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I think 2025 could be a very interesting year with a heck of a lot of surprises. So many of the traditional powerhouses are breaking in new QBs--Texas Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, and Oregon to name a few. While there is talent in the QB rooms at all these institutions, we can probably anticipate some problems for some of the teams. Florida has some real talent in their first units on both sides of the ball. Their Achilles heel will be depth and I have a hard time believing that they will be traveling to Autzen or any playoff destination. These projections are fun but are really silly season. Can't wait until Fall camp begins when we can have something substantive to mull over and feel great or fret about.

Amen, but broadcast partners, including one that employs Klatt, will not pay the same broadcast dollars without a conference champ game or something that replaces the champ game.

As expected, Wesley's "commitment" was not watertight. https://athlonsports.com/college/oregon-ducks/nations-no-1-edge-decommits-oregon-after-viral-video-dan-lanning-richard-wesley

One thing he’s right about, the conference championship game is devalued and should just be eliminated. The minute the field expanded from four the conference championship games became as meaningful as bowl games, imo.

I could not disagree more. If this was the "Jim Rome Show" Klatt has a "Terrible Take Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt pushed back against the straight seeding model for the College Football Playoff in 2025. He used a reseeded bracket for the first 12-team edition if it used the new model. Previously, the 12-team playoff ensured the top four seeds (and byes) would go to the four highest ranked conference champions. Now, that is no longer the case. “The obvious problem with the graphic that you see right over there is that Penn State and Texas, they wouldn’t have been penalized at all for losing the SEC and Big Ten championship game,” Klatt said on his podcast. “Well, that’s obviously a problem, because they’re the winners of those games. Oregon and Georgia aren’t gaining a real advantage. “Maybe you could say the seed that they’re getting is going to be better, because their potential matchup in that quarterfinal round is better. Okay, you can maybe make that argument, but really, what is the incentive of winning and playing hard in that game?” Klatt’s argument is the devaluing of the conference championship games even further. Some made the argument last season because Oregon went undefeated and won the Big Ten, earning the No. 1 seed. However Ohio State, the eventual national champion, didn’t even play for the conference crown and boat-raced the Ducks in the quarterfinals. “Now, what they have done for this season in 2025 by going to a straight seeding model, is that they have devalued the conference championship games, in particular in the two best conferences in the country where our last two national championships have come from,” Klatt said. “These two conferences, which continue to get better and better and better and house the best teams in the country, now you’ve devalued the conference championship game. “None of us like that. So while the seeding might be better for this season, and moving forward, I certainly don’t like the thought of devaluing a game that I think should be very important and should have some real meaning and consequence for the winner and the loser.” Of the four teams that earned the bye last season, none were able to win their first game. That included ninth-ranked Boise State and 12th-ranked Arizona State. It also included the top-two ranked teams in Oregon and Georgia. This comes at a time when there have been discussions about several changes to the College Football Playoff. That includes potential further expansion to either 14 or 16 teams. Those discussions also include proposals that there would be automatic bids that go along with the CFP. In one, it would include four SEC teams, four Big Ten teams, two Big 12 teams, two ACC teams, one Group of Six team, and three automatic bids.

Will the folks living downstairs please Zip It! Amid heated College Football Playoff debate, SEC's Greg Sankey unloads on ACC, Big 12 WWW.USATODAY.COM As debate over expanded College Football Playoff heats up, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey fires back at ACC, Big 12 rivals:

Wasikowski on performing at the Eugene Regional: 'It takes a lot of buy-in Oregon baseball is back in the NCAA Tournament, looking to reach its third straight Super Regional https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-ducks-baseball-mark-wasikowski-on-the-eugene-regional-it-takes-a-lot-of-buy-in-250333648/

This gentleman sees OBD with a chance to win it all. Anonymous Big Ten coach: Oregon Ducks 'in the mix' for 2026 national championship DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM An anonymous Big Ten football coach tabbed the Oregon Ducks as a threat to win the national championship in 2026.

