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It's looked like Oregon will not put the $$ up for basketball, Oregon is a Football School. UNC, though it did hire BB, Kansas, Kentucky, Duke, are Basketball Schools. Michigan is trying to be both.

Not to mention very low viewership being only on Apple streaming. That would have been a brand killer for Oregon.

Exactly! Oregon should, should have done the right thing? Stayed attached to Beavis and battled it out for space on The CW?

"By Jove, I think he's got it!" Back in the day, when AP & UPI decided the winner, that was fine, sometimes controversy, finer still! Washington split a championship in '91, that was a great team. But then BCS came along, and telling, Oregon was involved in the first mess. Now, we have this. ESPN has made it clear that it's all about the money. When the format was agreed to, ACC & Big12 weren't pushing for their teams to be represented, they wanted the money being a Top seed brought. Yes, not playing the CCG's would put more value on the season, but that is not the value that matters.

I used to read Canzano until he decided to be un-objective about the breakup of the PAC. Now it seems like most of his columns are either behind the paywall or PIG 2 centric. I wonder how much his audience has shrunk since the almost nonstop pouting about the breakup and "insights" into new media deals for the trash left behind.

As I reflect upon it....each team in the B1G, even Purdue, Northwestern, and Rutgers are receiving 21 million a year just from the college football playoff? Wowsa. It sure pays to be in the right conference!

Right on. IMO - As soon as things moved to a playoff instead of a massive bowl system by invitation, the notion of a “league” with 130 teams for the “big boys” became ridiculous.

I won't waste your time with very much of Canzano's recent article where he is declaring that the B1G and SEC should, "do what is right." You mean like letting two Pac-12 schools get paid a massive amount more than they were worth for decades by the conference...but now you want to do it on a national scale with all Group-of-Five teams? No, the Super-2 Conferences deserve to finally get what they contribute to college football, and they are finally being strong about it. The stat that caught my eye was..."Those two conferences already control 58 percent of the CFP revenue, or about $21 million per school. The ACC (17.1 percent) and Big 12 (14.7 percent) agreed to smaller shares." Think of it...the Pac-12 media revenue that the Pig-2 wanted us to accept was what...22 million per year? And now we receive nearly as much just from the Playoff revenue alone? Looks like we made the right move, getting our fair share of what our brand deserves after all the work creating it for years. No, we did not just sit there and receive an over-sized portion of the pie for doing nothing. It is payoff time for Oregon, and the projected 54 million+ per year is needed to survive in the future. Sure the little guys want to survive, and I don't blame them for that, but they really just want to pull us down to their level.

PO format thoughts from the SEC's Saturday Down South - These are the 2 dumbest arguments related to Greg Sankey’s expanded Playoff stance - Saturday Down South WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM SEC commissioner Greg Sankey raised some eyebrows with his comments about Playoff expansion, which yielded 2 dumb arguments.

Let's get This On! LSU's Brian Kelly says SEC coaches want game vs. Big Ten - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM LSU's Brian Kelly said "the wish of the room" among SEC coaches is to add a game vs. a Big Ten opponent in a scheduling agreement, but they "need a partner" to do it.

Oregon 1B Jacob Walsh looking to 'enjoy' potential final weekend at PK Park Friday marks the beginning of the Eugene Regional for the No. 12 seed Oregon Ducks and may be one of the last time Jacob Walsh steps foot on PK Parks turf. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-ducks-baseball-jacob-walsh-eugene-regional-looking-to-enjoy-final-weekend-at-pk-park-250354403/

Florida AD Stricklin is not alone in wanting changes to the CFB PO selection process. Scott Stricklin on College Football Playoff system: 'A committee is not ideal to choose a postseason' WWW.ON3.COM . It's not that difficult. See the CBB selection process. Granted, there are not as many games, but metrics, including those used by the CFB committee and not revealed by a committee that prefers to do its business in the dark, provide a guideline. Boise State, ranked 9th last season, was based only on the Eye Test. I'm sending out an SOS on the idea that SOS matters to the committee.

The state of Oregon's CB room following the conclusion of spring Here is a rundown for what the Ducks have at cornerback entering the 2025 season https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-football-linebacker-ducks-football-jahlil-florence-theran-johnson-ify-obidegwu-250354531/

There is disagreement over the future PO format, but I believe all P4, G6 conferences, and Notre Dame want to see restrictions on the portal windows. Greg Sankey reveals SEC coaches prefer 10-day transfer portal window in January, against April-only portal WWW.ON3.COM .

The rub is not that these games devalue the season; they do, but not playing the games devalues the media money that will be paid out. I find it interesting that the Ivy League does not play a football conference championship but does play an 'Ivy Madness' post-season basketball tournament. Why when Ivy League schools play all other Ivy League basketball teams home and away in the regular season? I don't know whether the Ivies get additional broadcast money for the postseason CBB title.

Michigan ($3 million) is spending large for a B1G man. Projected first-round pick Yaxel Lendeborg to withdraw from 2025 NBA Draft, will transfer to Michigan - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Yaxel Lendeborg entered the transfer portal after three years at UAB Does Dana have the budget to compete with this? Are OBD basketball boosters willing to step up with 3 Mill for one guy? Direct payments to athletes will not end the NIL arms race. Who's to say that this young man is not worth the money, and that the money is a recruiting tool and out of line with "market value?" If the 'Deloitte committee' were to find that this deal exceeds 'market value', the decision would be challenged in court, and a hand-picked judge would stay such a finding pending a trial on the merits of the case. What is 'market value' for men's basketball? The amount that can be paid by Wake Forest and Cincinnati boosters? Or the amount that can be paid by Michigan and Alabama boosters? What's an 'average' Men's basketball NIL deal? Shouldn't top drawer players be allowed to obtain a better ROI on their NIL than average players? This is just one reason why the House settlement is far from a long-term solution to what ails college sports. What will move Congress to provide relief? Perhaps the Power 4 threatening to call off the 2025 football and basketball seasons unless Congress provides protection from antitrust suits and other litigation? Short of this, what will move Congress to act?

