, like, a straight line," said Fiso, who followed that bucket with two game-clinching free throws after an Illinois turnover. "If I see that straight line, I'm committed, and I'm going. If I didn't see that, Ehis was right there to get the clean-up. But I trusted my work. I put a lot of work in, and I ended up making a shot." The dramatic finish took the sting out of an equally dramatic collapse by the Ducks coming out of halftime. There was little indication at the time it was looming — Oregon led 23-14 after the first quarter and 45-24 at the half, having shot 66.7 percent in the first half while holding Illinois to 34.6 percent. "We had (a few) goals coming in, and one was to limit transition points; that's how they won the other night at Washington," Graves said. "They had zero transition points at the half. The other was blocking out; no second chances. They had zero second-chance points for the first half. So we had done what we wanted to do, and that's why we had the lead we did. And then we suddenly kind of forgot about that." Illinois shot 9-of-19 while outscoring the Ducks 27-6 in the third quarter. The UO women made two of their first three field goals in the half but then went ice cold, as Illinois put together a 21-0 run to tie the game. "They just came out, they were more physical, they wanted it more, and they executed better," Graves said. After an Etute free throw to open the fourth, Illinois scored to take its first lead of the entire night, 53-52. Etute followed with two more free throws to put Oregon back in front, but the Illini countered with an 11-2 run to go up by eight. That run was capped by a bucket for a 64-56 lead with exactly 5 minutes left in the game. Graves took a 30-second timeout to stop the momentum, and huddled his team to deliver a message. "We've been there before," Graves recounted later. "We've been there, done that. You know, there's no quit in them." They proved that over the final five minutes of Wednesday's game. The "cardiac kids" may have caused a few palpitations in the process, but in the end the Ducks got it done. Up Next: The Ducks host Ohio State on Sunday (noon, B1G+).

I also am at the edge of the envelope. Players being fairly compensated? I'm down. But some of today's demands, as revealed on The Athletic: $1000 to $5000 for an official visit; control over the player's jersey number, even if a number has been retired; first-class travel for my folks and posse to home and away games, limo with a full bar if they live within driving distance of home games; a paid for 1st class apartment, and a car and driver at my beck and call; oh, I also want a luxury vehicle and reserved parking for practice and class; a low exit fee payment in case Miami, LSU, Ole Miss, and other good-hearted folks who understand my truw value, want to up my deal after I've signed what some fools without the benefit of my counsel, would call a contract? 😒 CFB has completed a 180. Schools used to be in charge, now? The NCAA? Chip and OBD were dinged by the NCAA for using 'runners', a/k/a 'agents,' to assist with recruiting. Like the big boys in the NFL, CFB billionaires decide to get along or more folks will be turned off and sign off. Colleges and universities are paying athletes directly; how about calling them what they are, 'employees' and negotiating rules that even the scu..... 🤬 will have to follow? Or, cut to the chase and have a 32-team CFB Super League. All good for OBD, but what about the left behind CFB fans? On The Other Hand, CFB attendance and the number of folks who are remotely watching CFB football and basketball continue to increase. And the number of 'Us' who watched college sports back in the day? Well, we continue to decrease. I'm mad as hell, and oh well, Beat Boise!

Hello My OBD FishDuck Forum Friends! What is your prediction of Seattle versus New England? Take your shot and let's have fun with it... Let's get these predictions started, and remember I look for the differential between your predicted points with both teams from the actual points. I will use the tiebreaker information when needed, so provide all the data below! Entries without ALL the information are invalid, and predictions on other threads don't count. We Have Two New Rules: If two winning scores are tied, and tiebreakers tie? The first one who posted wins, automatically. TerryM9 gets 42-6 locked in every time as his. (I love this guy!) Please follow directions, as I need all that is below for tiebreakers: --the winner --the score --the amount of turnovers Seattle creates --the number of sacks Seattle records on New England --the number of passing yards by the Seahawks My prediction is: Seattle 34-17 2 3 211

Ducks new coordinators open up about their new opportunities: Oregon Defensive Coordinator Chris Hampton opens up about promotion Drew Mehringer opens up about promotion to OC at Oregon

Dan seems to like the entire team. We've created some awesome expectations here, and we strive to get better every single year. Oregon Coach Dan Lanning’s National Signing Day Comments Speak Volumes

DL: “We're going to get a lot stronger. Put on some weight, good weight. Make sure we maintain our flexibility and prepare ourselves for what's coming.” Oregon Ducks Winter Workouts Show Why They're Different No time off for DL “We haven't had any time off. Straight into recruiting. (The team) got some time off. I was in 14 states last week,” Oregon Coach Dan Lanning Reveals How He’s Spent Time Since Playoff Loss

https://247sports.com/college/oregon/longformarticle/remembering-the-last-10-oregon-duck-football-signing-classes--273329912/ Kinda a cool look at recruiting the past decade. Go Ducks!

Ducks banking on in-house improvement at Linebacker ahead of crucial 2026 seasonAutzen ZooDucks banking on in-house improvement at Linebacker ahead...The Oregon Ducks are all in for the 2026 national title race with Dante Moore, 8/11 defensive starters, and a host of returning skill players.

Its so messed up that Im losing interest as well as others are. Wait till teams have 7 year players and 200 mil Nil.

Not surprised he’s back in Eugene. In 2011 (his Freshman year) I was living pretty close to Autzen, and would regularly walk through the passage between the stadium and the Moshofsky Center to get to Alton Baker for walks. On sunny days, he’d sometimes be sitting by himself on the curved curb next to the reserved athletic parking area just relaxing and soaking it in. You can kinda tell when someone has found something for the first time that really works.

