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9-8 Cal Poly after seven innings, as Oregon's Drew Smith and Jeffery Heard hit back-to-back home runs over center field! Who would have thought that the replacement for Aroz would hit two dingers today? But then the worst of two worlds happened...the Ducks put in Ian Umlandt--which I cannot understand, as we will need him as a starting pitcher in a later game...and then the Mustangs hit-the-heck out of him.

Originally Posted by Jon Joseph Do you take one of the 5, or do you like the field? One of these five teams will win the 2025-26 CFP National Championship WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The 2025 college football season is getting closer.

According to the radio broadcast, Aroz and the Ducks football team are watching the game at the Moshofsky Center

Oregon yard sale! Now 8-5 Ducks on dingers by Smith and Heard

6-5 Ducks! This is after six innings, as the replacement for Anson Aroz...Jeffrey Heard, got a dinger over the center field fence to tie it. Then Oregon's Burke-Lee Mabeus got a blooper single in shallow left field to set up The Pride of Portland Oregon, Ryan Cooney, who blasted a two-run homer over center field as well. The crowd went nuts... There is a stiff wind blowing out toward center field, so anything up in the air can get carried long, and Cal Poly got a HR that way.

Way too close for comfort at 6-5, but Oregon uniforms finally answered the signal.

4-3 Cal Poly after five innings, as the Ducks' Carter Garate singled to get to first, got to second on a wild pitch, and then was advanced to third base on a wild pitch. Then came a LONG at-bat with Dominic Hellman, who fouled off tons of pitches, and with two outs and a runner on third...we needed this. He got the pitch he wanted and blasted it out of the park and into the left field scoreboard for a two-run homer! The crowd was razzing the pitcher, and went crazy with the HR. The Mustangs are hitting Oregon's Grinsell much more than I would have thought...

A look at the 2025 opponent, Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State Cowboys Football Preview 2025: Prediction, Win Total, Top 10 Players, Keys to the Season - College Football News | College Football Predictions, Analysis and Updates

Coach Bielema asked for the SEC #s, and CBS delivered. Illinois coach Bret Bielema asked, so we answered: How the SEC has fared against Power Four in recent years - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Crunching the numbers on just how good the SEC has been in recent years It's a small sample size since NIL and largely unregulated transfers, but it appears that the B1G is closing the on-field results gap. Why the need for Sankey to beat this drum over and over again? What's the point? I guess, 'We'll play 8 conference games and the PO committee should put at least 6 SEC teams in the field every year."

CBS Chimes In. Lacking CFP clarity, SEC faces blind decision on 8- or 9-game schedule with soft deadline looming - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Commissioner Greg Sankey said two years ago he was hoping to land the plane on a decision The ADs and the Coaches were not on the same PO format and scheduling page, and the ADs didn't know this before gathering in Florida? Come On Man!

Here is my 2¢ . . . I'm always of the opinion that unless the call is the last call of the game, it did not "cost" the game (MLB still needs to reverse Jim Joyce's incorrect call that cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game). There were a couple of innings to go. If the play stood as safe, then the batting order, pitch selection etc. would have all changed and maybe we don't score a run in the ninth. It could also have gone extras and still lost. So, I'll go with it affected the game.

3-1 Cal Poly after four innings. Sigh…

Burke-Lee Mabeus is called out on strikes without a pitch being thrown, ending the inning for the Ducks, a clock violation.

3-1 Cal Poly after three innings. Oregon's Ryan Cooney got a double to center field, got sacrificed to third, and Dominic Hellman hit him with a single to left field. Left two stranded!

2-0 Cal Poly after two innings. They caught a Grinsell fastball for a two-run HR.

ES(ec)PN asks whether a 5-11 PO format will help an 8-game regular season SEC? College Football Playoff format - SEC debate, chances of lost bids and more - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM The debate about the future format of the CFP is raging. Particularly, how it hurts or helps the biggest leagues. More 'It Just Means More' propaganda. Paul Newman - 'If you're playing a poker game and look around the table and can't see who the sucker is, it's you.'

0-0 after one inning, and Grayson Grinsell looks good.

Bo is not resting on last season's laurels. Bo Nix reveals how Broncos teammate humbles him after stellar rookie season WWW.YARDBARKER.COM While speaking with reporters on Thursday, Bo Nix revealed that an unnamed teammate has helped keep him humble following an impressive rookie season. I think there are a few good QBs in the Division, and so far, the Chipper seems to be happy with Geno Smith.

One of Texas, Ohio State, Georgia, Penn State, or OBD will win the CFB title in 2025-26. One of these five teams will win the 2025-26 CFP National Championship WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The 2025 college football season is getting closer. Given the opportunity, would you take one of these five to win it all or bet the field? Note: 3 B1G teams and 2 SEC teams.

Because of last night's ruling, Aroz can't even be at PK Park.

contact above the waist... Uh, when the catcher drops to his knees, how is that avoidable?

