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Here’s a nice quote today from a Beavis site that illustrates how confused they are with reality:

The ACC hasn't fallen apart yet, but the Clemson and FSU settlements set the stage for it to happen. The ACC exit fee declines every season through 2029 to a far more reasonable number. Miami is the team initially benefiting from the ACC agreeing to teams keeping the lion's share of postseason revenue and media money will be distributed based on the number of fans watching a team's games. With the B1G's on-field results in football, and also this season in basketball to date, Miami, with its deep-pocket boosters, is now a more viable candidate for SEC membership than before 'It Just Means More' started morphing into 'It Just Meant More.' And the SEC could bring in UNC without upsetting an existing in-state program. UNC has deep pockets. Unfortunately, the football money was thrown at a guy who only performed at the highest level when he had TB. (Cough, cough!) Unless CAL, UCLA, and UW leadership go completely bottom-line brain-dead, there's no way they are leaving the P4 for a little league program. Also, even if these three joined the Pac-8 + Gonzo, what would the incentive be for the P4 to promote the Pac-11 + Gonzo to Power conference status? Canzano is not a bottom-line, brain-dead individual, so he feeds his customers this propaganda. Like Conference USA, the reconstituted Mountain West, now known as the Pac-12, is a media and nationwide afterthought. I like the idea of OBD kicking off next season with a blowout of pac-12 Boise State.

Oregon Football Roster Tracker: Tracking the Ducks’ 105-Man Limit Entering the 2026 Season A complete breakdown of Oregon football’s roster as the Ducks head into the offseason, tracking the 105-man limit, position- by-position numbers, and where depth is strong or still needed for the 2026 season.

I was wondering the exact same thing. Perhaps too many visits to one of the plethora of available Oregon 'dispensaries.' John may need to be reminded to not hit the stuff and then write after 8 p.m.

I sure hope Dante comes back for another year. 20 starts! He is still learning how to read defenses at the college level; let alone adjusting to pro caliber speeds. As for Raiola, I believe he knows there is a chance he sits for a season and is okay with it. Dan needs find an excellent QB coach to help not only with Dante's progress, but the rest of the QB room. I'd very much like to see Akili Smith Jr. start to emerge from the pack. A high level QB coach could really bring the best out of him!

Which Oregon Duck players will be going to the NFL in 2026? Players are making decisions about what to do with their futures. For many, this means deciding between an early declaration for the 2026 NFL draft or a return to school for one more year. The Ducks have a number of players trying to make that decision this year, with several guys possessing Day 1 or Day 2 draft grades, should they choose to jump to the pros. So far, we've already seen a couple of guys announce their intentions to return for another year, while more are bound to make their decisions in the near future. So far, no players with remaining eligibility for the 2026 season have announced that they will forego their final year with the Ducks in order to enter the 2026 NFL draft. Here's a look at what we know so far, and who we are still waiting to hear from over the next few weeks. https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2025/12/24/oregon-football-nfl-declaration-tracker-2026/87903938007/

I think, as always, it can be for the "haves". It is the ever-evolving world of college football . . . adapt or become a beaver. Slowly the "haves" are increasing. Texas Tech and Indy have now joined the club. Who's next? The more in the club, the more chaos and that in itself is entertaining both on and off the field. Of course, personally I love a good train wreck.

Sarcasm!

We just have to wait until Moore announces and Raiola responds to see where this is truly headed.

Also, Indiana has 805,000 alums, Oregon about 205,000.

Isn't it foundationally inaccurate to put Oregon State and the word 'intellectuals' in the same sentence?

Which Oregon Duck players will be going to the NFL in 2026? Players are making decisions about what to do with their futures. For many, this means deciding between an early declaration for the 2026 NFL draft or a return to school for one more year. The Ducks have a number of players trying to make that decision this year, with several guys possessing Day 1 or Day 2 draft grades, should they choose to jump to the pros. So far, we've already seen a couple of guys announce their intentions to return for another year, while more are bound to make their decisions in the near future. So far, no players with remaining eligibility for the 2026 season have announced that they will forego their final year with the Ducks in order to enter the 2026 NFL draft. Here's a look at what we know so far, and who we are still waiting to hear from over the next few weeks.

I'm glad Oregon landed another big fish.

Is John habitually abusing drugs, or just pandering to beavis fans? 🤤

Thanks for the replies. And thanks to Charles and all the mods, for running a tight ship!

It's nice that Poncho will be back to lead the offensive line, and several backs up saw significant snaps. But the offense needs more big bodies up front. Bennett from Yale may help at Tackle. Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Ducks Bolster Offensive Line With New TransferCoach Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks have been active in the transfer portal now that their 2025 season is officially over. The Ducks landed four commitments

Our Oregon football program didn’t waste any time bouncing back from a crushing College Football Playoff loss to Indiana on Friday. They’ve jumped into transfer portal action to replace key positions, as a significant portion of the roster’s depth has been depleted on offense, defense, and special teams. Monday’s haul was highlighted by landing one of the top-ranked quarterback transfers: ... Oregon Football: Grading the Dylan Raiola Transfer

There are a few categories of transfers, so it seems. The star players on lesser teams who want a bigger stage. You don't know how they will do vs better competition. The highly rated HS players on top teams who are not playing. You don't know how they will do against any competition. The ones on good teams in good leagues who are playing and just want a change for whatever reason. These guys you can look at film and see how well they will do. Some get pushed out the door and some just think the grass is greener somewhere else. Some have been working hard on their bodies and developing. Some have already peaked in high school. Some get injured and are never the same again. Some just don't have very good skills. And some turn into really good players. If you are a coach and you want to keep a guy, you better play him.

