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Tommy Tifi OL target chooses Cal Bears Highly rated Oregon OL target announces commitment days before visit to Ducks DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM One of the top offensive line targets for the Oregon Ducks announced his college commitment leading up to his official visit to Eugene.

Ducks projected to receive commitment from 5 star receiver. Oregon Ducks To Land 5-Star Receiver Recruit Calvin Russell Over Miami, Michigan? WWW.SI.COM The Oregon Ducks are looking to bolster the future of their already-talented wide receiving corps through the 2026 recruiting class. Per On3's Hayes Fawcett, t

Mudslide, Great point on market value. But is that really NIL? To me, that's more a signing bonus for joining the team. Of course, we don't know what the language is in the House Settlement, so what exactly are we paying for when we shell out $10M a year to a serious unknown entity? I'm quite sure all those attorneys feeding off the system are salivating at their chance to slop off the gravy train. It really is a matter of the schools being wise. The NFL is already stupid. But they're all pulling in $500M a year in revenue. That is not going to happen in college football. Ever. So if it's an arms race (including the portal), this year is more important than last year. Draft picks and a Natty appearance are a must for OBD. We need 10 kids plus drafted in the NFL this year. And that Natty appearance depends on a hell of a performance from kids we most haven't seen. If we're going to keep up, we're going to have to stomp on at least one Blue blood, if not two. Nothing says more than laying the wood on a blue blood. If course, I'm hoping one of them is The Ohio State.

And that is the question. Can you name any of these high school kids of the to of your tongue that have endorsement deals? Anybody? Any of these kids signing hundreds of autographs at elite camps? And I mean sitting down for two hours straight. I agree there should be no limit to earning money on your NAME LIKENESS AND IMAGE I'll be the first to congratulate a high school kid that can demonstrate he is worth more than Caitlin Clark ( Mr. Bowman, where is your Nike,Adidas, or Under Armour deal?). Do you think those $2M deals are going to hold under scrutiny? I'm curious about which local car dealership is going to shell out more than $500,000 to a prospect over four years. And will the commercials start running the moment the kids gets on campus? We KNOW who the current players are. And yes, I've seen some freshman in the spring I'd drop some money on. But I'm not cutting a $10M check on my grandmother. And she's dead. I can bet my bottom dollar both my grandmas get $10M before some schmuck that hasn't played a second of fall football at the next level. Both would be great in commercials too. ,

In 2024 Oregon head coach Dan Lanning seemed to have broken football. He found ways to exploit rules to his advantage, and the result was not one but two B1G blue bloods going down to the new blood Ducks. While one of these exploits got the most media attention as it resulted in a one-point win over the eventual National ... College Football 2025’s New Rules Review - Stop Lanning! | FishDuck FISHDUCK.COM In 2024 Oregon head coach Dan Lanning seemed to have broken football. He found ways to exploit rules to his advantage, and the result was not one but two B1G…

I can understand why he put tOSU and PSU up so high. However both of them are dealing with new DCs coming in which often leads to disruption for a while as the team adjusts to the new defensive schemes. I think both will have spotty defensive performances for the first 4-5 games of the season which puts OBD's game with PSU right on that cusp...if Franklin's guys are still getting used to the new DC then our Ducks may have a better shot than expected over on their turf.

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How can this be? "While the exact number of deaths attributed to rhinoceros attacks each year is unknown globally, research suggests that such attacks are relatively rare." "However, it's important to remember that rhinos, especially the larger species like white rhinos (which can weigh around 5,000 pounds), are wild animals and can be dangerous, especially if provoked or if someone enters their territory. Their poor eyesight and tendency to charge when feeling threatened can lead to serious injuries or fatalities." "Hippos are considered a dangerous land animal, with estimates suggesting they kill around 500 people per year. While some sources claim a higher range (up to 3,000 deaths annually), the more widely cited figure is 500. This aggressive behavior is often attributed to their territorial nature and tendency to charge at boats, mistaking them for predators." Hippo Charging a Boat in Namibia...

For instance, generally we think of a rhino as definitely being a creature we wouldn't want to encounter, and a hippo as being a much better alternative, but it seems that's wrong! Hippo's have got great PR from "Fantasia" And a Rhino looks like this But it turns out that about the last place you want to be is between a Hippo and their watering hole. So, anybody else have a thought, a topic, that has been burning a hole in your synaptic process?