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey Speaks Out on PO Changes. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey unloads 3 College Football Playoff hot takes DAWNOFTHEDAWG.COM Changes are coming to the College Football Playoff. The contract for the 12-team playoff expires at the end of the 2025 season, so that means new changes could In a sport with so much difference in schedules, roster talent, coaching, etc., how do you determine the best teams? Especially when a committee hides its decision-making process. When it ranks a G5 team with a bogus strength of schedule above the B12 champion? If the CFB committee shared the metrics used to determine its PO rankings, fine. Instead, the process is opaque at best. Compare Florida's schedule to every B12 schedule. Is a 2-loss B12 team in 2025, better than a 3-loss Florida team?

Under the ESPN broadcast agreement, the 2026-27 and subsequent College Football (CFB) Playoff (PO) formats must be decided upon by December of this year. The Power 2 has the voting power to ensure each conference will have four teams in the PO field every season. The CFB Cassandras are crying out that guaranteed PO spots will destroy the sanctity of the PO system. Ho meet Hum? Having four SEC teams in the field, along with more broadcast money, of course, is critical to the SEC's determining whether to add an extra conference regular-season SEC game. SEC Weighing Nine-Game League Schedule Amid College Football Playoff Tweaks WWW.SI.COM The format would include three annual opponents and a rotating group of six more teams with the possibility to reevaluate for competitive equity. 4-teams in the field will also be a determining factor for the B1G and the SEC to agree to an annual out-of-conference (OOC) football challenge like we see in college basketball. If agreed upon, broadcast revenue for these games between the B1G and the SEC is expected to bring in multi-millions of dollars in broadcast revenue; revenue that can be used to buy out existing scheduled OOC Games. I have no idea how challenge game opponents would be determined by the Power 2. However, using the SP+ post-spring rankings, the following are twelve games that would be played between Top-40 B1G and SEC teams in 2025. As the defending CFB champ, I have awarded SP+ No. 1 Ohio State a home game and alternated home sites thereafter. No. 2 Alabama at No. 1 Ohio State. No. 3 Penn State at No. 4 Georgia. No. 5 Texas at No. 7 OREGON No. 10 Michigan at No. 9 LSU No. 11 Ole Miss at No. 19 Illinois No. 13 Tennessee at No. 23 Indiana No. 28 Iowa at No. 14 Florida No. 15 Texas A&M at No. 30 USC No. 34 Nebraska at No. 16 Oklahoma No. 17 South Carolina at No. 37 Wisconsin No. 39 UW at No. 21 Missouri No. 25 Auburn at No. 40 Minnesota. One dozen Top-40 vs. Top-40 matchups. Bama at The Shoe, Nittany Lions 'Tween the Hedges, a Longhorns stampede in Eugene, a Wolverine in Death Valley, a classic series revived when Nebraska visits Norman, teams from Dixie playing Up North, and B1G teams playing Down South. Man, I'd love to have this inventory to sell.

Yes... but only if some crazy shenanigans like this past year doesn't happen. I think at least one three-loss team is probably getting in in any given year. If Clemson (3-losses) did not win the ACC last year it would have been one of the 3-loss SEC teams that gets in that did not win their conference. Clemson jumped on in and SMU held onto their spot because they only had 2-losses (one being the Conference Championship game). So I think it is completely possible for a 3-loss team without a conference championship to get into the playoff... but being that team is going to come down to some unique circumstances and some quality wins.

What’s the hang up here? Does anyone know? On the surface, having 1/4 of the NIL budget of the top teams in your conference in a revenue generating sport does not seem like a successful strategy.

Staples is a Gator. I see a Florida team with talent, but also with one of the two or three toughest schedules in the nation. The Gators play LSU, Miami, A&M, Kentucky, and Ole Miss on the road. Georgia in Atlanta. (The stadium in Jacksonville is being renovated; the 2026 Cocktail Party will be played in Tampa.) Florida plays Texas, Tennessee, and FSU in the Swamp. UF has gimme wins vs. LIU (Long Island U Sharks ), USF, and Mississippi State. I hope Andy is correct, especially OBD hosting a home game, but with this schedule, I can find three losses for Florida. Will the Committee in 2025-26 find a 3-loss team that did not win its conference PO worthy?