They don't. But in my mind, 1 game won't clarify it. Say Team A is 8-1, Team 2 is 7-2. Team B wins, they'd both be 8-2. But Team B is the Champ because they won THAT game? No. In a playoff game, it's win or go home, that's fine. But a Conference Championship is simply a money grab that doesn't decide anything and does devalue the season.

Place your Diamond bets? NCAA Baseball Tournament: Best bets, picks to win 2025 College World Series - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM No. 3 Arkansas is the betting favorite to win the CWS, but there is also plenty of value to be found elsewhere I'm not betting on bacon on the hoof.

4-Star Receiver Recruit Messiah Hampton To Commit To Oregon Ducks Over Penn State? Four-star wide receiver recruit Messiah Hampton is one of the top receivers from the class of 2026, and he recently narrowed down his final seven schools, including the Oregon Ducks. Hampton will announce his commitment on June 13. Will the Ducks land one of the top recruits in the nation? 4-Star Receiver Recruit Messiah Hampton To Commit To Oregon Ducks Over Penn State? WWW.SI.COM The Oregon Ducks are looking to add to their recruiting class of 2026, and one target of Oregon coach Dan Lanning and the Ducks is four-star wide receiver Messi

Early Enrollee Spring Rewind: Gavin Nix Here is a breakdown of what Oregon true freshman Gavin Nix showed during his first spring football camp. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-football-gavin-nix-ducks-football-spring-football-250353486/

Oregon 2025 signee OL Alai Kalaniuvalu enrolls with BYU Oregon's 2025 class took a hit as Alai Kalaniuvalu has officially enrolled with BYU after signing with the Ducks. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/alai-kalaniuvalu-oregon-ducks-football-recruiting-enrolls-with-byu-250340667/

DECOMMITMENT?! Oregon Football SURPRISING DEVELOPING: Oregon Football recruiting NEEDS to build

$$$ for the Irish? Yes. But SC receives no additional revenue from the B1g for playing ND, and a loss to ND could keep SC from earning multi-millions in postseason PO dollars. I'm with GMc. ESPN analyst thinks fans are overreacting about Notre Dame-USC possible cancellation SATURDAYBLITZ.COM The thought of losing the annual clash between Notre Dame and USC is enough to make any college football traditionalist groan. This rivalry has been around for Outside of the ACC scheduling deal and G6 opponents, I think B1G, B12, and SEC teams scheduling regular season games against ND is senseless.

That is very true. Alabama lost credibility by losing to Okie and Vandy, but let's look at my favorite team, Indiana, and examine if the Tuna was right, were they good as their record said they were?

So many great comments, including the above comment. I don't disagree with the idea of eliminating post-season in-conference tournaments, but I believe a conference champ game in football, or a playoff play-in between team No. 3 vs. No. 6, and No. 4 vs. No. 5,, with a game played between the top two teams for playoff seeding only, is more logical today than when Bama defeated Florida in the first SEC champ game in 1992. Divisions in all of the Power 4 football conferences are gone. In the Power4, with close to half the conference teams not playing each other in a given season, the strength of schedule teams play within a conference will vary every season. Compare OBD's 2025 schedule with Wisconsin's. The Badgers have a much more difficult slate to play. It's the same for Florida compared to Missouri. Compare Stanford to Wake Forest, and CU to Houston. These are not "fair" SOS fights. This season, OBD plays two preseason ranked B1G opponents, Penn State and Indiana. Wisconsin plays five, OBD, Ohio State, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, plus a game at Alabama. If the Badgers go 7-2 in conference and OBD finishes 8-1, is Oregon ipso facto the better team? In 2027, OBD plays Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, and UW. Will a B1G team that plays two ranked teams in 2027 and finishes 8-1 be better than OBD at 7-2? With multi-millions in playoff dollars at stake, the B1G must send its best teams to the playoffs with the proper seeding. Again, in a play-in situation, the top two teams at the conclusion of the regular season are in the playoff field. Two of the teams that finished third through sixth are out unless otherwise within the top 16 ranked teams. With the House settlement on the horizon, Oklahoma has announced cuts to its athletic department. Many other schools are worse off financially than the Sooners, and there will be cuts across the board. I know Rob Mullens has said there will not be cuts to non-revenue sports, but I don't see how, with a cap on direct payment to athletes, this is possible. For non-revenue sports, play it like it lies. The schedule strength will not be equal, but networks are not paying, with the possible exception of women's basketball, for postseason non-revenue in conference tournaments. Broadcasters open their wallets for a championship football game and a men's basketball conference tournament. Money that cannot be refused without Ivy League-like reforms. It was annoying last season to listen to SEC folks and ESecPN honks talking about valuing wins more than counting losses. But the more I ponder the point, I find myself more in agreement. Many two-loss teams in college football are not as good as a number of three-loss teams. 1-loss Boise State was ranked No. 9 by the PO committee in 2024. The Broncos would have been underdogs in the majority of games played against No. 10 through No. 16 Clemson. Again, I more than understand the desire to let the regular season count in all sports, but conference schedules are not created equally.