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When such a large percentage of D1 players hit the portal, having less than 50% leave because of expired eligibility, NFL aspirations, or portal out, is pretty good. Then it becomes a personnel juggling act. It really requires a solid player management coordinator to feed information to our coaching staff. My understanding is that our last one went to Kentucky with Stein.

THIS is a good pickup! I didn't watch many Minnesota games, but the few I watched, this guy was always mentioned!

DrJacksPlaidPants, Jack, You wrote the following: 2022: 10-3 Holiday Bowl champs (not bad considering first game against UGA). 2023: 12-2 Fiesta Bowl champs (lost to the NCG runner-up by a total of six points). 2024: 13-1 B1G champs (lost in quarterfinal to eventual national champion). 2025: 14-1 Orange Bowl champs (won 1st round and quarterfinal, but lost semifinal). Correction: 2025: OBD are 13-2. 14-1 would have been great, but our QB telegraphed that first pass. DM did not review the field he faced; he looked at only one receiver, the one to whom he intended to pass the ball. It was an easy but fatal mistake to make. VR, KCDuck1<

Excellent!

The 2027 College Football Playoff National Championship will be held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Um, Go Ducks!, if you know what I mean!

Kiara Romero was ranked #1 amateur in the world last year, and won the BIG 10 title as a sophomore. If you ever have a chance follow the women if they have a match in Eugene. For those that play golf, it instantly smooths out your swing just watching them fire at the pins. My claim to fame for Oregon golf was that I qualified 10th at the golf team tryouts in the late seventies, shooting 149 (36 holes))from the back tees at Emerald Valley.

Guess we just solved the "Flowers" problem?

The Midwest has notoriously bad winters. January and February are the worst months, by far. Snow isn't even the worst. It's the rainy, 38 degree days. That turns to freezing rain, and black ice. The wind chill rolls through you, no matter how layered you think you are sufficiently, you're not. Huge alumni bases everywhere. Trust me, I've seen them in Florida, Texas, California, Arizona, North Carolina. From Iowa, to Michigan, to Ohio State, Penn State, and now Indiana in football. Anywhere you go, you probably have a midwestern B1G alumnus or fan as a neighbor.

https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-lands-commitment-from-top-transfer-portal-safety-koi-perich--270678194/

As Coach Cig has said, this is all kind of surreal. Indiana grad, Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara, wholeheartedly agrees. Do not be surprised if more Indiana fans are rocking hard in Hard Rock than the Canes' fans. Saturday Down SouthI'm an Indiana graduate who still can't find the words to...IU's run to the College Football Playoff National Championship is hard to fathom for plenty of folks, most notably IU grads.

The Husky fans at Uwdawgpound aren't all that thrilled. They are saying he couldn't even crack into Oregon's rotation and we(the Huskies) want him?? 😂😂😂😂

The emergence of Johnson and addition of Olesh means we are gonna be good at the TE position.

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2026 OREGON WOMEN’S GOLF | @OregonWGolf Catherine Rao Signs With Oregon Women’s Golf EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon women’s golf head coach has announced the signing of Catherine Rao, a top-100 ranked player in the world who was the unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year for Princeton in 2024-25. Rao is finishing her undergraduate degree at Princeton and will be eligible to compete for the Ducks in the fall of 2026. “Coach Krissy and I are very excited to welcome Catherine to our Duck family,” Radley said. “She has proven success at all levels in amateur golf and will make an immediate impact in our lineup. Catherine is an extremely tough competitor who is going to thrive on college golf’s biggest stage. We can’t wait to watch this superstar compete wearing green and yellow. Go Ducks!” Currently No. 99 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, Rao has reached as high as No. 33 in the world and is coming off a tremendous 2024-25 season at Princeton. She was unanimously selected as the Ivy League Player of the Year while also earning first-team all-Ivy League honors and honorable mention all-America recognition. Rao posted seven top-10 finishes in eight events played in 2024-25, including wins at the Columbia Classic and the Nittany Lion Invitational. She was also the runner up at the Princeton Invitational and placed third at the Ivy League Championship, and she finished the season with a 70.9 scoring average. Rao impressed for Princeton as a true freshman in 2023-23, earning Ivy League Rookie of the Year and first-team all-Ivy League honors. She was the runner-up at the Ivy League Championships as a freshman, one of three top-two finishes across the final four tournaments of the spring. The Camarillo, Calif., native missed the 2023-24 season due to injury prior to earning Ivy League Player of the Year honors in 2024-25. Rao has competed twice at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, reaching the quarterfinals in both 2023 and 2024. She also played at the 2025 Augusta National Women’s Amateur, as well as the British Amateur in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Prior to arriving at Princeton, Rao was a 2020 and 2021 AJGA Junior all-American and a 2021 AJGA Scholastic Junior all-American. She played in the 2021 Junior Solheim Cup with Team USA and was par t of the 2020 and 2021 Wyndham Cups with Team West. Rao earned top-10 finishes at the 2021 PGA Girls Championship, the 2020 and 2021 PING Invitationals, and the 2020 Rolex Girls Invitational.

I was going to say that this might be a good sign, but there’s no way Sadiq isn’t entering the NFL draft.

This only represents roster investment. I think the equation should the cost of coaches.

Next year, let's make it 4.

Dan Lanning has always "over recruited" areas of need. Remember when he recruited 11 edge rushers after his first year... KNOWING they would not all stay. He just knew that he needed QUALITY at the position NOW and was willing to recruit 11 to hopefully find 3 or 4. Everyone else would transfer out. It does not bother me at all that guys in the 2 deep are transferring out because we are keeping all the starters along the D-line. If those guys would have moved on, the #2s would be the starters (with maybe a portal or 2) and the redshirt sophomores and and juniors (next year) would make up the new #2's. The difference with the D-line staying is that we will have NFL ready starters and the #2s that we would have next year anyway. We can only develop guys as much as they themselves put into it. After 3 years (redshirt, frosh, sophomore), they will either be well prepared to step into at least the 2 deep, or they will be well prepared to transfer and add value to the team they transfer to. I think that's a win-win for everyone. There is no limit to the HS kids you can sign... and no limit to the portal either. There is only a limit on the roster size. We can lose 30+ students a year, if needed.

This is why I’m pumping the brakes on the “Always a Duck” stuff.

How my nostalgic heart years for the PAC- 8 days... before those newbies arrived.

I wondered that too. The announcers called him "Hooks", so I don't know if was nickname or something. It was only on the one jersey that I saw

No. but with a healthy VA or a Justin Herbert or Masoli--YES.

Yep, they claim that we broke the Conference up for money, and then proceed to steal 300 million from the departing 10 teams. They claim that Oregon effectively broke the prior conference up, and yet they proceed to destroy the Mountain West… You can’t make this delusion up!

Although the one exception to "assemble a great team for this year and worry about next year, next year" seems to be at the QB position. There the approach seems to be, "recruit/pay the next starting QB this year with the understanding that he will get his opportunity NEXT year."