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Dan Lanning expands on Makhi Hughes and his week one role in the Oregon offenseOregon coach Dan Lanning explained why Makhi Hughes received a lesser role than most expected in the team's opening win over Montana State https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/dan-lanning-expands-on-makhi-hughes-and-his-week-one-role-in-the-oregon-offense-253457987/

Great, now make the post season a recruiting quiet period and put the only signing day on January 2nd too. I'm not a fan our staff recruiting when they should be game planning in the post season.

Doesn't school start winter session in January? How would a transfer get registered?

The rich get richer, always. With a deep, talented roster that's built to make the playoffs nearly every year, the NCAA's proposed move to a single, 10-day transfer window in January is tailor-made for Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks. The proposal by the NCAA Football Oversight Committee still has to be formally adopted by the Administrative Committee, and then it has to survive the inevitable challenges in court. The change would go into effect on January 2, this season. If it does to come to pass and survives, it's ideal for Oregon in a couple of ways. The Ducks have been judicious, strategic and surgical in their use of the Transfer Portal, superb evaluators that have plucked players like Bo Nix, Dillon Gabriel, Tez Johnson, Bucky Irving, Jordan Burch, Derrick Harmon and Christian Gonzalez off the rosters of other teams. They've shopped judiciously while never losing a single starter to the portal in the three-plus years Dan Lanning has been head coach. Because the Ducks are so deep in talent, a single window allows them to know exactly who is leaving and what spots might need to be replaced, and the action starts late enough to not interfere with playoff and conference championship preparation. Autzen ZooNCAA move to single transfer window another huge edge for...The rich get richer, always.

While there are no guarantees (that we’re sure of) that Nike support will reflect Knight’s current level of commitment to Oregon athletics once he is gone, there are some state-wise differences between Oregon’s stature and that of Oklahoma State, and that of the benefit derived from Nike support of the Ducks by comparison to that of the Pickens Foundation for the Cowboys that leads me to think Oregon will come out okay. In terms of general, state-wide fan (and NIL) support, Oregon has only to deal with the appeal of Oregon State, while the Cowboys are in an opposite relationship to that with Oklahoma. Sports fans (and businesses) like the image of their state as a winner, and the team that provides that usually gets their support. Unlike Picken’s fortune (made as a business magnate, financier, hedge fund operator and takeover corporate raider), Nike’s retail wealth has a public image it tries to maintain, and is enhanced by choosing to back both individuals and teams that bolster that image. Oregon can now sit along side Michael Jordan as part of that Nike tradition as having earned that support.

NCAA’s Football Oversight Committee voted in favor of a single 10-day transfer portal window following the 2025 season. If approved, the transfer portal would open on Jan. 2 Sources: NCAA moves one step closer to a single transfer portal window for college football - Yahoo Sports Still needs to be after the Bowl and Playoffs.

Moore not in top 5 How Quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele Ranks vs. Dante Moore After Week 1

LA Times had an article wherein they track scanned tickets and that includes stadium help and the number is usually 1/2 of the announced if that. Of course, they could count season ticket holders but those few dozen souls probably took the write off and had better things to do ie colonoscopy or root canals.

Positive / delusional . . . potato / potatoe

"My question is what happens to the level of Nike involvement,..." Penn State and Tennessee are switching to Adidas joining Texas Tech, Nebraska, Kansas, Louisville, NC State, Mississippi State, Washington and Grambling State. To me, that means less competition for a relationship with Nike. If Nike is still interested in college branding, there will be fewer schools to consider. Oregon will be on a shorter list.

It's possible ... but here are my reasons why that probably won't be the case. Phil Knight helped elevate Oregon's brand but the university also bought into it. The hiring of Rich Brooks and the indoor practice facility followed. After Brooks there was Bellotti and then Kelly. All built on their predecessor in terms of on field production. The uniforms and facilities absolutely helped but it was the coaching that produced those results and it was the AD and President who hired those coaches not Knight. NIL is a big deal right now but regulations are slowly coming. With revenue sharing coming in this year I can see more regulations on NIL coming soon as well because players are getting paid. So hopefully the future impact of NIL is reduced. Though Knight is the biggest donor for Oregon they are not the only one. In my article linked below I talked about another big Oregon donor, Connie and Steve Ballmer. They purchased the Concordia University campus in Portland that is now the site for UO Portland. They were also the ones who increased Dan Lanning's contract. So there are other investors at Oregon though none are as big as Knight. Multiple sources have said that Knight has money set aside for Oregon in a trust. This money is supposedly invested and will become available over time. This wouldn't make up for the loss of Knight but it is stability in the transition. The Nike connection will continue after Knight though it will change over time. Nothing is forever and Oregon will continue to be all about innovation on and off the field. This leverages the brand and will keep Oregon relevant. Oregon is in the B1G, one of the Power 2. We will have money coming in that makes us relevant moving forward. Oklahoma State did not leverage their brand into a bigger and better conference. The SEC is not calling for Oklahoma to join them. http://fishduck.com/2023/08/its-time-to-take-a-deep-breath-oregon-is-going-to-be-fine/

FYI, if you're looking for a wager, Kansas +6.5 at Missouri is worth a look. Jayhawks QB Jaylon Daniels came on late last season and is playing better in 2025 than last season for 2-0 Kansas. This will be Penn State transfer QB Beau Pribula's 1st start vs a P4 opponent. He was neck and neck with QB Sam Horn, who went down last week with a season-ending injury. Pribula's strong point is his run game. How much of a risk will the M1zzou coaching staff want to take with Pribula running the ball? Do Not Bet More Than You Can Afford!

