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Yes, Our Beloved Ducks will be playing at Penn State "White Out". Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Ducks To Play In Most Exciting Game of College Foo...The Oregon Ducks have been listed in the top five games of the 2025 college football season by ESPN’s Mike Greenberg. Greenberg listed Oregon vs Penn State as t

Impossible to overstate their beneficence to all Oregonians

Phil and Penny Knight pledge $2 billion to OHSU to ‘revolutionize’ cancer care - oregonlive.com It is fabulous that Oregon's top donators care about all of the people of Oregon, and actually everywhere. It is thought to be the largest single private medical donation, period. Thank you Phil and Penny!

Dante Moore got mentioned twice. Hopefully this is his year! 🤞

I feel like this is fairly disingenuous, the ducks have only five starters from last year's team but they have a bunch of starters that transferred in with a lot of game experience. Almost the entire defense started last year for the ducks or their previous team with a couple exceptions. The offensive line is in the same boat and really the only positions without returning starters are QB and WR. I get that they're in a new scheme, but a senior who's got starting experience that transfers in from Northwestern or Purdue are pretty seasoned and won't make the freshman mistakes that many first-time starters would.

Highlight film looks positive. This kid looks to be an elite athlete for his size.

"I'm pretty sure you'll see Seattle awarded a team in the next 5-10 years." If they do get a franchise, it will have nothing to do with a black eye over Sonics departure, or nation-wide fan interest. The only factor will be the NBA brass believing Seattle Metro is large enough, in comparison to other potential cities at that time, to support a team. And, some billionaire with enough dough to buy a franchise.

ESPN thinks that there could be some regression this season due to the influx of new talent and the lack of returning production. The Ducks return just four total starters from that 2024 team and will rely on a long list of young and unproven players to lead the way. "The Ducks are 115th in returning production, 125th on offense. We'll find out just how healthy Dan Lanning's program is this season with that amount of turnover," Connelly writes. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/espn-projects-significant-regression-for-oregon-ducks-in-2025/ar-AA1KxcOT https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-returning-production-for-2025-season-list-of-starters-coming-back-for-every-power-four-team/

Actually is a shocking stat, and that’s pre-NIL. One would think it’s going to become more common. Top programs are going to be creating all-star teams more and more. What’s the motivation to pay freshmen unless they’re good enough to start from day 1?

I didn’t say it was necessarily a good plan that will work 😆…but it does demonstrate some will to attract a theoretical franchise. Hopefully we can summon up the will to try to retain an existing franchise.

They would actually only need a majority vote from the league's Board of Governors to approve them, but they can't infringe in territory with 75 air miles of an existing franchise. They also can't market in the other team's territory. Raleigh is the same distance from Charlotte as Portland is from Seattle which is roughly 130 air miles. The Hurricanes are the biggest draw in the state. They top all team's total attendance by over 100,000 fans. (Panthers are #2). They average roughly 19K/game because they win. They win because they have good ownership and management. This is good news for the Blazers and good for Portland if they can keep them. The only drawback to bringing them to Raleigh is not too many arenas can handle a NBA, NHL and NCAAB season along with big name concerts. In fact, the Capital One Arena in Washington DC is the only one that does it right now. Tom Dundon is also committed to bring a MLB franchise to Raleigh, so this guy is definitely a visionary with deep pockets.

EXCLUSIVE: Why Guard TK Simpkins Transferred to Oregon DucksFormer Elon Phoenix combo guard TK Simpkins was named to the All-Coastal Athletic Association Second Team in his junior campaign. He will spend his senior season with the Oregon Ducks and is expected to make an immediate impact in coach Dana Altman's backcourt Oregon Ducks On SIEXCLUSIVE: Why Guard TK Simpkins Transferred to Oregon DucksElon Phoenix transfer and junior combo guard TK Simpkins looks to be the most important offseason acquisition through the transfer portal for the Oregon Ducks.

Oregon enters 2025 season inside top 10 of SP+ rankings from ESPNDespite the youth and inexperience on this Oregon roster, ESPN's SP+ metric still grades them out rather high.

I think Raleigh would be attractive if Charlotte didn't already have a franchise. One of the things that will be of interest to Dundon and others is partially the Moda Center getting upgrades, but also and perhaps even more important creating entertainment district around the Moda Center. This is where it would be more attractive to the City to invest in. There is already pretty good public transit there, but there really isn't anything to do. I would think any upgrades to arena will also be a part of a wider project to reinvigorate the area.

Oregon HC Dan Lanning on quarterbacks checking at LOS: 'You want to teach those moments' Oregon's quarterbacks are checking at the line of scrimmage a lot this fall camp. But, under Dan Lanning and Will Stein, that should come at no surprise.