#5 Oregon was the only one of twelve teams west of the Rockies. After winning your home game, they could/should have been in the Rose Bowl with IU and Bama playing in Dallas. That would not have mattered to IU fans nor Bama fans. You beat IU and could/would play in Phoenix instead of Atlanta. With Miami keeping their championship game. #1 Indiana could have played in New Orleans only because the semi's were in Atlanta. Then Atlanta and Miami #6 Ole Miss/#3 Georgia would have had no choice but two games in Atlanta if IU was in New Orleans. #2 Ohio State would have had no choice but to play in Dallas. Logistics and Marketing for the cities would stay close to the same since they do not know any sooner than us, who the teams are. Under the 2025 playoffs, Vegas is not listed, but they should be in the list of six cities that rotate from year to year. Pasadena would be skipped every year for the championship game due to their need/requirement/wants to remain on January 1. Or keep them in the 6 city rotation no matter the date and then every January 1 invite the top two teams that feel they were screwed out of the playoffs .to the Rose Bowl game .. ie: BYU vs Notre Dame game. Bottom line, Oregon fans will have to travel more times east of the Rockies no matter what if you want to win a natty. Like in 2024 when they asked Cignetti before his game against UCLA in the Rose Bowl as a regular season game ... "we don't care where we play, we can play it in a parking lot if they want to."

Pairing this article with the one about DAT still living in Eugene has my wheels turning...about a .2% chance, but how cool would that be?

It is totally sickening what has happened to college football and basketball because lawsuits an judges run the show now. What can be done about it without being sued? That idea of 5 years to play 4 is looking pretty good now.

Heard, IU from now on.

some of the largest high school stadiums in the US by capacity: Allen Eagle Stadium (Allen, TX): 18,000 Buccaneer Stadium (Corpus Christi, TX): 18,000 Grande Communications Stadium (Midland, TX): 18,000 Ratliff Stadium (Odessa, TX): 17,931 San Angelo Stadium (San Angelo, TX): 17,500 Farrington Field (Fort Worth, TX): 18,500 Paul Brown Tiger Stadium (Massillon, OH): 16,600 Alamo Stadium (San Antonio, TX): 15,000+ Often these stadiums are used by more than one high school in the local district, and used for other community events. I believe the largest seating capacity dedicated to high school sports in Oregon is at Spiegelberg Stadium in Medford, though like many Oregon high school stadiums it rarely reaches capacity these days. High school football in Oregon is a much different animal today due to various societal and sports fans shifts.

New Florida coach Jon Sumrall wonders whether Tim Tebow will leave the SEC Network to play ball for the Gators again? He was joking, I think? Considering the following with the understanding that justices with a conflict are supposed to recuse themselves from the issue at hand. What a quaint idea. An Alabama state court judge overruled long-standing NCAA eligibility rules and allowed a basketball player who has received compensation from a professional league to suit up for his beloved Crimson Tide basketball team. In 2025, the good judge donated $100,000.00 to Tide athletics, but that's just peanuts compared to the real donors to Big Al, right? In Tennessee, a state 'Judge' who is an unabashed fan of the Volunteers, granted an injunction that, if sustained, would allow Tennessee QB Joey Aguilar to play another season. By NCAA standards, Joey has played five seasons of college football, where a player used to have five years to compete for four years. According to Joey, playing ball in Junior College shouldn't count because he couldn't make the money he's making now. For that matter, don't count the time Jowy spent playing for App State in the small-dough Little League G6. Trinidad Chambliss and Ole Miss fouled up. Instead of finding a friendly state judge in Mississippi, Trinidad asked for one more year from the NCAA. His appeal was based on his having to sit out a year at Ferris State due to a lung condition. NCAA: Peddle your papers elsewhere; there is not enough evidence of you having been incapacitated. Trinidad is now weighing his options. Do I enter draft, or sue the NCAA in the friendly confines of state court? I do want to plant a face job on Kiffin in Week 3, but where can I make the most money? As the World Turns - A new soap opera based on the life of a college QB, or three. ESPN.comWetzel: Standing on the brink of anything-goes NCAA eligi...By not controlling who is eligible, the NCAA is losing the ability to function as an organizing athletic body.

The data gurus at Oregon should go back through past rosters and look for brother-brother combos. Publicizing that would bring an added interpretation to "Oregon brotherhood" during recruiting. I know there have been other than just the Herberts. Even Nix and Tez recently.

Then keep the Rose Bowl on January 1, but offer its semi-final rotation status to another venue such as Vegas or Fiesta Bowl x 2. If the Rose won't/can't offer itself for a semi-final, then that screws teams in the West who qualify for a semi-final that instead will require fans to travel to Miami, Atlanta, New Orleans, Dallas....

Interesting read. oregonliveFormer Oregon Ducks star De’Anthony Thomas finds peace, a...Thomas has complicated feelings about his football career. His newest hobby is both battleground and sanctuary.

Having the Rose Bowl on any other day besides January 1st is criminal IMO. Barely one of the last college football traditions that still exist, even though the matchups are different.

An interesting question with this news. Will IU's OOC schedule be ridiculed again this year since they play Howard? Honestly I didn't even know Howard had a football team. I have no idea if there is a friend, ex assistant or a connection of some sort to Cignetti for them to play Howard. Sometimes there is a connection like that even in basketball. Cignetti said yesterday when ask by Urban Meyer on a podcast about his OOC ... "I play who the AD tells me to play". So with this DL from Howard coming to Oregon, will IU's OOCs now be more legit?