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Nothing has topped getting fired on the tarmac!

Here's more on the Ducks twice in three seasons being behind a Big Ten scheduling 8-ball and the demands of traveling twice to the Eastern time zone in November. Autzen ZooOregon's 2026 schedule demands adjustments in planning, p...No one has depth anymore, not like the pre-portal days. Oregon lost 30 players to the NIL chase. Texas Tech lost 31.. Suck it up and play ball! Fine, but being asked to play 8 Big Ten games in a row, again, is over the line.

I've said it in other threads, but the amount of travel that football does is dwarfed by the amount of travel that basically all other team sports in the department have to do. I have zero sympathy for Oregon football, Oregon volleyball? Oregon soccer? I have a lot more sympathy for them since they aren't afforded the luxuries that football get along with more travel.

Thank you, NJ. This is one of the best DucksWire articles I've read. It hits the schedule's high notes and low notes. I am not the only one to notice the game in Stillwater will be against a much-improved team. In his second season at North Texas, Eric Morris took the Mean Green to the AAC champ game. 17 players are following Morris to OK St, including QB Drew Mestermaker, whose 4,379 passing yards were the best in FBS in 2025. OBD better make no misstate in the first three games. 😁 The author noted that the Ducks, as in 2024, play eight games in a row against B1G opponents without a week off. What he failed to add is that Oregon is the only Big Ten team running this gauntlet. In 2024, Oregon was the only FBS team to play eight straight without a break. I'm in the process of determining whether this will be the case in 2026, and I will report back. As the author did note, OBD travels to the Eastern time zone twice in November, Week 10 at Ohio State, and Week 12 at Michigan State. UW had this November travel yo-yo west to east late in the 2025 season; one reason UW lost at Wisconsin. The weather in Columbus on 11/7 should be decent, but 11/21 in East Lansing, Michigan? Thanks again, NJ.

….until someone stands up to them and says….enough! It all starts with every ND opponent. They all must stand in unison or it won’t work.

There’s no crying in Foooootbaaaall! Oregon down right demanded to be a part of the B1G. We wanted the $$$, we wanted the prestige, we wanted the validation for a path to the playoffs by playing Michigan and ‘Ohio’, yeah I said it. It’s a simple extra 3-5 hr flight as well as a 3hr earlier game time. We play anywhere anytime! Midnight???!! Let’s Go Ducks!! Take Flight!

It is funny how a lot of talking heads are screaming bloody murder over this, yet it is crickets for the MLB players not getting in. There are different levels of cheating, but Bill is a cheater. I'd put him in along with all the MLB guys and explain about his cheating past.

Safety rules and all of that. However, the Empire State building was completed in just under 14 months. March 17, 1930 - April 11, 1931. Things can be built much faster, but all the safety inspections required slows things way down. Unfortunately, University of Oregon can't have city, state and federal inspectors onsite 24/7. It is hurry up and build, then wait for inspectors. Hurry up and build, then wait for inspectors.

Thanks for the Idea! 10 - 2 11th 4th 322.8

Good ol’ Lane is always better than people think, but not quite as great as many hope. However, his entertainment value is off the charts. Would I be surprised if he won a Natty at LSU? Nope. Would I be surprised if he flames out? Again, nope. Just an all around fascinating character.

Just wait until someone leaks the LSU salaries and who is making what. It's bound to happen. Just wait until someone leaks the payroll list so they see who is getting paid what. Combine that with a couple of losses and their season is total chaos.

I would love to see that but they have played some of those B10 teams for over 50 years. IU finally gets to play them home and home starting in 2030. With their 2026 guarantee of getting into the playoffs every year if they are in the Top 12 of the committee's ranking, they will never join a conference now. They use the B10 for their hockey team because the ACC doesn't having hockey. Sad to say ND will never be relegated to the level of BYU ... their arrogance, entitlement and history are too much to overcome when it comes to relegating them lower.

Anywhere New Providence NJ, or Metuchen?

Great idea as I sit in 6° weather again this morning. 11-1 / 5 / 2 / 315 for B1G games

Here's our analysis of our three biggest takeaways of the Ducks' 2026 schedule release. Three biggest takeaways from the Ducks' 2026 schedule release

It's the "cost of doing business" for being in a conference located in the Midwest. I hated to see the Pac12 break up. I couldn't believe the commissioner didn't have a decent tv deal set up. How does a conference with more National Championships won than anyone else do that? 20 years ago I told a fellow college football addict that in our lifetime we would see 64 of the top football teams take their sports and break away from the NCAA, forming 4 different divisions of 16 teams. The teams west of the Rocky Mts would have their own conference.

