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It makes no sense to have literally every other level of basketball using quarters while college uses halves.

This one is a weird one... Because frankly it doesn't matter if NCAA basketball moves to quarters. Everyone else uses quarters and they create natural breaks in the games. It is also a guaranteed commercial break for broadcasting companies which is what they want. It is the same reason why the NCAA adopted the 2 minute timeout in football. So going to quarters really wouldn't change the game. But it just feels kinda wrong.

“The committee realizes there are hurdles to implementing the quarter format to the game, including the structuring of media timeouts to accommodate commercial inventory. With all the media timeouts, it was hard to get a real sense of momentum and flow with the 20 minute halves, be interesting to see how 10 minute quarters are dissected to accommodate broadcasts.

First, welcome, Porter. He did recruit Moore, who flipped to UCLA and is now back at Oregon. Since Lanning has been at Oregon, despite the starting QB's coming through the portal, Oregon has not had trouble getting QB recruits. Moore was a recruit, Novosad is, one of them will be the starter in 2025.

I don't really care what they play. Quarters is more to provide advertising than anything else so we will probably see it. We'll probably also see more foul shots with the 5 foul mark starting them. I don't think it really means anything other than a time out for the coaches and players.

I'm pretty sure Lanning didn't bring Thompson in and I'm not sure yet how good of a judge he is in recruiting QB's. We know he can pull what he needs from the portal but that is probably not the best plan in the long run. Of course, Ty is now a receiver for his new team. I never saw him belonging as a starter behind the center after his sophomore year. I hope he does well at his new position. I'm not sure we will ever see Smith on the turf but if the coaches develop him, I could be wrong. No matter what the Ducks will likely have a strong room for years to come.

Buried deep inside a Tuesday press release announcing major changes to “help enhance the flow of the game” in men’s college basketball was a hint at an even more significant change to the game. Last month, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee proposed the creation of a joint working group to gather feedback for potentially moving from halves to quarters. Since then, the NCAA revealed there’s been “positive momentum” toward the move to quarters, and the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel further recommended Division I conferences actually develop a working group to provide further feedback on the option. Men’s college basketball is the only division of the sport that utilizes halves as opposed to quarters. Women’s college basketball has utilized quarters since the 2015-16 season. NCAA hints at 'positive momentum' towards men's basketball moving to quarters from halves - On3 WWW.ON3.COM The NCAA revealed there's been "positive momentum" toward moving men's college basketball from halves to quarters like the women's game.

It seems that Lyons has cancelled his trip to USC. Oregon and BYU is in the mix. Hopefully will go Oregon’s way. You are right, he will be more for the 2027 cycle once he returns from his LDS mission trip. From what all is reporting USC seems to be out of the picture. Lyons cancelled his trip to USC. My concern is BYU. "While USC had the inside track to Lyons signature early in his recruitment, the Trojans have since fizzled out. Lyons canceled his official visit to USC that was set to take place last weekend. Four-star quarterback Jonas Williams committed to USC back in February, it’s possible Williams’ commitment played a role in Lyons's cancellation." Five-Star Quarterback Ryder Lyons Visiting Oregon: Ducks Trending For Commitment? WWW.SI.COM The Oregon Ducks are set to host five-star quarterback Ryder Lyons on an official visit to Eugene this weekend, according to On3’s Hayes Fawcett. Lyons is curre 5-Star Quarterback Ryder Lyons Cancels USC Trojans Visit: Oregon Ducks Visit Looms 5-star quarterback recruit Ryder Lyons cancelled his official visit to the USC Trojans and likely will not reschedule one this spring, or possibly at all. This leaves the 5-star Lyons with a visit Oregon on June 13 and BYU on June 20. 5-Star Quarterback Ryder Lyons Cancels USC Trojans Visit: Oregon Ducks Visit Looms WWW.SI.COM Recruits in the class of 2026 and beyond are making hard choices and narrowing down their picks with their official visit lineups. Today, a five-star quarterbac

Where the Oregon Ducks rank in ESPN’s Future Power Rankings for college football In the college football world, being set up for the future is almost as important to fans as being ready to win right now. With a large emphasis on recruiting and the classes that are set up to come down the pipeline, fans who may not root for a team that is projected to be in the championship mix in a given year often opine about "down the road." For the Oregon Ducks, you can have both things. Where the Oregon Ducks rank in ESPN’s Future Power Rankings for college football DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Oregon Ducks are among the nation's best teams when it comes to preparing for the future, according to ESPN's latest rankings.

The last HELLO! (Halo?) before it's Good Bye, Columbus. It all started here: Corso's final GameDay comes full circle at Texas-Ohio State SATURDAYBLITZ.COM The 2025 College Football season will begin with an emotional goodbye for College Football fans as the world bids farewell to Lee Corso. The legendary College F

Lyons is the QB you're probably thinking of there and if Oregon lands him he'll really be more a part of next year's class than this year's. This isn't to say that Oregon should pursue and land him. However, unless Oregon goes after two QBs this cycle, they probably will effectively be without a new QB for the 2025 cycle.

OBD has favorable odds to make the PO in 2025-26. Big Ten Football: Betting odds to make College Football Playoff in 2025-26 SATURDAYBLITZ.COM Odds have been released for teams’ chances to make the 2025-2026 College Football Playoff. Similar to last year, this season's bracket will feature 12 teams, in

Oregon football recruiting: In 2026, Ryder Lyons is the dude at QB AUTZENZOO.COM In leadership, creativity, mobility and intelligence, Ryder Lyons will remind Oregon fans of Bo Nix.

