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Ducks win 18-1 as heralded freshman pitcher Cooper Markham got his inning, and he finished out the game with a 95 mph fastball, and a nice curve.

18-1 Ducks after eight innings. Freshman Josh Hollis blanks them for a third inning, and gives us confidence in him as a relief pitcher in bigger games. Freshman Owen Morgan walked, as did Jax Gimenez. Then transfer Josh Schleichardt comes in and hits LF BOMB for a three-run homer!

15-1 Ducks after seven innings. Josh Hollis pitches a second scoreless inning, and really looks impressive as a freshman.

Both good, book best.

15-1 Ducks after six innings. We got to see a highly regarded true freshman pitch in Josh Hollis, and he went 1-2-3 with a 92 mph fastball, and a nice offspeed curveball. Maddox Molony got a powerful homer off the left field foul pole, and Drew Smith singles into shallow LF. Burke-Lee Mabeus hit deep to RF, and Smith moves to third. A wild pitch moves Mabeus to second. Angel Laya (a beautiful swing-whew!) hits deep to RF and scores Smith AND Mabeus who jetted from first. It is a perfect time to see some of the other freshman and transfers play as Elijah Cook hit a screamer at the pitcher and got a base hit out of it! Jax Gimenez hits a LF blooper to get a hit and scores a runner, as did fellow transfer Josh Schleichardt scored a runner on a groundout.

Breaking down which schools have signed the most 5-stars in the last four recruiting cycles https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/breaking-down-schools-signed-most-192019791.html

Five freshmen who hardly played in 2025 who could be big in 2026Here's a list of freshman who carried small roles in 2025 who are capable of becoming major players for the Ducks in 2026. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/longformarticle/five-freshmen-who-hardly-played-in-2025-who-could-be-big-in-2026-274915367/

A great day for Toby Twist--only giving up one run in five innings and 67 pitches....

10-1 Ducks after five innings. No scoring for Oregon, but Toby Twist went 1-2-3 thanks to an incredible catch by Left fielder Jax Gimenez. He jumped up against the wall and got the catch!

10-1 Ducks after four innings. No scoring by Oregon, but pitcher Toby Twist got a great pick-off at first base, and kept them scoreless!

I concur with Jon Joseph. I would add end the season on Jan 1 in the ROSE BOWL. I also believe the Group of 6 need their own playoffs. That would kill the bowl system pretty much. The bowls are actually killing the opportunity for on campus home games, which should always be part of the playoffs. Besides, 24 teams may tick off the elitists, but it sure would keep the entire P4 fan base involved with what basically has been the destruction of tradition in college football.

10-1 Ducks after three innings. Toby Twist gets in jams, but works his way out when he creates a grounder to 3rd baseman Drew Smith, who fires it to second for one out, and then Jack Brooks hurls it hard to just get the batter out. Double play! Gabe Miranda walked, then Maddox Molony hit a screamer down the 3rd baseline that hugs the LF wall, and get snagged up in the corner. It is a double for him, and Miranda scored from first. The big guy can MOVE! Drew Smith bunts and doesn't beat the throw, but the 1st baseman lifted his foot too soon, so safe! Molony moved to third and Burke-Lee Mabeus hits a sacrifice grounder that scores Molony. Angel Laya walks, and Ryan Cooney gets plinked...so bases loaded! Jax Gimenez walks to score a run, and the Dominic Hellman got jammed inside with a fastball, but muscled it to shallow RF to score two! Gabe Miranda hits to deep RF to score Gimenez. This was done primarily on a relief pitcher, so Coach Waz's strategy in starting Toby Twist was correct; get him playing time and experience because we will outscore the 'Guins. (Penguins) He was right!

Having been "away" for nearly a month, I would like to add how much I will miss 30Duck. I was blessed to have chatted with him several times. It was great "knowing" him for the short time we talked. That being said. Grandpa Duck, what a thriller article. You presented us with the FishDuck version "what can the B1G do better"! I would prefer an 18 team with no expansion and some type of Divisions with competitive balance to allow the best opportunity to slot four teams in the CFP. I would hope Play In Games would be included as that would certainly boost TV Ratings. Especially if you had two weeks of the most watched teams in the Conference battling it out for the title game (with the losers playing a consolation game to feature their prowess even more for the At Large spots (of course the coaches wouldn't want that, but what's a conference to do to raise its profile even more?). Who knows? There have been so many changes to the game that it just might turn off more fans in the end.