How far will Oregon Ducks travel in the 2026 college football season?at Oklahoma State (Saturday, September 12)Miles traveled: 1,887 at USC Trojans (Saturday, September 26) Miles traveled: 861 at Illinois Fighting Illini (Saturday, October 24) Miles traveled: 2,136 at Ohio State Buckeyes (Saturday, November 7) Miles traveled: 2,437 at Michigan State Spartans (Saturday, November 21) Miles traveled: 2,340 Potential Big Ten Championship (Saturday, December 5)Potential Miles Traveled: 2,261) In total, without the Big Ten Championship game on the schedule, the Ducks are projected to travel 7,525 miles, which will be among the most in the nation this year.

I understand completely why to some fans it is not fair having to fly back to the Midwest or the East Coast for Big10 games 3 or 4 times per year. It is hard to keep from doing that with 9 B10 games on the schedule. There are only 3 other teams on the west coast and you don't play those teams every year. Let's say for this example Oregon played all three west coast B10 teams annually. That leaves 6 games to play to finish the conference. 2 of 3 OOC games are probably at home every year, 1 or 2 of those west coast teams would be home. So there is possibly 4 home games before any other B10 teams are played. IF 3 of those fly to Eugene to play that leaves a possible 7 home games for the year and 3 games "back east" ... so really there isn't a way to get around from playing B10 games "back east" 3-4 times every year. The big problem I see here while sitting in Indiana ... starting times. For all schools that are flying opposite directions to play conference games. Like Washington in 2024 in Bloomington. That was a BigNoon Fox thing so kickoff is 9am for the Huskies. When IU went to Eugene last fall that was a 3:30pm ET and no problem for an IU team traveling west. It will aways be advantageous for the other 14 B10 schools traveling west for games. TV tells the conference what games are going to be featured on THEIR times ... while not caring for starting times, where or who they played the previous week. Add that to a B10 office that has had mysterious scheduling in football and basketball every since they went from only 10 teams in the conference ... there isn't much hope for logical B10 scheduling.

Im in Washington DC.. justnlike most East Coast people our snow is now ice with now signs of melting anytime soon. Just terrible. High 20. Low 4

Actually IU's OOC became easier late in 2023 before Cignetti got there. Tom Allen was trying to save his job so he dropped Louisville who had won the year before. Before Allen could enjoy the fruits of his 2024 OOC schedule change he was fired at the end of the 2023 season with a cupcake schedule on the horizon. Cig shows up in November 2023. He and the AD wanted 7 home games and at the last minute dropped an away game at UVA in exchange for another cupcake to play at home. 2025 rolls around and Indiana State is on the schedule for two reasons. Their head coach is the son of the winningest coach in IU history, even with a losing record, Bill Mallory. The 2nd reason, their program had been close to bankruptcy in recent years where there was talk of dropping the football program. As a favor financially and as an honor to Mallory they were added on the schedule. In 2026 Indiana State will play at Purdue. Cig was not going to schedule JMU but to give a team a chance in that conference to do what they beg for, IU scheduled G5 Old Dominion. First play of the season their QB goes for 75 yard TD. Later after the game was wrapped up, their QB did another 70+ yard TD run. That QB transferred to Wisconsin after this past season. IU use to play Kentucky and Missouri every year on the OOC but years ago when the SEC went to 8 games they both canceled saying they could no longer play teams that were now called P4 teams. IU would usually win those games. When Lee Corse was HC at IU he went to USC, LSU, Arizona, Nebraska and Washington in their OOC games. Like all schools these OOC games are scheduled way in advance. For those that are always bashing IU easy OOC will be happy to hear that in 2030, after years of asking, Notre Dame decided to play IU home and home but only for two years. They would rather beat up Purdue every year like they have done forever. In today's world there is no reason for IU to play a harder OOC ... yet this year two of those teams won more than 10 games and both played in bowl games.

This might help. What did Northwestern do to make the B10 scheduler mad? Their bye is the 2nd week of the season.

IU has the same situation. That reminds me of a little bit of B10 history. When they had divisions IU would play OSU, Michigan, Penn State and a much better Michigan State team every year. Not really a good way to get over the hump in winning games. Most years they would play at least three of those schools in back to back weeks.

There are a lot of great matchups and on top of that new coaches that looked to be better than the ones they are replacing. My only question is how did Penn State not play IU, Ohio State or Oregon???