I would not be worried about the D line transfers IF they had some good players coming in... But all those guys are already taken by other teams. Looks like Ducks are messing up in that department. Maybe they are having 'conversations' and some players will enter the portal and sign with Oregon? They are way to thin at DT and noseguard right now. On the other hand, none of the ones leaving have really 'popped' so far. Maybe Lanning is looking for a different kind of body type? This is one area to keep an eye on it. Of course in this modern day, signing doesn't mean a whole lot. It is when a player has blown all the NIL cash on jewelry and cars is when he is really committed, so it seems. When Lanning was getting ready for Indiana, his coordinators were probably not paying much attention to the upcoming game and certainly NOT recruiting for Oregon. While that was going on, the top portal names were getting snatched up by all the other teams. Fixing the holes in the roster this late in the game is where Lanning is going to earn his paycheck. It won't be easy. And getting blown out is not a good look for the quality transfers out there.

Regarding the success of OBD this season, I kind of forgot that we started this season with a lot of new starters, and there was a lot of hand wringing over how many wins we could get. It was a FANTASTIC result this year in spite of the heart breaking end. How many teams finished better than OBD?

The Big Twelve is called the truck stop conference by all those intellectuals in Stanford, Cal, Washington State, or Oregon State. But one genius has to ask, with conference payouts being equal between the ACC & Big Twelve, isn't the travel cost half as much from the Pacific to the plains, as opposed to the Pacific to the Atlantic? Isn't 35 million more than 7 million? Isn't a guaranteed playoff spot better than having to be better than about six other conferences? UCLA would have to Defund most of their Olympic programs without the B1G membership. These academic elites sure lack common sense sometimes.

Biggest transfer portal losses in the Lanning era! Many are not all that surprising, namely Novosad and Moga, but this is a LOT of backups lost. Vander Ploog is not that surprising as Oregon got Olesh (sp?) from Penn State. Remember last year Olesh was Oregon's 2nd choice for Tight End and wiffed there and ended on Ploog. Cooper Perry is a little surprising that he is leaving as he got some snaps as a freshman and could build off that but a new receiver class is coming in and I could see the motivation to leave. This is cleaning house for sure... whether by player choice of Lanning's. LOTS of players going away and this will be an interesting reload.

I think part of the flawed thinking that drew in BSU, SDSU and Fresno was the premise that the ACC would fall apart and those teams would automatically all want to join the PAC…as if the PAC name means anything without its original members. I’m 💯 sure if the real programs on the west coast ever want to form a new league it’s not going to be Beavis dictating the terms. They’ll simply start a new conference and it won’t include OSU or WSU.

Money... money and more money problems. Just like most things college football the west coast is pretty isolated from the rest of college football world. The only major bowl game on the west coast has been the Rose Bowl. Oregon fans in Oregon had to travel to the Georgia which was going to be a far more expensive plane ticket than anything in Indiana and then there is hotel fair and all the other things that go into it. Additionally... the game was on a Friday night which means taking off more work for travel. Indiana was a shorter flight but also fans could conceivably DRIVE there.

I mean... yeah... probably the right answer for the Pac-12 to be honest. Work on trying to get back Washington, Cal and UCLA... probably add Stanford on that list too even though Stanford wouldn't dream of being in the same conference as Boise State. I think Stanford and Cal are the most likely west coast additions to the B1G if they look at adding a couple more teams. Probably Stanford to go with a Notre Dame addition to keep that rivalry alive. This is not a likely scenario right now. But yeah... if I was the Pac-12 commissioner I would be working behind the scenes to try and get Washington, Cal and UCLA back for sure. Now is that realistic? Absolutely NOT! I think Cal is the most likely one of that bunch because they aren't making B1G dollars but if Lupoi can get their program back on track and competing for the ACC then I think they hold out for a B1G invite and real money at that point. It's dumb but probably their best option. I went over this years ago and the reality is that the west coast is geographically isolated when it comes to expansion candidates. https://fishduck.com/2022/06/the-pac-12-is-geographically-isolated-from-the-rest-of-the-college-football-world/ Everything is just so spread out on the west coast that before the conference collapse there was no Power Conference overlap between the Pac-12 and any of the other Power Conferences. The B1G and Big 12 has Iowa and Iowa State in the same state, The Big 12 has West Virginia which is next door Virginia and Virginia Tech in the ACC also Penn State in the B1G. Then then the state of Texas had TAMU and the Texas schools in the same state and they were next to Louisiana and Arkansas both SEC states. I mean this goes on and on... But the Pac-12 never touched any of them... until now... but that doesn't count so much because G6 schools overlap with all the conferences doesn't mean they are good targets for expansion. Unless you are the zombie Pac-12 that is.