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There was certainly special, though completely underestimated about the Pac-12.

Two 3*s in the mix. Headline is misleading. Oregon Ducks Pushing For Best Offensive Line Recruiting Class

NFL Oregon Ducks in the NFL have strong Week 7 performances

BBall Ducks Listing every former Oregon Duck in the NBA and their 2025 outlook

Sadiq is back Oregon tight end Kenyon Sadiq says he'll be good to play against Wisconsin Oregon TE Kenyon Sadiq provides injury update before Wisconsin game

Maybe the B1G needed the PAC as much as we needed them?

It wasn't long ago that your average team considered it a successful year if they played a New Years bowl game. This meant you were a contender in your conference and each game you held your breath because the air was relatively rare. To go 10-2 was a stellar year and 11-1 or better was euphoric to say the least. This is not the case anymore. Now? Lose one game and your school asks for your head. Lose two games and the media is writing stories about your HC's ability to retain his job. Lose 3 games in the same year? Buy out a $50 million contract. (4) but who's counting? Oregon State has a new coach mid-season, so does Oklahoma St., Penn St, Florida, Arkansas, UCLA, VA Tech, Colorado St, Alabama-Birmingham. Is Wisconsin next? Some of those teams needed it. But, mid-season? ....maybe. In my opinion we are seeing an overall change in expectation due to NIL. Schools, and their donors, are now allowed to drop serious money into their programs. One must ask, "If I donate $50 grand then shouldn't I get some return on my investments?" If the program receives 'Investments' that are north of $20 million then what's your expectation? Ohio St is rumored at $35 million. Texas Tech $28 million. A quick Google search revealed that 15-20 teams have 'Invested' in the neighborhood of $20 million and up. Why? Not to come in 2nd place. And yet 8 of them won't even make the playoffs. The reality is that over the last 25 years most of the teams that have won a NC are named LSU, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio St, and Clemson. We have some singles in there and of course they are mostly Blue Bloods. NIL has evened the field to be sure...Texas Tech anyone? Indiana is a darling of a story. Will they be a perennial power? If the NIL comes then they will demand it. And don't think for a second that Oregon won't (has already) drift(ed) into this thinking. It wasn't long ago that we all knew Oregon was punching above their weight. It wasn't until the last 2 full years we started seeing the difference. The results of the Cool school with the cash to flash has this team vying for a National Championship last year as well as this year. But, ask yourself, 'if Oregon was a 10-2 team 3 years in a row, how much howling would be going on? Would Lanning be on the Hot seat? This is the face of ALL college football now. 10-2 is not enough. It's playoffs, first, period. We all would rather have a playoff bid rather than a conference championship. Fair enough. But, would you fire your coach that got you there just last year because they had a poor showing this year. Possibly. Storied programs have little patience anymore. The investment is too great.

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Running Back Jordon Davison meets with the media following Oregon Football practice on October 21, 2025

I'm hoping that the Duck Team stays focused every day in practice, and they take one game at a time. I hope they don't let the "rat Poison" like this article go to their heads. Autzen ZooThree signs the Ducks may be better than their No. 6 rankingDante Moore has thrown the most touchdown passes of any quarterback in the West with 19, ahead of Noah Fifita of Arizona, 17.

(Sigh)😔… I miss the PAC, but I respect playing tOSU and Michigan. I miss the regional rivalries, but I love playing in multiple storied stadiums. I hated the disrespect that nobody seemed to watch the PAC, now I’m one of them. Potential $30 million vs $100+ million come 2030? No brainer. Reaching retirement age and I was looking forward to traveling around the PAC to watch Oregon play. Would take probably 3-4 years overall, but it sounded like a great journey to start in retirement. Now??!!!! I get 17 teams AND it’s the BIG House, The Shoe, Happy(Not so) Valley White Out at Night, Rutgers/Maryland mainly for the 400 years of history around every corner plus the win, doing the HawkEye wave to the kids in the hospital that have a view of the game(Are You Kidding Me??!! Who wouldn’t want to do that??!!). My options have greatly improved. Besides, I still get to go to the Rose Bowl(garbage venue where you can’t see the field) and the Coliseum(Broke down venue). I like my new ‘PAC(k)….errrrr…B1G!!

