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Oregon's recruiting news quieted back down after landing 5-star EDGE Richard Wesley, sitting inside the top 20 nationially.

hmm, where are these pundits now, talking about our Ducks and their accomplishments in the BIG?

Good to keep the Coaches' trophies in the same place, congrats to the honored Ducks, but I have to complain a little bit, where's Carter Garate?

Overall, I agree with your idea, it's the "ND is essentially Forced" to win part that rankles me. It should be a given that teams win the majority of their marquee games to qualify for the playoffs. ND should be treated like every other independent. Call their bluff.

I’m opening up to the idea of ND staying independent as long as they play Miami, FSU and Clemson every year. Add USC to the mix and ND is essentially forced to win the majority of their marque games to qualify for the playoffs. Not to mention, it essentially bolsters the ACC significantly. If ND decided to bolster the Big12 in a similar fashion… Anything to maintain some semblance of what College Football was before USC and UCLA recognized the PAC12 was a dead man walking. I would rather see the ACC and Big12 survive than a super conference emerge. I’m not sure how other fans feel, but NFL lite is as anathema to me as being told I have to surrender my citizenship as an American. So ND can actually be the patch the fills the hole in what used to be the best sport on the planet. Not likely to happen, but a mummy like me can still dream.

Regarding the Stanford logo, you can keep the ‘S’, but make the other part a stump.

And there you have it. ANOTHER perspective that makes this topic so interesting. Thanks And yet another that adds even another dimension to the discussion. GatOrlando, your take is exactly why coaches must always stay on in their game, and improve. It’s obviously been time for Franklin to shake some attitudes down by winning a huge game in the regular season. He has the most talented team returning, so he gets no participation kudos. He has to demonstrate he can shake the monkey off his back, and win the conference. Now Day has to show he isn’t the luckiest coach to inherit talent. And our main man DL must demonstrate he can develop young talent into the cream of the crop-and take a title of his own. All within the backdrop of the SEC falling back to earth so to speak. I’ll always despise the NIL and Portal era, but it shook loose the SEC’s ability to stack talent permanently. Now coaches have to earn their reputation as coaches instead of their ability to simply stack talent. What a time to be alive.

I agree with that. At some point, you have to steal one or two. The money doesn’t concern me. He’s earned it. The program is always in the hunt, which they should given the fabric of the conference.

As HDuck pointed out...those standings reward teams with the most programs, in addition to their finish. Are they looking at the real regular season winner, or the silly tournament champion? And the nationals for the spring sports have not occured yet, where Oregon will prevail with Softball, Baseball, Track, and the Womens Gold Championship is happening today and tomorrow. So that is not accurate yet... Oregon does not even participate in Hockey, Lacrosse, Swimming, Diving, Wrestling, etc. For the number of programs we have....the bang-for-the-buck is the best.

