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Good for the AD. Thanks to all who have made contributions to Ducks SB. Go Ducks.

The NBA made a rule, if you didn't play 66 games, you weren't eligible for awards. This can be a huge difference in salary. This was supposed to entice star players to play more games. The NBA allowed for extraordinary circumstances to allow Luka Doncic and Cade Cunningham to be eligible, even though they didn't reach the required 66 games. Reduce the number of games from 82 to 72(?), this would eliminate back to back games and would reduce the workload for players, to hopefully get them to play more games. Of course, TV money says no. Less supply.

60 YEARS OF SOFTBALL & 10 AT THE JANE Oregon's year-long celebration of 60 years of softball and 10 seasons at Jane Sanders Stadium will culminate this weekend when Oregon will welcome nearly 100 alums and their families to The Jane. Friday night, the program will recognize the Sanders Family for their support of Oregon softball. Saturday, Oregon will honor all alums in attendance with postgame, on-field ceremony. GREIN NAMED BIG TEN PITCHER OF THE WEEK After leading Oregon to a road sweep of Maryland, Lyndsey Grein was named D1 Softball National Pitcher of the Week and Big Ten Conference Pitcher of the Week. This was her third career Big Ten honor and first of 2026. The senior from Mokena, Ill., went 3-0 against the Terrapins. For the weekend, she had a 0.93 ERA in 15 innings pitched. She allowed two runs on seven hits, struck out 25 and walked only two. She gave up only one extra base hit the entire series. In the game one 11-0 run-rule win, Grein struck out eight in four shutout innings and allowed two hits. She threw four hitless innings in relief in game two and struck out seven as the Ducks won 4-3 in eight innings. In the series finale, she struck out 10 in a complete game, 8-2 win. Grein, who is 21-4 on the season, leads the Big Ten in strikeouts (164), WHIP (0.94), and opponent batting average (.173), is second in wins and third in ERA (2.15). NUMBERS * 13 - Oregon is No. 13 in the current RPI rankings. * 16 - Oregon has 16 come-from-behind wins this season. * 22 - Oregon has played the 22nd most difficult schedule nationally. * 31 - Oregon leads the NCAA with a program-record 31 sacrifice flies. * 31 - 31 of Oregon's 38 games have come against teams in the top 75 of the RPI. * 6 - Elon Butler broke school and Big Ten record with six hits April 4 vs. Iowa. * 8 - Oregon is eighth nationally in average attendance per game (2,001). * 16 - Elon Butler leads the Big Ten and is eighth nationally with 16 doubles. * 21 - Lyndsey Grein has won 21 games, second in the Big Ten and third nationally. * 164 - Lyndsey Grein has struck out 164 batter this season, which leads the Big Ten. GREIN IN BIG TEN'S TOP FOUR IN NINE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES Lyndsey Grein ranks among the Big Ten's top four in nine different statistical categories. She leads the Big Ten in strikeouts (164), WHIP (0.94), hits allowed per seven innings pitched (4.35) and appearances (33). She's second in wins (21) and innings pitched (130.1). Grein is third ERA (2.15) and fourth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.00) and strikeouts per seven innings pitched (8.8). COX, MA'AKE LEAD DUCKS AT MARYLAND Emma Cox and Stefini Ma'ake accounted for more than half if the team's 21 RBI and three of its four home runs in the Ducks' sweep at Maryland. Cox hit .500 (4-of-8) with a pair of three-run home runs and eight RBI. Ma'ake also hit .500 (5-of-10) with a grand slam home run and five RBI.

I have not watched an NBA game in years, but follow from a far distance. I will not watch until home teams wear white uniforms again and these sissy's quit sitting out games and tanking. What a rip-off for the fans! The play-in for the last two playoff spots in each conference (usually with sub .500 teams) is absolutely ridiculous and the first round should have stayed at best of five. The Trailblazers will never lure a star to Portland to win a title. And the tattoos...it's all just unwatchable. Yes, I'm fun at parties 🤣

The NBA game has morphed over the years, but I am still a fan. Just like most sports, it is a lot more entertaining to be at games. Had Blazer season tickets for almost 30 years, and it can be raucous, intense, and provide plenty of drama. Playoff basketball magnifies that experience. On TV…not so much.

Agree with most of what’s in this thread, BUT, in almost every professional sports league, a sub .500 team can make the playoffs.

RB coach talks about his room. 5 Big Takeaways About Oregon's Running Backs, Including Injury Update

Dan looking for everyone to improve on one thing going into Saturday's scrimmage. Oregon Ducks looking for competitive second spring scrimmage

This may all be true, but Blazermania is back. Go Deni!