They're Touchy in Troy, But Not Wrong. Backhanded Urban Meyer compliment overlooks important factors at USC REIGNOFTROY.COM Every distortion has an element of truth. While speaking on 'The Herd with Colin Cowherd,' coach Urban Meyer mentioned how highly he regards USC. To an extent h Paul Dee, with a raging inferno engulfing his Miami program, had the cojones to call out SC for one football player, Reggie Bush, receiving extra benefits, and bringing a 5-Alarm Fire crew to put out a campfire in South Central. What this article doesn't reference is that the punishment of the Pac's flagship program could not have come at a worse time, at the advent of the Pac-12 Network. If Pete Carroll continued to keep things rolling at SC, how many more folks would have subscribed to the network? Larry Scott, after eliminating SC's preferred revenue distribution when he brought on CU and Utah, did next to nothing to support SC when the NCAA was hosing over it. These slights were not forgotten or forgiven. Spoiled? Yes. A blow hard? Yes. But SC was the cash cow, especially before the emergence of OBD.

Five-Star Quarterback Ryder Lyons Visiting Oregon: Ducks Trending For Commitment? WWW.SI.COM The Oregon Ducks are set to host five-star quarterback Ryder Lyons on an official visit to Eugene this weekend, according to On3’s Hayes Fawcett. Lyons is curre

I'm happy to see that Charlie isn't half-baked when it comes to the House. NCAA's Baker: Will Congress back $2.8B settlement with antitrust protection? APNEWS.COM Now that the NCAA has taken care of its business, its president wants Congress to deliver. NCAA President Charlie Baker. long a proponent of federal legislation to lock in some of the seismic... He's aware that NIL Go, does an NIL deal exceed market value, will not likely hold up in a court of law. Two states, one being in SEC country, Tennessee, passed laws before the House settlement was approved, that restricts House settlement agreed upon enforcement against schools in their state. The SEC as one of the House defendants approved the settlement terms. Where does this leave the Vols and the Commodores?

Not yet a Pro, but Mason Neville, after a great season, is on the Field of Dreams cusp. Mock MLB draft has Mason Neville going to Milwaukee in the first round DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Oregon centerfielder Mason Neville had a monster 2025 season and those efforts were good enough to become a first-round pick in latest mock draft. Want a Brew? Don't cost nothin'.

James Franklin Props up the B1G's Left Coast - Big Ten coach calls out anti-West Coast bias in College Football Playoff system TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM A Big Ten head coach—but not necessarily the one many might expect—stood up for West Coast football schools Week 5? I'll still feverishly dislike Jimmie's intestines.

The SEC still can't believe that they didn't win the football Natty the last two years, didn't even play in the championship game; the B1G has two Natty's in a row. The news about Alabama last season were the L's to Okie and Vandy, and now baseball, 13 up, 2 left. I know it means a lot to Oregon State. but as far as baseball, PAWL sounds like Rhett Butler,

Richard Wesley, will he, or won't he? Oregon Ducks still 'the one to beat' for 5-star EDGE in 2026 class DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Oregon Ducks are still thought of as the team to beat for 5-star EDGE Richard Wesley after his official visit to Eugene.

Oregon has had several recent 4* and 5* recruits that didn’t pan out. Most of them didn’t do much better after transferring. Thompson, Burmeister, Butterfield, Jonson, Rodrigues, Mahalak all come to mind.

Let's hope all the recruits last weekend commit to Oregon, and spend their career in Eugene. Oregon Ducks Closing In On Five-Star Cornerback Recruit Brandon Arrington? WWW.SI.COM The Oregon Ducks are fresh off possibly their biggest recruiting weekend of this current cycle, hosting over five top recruits that they hope will decide to mak

Oregon WR Evan Stewart is not expected to play in 2025 because of an injury suffered last week. Talks further with the WR room.

You are spot on. A look at the QB room for Oregon shows a tough climb to get to the field. Oregon is in a new atmosphere we fans are not used to. The type of recruits we want to bring in, and will bring in, are looking at at least a year or or two before they will be on magazine covers. There are plenty of other place where they can display their talent much more quickly and as solid talent they will. Of course they may not become part of a national championship group any time soon though many are more interested in exposure to get that NFL invite and I don't blame them. That said, don't give up on seeing a commitment from somebody who has the talent to fit into the room, now or in another year after a Mormon mission maybe more than one recruit and even they may never see the turf as a starter.

The SEC is considered a hot bed of sports partially due to our old friend East Coast Bias. People in the east do not travel as much as we do in the west to begin with and I'm guessing money is tight for traveling right now. There is also inertia as these team have done well in all three sports recently. Football has that advantage of one less conference opponent than other conferences. To be fair I believe Oregon State is the only school north of the Mason-Dixon line to have won the CWS and they did it more than once. Correct me if I am mistaken. The only B1G teams actually on the east coast are not powerhouses so .. The bias will continue for a while though the SEC continues to drift farther away from their last national championship in football. Alabama is no longer the challenge that Georgia and Texas are becoming but they have not been to the promised land, either. We lived with it in the PAC12 and will to a lesser extent now that we are in the B1G.