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Well, U of Portland is 3-11 vs Ducks in basketball, and the Pilots women are 4-16. But, baseball is 18-29 and Pilots are 6-1 vs Ducks in last 7 after being 1-6 in the 7 before that. I don't think an opportunity to beat Portland State offsets being 1-6 vs UofP in the last 7? I can feel Charles discomfort through my computer screen. Show up, or get shown up. Respect every opponent. etc. etc. U of P is 1-0 vs Beavis, and will play them twice more this season: Hillsboro and Corvallis.

Not gonna feel sorry for PSU when they are receiving their annual ars kicking at Autzen on Sept. 19th. Just saying.

Is this is really one of Oregon’s targets to fill the PG position? 5’10” and shoots 39% from the floor and 31% from three? If that is true, then I have to continue to assume there is a major NIL issue with men’s hoops.

Ducks lose 13-9...fourth loss to the Pilots in a row. Un-fricken-believable.

13-8 Pilots after seven innings. Too ugly to report as both Luke Morgan and Michael Meckna gave up three-run homers.

7-5 Pilots after six innings. Toby Twist gave up a couple of hits and a run. Luke Morgan came in to pitch for the Ducks, and closed out the inning.

6-5 Pilots after five innings. Nothing on offense of consequence, and Toby Twist came in for relief for Oregon and easily retired the side.

Dylan Raiola is recovering from injury and looking good in Oregon practices- EssentiallySportsJoey McGuire Confirms Consulting Matt Rhule on Dylan Raio...Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire opens up about almost recruiting Dylan Raiola and his relationship with Matt Rhule.

6-5 Pilots after four innings. Both teams went down 1-2-3...

Did we drop hoops and I missed it?

6-5 Portland after three innings. Jax Gimenez got plinked, and Brayden Jaksa hit to shallow LF for a hit. Ryan Cooney sac-flies out to move both runners up, and then Drew Smith blasted a 3-run homer over the LF wall. But geez...Miles Gosztola got beat up. He gave up a plinked batter, two walks, two hits to tie it up. Oregon's Tanner Bradley came in to give up a double that scores another Pilot run.

2-2 after two innings. RS freshman Naulivou Lauaki is playing DH and hit the ball to the wall for a double, and Burke-Lee Mabeus hit deep down the RF line to score Lauaki. Miles Gosztola had a bad inning with giving up a plinked batter, two walks, two hits and two runs.

1-0 Ducks after one inning. Freshman Brayden Jaksa got a beautiful swing and knocked the pitch over the LF wall for a solo homer! Pitching for Oregon is Miles Gosztola, who gave up a hit, but dispensed with the rest. Miles Gosztola

Demir just entered the portal. Down to Stewart, Vatan, and Phillips. I am shocked that Phillips has not entered yet.

I found it interesting that the estimated NIL for Michigan was $10,000,000 and they started five portal players. It truly is a whole new day/game.

Agreed. We should not have lost the series last year at Ohio State, and now at Michigan. We cannot change the B1G schedule, and we will have back-to-back road series, but Waz has learned to not add mid-week games which add to the energy drain. (I hope)

Excellent analysis; and I agree, winning in the NIL/transfer era all starts with a successful head coach’s ability to target players that fit his system, and then access to a wallet.

Football still turns on the same old question: which side understands the next snap before it happens? Super Bowl LX gave a clean answer on 8 February 2026, when Seattle beat New England 29-13 at Levi’s Stadium behind the league’s No. 1 defense, and the College Football Playoff title game gave another on 19 January, when Indiana finished 16-0 by ... Football Strategy and Analysis: How Games Are Really Won

Life in a coast to coast league is down right hard on any sport, but especially on the diamonds where three game series are common. It almost seems like an average three away game pattern in the B1G for us is, loss, win and push, with the better team normally on that last game winning side. No easy answer. Scheduling might try grouping two regional series together (Maryland/Rutgers; Michigan/Ohio State) which mostly solves time zone issues, but puts teams in motels for a week. Charter flights that can better cater to the needs of sports teams might help, but NCAA regs may limit that. Learning how to better deal with it over time is likely the only answer.

This article from the Wall Street Journal appears to be locked but it is not. https://www.wsj.com/sports/basketball/michigan-national-championship-final-four-998a1ed9?st=9L8J1u&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

What we learned about Oregon’s quarterback room from Lanning, Koa Ka’ai and Dante Moore

Oregon QB coach suggests Akili Smith Jr. has best arm talent on the rosterOregon QB coach suggests Akili Smith Jr. has best arm talent on the roster https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-qb-coach-suggests-akili-smith-jr-has-best-arm-talent-on-the-roster-280724872/

In short....travel. Oregon played great in California beating San Diego in two mid-week games, and then a tight series with Santa Barbara. Between being on the road for nearly a week, and the emotional intensity of the games--they were spent when they returned home. In the loss to Portland, (3-0) our pitching was good, but the hitting was off. Then, due to weather...the Michigan series got moved up to Thursday, and the team arrived in Ann Arbor at 2:00 AM on Thursday...and played terrible later in the day. Flat effort pitching, and flat effort hitting in the 10-0 loss. Oregon was better on Friday, but still not up to their usual in their win. On Saturday--the Ducks stranded 13 base runners and could not get the timely hits, nor the pitches in the 4-3 loss. Too much traveling over ten days, and loaded with intense, energy-draining games as well. Coach Waz learned from this and I am sure he will not schedule future mid-week games on away trips...especially when we have two travel weekends in a row. I am concerned about the game at Portland later today at 5:00 PM, and am hoping that being back in their own beds for a few days will return the sharpness needed. After Portland beat us last week...they traveled to Seattle Pacific and lost the series. ☹️ Oregon dropped in the rankings with D1Baseball, (rightly so) to No. 20 and we play No. 19 Nebraska this week at PK Park. Time to turn it around!

B1G QB preseason rankings - Dante Moore is No. 1 in the B1G and the nation - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-qb-rankings-2026-season-dante-moore-oregon/ National rankings - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-qb-rankings-power-conference-2026/

Dante's is CBS Sports No. 1 QB - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-qb-rankings-power-conference-2026/