My reading between the lines is he is being competed for RB2 like ever back on the roster not not named Whittington. He didn't get his share of touches due to circumstances. I think the desire to keep D Moore healthy against a high blitz defense will change RB playing time this next game. I hear Mahki is the best pass blocker on the team. So I expect to see him a lot in the first half, or until Moore is done for the day.

Great article and comments. Certainly there will be an endowment of some kind to continue supporting Oregon's athletic program. Certainly being a premier team in the "consolidation of power" era will ensure that the best level set funding provided by the conferences will be as good as anywhere. My question is what happens to the level of Nike involvement, dare I say integration with our athletics program? Will we continue to be used as proving grounds for the state of the art by Nike? Will they continue to be involved in NIL and use players as an employee pipeline? I would like to think enough history is there that the status quo continues to be the path forward as a mutually beneficial arrangement, at least until some hotshot CEO decides to move Nike headquarters to some low cost southern state.. Some of it depends on what happens to the 20% voting shares of PK. Is it sold or just administrated as part of the estate.

So we live rent free in the USC players heads too, not just their fans.

Without the help of Uncle Phil, the Oregon Athletic Department is one of the few in the Black. No accounting chicanery. Statements filed with the Feds have to conform to FASB accounting standards. Come 2031, OBD will be bringing in @$100 million B1G bucks a season. It will be more if the B1G adopts the Eat What You Kill PO revenue model and the Eyes on the Prize media revenue cut. And if CFB consolidates to 32 to 40 teams, OBD will not be left behind. Oregon has been at the forefront of college athletics marketing since Joey Harrington showed up in NYC. Oregon is a B1G Brand and a Big Brand, especially without Mario around to bury the brand. Charisma? No one does it better than Danno. 😍 (Especially Deion and Chaple Bill, notwithstanding all of the clicks.)