Wasikowski named top B1G Coach; 10 Ducks earn All-B1G honors including league-high five first-teamers Omaha, Neb. – Heading into the Big Ten Tournament, Oregon head coach Mark Wasikowski has been named the conference’s coach of the year, while a Big-Ten high 10 Duck players have garnered all-league recognition including a league-best five first-team selections. Starting pitcher Grayson Grinsell, relief pitcher Seth Mattox, first baseman Jacob Walsh, second baseman Ryan Cooney (at-large) and outfielder Mason Neville claimed first-team honors. The five first-team selections tied the 2021 team for the most in the modern era of Ducks’ baseball and the 10 all-league members are the most ever in Oregon baseball history. The Ducks placed four players on the conference’s third team and one player on the all-freshman team. Starting pitcher Jason Reitz, shortstop Maddox Molony, outfielder Anson Aroz and designated hitter Dominic Hellman all are on the third team, while catcher Burke-Lee Mabeus earned a spot on the all-freshman team. Cooney was also honored with the Ducks’ sportsmanship award, with one member of each team having a representative. Wasikowski earned the Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year award after leading Oregon to a tie for the league regular-season championship and the No. 1 seed in this week’s Big Ten Tournament. Oregon finished the regular season with a 41-13 record and a 22-8 Big Ten record, tying for the most conference wins in Oregon baseball history. Under Wasikowski’s leadership, the Ducks have already set school records for home runs and RBI this season, while also sitting just eight runs scored, four walks and seven stolen bases shy of setting school records in each of those categories. Oregon’s 41 wins are already tied for the fourth most in program history. Heading into the conference tournament, Wasikowski has Oregon ranked as high as second in the major college baseball polls and no lower than sixth. Grinsell, Oregon’s Friday night starter, claimed his first first-team all-league honor after earning spots on the all-regional tournament teams each of the last two seasons. Grinsell boasts a 9-2 record and a 2.33 ERA with 93 strikeouts in 88.2 innings while holding opposing hitters to a .185 batting average. In Big Ten games, Grinsell has been even better. The Ducks’ lefty leads the league in wins (7), ERA (1.36), batting average against (.167), WHIP (0.86) while ranking second in strikeouts 70. Mattox, who has emerged as Oregon’s closer over the last month, finished the regular season with a 2-1 record with a 2.60 ERA and seven saves in 19 appearances. He has held opposing hitters to a .169 batting average. In 10 appearances in Big Ten games Mattox has been even better, going 2-0 with a 1.86 ERA with four saves and a .100 batting average against. Named a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy honoring college baseball’s top player, Walsh has had a monster senior season for the Ducks. The first baseball leads the team in batting average (.344) while belting a career-high 19 home runs (tied for 4th in the B1G) and driving in a career-best 59. He has 34 extra-base (17 2B) hits on the season and is slugging .688 while reaching base at a .451 clip with eight stolen bases. In league games, Walsh is slashing .352/.432/.680 with 10 homers and 10 doubles. Neville, a semifinalist for both the Dick Howser Trophy and the Golden Spikes Award, finished the regular season leading the nation in both home runs (26) and home runs per game (0.49). The Ducks’ centerfielder is slashing .302/.446/.774 with a 1.220 OPS. Neville shattered Oregon’s single-season home run record with eight more than the old record heading to the tournament. Cooney, a sophomore from Portland, closed the season on a tear, improving his batting average by 64 points from March 29 to the end of the regular season. The Ducks’ second baseman earned Big Ten Conference Player of the Week two of the last three weeks of the regular season. He finished his sophomore campaign second on the team in batting with a .341 average while homering five times with 47 RBI and 42 runs scored out of the eight-hole in the lineup. In conference games, Cooney slashed .333/.452/500 with a .952 OPS. Another homer for Mason Neville! Reitz, who permanently became a weekend starter midway through the season, finished the regular season unbeaten (5-0) with the Ducks winning all 10 games he started. In addition to the 5-0 record, he has a 3.09 ERA in 15 appearances with a save, 59 strikeouts in 58.1 innings of work while holding opposing hitters to a .221 batting average. In conference games, he has been even better, going 4-0 with a 2.60 ERA. He fanned a batter per inning in 45.0 innings and held opponents to a .220 average. His ERA is the second best amongst starting pitchers in the Big Ten, trailing only Grinsell. Molony, a two-time all-league selection in his two seasons at Oregon, slashed .309/.407/.581 with a .988 OPS during the regular season. He belted 15 home runs, good for 10th all-time in a single season at Oregon, while driving in 44 runs, scoring 41 times and swiping 10 bags in 10 attempts. He ran his career total in home runs to 25, which is already tied for sixth in program history. During league games, Molony hit eight of his homers while batting .297 with 24 RBI and 19 runs scored. He reached base at a .378 clip while slugging .550. Aroz, who graduated following the winter term at Oregon, batted .261 with 16 home runs, 49 RBI and 52 runs scored. His 16 long balls rank in a tie for eighth all-time in a season at Oregon and his 23 career homers is ninth all-time at UO. Aroz slugged nine of his home runs in Big Ten play while batting .264 with 22 RBI and s7 runs scored. Hellman, who led the Ducks with a program record three grand slams, batted .304 with 12 home runs, 41 RBI and 40 runs scored while reaching base at a .407 clip and slugging .550. The Ducks’ DH had nine extra-base hits (5 HR, 4 2B) in 23 Big Ten Conference starts while slashing .295/.382/.495 with an .877 OPS. Mabeus, who served as Oregon’s primary catcher starting 24 games behind the plate, was the only backstop named to the Big Ten Conference All-Freshman Team. He batted .260 with eight extra-base hits (5 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR) with 23 RBI and 26 runs scored. He claimed Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week honors once during the season while also hitting a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning of game three against UCLA which helped Oregon clinch the series and eventual top seed in the Big Ten Tournament.

If some of those Capital One standings look weird it's because of the list of sports which are included (and, not included). https://ecm.capitalone.com/WCM/capital-one-cup/cup-scoring-structure/coc-scoring-structure---sheet1.pdf Obviously many schools don't have teams in some of those sports, while others with broad sports offerings like Stanford, Ohio State, Texas do well in the rankings each year.

Copy of COC Database 2024-2025 Standings of how teams finish in sports, not just conference finishes. tOSU #1 in Men's sports. PSU #1 in Women's sports. If baseball and softball can help Oregon big time.

I have no problem cursing these guys with a wasting skin disease. Four coaches Duck fans love to hate AUTZENZOO.COM Sports hate is different from regular hate. Duck fans don't wish harm to their families or a wasting skin disease, but there are 4 coaches Duck love to despise. However, Hats Off (please) to Jedd Fisch!

