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She continues to look like the right fit. Congrats.

Not only was that an ugly mascot, but the game of it's debut was ugly as well

In all marketing--there are hits and misses...

Jon, nobody does the research that you do! A super-interesting article that gives us a much better perspective than any of the 700 preseason articles by pundits with their uninformed, pithy predictions.

CBS examines Tony Petitti's ideas for a revised PO format. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/8-4-teams-in-the-cfp-big-ten-commissioner-tony-petitti-explains-vision-for-college-football-postseason/

ESPN sees the OBD at Penn State White Out game being the swing game (no, it's not about golf) for both teams in 2025. ESPN.comRed River, Farmageddon and more: Swing games for every To...We look at the key game that could determine whether each team's season is a success or a dud.

President Donald Trump to sign executive order establishing national NIL standards amid evolving legislation This would be President Trump's latest push to establish NIL standards in college athletics

SMU Coach Lashes Out at the SEC. 😁 Where's the depth? On3Rhett Lashlee takes shot at SEC in defense of strength of...SMU head football coach Rhett Lashlee took a direct shot at the SEC's depth as a conference during the 2025 ACC Media Days in Charlotte.

Oregon Ducks Pushing Hardest For Elite Linebacker Recruit Out of Hawaii The Oregon Ducks want to make the 2027 recruiting class one of their best in program history. Four-star linebacker Toa Satele has been getting courted by Oregon coach Dan Lanning as the Ducks are looking to make him the latest addition to the class. Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Ducks Pushing Hardest For Elite Linebacker Recruit...The Oregon Ducks are doing all they can to separate themselves from the pack as they continue to build out the foundation of their 2027 recruiting class. They c

Report: Plaintiff attorneys, College Sports Commission settle NIL collective dispute On3Report: Plaintiff attorneys, College Sports Commission se...House attorneys have reached a deal with the power conferences and NCAA officials that will settle the NIL collective dispute.

When You Have It Coming - 😁 - Don't Whine. Cig said it, you can Google it! On3Curt Cignetti takes massive shot at SEC in defense of can...Curt Cignetti took a shot at the SEC while defending Indiana's decision to cancel its home-and-home series with Virginia.

Checking in with the Oregon Ducks DL room ahead of the 2025 season Overall Oregon Ducks Defensive Line Check-In

Glad to see. Hope she got a significant raise!

Sounds like a good idea, especially if you get a late season easy ooc game like the SEC.

Yeah, an unfortunate effort to make the Oregon mascot into something like the wolverines, tigers and bears of the sports world. Thankfully short-lived as OBD then leaned back into the lovable, goofy, playful and snarky "The Duck" mascot known by millions: the one that gets interviewed on ESPN, punks other mascots, plays with Lee Corso and rides a Harley into Autzen.

Oregon's Dan Lanning: Playoff slate should 'mirror' other sports - ESPN

Agree on both counts.

So great to actually talk about games! Cignetti just makes me a bigger fan everyday... Welcome back. Mario!

Looks like August 2.

Charles, thanks for another great editing job. Looking at schedules and the odds, I think OBD, Ohio State, and Penn State will all return to the playoff, with at least one of the three having a 1st round bye and a good chance for the other two to host 1st round games. Many PO projections have No. 10 Miami playing No. 7 Oregon in Autzen. 😁 The B1G multi-million dollar question is whether the B1G will repeat with four teams in the PO field? Illinois returns 16 and not 18 (my bad) starters. Indiana has plugged its personnel losses through the portal. We may witness an unofficial playoff play-in game when Illinois travels to Bloomington in Week 4. The Illini will have played a tough out-of-conference game at Duke. Indiana will have chomped down on three cupcakes. Two things stood out to me from the first day of B1G media days. Cignetti justifying dropping a home-and-home series vs. UVA and replacing the Cavaliers with a G5 donut hole as being 'SEC-like scheduling.' CFB still relies on humans to determine the at-large playoff participants, no? The playoff committee last season was dumped on by the SEC and the SEC's buddy, ESPN, for giving a spot to an Indiana team that had a weak SOS. Do Cig's comments help the Hoosiers' playoff 2025-26 cause? Illinois in 2024 was the antithesis of USC, going 5-1 in one-score games. Will the ball bounce Illinois' way back-to-back? The schedule helps. Illinois plays Purdue, Rutgers, Maryland, and rival Northwestern, a B1G scheduling Superfecta, and plays USC and Ohio State at home. No OBD, Penn State, Michigan on the schedule. In addition to the game at Indiana, road games at Duke and UW will not be easy wins. Illinois does have an off week before traveling to Seattle, while UW plays at Michigan the week before. This does not thrill UW coach Jedd Fisch. (The other coach whose comments were not in line with preseason coach-speak was Maryland's Mike Locksley, repeatedly admitting that he 'lost the locker room in 2025.' Lost it because there was friction between the NIL Haves and Have Nots. WOW!) If Michigan can figure out the QB position, the Blue (fitting) Chip Roster Wolverines have a schedule to make the playoffs. Michigan has a Week 2 marquee OOC game at Oklahoma. Win this game, and the nation will notice a Wolverines team that would be 3-0 in its last three games against SEC opponents. In the conference, Michigan draws Purdue, Northwestern, and Maryland, and misses OBD, Penn State, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. The Blue play UW, Wisconsin, and Ohio State in Ann Arbor. Games at Michigan State, Nebraska, and USC could be challenging. It would be something for OBD to join the three B1G brand names in the 2025-26 playoffs.

SOS is why rankings don't have any validity until at least week 5, USC @ Illinois, Oregon at Penn State, big B1G games. Ohio State @ Washington, could this be interesting? Illinois @ Indiana in week 4.

Looks like a 4-0 start. then it's at Illinois, bye, Michigan at home, then at Notre Dame. bye, at Nebraska, Northwestern. Iowa at home, at Oregon, home for UCLA. Northwestern is the lock after the opening 4. You can recruit to USC, but the Trojans are closer to the Cornhuskers than they are to the Ducks.

If you boil down all of Petitti's and Sankey's PO discussion, this is about the Big Ten playing nine conference games and the SEC and ACC playing eight conference games. Petitti has all but said that if the SEC plays nine conference games, the B1G will support the 5-11 model in some fashion. In addition to the SEC playing nine, I think Tony wants significant changes to the selection and seeding process. With huge money at stake, I imagine we will see some compromise between the Power 2. But 16 teams in 2026? It will be difficult for the SEC to unwind current out-of-conference schedules by 2026. Sankey is more likely to back the B1G AQ model than Petitti is to go 5-11 without the SEC at nine conference games. I thought that Game of Thrones had no new episodes? 😁

Big NO IMO. Until LR AND USC demonstrate they can compete in the modern plug and play world against the rough and tumble B1G, they should get zero benefit of the doubt. One of the biggest differences between OBD and USC is we have an actual body of work (12-0 regular season in B1G, plug and play environment) with a coach that has averaged almost 12 wins a season. I think their loss range could be from 2 to 8, splitting that down the middle, I have them going 7-5. I think their odds of going 10-2 are better than them going 4-8, but not by much.

How will Oregon fare in 2025 following an undefeated regular season last year?