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The B1G going 14-2 in Week 1, and 2-1 against the Power 4 was nice; however, B1G teams were the favorites in all of the 14 games won, including now-ranked No. 1 Ohio State's win over Arch-Madness and the now-ranked 7th Texas Longhorns. UCLA's Coach Foster would like you to know that the Bruins were 'this close' to taking down Utah and turning a 43-10 loss into victory, and that the Rose Bowl was sold out with 59,670 UCLA fans disguised as empty seats. Pat Fitzgerald, where are you? Saturday, 9/6/25 - UCLA at UNLV, 5 PM CBSSN. Week Two's B1G Varsity versus Varsity Games - The Headliner - College Gameday, sans Coach Corso, who went out in a blaze of glory, going 6-0 with his picks, will be in Norman, Oklahoma, for the No. 15 Michigan Wolverines +5.5 versus No. 18 Oklahoma, as Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore returns to his alma mater. (Before Sherrone takes an NCAA-mandated two-game nap, with another one coming in 2026.) An intriguing QB battle could be on hand with Frosh Bryce Underwood, battling Wazzu transfer QB John Mateer, both of whom are better off financially than they were in 2024 🤑. (Perhaps Michigan found Justice with Bama transfer RB Haynes. 😒) This is B1G vs. the SEC in the second of three matchups in 2025. 4:30 ABC. No. 11 Illinois -2.5 at No. 37 Duke. Another interesting QB battle with the Illini Super Senior, Luke Altmyer, going against Tulane transfer, and the reason Murph left for the G6, Darian Mensah. (Darian did not have to be a member of Mensa to make the Durham decision for a reported $8 million two-season Nil deal.) The Battling Bielema's beat down a bunch of FCS leathernecks last Saturday while Duke blew out the less-than-elite Elon. Is Illinois legit? Is the ACC as good as FSU and Miami looked in Week 1? Or was Clemson the tell? 9 AM ESPN. Iowa +3 at No. 16 Iowa State. This season's Cy-Hawk game has ramifications beyond the importance of a traditional rivalry game, where the Iowa Hawkeyes have a lead over the Iowa State Cyclones, 47-24. Last Saturday, Iowa Head Coach Kirk Ferentz tied Woody Hayes' record for wins by a Big Ten coach at 205 victories. He's looking to break the record in a stadium where Iowa has not lost since 2011. This is only the second time in the history of the series where the home-standing Cyclones and not the Hawkeyes are ranked. ALL-FCS QB Mark Gronowski was brought in to upgrade the Hawkeyes' passing attack. Mark was not on the mark, throwing for 44 yards and 1 TD. Iowa ran the ball 52 times for 310 yards. The Cyclones QB, Rocco Becht, is off to a great start. 2-0 Iowa State is the highest-ranked B12 team, and if the conference wants more than one team in the playoffs, it needs a win against a B1G opponent. 9 AM Fox. Michigan State -3.5 versus Boston College. J. Smith and his Spartans are looking for a victory after last season's close loss to BC and then starting QB Thomas Castellanos. (Ring a bell, Kalen 😁) Against Western Michigan, Aiden Chiles was decent at QB, 17-23 for 155 yards, 1 TD, and no interceptions. In Week 1, BC defeated Vince Lombardi's alma mater, Fordham, 66-10. Behind a rebuilt O-line, Sparty's run game busted the visiting Broncos. 4:30 PM NBC No. 6 OREGON -28.5 vs the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Cowboys coach Mike Gundy is broke, busted, and disgusted. After going 0 for the B12 in 2024, Mike took a one-million-dollar pay cut. Mike doesn't believe poor little OK State should have to battle the financial behemoth Oregon Ducks. You'd think a Power 4 coach would have more cents than to talk his way out of a Power coaching spot in Stillwater. We can't compete with Oregon and other programs with more money. OK, State, when the Super Conference arrives, perhaps you'll get a coveted bid and join the Pac-Whatever plus Gonzo. 2nd Week step 2 for OBD on the flight into a Whiteout. Before Gundy opened his trap, Danno may have called off the Ducks. Now? 12:30 PM CBS - On his last broadcasting lap, Gary Danielson visits the Autzen Zoo. Other P4 vs. P4 Week 2 games with a possible PO impact. Saturday, 9/6/2025 - 17 SMU vs. Baylor - 9 AM CW (Clueless What channel this is.) 1-0 Missouri vs 2-0 Kansas - The first Border War game since 2011. Expect the winner to be ranked next week. 12:30 PM ESPN2 No. 12 ASU at Mississippi State - Dilly and Company enter the land of Hell's Cow Bells. 4:30 PM ESPN 2. No. 21 Ole Miss at Kentucky - 12:30 PM ABC - Coach Mark Stoops needs to step up. No. 13 Florida vs. No. 33 and top-ranked G6 team, USF - 1:15 PM SEC Network - Possible trap game for a Gators team on the road next week in Baton Rouge vs. the No. 3 LSU Tigers. Friday Night 9/5/25 - B1G Appetizers 4:30 PM - BTN - Western Illinois at Northwestern, Northern Illinois at Maryland. Other B1G Games on Saturday - 9 AM BTN - Kennesaw State 🤪at Indiana, FIU at No. 2 Penn State, Minnesota vs. NW (Somewhere) State. 12:30 PM - No. 1 Ohio State vs. Grambling BTN, Miami-Ohio at Rutgers streaming on Peacock. The Scarlet Knights and Schiano get the Week 2 Bird. 4 PM - Middle Tennessee (might have been the best fit for young Archie?) at Wisconsin FS1 4:30 PM - Akron at No. 35 Nebraska, No. 29 USC vs. Georgia Southern, Southern Illinois at 1-0 !!! Purdue BTN 8 PM - BTN - UW vs. UC Davis. The 2nd week in a row that a Husky is Hidden under a Broadcast Bushel. 😁 With apologies to the author of 'Solomon Gundy.' Mike Gundy died on a Saturday, Buried on Sunday, And that was the end, Of Mike Gundy. 🤬 Lasso The Cowboys

couple comments 1) Getting into the Big Ten WAS a big deal. PK well understood that and was doing what he could, and WAS rebuffed a bit, to try to offer that Pac12 off ramp to the Ducks. It is a big deal, not only for annual funding, but ongoing public consciousness and publicity. Being in the B1G may be bigger long-term than facilities? 2) All schools have big donors, some are just bigger than others. Jerry Jones, Arkansas; Mark Cuban, Indiana; Red Combs, Texas; Boone Pickens, Oklahoma State....just to name a small few. But, they generally were/are interested in funding capital projects that will be assets for many years after they are gone. Some make donations for a facility maintenance fund to ensure their longevity. The goalposts have moved a bit due to inflationary operating costs and NIL, but the positive positioning from capital projects is still important. 3) Will there potentially be a step-back without Knight? Aside from being a major donor, he has a presence within team activities that still resonates. Think about how many recruits post photos with Knight if they can get close enough to him to do so. He is Nike. But, he is also Yoda for Oregon's Star Wars facilities. Once he is gone, I don't see someone that fills that spot. (Matthew McConaughey, Will Ferrell, Shaq, Larry the Cable Guy??...come-on, not even close)

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Yes, lots of other factors. The oregon blur offense, uniforms, other cool factors. It would interesting if T. Boone was still alive, he'd probably be all in on NIL hence improving the program. But, oh well.

Thanks, Charles! That's helps to alleviate doubts.

Thanks for the analysis. The hope is that nothing changes. But, when other people are in charge of things, who knows. That damn "human factor."

From what i've heard he's got things setup to help the Ducks for a long time. But, it still won't be the same. There will be a dip, just how big?