The B1G is no better than the PAC-12 was. In fact, the PAC-12 was probably deeper. You just have inflated rankings due to the media bias. Most years, the PAC-12 had a couple of really strong teams (Washington and Oregon the final season, Stanford and Oregon during the Chip Kelly years) and anyone in the conference could beat you, if you didn’t show up, especially on the road. USC has been down for a long time (and that didn’t help the image of the PAC-12) but under Coach Carroll they were the best program in college football. Ohio State is as good as any program in the nation right now (I’m not sold on Indiana and we’ll see how good our Ducks are). Is anyone worried about losing to Rutgers, Maryland, Northwestern, etc al. Heck some teams can’t even score an offensive touchdown. It’s funny watching some of the top teams from new conferences going into the State of Arizona and losing. That Stanford can beat you, if you don’t bring it.

The BIG. Outside of having three teams ranked in the Top 6, the rest of the conference is mediocre to bad. The conference is currently the very definition of “top-heavy.” Michigan and Illinois are flirting at the bottom of the Top 25, but they have a low ceiling. Even our Mr. FishDuck took a break from his study of the ... The BIG Blows

The 2015 season, always a good year to find some interesting historical numbers. That year, Oregon's defense gave up 742 yards and 37 first downs to 6-7 ASU (in a win). In Oregon's two OT games, it's defense faced 108 and 105 snaps (the most faced so far this year has been 69). 6 of the 13 games the defense gave up 500+ yards (including 742 and 641). This year so far the most it has allowed has been 326 by Indiana. That Cal game was Jared Goff's first game at Cal after going over 10,000 career passing yards. Oregon rushed for 477 yards, 180 for Royce (6.2), 101 for Brooks-James (14.4), and 94 for Benoit (11.8). VA had 300 yards passing and 4 TDs (but had the odd stat of having two passes intercepted in the endzone).

The visit to the Doctor seems to have resulted in a discharge from the hospital and a healthy dose of go kick some butt. Yes, Rutgers is not a top 25 team. But they have had their moments with good teams and a more than competent passing attack. Oregon came out with a fire lit up under their heinies and even with a crappy first series, they opened up a three quarter long can of whoopa**. Three time zones away in Piscataway. DL doesn't spare the rod when correction is needed, nor does he excuse himself and his staff when they fail to put the team in a position to succeed. I keep going back to the humiliating defeat that tOSU took at the hands of Michigan last year. At home. To a team that had no business beating the ultimate national champion. To lose to Wolverine is the worst thing that can happen to Bucknutt. The long knives were out for Day. Something turned them into the juggernaut that buzz sawed through the CFP. Something had to happen in the locker room to flip that switch. A boat ton of talent is not a guarantee that you end up on top. You need humility and an understanding that talent may get you in the door but it's drive, heart, desire and accountability to the person standing next to you that leave you the ones standing at the end. This may not have been the most entertaining and inspirational Ducks vs Them ever, but it displayed the process of overcoming adversity and righting the ship.

Pro Football Focus Posts Great Week 8 Grades for Jordan Davison and Kenyon Sadiq - https://athlonsports.com/college-football/pff-highlights-oregon-offensive-duo-after-win-over-rutgers

It was a good "get right" game. But remember Rutgers has a pretty bad defense but their offense has been pretty good. Producing 300 yards through the air and a QB who has been throwing at close to 70% was reduced to sub 100 passing and only a 30% completion. So yes their defense sucks but their offense has kept them in games. So don't completely write this one off. But it's a stepping stone.

They're Mad 🤬in Mad City 😁Everybody not named Fickell, into the lifeboats! https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/dan-big-cat-katz-reeling-wisconsin-badgers-it-titanic-going-down

Wasn’t that Canzano in a recent Portland protest photo dressed up and dancing around in an inflatable beaver costume?

Perhaps the Cal QB is enjoying his 1 year, UC study exchange program but will rejoin us next year 😂

Was great to see the defense in sync this game, but sadly, I don't put much stock into it given the opponent. Hope the same carries into the more challenging opponents.

Are we even allowed walk-ons now? Aren't we at 105 scholarships and no walk-ons?

It’s the visibility. It’s ability to attract and retain players and coaches. As they say at In-N-Out, "double-double." My guess...if Texas, Oklahoma, USC, UCLA...were in the Pac, it would not have prevented a raid by the SEC/B1G. And, in that event, UO/UW would not have been on the list headed East.

Crazy thing, as you know, is that Oregon takes walk ons from in State that could be on scholarship elsewhere. The NIL basically makes them scholarship without the scholarship.