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I'm so tempted to hit Rutgers but my snacks would be whole lot more expensive. I'd probably have to re-budget for two nights in a motel and, worst of all, I'd have to either drive through NYC twice or wedge into an airline seat a couple of times. God invented the big screen TV for a reason and I don't want to seem ungrateful.

nor does continuing with halve defy logic, only economics. I'm fine either way and will continue watching. Hardly matters in regard to the score. My temperature has not risen since the subject came up. I checked.

Check the mirror. Can't imagine many would come up with a Yes. It's been more than 20 years since I placed a bet, though I might if the local casino started up a sports book. Betting is a whole differet thing than rooting.. Either can be taken too far or just remain a pastime. Subject seems almost like clickbait. I guess I nibbled a little.

When title IX was decided, it was all about scholarships. Nobody got paid anything except tuition, room and board and books. It made sense that there should be equal numbers of them in institutions where the populations were kind of Co-ed in somewhat equal proportions. In response, I'm a little surprised schools didn't go back to the old Ivy League pattern or even their new one. Programs were dropped and I can't recall lawsuits fighting back against that. The only things necessary were balance and the conference requirement for a minimum number of sports. Where those requirements will end up now will be an interesting (or not) story and it could be a bedtime story for the NCAA. Things have changed just a little bit since then so it's probably not out of line to revisit the whole issue, and I'm sure it will be ad nauseum. Fairness the previous driving force is going to found in a morgue, far from the bus that hit it. Once again programs may die but this time the result will be a lot of billable hours. Fans are not going to have any input nor are we going to enjoy the result. Can it become "I'm going to take my ball and play somewhere else!"? The tumult and the directions it could go are worthy of a series of Vegas lines.

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And there is this. He's now a BSU decommit. Oregon Ducks Offer Boise State Quarterback Commit in 2026 Recruiting Class WWW.SI.COM The Oregon Ducks are showing interest in another quarterback from the 2026 recruiting class not named five-star Ryder Lyons. The Ducks offered Boise State Bron

This would be mighty nice! Oregon Ducks Predicted To Land Three Recruits On Visits: Ryder Lyons, Messiah Hampton WWW.SI.COM The Oregon Ducks are hosting three top recruits of the 2026 class who have all been predicted to land with the Coach Dan Lanning's Ducks through On3's recruitin

A look at how revenue-sharing money is likely to be split. College sports athletic departments face tough revenue sharing decisions WWW.USATODAY.COM How will schools share revenue with teams and athletes? That’s left to schools to decide. Welcome to "Capology."

Pressure? What Pressure? Which college football coaches are under the most pressure this season? WWW.FOXSPORTS.COM After a quiet coaching carousel this past offseason, Joel Klatt shared which 10 coaches are under the most pressure heading into the 2025 college football season.

Gambling can be very destructive. The only gambling I ever participated in was back when Oregon had Sports Action. You picked up the form at a 7/11. It had games and spreads, it was fun. Powerball, the odds of winning the jackpot, around 1 in 300M. A while back, I bought a ticket, behind me, a guy bought 10 of them. He didn't win. Sure, bet on a football game with real money, try 21 in Vegas, maybe you're better with dice. They'd love to see ya.

It’s not really true gambling, if you can afford it….lol Therefore, I really only bet on sports if I happen to be at an actual casino with a sports book. I was a financial advisor, and have seen the damage that it can have on people that don’t understand how math works.

College Football News with a Favorable 2025 Preview of UW. Washington Football Preview 2025: The Huskies Will Roll Under Jedd Fisch - College Football News | College Football Predictions, Analysis and Updates

Was OBD's 13-0 record on the way to the conference title a B1G anomaly? Why Steve Sarkisian and oddsmakers are exactly right about the new era of the SEC - Saturday Down South WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said the quiet part out loud about going undefeated in today's college football.

Since I don't bet money, measure your response to my recommendation, take Illinois and the points!

Oregon Ducks' Dakorien Moore Reveals Motivation After Evan Stewart Injury The Oregon Ducks could potentially be without wide receiver Evan Stewart for most of the 2025 season. Fortunately, coach Dan Lanning and co. have an elite five-star freshman in Dakorien Moore, who could now contend for the team's starting receiver role. Oregon Ducks' Dakorien Moore Reveals Motivation After Evan Stewart Injury WWW.SI.COM The Oregon Ducks could potentially be without wide receiver Evan Stewart for the entire regular season after recently suffering a torn patellar tendon. After p

Illinois went 5-1 in one-score games in 2024, so caution is advised. However, Illinois returns 18 starters who won 10 games last season, including the 2nd-ranked B1G QB, Luke Altmyer, and, according to USA Today, plays the easiest B1G schedule. The Fighting Illini +630 to make the PO is one of the best available future bets. With a game at Duke, Illinois may not go 3-0 OOC, but it will be no worse than 2-1. The two toughest conference road games will be at Indiana and UW. Illinois hosts USC and Ohio State. It's sweet to draw Purdue, Rutgers, Maryland, and Northwestern. +630 for Indiana, 12th most difficult schedule per USA Today, is also worth a look if you believe QB Mendoza out of Cal will be as effective as Kurtis Rourke, coming over from MAC-member Ohio, was in 2024. The opening B1G game for both teams sees Illinois playing Indiana in Bloomington.