4-1 Ducks after two innings. Toby Twist gave up a homer and finished out the rest although he was assisted by mistaken base runner who thought it was two outs and kept running on a fly...when it was one. Double play!

Secondhand Lions is my favorite.

4-0 Ducks after one inning. Well, the coaches know best as Toby Twist looked good putting down all three batters to start. Can't say the same for the 'GUINS pitcher, although the fielders made errors as well. Jack Brooks hit a ball that looked like a Dinger, but hit the top of the wall and bounced back for a double. Jax Gimenez gets to first on a throwing error, and then Gabe Miranda hits a deep sacrifice fly to RF to score Brooks. Maddox Molony hit a deep fly to LF that bounced in front of the fielder to score Gimenez. Molony then steals second, but the overthrow there allows him to steal third as well! Drew Smith hits a zinger that bounces off the fielder's mitt, into the LF wall and back to result in a triple--while scoring Molony. Burke-Lee Mabeus gets his first hit of the year in shallow right field to score Molony...and we can't ask for too much more to start!

I would have responded sooner but my dog ate Mike's article/homework assignment. If two teams are added, I think they should be "western" schools to help balance scheduling/travel. Cal, they will never have the money or Alumni support. Stanford, just use their endowment to subsidize athletics and have their admission standards mirror Stanford's pass/fail or drop the class if-you-don't-like-the-grade-you're-getting grading system with high schools grading systems. Utah, might be a good choice with their ?forward thinking? private equity deal and commitment. If Nebraska was the eastern most western school, then another midwestern school would be added. ND is a clucking egg layer when it comes to scheduling and would never join a power 2 conference. Texas Tech is a fit. They are certainly dedicated to being big time and a BIG presence in Texas would make the SEC and BIG 12 heads spin off. P.S. Mike, your idea makes tooooo much sense to ever be taken seriously.

USA gals are Golden. 😍 In a game that went into Overtime, USA 2 - Canada 1.

Amen, but CFB sold the right to make playoff and bowl decisions to Disney/ESPN.

If the B1G needs to expand to 20, bring in Stanford and California. Most of the men at Berkeley need a haircut, anyway.

Speaking of travel, on a separate basketball note, so far this season, games in Central/Eastern zone: 1-4 Oregon, with 2 to play 1-4 uW, with 2 to play 1-5 UCLA, with 1 to play 3-4 USC - final trip was Feb. 11 By the way, those 3 USC wins were by a combined 5 points total, and 1 loss was by 1 point. Cronin is a very unhappy guy at UCLA this season. Both UCLA and USC lost road games at UM & MSU "bigly." The B1G is a tough basketball conference. Most often, fans are fully invested in basketball especially if their football teams are semi-mediocre at the same school.

Two things, conference expansion and playoff scheduling. Maybe it makes sense for the B1G to announce that in 2030 the conference will expand to 20 teams and thereafter there will be no further consideration of expanding. They could even name teams they are considering and include Notre Dame along with five or six others. Then the Irish will be presented with a now or never decision. To me, allowing the playoff committee and the bowls to impact matters beyond their primary objective, like scheduling, is nonsense. The conferences could just tell them: "We are available to begin playoff games on January 1, 2025, a Friday and you, playoff committees and bowl committees, arrange your schedules accordingly with games on that day and the next. No games more than eight days apart." As it is now, the tail is wagging the dog.

Too much like trying to name your favorite child. Although I tell my kids two things . . . their mother and I are thinking of going childless / favorite isn't born yet!

So many to choose from. A few that I enjoyed are To Kill A Mockingbird, as Boo Radley. It's a cameo appearance from his first movie. I'm surprised nobody mentioned M*A*S*H* as Major Frank Burns. Also enjoyed Falling down and Open Range.

Well crap. Those two, I think, should be the only possibilities in the west. Maybe Colorado, but Utah? No way. OK, ND and UNC it is I guess.