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Something I caught on video worth watching! Again, you might have to subscribe/sign-in to Youtube. For some reason something has changed, blocking watching unless you can subscribe/sign-in. Go and click on “Watch on Youtube”, bottom right corner, to watch video. Four programs left everything they knew for the promise of a bigger stage and a bigger check. The data says one of them is thriving. Two are treading water. And one got left behind the moment they arrived. Professor WildUte breaks down the actual TV Brand Index scores behind Oregon, USC, Washington, and UCLA's move to the Big Ten — built from 7 seasons of Nielsen data and a model that ESPN will never show you. What the numbers actually say: 🟢 Oregon — Arrived ready. Brand exploded. The flywheel is spinning. 🟡 USC — The ceiling is real. The consistency isn't there yet. 🟡 Washington — Lost their coach before Year 1 started. The CFP spike was Pac-12 money, not Big Ten money. 🔴 UCLA — BTN scheduling. Back-to-back coaching chaos. A 2024 average that matches their 2018 numbers. The move hasn't worked yet. Timestamps: 0:28 — The Question Nobody Wants Answered 0:59 — TV Brand Index Guide 2:24 — UCLA: Got Left Behind the Moment They Arrived 4:56 — USC: The Brand That Hasn't Backed It Up Yet 6:36 — Washington: Up And Down 9:21 — Oregon: The Only Program That Got It Right 11:08 — Pac-12 to Big Ten Index Comparison

Two Ducks projected to be drafted by Dallas! Eight in total for the draft. Oregon Ducks On SITwo Oregon Ducks Drafted To Dallas Cowboys In New PredictionThe 2026 NFL Draft is right around the corner, and several former Oregon Ducks are expected to be selected by various NFL teams. Dane Brugler, an NFL Draft anal

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Something has changed with Youtube videos. It seems you have to sign-in/subscribe in order to watch videos. You may be able to watch this, if not sign-in or subscribe. You will see bottom right corner “Watch on Youtube”, click on it to pull up this video to watch. Meet the Flock: Running Backs | 2026 Oregon Football

Looking good for us to land these boys! Bring em home Dana!

The NBA has a way of choosing the worst branch at each point in the strategic decision tree.

I tend to agree with Jon that the final decision on any new scheduling format would eventually run through the media. Without the NFL’s owners’ parity demand, CF income is driven by market size, and ‘survival of the fittest’ match-ups, both of which the media lusts after. The degree to which those weekly $$ forces are lessened by any new arrangement would be resisted by ESPN, Fox, etc.

IMO teams under .500 should not make the playoffs.

Goes on Way! Too! Long! That is all.

Where Dante Moore ranks nationally among power conference QBshttps://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2026/04/15/oregon-football-dante-moore-power-conference-rankings/89627696007/

ESPN - It's going to be a B1G draft, including OBD - ESPN.comCollege football fan guide to the 2026 NFL draftAttention college football fans: The NFL draft is coming. Here's everything you need to know.

Tank Jones and other freshmen edge players exhibiting desire to 'be great' https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/tank-jones-and-other-freshmen-edge-players-exhibiting-desire-to-be-great--281846785/

Spot on, H! Your logical P12 alignment didn't happen because USC fans wanted their trip to SFO every season to watch SC vs Stanford or Cal. Thus, the Cali, Pat Haden, scheduling format. A Big Ten East-West division alignment based on past results in Big Ten play would hose over the teams in the East. I don't fault B1G HQ for underestimating the prowess of Indiana in 2023. Who knew? And who knew that many potential top draft picks would be returning to Oregon instead of playing in the NFL? Equitable scheduling in today's CFB with NIL, largely unrestricted CFB free agency, and significant roster turnover every season is not possible IMO. Especially when a scheduling goal is for every conference member to play one another at least twice over five years. As I noted above, you might convince Tony to adopt Mike's well-thought-out plan. But Tony's consent is meaningless without the approval of the media partners. Unequal scheduling in CFB would be a lesser problem if the PO committee revealed its metrics and used them. No E$PN sneak peeks before the ultimate field is revealed, with the metrics that support the field and the seeding of the field revealed at the same time. If the field and the seeding do not match the metrics, the committee spokesperson has to explain the reasoning behind ignoring the metrics. A 24-team field would also help with the disparity in scheduling. Yes, the 25th team and its fans would beef, but would No. 25 be able to win four games on the way to a title?

Your proposal means it could be possible for two B1G TEN teams never play each other for the rest of the B1G TEN existence. The B1G TEN will never allow that to happen. It is unfortunate that we/college football have unbalanced schedules, but even the NFL has unbalance schedules. There are too many teams to try and create a balance schedule. We already talk about the B1G and SEC being better than all the other leagues in football. One could argue teams from the B1G/SEC have the most NIL money have an unfair advantage. It would be nice to have more balanced schedules between the "top" teams in the B1G, but with the requirement of playing all teams within a certain time frame makes it unlikely.

Creating a schedule five years out with all the changes that occur within the conference between NIL, coaching changes, etc.? It is nuts, and thus why I like this format suggested. As he noted--gaining two more teams to the conference for a clean 9-game conference schedule would be an upgrade to this convoluted way of deciding schedules, IMHO.