The SEC going to nine conference games means that SEC Teams will no longer schedule OBD out of conference? SEC insider admits conference as we know it is about to change SATURDAYBLITZ.COM The SEC is on the brink of a major change. According to longtime SEC insider Paul Finebaum, change isn’t just coming—it’s basically inevitable. And it starts wi

The schedule is right here, and we play Michigan State on Thursday at 4:00 PM PST. That was a GREAT article explaining it, and I thank 30Duck for posting it. From the article... "If a team goes 2-0 in their pool, they’d obviously win the pool, but if every team goes 1-1 in pool play, the top-seeded team in the pool would automatically advance. That means the Ducks really only need one win to advance to the semifinals, and they’ll have the knowledge of which game they have to win before it’s played. Nebraska and Michigan State will face off on Tuesday. The loser will not have a path to the semifinal so, Oregon could lose to that team, and have it not impact its tournament. The Ducks will only have to beat the winner of the Nebraska/Michigan State game to advance, but they have to win that game. Otherwise, that other team would be 2-0 and claim the Pool A spot in the semifinals. This gives Oregon a massive pitching advantage. The Ducks will be able to save their ace, Grayson Grinsell, for the game against the winner of the MSU/Nebraska game and treat the other game as a bullpen game." Grayson Grinsell

I love the thought, but I want to see Moore.

Is OBD now QBU? Why Oregon is the new "QB U" SATURDAYBLITZ.COM College football fans take pride in a lot of things including championships, award-winning players, history, and traditions. Being the "it" school for certain p I love the thought, but I want to see Moore.

"It's not even close!"

Will Oregon have to face the top pitcher, per BTN, in the conference if it opens against the Spartans? Oregon Baseball kicks off Big Ten Tournament as No. 1 seed DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The No. 1 seed Oregon Ducks opens up their conference tournament journey facing Michigan State in Omaha, Neb. As I understand (don't understand) the format, the 1st game tournament opponent for OBD is yet to be determined? Nothing new, I'm confused.

Truly, the old B1G members have no idea what they are in for. The truth is--West Coast teams will take a disproportionate number of B1G titles, and have done so right from the beginning. In Baseball, no other B1G team was even in the last rankings...other than Oregon and UCLA. In Softball, it is better with Ohio State at No. 22, and Nebraska at No. 19, but the real representation nationally for the conference was from UCLA at No. 9, and of course....Our Beloved Ducks at No. 6 in the most recent poll. This last weekend saw Oregon softball win their Regional, Duck Baseball win as co-champions....with fellow West Coast member UCLA, Mens Track take the B1G title, and Womens Track come from one injured runner away from winning it away from another West Coast team in USC. Heck, even Washington won the Rowing B1G Championship this last weekend! Last summer--I was reading what the B1G pundits were writing about Oregon and the West Coast teams joining the conference and I was ASTOUNDED at how little they knew about us. They went with stereotypes, and erroneous assumptions--I was shocked at the massive lack of knowledge. It was at that moment I knew that the time-zone thing was REAL. People outside the west did not know us, did not watch us, and did not care until now. Only now are they beginning to realize that the old Pac-12 was not what was portrayed in the media, or certainly was not weak as they thought. Not only was it truly the "Conference of Champions," the receipts are beginning to pile up in the Indianapolis B1G offices already. Many will categorize it as the "West Coast Teams are helping the B1G, and being a part of this conference is helping those teams as well." And that is true, but what is also true is how West Coast teams are going to be taking over many sports beyond what they already dominate. Our recruiting window, exposure and funding has been expanded, and now everyone is going to see what will happen when those elements are helping these great, if underappreciated athletic programs in the west. You can make a very strong case that Oregon has the best overall athletic program in the B1G, and some would say it is not even close.

Easy to say when you're sitting on top, but how about, We're No. 1! Next Up, the NCAA Tournament! 30 Duck, thanks again for helping Charles and informing us OBDers about the Men and Women Diamond Ducks.

Good question. SC was scheduled to play Ole Miss in LA to open the 2025 season. The two schools agreed to drop the H+H series. Then, Wake Forest cancelled out on a return trip to Ole Miss, leaving the Rebels without a P4 team on the OOC schedule in 2025 unless one considers WAZZU, signed to replace Wake, a P5 team. The SEC requires its member teams to play at least one P4 team out of conference every season. I see no reason why an SC program trying to return to relevance should continue to make things easier for ND to stay independent, and along with Stanford, help ND's recruiting by assuring the Irish a game in California every season. ND is positioned to reach the PO every season and to share its PO revenue with no one else.

The format works out nicely for OBD. Previewing Oregon’s Big Ten Tournament path - Daily Emerald DAILYEMERALD.COM The Big Ten Tournament gets started at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska on Tuesday. The No. 4-ranked Oregon Ducks...

I'm not a huge baseball fan. But did you know the last B1G team to win a World Series was Ohio State in 1966? I find that to be an incredible stat. The SEC has dominated with Tennessee, LSU, South Carolina, Texas and Florida all winning titles in the last decade. Heck Bevis, Coastal Carolina, Vanderbilt and Wichita State have won titles since that 1966 season. USC has won numerous titles in that span. The western newbies are going to bring the conference something it hasn't had in my lifetime.

I'm truly sick of Notre Dame, so sick that I'm saying, "Yay, USC!" In all the formats for the CFP it's, "The conferences and Notre Dame". They have their own network deal??? This is a step forward, I'd love it if the format was being built and Notre Dame was told, "You want to be included, join a conference."