Quite a statistical statement!

The fact the Bedford who was the alfa last year before his injury is struggling to start anywhere is surprising. Maybe his injury really took him down a notch or the others are just that good, or a bit of both.

On paper, OBD may be better across the board at nearly every position group. Of course on paper is where SUC fans start their delusion cycle every year so I'd like to see some results before I get too hyped. Still Lanning's trajectory has been trending straight up since day one so I'm leaning towards special year. I think the run game is potentially tops in BIG. That could give the passing game some time to sort itself out. I'm much more confident in both starters and backups for this year's O line.

Thank you, Steven. I like Ross Dellinger's reporting, but there are a few gaps in this article, beginning with the state of Tennessee. The Tennessee legislature passed a law signed into law by the governor that prohibits the enforcement of the House settlement in the Volunteer State. (Freudian slip? I originally spelled it: Hose Settlement 😁) Kentucky's athletic department is now a limited liability company (LLC). Except in very rare cases, damages against an LLC are limited to the assets held by the LLC. The university itself, in theory, will not be liable if its athletic department runs amok. Alabama, among other schools, is holding back NIL information, claiming that doing so would violate the athletes' federal right of privacy. The folks at Bama were not aware of this when their commissioner, Greg Sankey, was touting the settlement. Right? After a short period of rejecting all NIL collective deals, NIL Go, the review committee, after being reminded by the House plaintiff attorneys that this was not the deal, backed off. NIL collectives and deals arranged by and between members of a collective are not, ipso facto, verboten. The House settlement provides that all NIL deals with public companies are kosher, except for public companies found to be 'boosters.' Marketing deals with 3rd parties are not new; what is new is the ability via NIL to share the revenue with the players. In the 12 months from Judge Wilkin's approval of the settlement, $20.5 million is the cap that schools can revenue share with their 'student athletes.' Revenue directly shared with any source cannot go over this limit. Dellinger failed to note this salient fact. So, many of the defendants, the once Power 5 conferences' subsidiaries, their member programs, had no intention of following the terms of the settlement and were actively planning ways of looping holes in the terms of the settlement before its approval. Maybe the Pac-2's Theresa Gould was not aware of this, but the other commissioners? Without a collective bargaining agreement between the athletes and 'management,' however defined, the NCAA and its members will not be granted relief from litigation. The Power 5 conferences and the NCAA could and should have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and found relief from litigation in a federally approved Plan of Reorganization. The House settlement is one more futile attempt by the NCAA to prevent college athletes from being found to be 'employees', even though they are being paid directly by their respective universities. It's simply more NCAA Male Bovine Excrement of Form, as defined by the NCAA over Substance as defined by the world at large, including courts of law. The Emperor has no clothes! Rob Mullens and other intelligent ADs, the leaders of universities, and their legal counsel, cannot see this?

This ranking names OBD's O-line the 4th-best in the conference heading into 2025. Power ranking all 18 Big Ten offensive lines from worst to first Now, Wait a Minute! OBD plays No. 1 Penn State and No. 2 Iowa, so the jury is out before the B1G champ game on 12/6/25. Oregon's O-line gels and plays to its potential, and the starting five could all be drafted in 2026.

Fox names the top 10 B1G football players in 2023. 3 Nits, 2 Bucks, and 2 Ducks - Quack! Who Are The 10 Best Players in The Big Ten Entering The 2025 Season? I wonder what the list will look like on Judgement Day, 12/7/25, when the PO committee releases its final ranking.

The NBA has a rule requiring existing teams the rights to reject new teams in their home territory. The Charlotte's home territory is considered North and South Carolina. I doubt the Hornets are going to OK a move a NBA team in Raleigh. Especially, when the last 2 years they had the lowest attendance in the NBA. I have heard, Raleigh is a college town, not much of a professional team town. The Hurricanes do well enough with attendance, but I'm not sure a city with Duke, UNC and NCST would do well with a NBA team. I'd put in another professional team, that isn't basketball.

I lived in Raleigh from 2011 through 2015. While it may not be a major city yet, it is one of the fastest growing in the US. And there is good reason for that. The climate is fairly mild, outside of a couple hot and humid summer months. The city is highly educated, with Duke, NC State, Wake, and UNC all within a direct shot. At one point I believe Raleigh had the highest percentage of residents holding a masters degree, when compared to all other cities in the US. Cost of living is reasonable, which allows for more activities outside of essentials. In my experience, there is a culture where the city is crazy about their sports teams. The food scene took off while I was living there too. I could see why an NBA would find Raleigh very attractive. I love Raleigh. I have lived in many cities and several different states for work and Raleigh was my favorite (but I did miss seeing Duck games live).