Winning is hard enough. Winning a tournament of this magnitude is a major accomplishment. You have to have talent, but you also have to be on a hot streak. College baseball is a strange animal. I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen a team win by double digits in the first game of a 3-game series only to go stone cold in the final 2 and get eliminated. It happened to Beavis in 2017. I hate to say it but I’m hoping Beavis knocks off FSU. Those boys are a little too cocky for my liking.

While I’m not happy to see Penn State as one of the nations top defenses, it certainly is not a surprise. We are going to have our hands full!

Why not! Greg McElroy ranks Top 10 college football defenses entering 2025 - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Greg McElroy ranked college football's Top 10 defenses entering the 2025 season with a Top 5 full of College Football Playoff...

Very true, and given the nature of recruiting, committing, transferring, it makes perfect sense that our "Rival" to the south is the shiny object now. I don't like them getting a star out of Mater Dei. but if he's still there for the '28 season, I'll be surprised.

short excerpt from a column in The Athletic on June 3 USC added five-star tight end Mark Bowman, who plays for Southern California power Mater Dei, to its 2026 class on Friday. That was a significant pickup for the Trojans, who have the No. 1 class in the country. Bowman is also the third USC commit from Mater Dei this cycle. Mater Dei has long been a traditional pipeline program for the Trojans, but that well dried up in recent cycles. USC hasn’t signed a Mater Dei prospect since the 2022 recruiting cycle, which was Lincoln Riley’s first as head coach. As we open June, Texas’ 2026 class is ranked 26th nationally in 247Sports Composite. Oregon is 27th. Auburn is 33rd. Michigan is 38th, and Alabama is 45th. Each of these programs finished in the top 10 during the 2025 recruiting cycle. Oklahoma, South Carolina, Nebraska, Florida and Missouri all sit outside the top 35 of the national rankings after signing top-25 classes last cycle. Kentucky ranks 91st after signing the No. 29 class in 2025. updates here: 2026 Recruit Football Team Rankings June and July have become the most important months on the recruiting calendar. (Illinois, Kansas and Rutgers all have top-15 classes at the moment), but things don’t start to feel real until June and July, when the heavy hitters put in the most work to build their classes.

Boy is that true, as I anticipated a couple more weeks to the season. To have it end so abruptly--is harsh. But...we will be BACK!

The expression goes, "Leave them wanting more." That was certainly true with our Diamond Ducks. We saw they can clearly compete in the B1G. So now we just have to slog through football and basketball seasons again!

Spot On, 30. SC AD Jen Cohen and SC boosters removed Riley from being the front man for recruiting and portal picking. The front man for recruiting and portal evaluations is the GM hired from Notre Dame at $1 million a year. It was also Jen Cohen and the boosters who instructed Riley to fire the Grinch, who stole defense, and replace him with a capable DC. Riley is being paid $10 M+ a year for being a play caller.

After 3 on 3 basketball, it seems logical...

Hello my Duck-Buddies, My initial suffering, binge, and hangover are now past, and I can step back and be reasonable about the 2025 Baseball Season. We had not won over 40 games in the regular season in a decade until this year, and so many new records shows continued progress, such as the new Home Run record broken again under Coach Waz. Seeing a new attendance record at PK Park is thrilling as well. But something that the coach referred to often in his interviews is how this team has more upside, but is not consistent enough...and that was certainly true. To win a co-championship and a good seed, the Ducks had to win 11 in row, and 16 of 17 at one point. The problem is...they peaked just before the Playoffs. It happens. This was a very good team that did not show their best at crunch time. There was grumbling about Oregon's non-conference schedule as we had four OOC series, and ten conference series. Remember, to make the tournament (64 teams) you have to be in the top 20% in the US out of over 300 D1 Baseball programs. Of the four non-conference series...Columbia made the tournament, and beat No. 16 Southern Miss. Rhode Island was in the tournament, and while Toledo was not, they were in the Tournament Championship game. Our final non-conference series was against Oregon State, of which we swept all four games. Other opponents showed well, such as USC making it to a final regional game before falling to Beavis. (We beat USC three times) St. Mary's beat Beavis in the first round, and we took two from the Gaels. Stunning Playoff Results College baseball was much more balanced this year, as quite a few other national seeds went down in their Regional. The No. 1 Seed, Vanderbilt, lost to Wright State! The No. 2 Seed, Texas, lost to UTSA, and the No. 10 Seed, Ole Miss, lost to Murray State...who advanced! In all, of the 16 national seeds, a total of seven of them lost their regional! Oregon was part of a trend! (Gallows humor) The highly exalted SEC started the Regionals with 13 teams in the tournament, and only advanced four, while the ACC advanced five to the Super-Regionals. In the Future? I See MORE Winning for Oregon Baseball!