There's some B1G recruiting happening. 2026 college football recruiting class rankings - top 25 schools - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM We break down the best recruiting classes so far in the 2026 cycle. Don't count your Ducks before they hatch in December. I'm reasonably certain OBD will out-recruit Rutgers. SC has the numbers going for it.

Underdogs Michigan (+220) USC (+590) Illinois (+630) Indiana (+630) Nebraska (+680) Iowa (+710) Don't see Washington, measured hype for USC and how about the "Emerging Superpower at +630.

FWIW, one gaming site's Big Ten odds to make the 2025-26 PO. Big Ten Football: Betting odds to make College Football Playoff in 2025-26 SATURDAYBLITZ.COM Odds have been released for teams’ chances to make the 2025-2026 College Football Playoff. Similar to last year, this season's bracket will feature 12 teams, in Ohio State, OBD, and Penn State are odds-on to make the PO. OBD at -260 means you have to put up $260 to win $100, plus the $260 wagered back.

No baseball, Ford was a center om Michigan's back to back football champs, 1931-32.

QUACK! This positive take on the House settlement being favorable for Oregon applies, per John Wilner of The Wilner Hotline ($ wall), to the B1G in general. NIL is not going away. Wilner cites the B1G number of living alumni dwarfing the ACC, B12, and SEC alums, and the corresponding close to a certainty that the B1G will bring in more media revenue, as is the case today, when media deals are renewed in the early 2030s. That B1G media revenue comes from three traditional media companies and not ESPN, with more cords being cut than network TV, is also a plus. The House settlement terms exempt NIL deals with public companies from NIL Go oversight. Many more public companies are located in the B1G footprint headquarters than is the case with the SEC, ACC, and B12. B1G graduates lead the Power 4 in CEOs and Board Members of Fortune 500 and other public companies. College athletics today are big business, and the B1G conference has the biggest business impact. What the NCAA house settlement means for Oregon Football DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The NCAA house settlement will bring widespread change to college football, but the Oregon Ducks stand to benefit.

Agreed. Uconn Women's basketball has been a dynasty for decades, but Uconn football brings in more money. Fair and equal are not the same. Football is the Machine.

AP coverage of the Title IX-based appeal to the settlement. Female athletes appeal landmark NCAA settlement, saying it violates federal antidiscrimination law APNEWS.COM Eight female athletes have filed an appeal of a landmark NCAA antitrust settlement. They argue that women would not receive their fair share of $2.7 billion in back pay for athletes who were barred...

Point well made. Do you feel the same regarding the PGA male golfers earning far more in prize money than the LPGA female golfers? Women pro golfers play 3 rounds to determine a winner instead of the PGA's four rounds, and draw on average 930,000 viewers compared to the PGA's 2.2 million viewers. Should the LPGA money be the same? The marketplace says: "No." Close to 80% more viewers watch Men's Major events compared to the women's Majors. Why would sponsors put up the money to reward women golfers the same as male golfers? 'But Title IX does not apply to pro sports; it does apply to college sports.' I agree. Because a school accepts federal funding, it's only fair and equitable that athletes who earn no money for the school be paid the same as athletes who produce the revenue that is being shared? This is certainly not the case in the capitalistic business world and and college sports are big business. In a business sense, Title IX is a relic of an amateur athletic system that no longer exists. Title IX has been a boon to women's sports, and it's terrific to see women receiving college scholarships and the appropriate stipends. However, it was not fair and equitable from the inception of Title IX to include football scholarships in the fairness calculus when there is no comparable women's sport. It was not fair to men that men's teams were cut to make women's sports equal to men's sports. $20.5 million is the year one House settlement direct payment cap. Allocate 50% to women's sports, and the result will be a significant reduction in men's and women's sports teams. No big-time athletic program has budgeted revenue sharing in the same dollar amounts to non-revenue sports as distributed to revenue-making sports. Baseball players will not receive the same revenue slice as football and male basketball players. If you distribute the revenue equally, there will be a drop in Men's football and basketball talent, lesser merchandise sales, and a reduction in attendance, which will equate to a significant drop in the revenue available to be shared. If we're talking FAIRNESS, revenue should be distributed as earned. This is how the marketplace defines fairness. It will be interesting to see if this Title IX complaint is sustained. If the complaint is found to be meritorious, such a finding will hurry along the coming NFL and NBA Lite.

Some in Congress are trying to help college sports. Congress introduces new bill to provide uniform national guidelines for college sports TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM A proposed bill would create uniform national rules for college athletics that all schools and conferences would be required to follow I don't see congressional relief coming before a collective bargaining agreement is reached between Athletes and Management. School A is directly paying Athlete B. But it's 'Revenue Sharing' and not a salary, but Athlete B is not an employee, right? This is SSDD NCAA semantics designed to thwart what the marketplace has delivered. The IRS does not care whether income arises from NIL deals; it's all income and subject to taxation.