Updated College Football Playoff Prediction: Oregon Ducks, Florida Gators In Straight WWW.SI.COM The College Football Playoff is entering the second year of the 12-team format, but the seeding for the postseason tournament has...

Like The Jane Just a week ago, Oregon fans took over the Jane Sanders Stadium when the Ducks took on Liberty in their Super Regional. With the fans behind them, Coach Melyssa Lombardi and her team won both games and are now advancing to the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2018.

The state of Oregon's LB room following the conclusion of spring Here is a rundown for what the Ducks have at linebacker entering the 2025 season https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-football-linebacker-ducks-football-bryce-boetthcer-devon-jackson-brayden-platt-250326896/

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Thanks HDuck. Here’s an article to go along with what you posted. Six schools made postseason in all major sports during 2024-25 Six teams were able to lay claim to having made the postseason in all major college sports. This includes men’s and women’s basketball, football, volleyball, softball and baseball. To qualify for this list, the school must have been bowl eligible during the college football season. They don’t have to have qualified for the College Football Playoff. Elsewhere, each school must have appeared in the NCAA Tournament in each of the major sports. In the end, six schools made the final list. Here’s who made the cut: Six schools made postseason in all major sports during 2024-25 - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Six schools were able to make the postseason in all major sports: football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball and volleyball. Just as Texas did in the SEC, Oregon had to adjust to a brand new conference for each respective season. They did so and then some. Notably, Texas, Tennessee and Oregon not only made the postseason in each major sport — but they also made the College Football Playoffs. As the Ducks dominated the Big Ten in football, the volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, softball and baseball teams have all done their part as well. Oregon is one of 16 baseball teams set to host a regional in the NCAA Tournament, while the softball team is headed to the Women’s College World Series. Both basketball programs and volleyball team each were able to find enough success to make their respective tournaments as well.

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USC-Notre Dame annual rivalry game in jeopardy after 2026 I think they will agree to continue the series and play in the early part of the season. There is too much money at stake for both programs, which is ultimately what talks nowadays. Go Irish!

3 men's sports, 3 women's - and seems to be the sports with most D1 schools participating. Not meant to diminish other sports such as men's wrestling, but wrestling for example has much fewer schools participating and what would be the women's equivalent to make 4 men's, 4 women's?

Oregon Ducks' Jacob Walsh Wants Autzen Crowd For NCAA Baseball Tournament In PK Park The Oregon Ducks baseball team is gearing up for the NCAA Regional with a major advantage—home-field energy at PK Park. After sold-out crowds all season and a proven track record of success in Eugene, the Ducks are calling on fans to bring the same electric atmosphere seen at Autzen Stadium. Oregon Ducks' Jacob Walsh Wants Autzen Crowd For NCAA Baseball Tournament In PK Park WWW.SI.COM EUGENE- The road to Omaha for Oregon baseball begins Friday, May 30th, and the Ducks have a significant advantage heading into the NCAA Regional play. Oregon ge

Top Oregon Ducks who could be featured on EA Sports College Football 27 cover It's fun to think about which Oregon Ducks could be on the cover in the future. When considering candidates, there is a tight needle to thread. You need to find someone who produces on the field and is also returning for another year in 2026. That whittles down the list quite a bit for the Ducks, but there are still some prime players who could very well be on the cover next year. Here's our best guess as to who could earn the honor: Top Oregon Ducks who could be featured on EA Sports College Football 27 cover DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Oregon Ducks have a handful of players who could realistically make the cover of EA Sports College Football 27. EA Sports released photos of the two covers of the video game. The standard version of the game will have Smith and Williams as the cover athletes. The deluxe version will have Williams and Smith front-and-center, along with many figures key to college football, including Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman, Ole Miss' Lane Kiffin and former USC star and Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush.

Early Enrollee Spring Rewind: Matthew Johnson Here is a breakdown of what Oregon true freshman Matthew Johnson showed during his first spring football camp. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-football-matthew-johnson-ducks-football-spring-football-250325793/