When Even Your Friends Don't Get It? Why the Big Ten needs to vote for this specific CFP model SCARLETANDGAME.COM With the future of the College Football Playoff yet to be determined, the Big Ten needs to vote for this specific model that has been proposed. A conference's 6th best team should not be in the PO. This is exactly what would have happened last season with 9-3 6th-place South Carolina in the field. 9-3 Illinois, which defeated South Carolina in its bowl game, would have been left out. The B1G has implied that it could get behind the 5-11 format IF the SEC went to 9 conference games. The SEC hinted it was going to 9 games with no intention of doing so. Greg Sankey knew the lay of the land before he arrived at the SEC Spring meetings. Greg had not read the treatise that informs the world that the SEC deserves to have six teams in the field before he arrived in Florida? Maybe Tony Petitti likes lollipops but I can't believe he is this B1G of a sucker. Sankey and the SEC set the B1G up. And a guy writing on behalf of Ohio State can't see this?

Exhibit, "A(uburn)" - Inside the SEC's aggressive bid to get their way with the College Football Playoff FLYWAREAGLE.COM The SEC is unsatisfied with two straight years of being left out of the College Football Playoff Championship Game, and to rectify it, the "It Just Means More"

Compared to the PO posturing of Greg Sankey and his conference, the Longhorns/Buckeyes kick-off time is not that B1G a deal. As I explained in another post, this whole Advisory Committee detente looks like a front for Sankey to pivot and make Tony Petitti and the B1G look like the PO format bad guys. Looks like Sankey is going to sucker punch Pettitti like he did Bob Bowlsby while designing a new PO format and at the same time he was negotiating with Oklahoma and Texas to join the SEC. Before he arrived in Destin, Florida, for the SEC meetings, Sankey was not aware that in 2024-25, with a 16-team PO field and a 5/11 PO format, the SEC would have had six teams in the field? This is duplicitous and disengenuous. According to Greg, he heard for the first time in Florida that his coaches only want to play eight regular-season games, and the majority are not in favor of a B1G/SEC football challenge. He's this clueless about the tenor of his member teams? There are multi-millions of dollars at play here, and apparently, I'm the only Duck to have his feathers ruffled over what looks to be a S(ec)tab in the back. Sankey is the hero for backing a 5-11 format with Petitti and the B1G being branded greedy, selfish SOBs who care not about 'The Good of the Game.' I'm not throwing shade at you or the other SEC friends who post here. It's simply that I've seen this movie before when Pac-12 'leadership' led to an implosion of the conference. This will not happen to the Big Ten. However, Petitti couldn't see through Sankey's call to him to form an Advisory Committee and move in lockstep on college football issues could pivot into an in-your-face? That a 4-4-2-2-1-1 PO format, the leaked story of ESPN paying more for a 9th conference game, and the leaked story about the SEC wanting to play a football challenge, were only feints before the sword was turned in the direction of the B1G. I very much doubt the B1G, as it did a week before the SEC meetings, would have approved a 4-4-2-2-1-1, or alternatively, a 4-4-2-2-1-3 PO format, without believing the SEC also backed one or the other format. What are today's stories up on The Athletic, ESPN, CBS, and other CFB sites? "Hurrah! Sankey and the SEC look like they will ride to the PO format rescue." BTW, I hope the cynic in me is wrong, but I doubt it. If I am right, I expect the supposed detente between the conferences will righteously disappear. As to Texas AD Del Conte, he not only objected to the game being played on Sunday evening because he had to go to church (there are no churches in Columbus, Ohio, open on a Sunday?) but also that Texas with have a short week to prepare for the home game versus San Jose State. I believe the Spartans from San Jose will be four TDs or more under Spartans heading into this game in Austin, Texas. Again, this behavior is both snarky and disengenuous, with no respect shown to Ohio State and AD Bjork. Of course, the Week 2 Michigan at Oklahoma game will kick off at 7:30 EST on ABC. The SEC again jocks the B1G by having a broadcast partner that does everything it can to promote the conference during the week and by showing the biggest (sigh) SEC games in prime time. Fortunately, Fox did not have the option to show OBD at Penn State at Noon EST. This is a 7:30 game on NBC (with a former PSC QB in the booth) and a White Out. PSU and its fans are most pleased. OBD's 3rd game of the season at Northwestern will be a B1G Noon, 9 AM OBD body clock time, kick off. Count on the Penn State at Ohio State game, like the game against Texas, kicking off at Noon in Columbus. Again, I am throwing shade at Sankey and the B1G's 'leadership,' and not at you. I very much appreciate your, Nevada Dawg, and other fans of other program's posts.

I will be watching and reporting, even if through slits of the fingers... Coach Waz says this Cal Poly coach is very, very good. They barely lost to Arizona yesterday 3-2, and this team won the Big-West Tournament against teams like UC Irvine and Santa Barbara. Forget about the future...let's win a game! Grayson Grinsell pitching!