FPI's Initial 2025 Top-25 Ranking - Wow! Only 13 SEC teams ranked! Only half of the top 10 from the SEC? Better call Paul! MIA ranked ahead of Clemson and SMU is the 3rd ACC team ranked. The 1st B12 team, K State, is ranked No. 21, with No. 24 ASU being the 2nd B12 team ranked. Yet, ESPN beats the drum for a 5-11 and not a 4-4-2-2-1-3 format? One of the three goes to Notre Dame, but using the 4-4-2-2-1-3 format the SEC, based on this ranking, would grab the other two at large bids and have ten teams in the field reduced by Clemson, the 2nd ACC team, and B12 K St and ASU and a G6 team to result in 6 SEC teams in the field. Maybe the SEC should play with itself? 6-Pack placement for OBD, one of six B1G teams ranked. 81.25% of the SEC ranked. 33.33% of the B1G ranked. Does the SEC play 8 or 4 conference games? Aren't there going to be a few in-conference losses for the 13-ranked SEC schools? It's hard to tell that the F(aulty) P(rediction) I(ndex ) is an ESecPN product. Someone, please tell the FPI software that, including the postseason, the B1G had a winning record over the SEC in 2024-25. Details, right? College Football Rankings: ESPN reveals first FPI Top 25 for 2025 season - On3 WWW.ON3.COM .

Ah, Vandy's a football school. Go Beavis, the Ducks Swept 'em!

Texas Tech and its $1 million NIL transfer pitcher from Stanford, NiJarre Canady, gave up a two-out, two-strike homer to the Sooners 9-spot hitter but prevailed 3-2 in extra innings. They're spending a lot of oil money on NIL deals in Lubbock, Texas. One of the noteworthy football transfers is Stanford DE David Bailey, who transferred to TT for a reported $4.8 million a season. Will CFB be saved from itself? If I'm the DE opposite Bailey and toiling and boiling in the Texas heat and humidity, how happy am I going to be over the guy down the line making millions of dollars for doing the same thing? No wonder the portal is packed with players. One good year in the G6 or P4, and why wouldn't you test the marketplace, if only to get a better deal from the team you are playing for? Charles is spot on - this is not sustainable. If we see the House case settled and NIL deals disclosed, how many 'low payroll teams' will be competitive in their conference and across CFB? The folks in Cincinnati are not bathing in oil money. If I'm Texas Tech, why would I support a B12 private equity deal that gives me the same return as conference mates without the same resources?

I guess Vandy was not bilt for this? NCAA baseball tournament winners, losers: SEC stumbles, ACC surges into super regionals WWW.USATODAY.COM The NCAA baseball tournament regional round was full of surprises. Unexpected teams advanced as favorites fell. A look at the winners and losers. Not a great overall showing from the SEC. However, you put that many teams into the postseason and losses will happen.

No Paige Sinicki, no Kai or Kedre Luschar. Patmon will be gone. But yet, there's a lot to look forward to. Grein is a fighter, so is Sokolski. The Ump for the game against Oklahoma had at best, an interesting strike zone. Oregon got off to a lead, a home run, the 42 times that happened before, the Ducks won. Unfortunately, Oklahoma is undefeated when they hit 3 home runs. It was a tough loss, but the Ducks never gave up. One of my lasting images of Oregon sports is Kai Luschar on deck, hoping that Katie Flannery could get on base, give her one more chance, and if she got on her sister was at bat... Melyssa Lombardi started at Oregon with the program in shambles, tryouts were needed to fill out the roster her first season, and now the Ducks made it to Oklahoma City. Some great talent has left. but I don't doubt for a minute that Lombardi will have a championship level team next season. Rock The Jane!