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Place your Diamond bets? NCAA Baseball Tournament: Best bets, picks to win 2025 College World Series - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM No. 3 Arkansas is the betting favorite to win the CWS, but there is also plenty of value to be found elsewhere I'm not betting on bacon on the hoof.

4-Star Receiver Recruit Messiah Hampton To Commit To Oregon Ducks Over Penn State? Four-star wide receiver recruit Messiah Hampton is one of the top receivers from the class of 2026, and he recently narrowed down his final seven schools, including the Oregon Ducks. Hampton will announce his commitment on June 13. Will the Ducks land one of the top recruits in the nation? 4-Star Receiver Recruit Messiah Hampton To Commit To Oregon Ducks Over Penn State? WWW.SI.COM The Oregon Ducks are looking to add to their recruiting class of 2026, and one target of Oregon coach Dan Lanning and the Ducks is four-star wide receiver Messi

Early Enrollee Spring Rewind: Gavin Nix Here is a breakdown of what Oregon true freshman Gavin Nix showed during his first spring football camp. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-football-gavin-nix-ducks-football-spring-football-250353486/

Oregon 2025 signee OL Alai Kalaniuvalu enrolls with BYU Oregon's 2025 class took a hit as Alai Kalaniuvalu has officially enrolled with BYU after signing with the Ducks. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/alai-kalaniuvalu-oregon-ducks-football-recruiting-enrolls-with-byu-250340667/

DECOMMITMENT?! Oregon Football SURPRISING DEVELOPING: Oregon Football recruiting NEEDS to build

$$$ for the Irish? Yes. But SC receives no additional revenue from the B1g for playing ND, and a loss to ND could keep SC from earning multi-millions in postseason PO dollars. I'm with GMc. ESPN analyst thinks fans are overreacting about Notre Dame-USC possible cancellation SATURDAYBLITZ.COM The thought of losing the annual clash between Notre Dame and USC is enough to make any college football traditionalist groan. This rivalry has been around for Outside of the ACC scheduling deal and G6 opponents, I think B1G, B12, and SEC teams scheduling regular season games against ND is senseless.

That is very true. Alabama lost credibility by losing to Okie and Vandy, but let's look at my favorite team, Indiana, and examine if the Tuna was right, were they good as their record said they were?

So many great comments, including the above comment. I don't disagree with the idea of eliminating post-season in-conference tournaments, but I believe a conference champ game in football, or a playoff play-in between team No. 3 vs. No. 6, and No. 4 vs. No. 5,, with a game played between the top two teams for playoff seeding only, is more logical today than when Bama defeated Florida in the first SEC champ game in 1992. Divisions in all of the Power 4 football conferences are gone. In the Power4, with close to half the conference teams not playing each other in a given season, the strength of schedule teams play within a conference will vary every season. Compare OBD's 2025 schedule with Wisconsin's. The Badgers have a much more difficult slate to play. It's the same for Florida compared to Missouri. Compare Stanford to Wake Forest, and CU to Houston. These are not "fair" SOS fights. This season, OBD plays two preseason ranked B1G opponents, Penn State and Indiana. Wisconsin plays five, OBD, Ohio State, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, plus a game at Alabama. If the Badgers go 7-2 in conference and OBD finishes 8-1, is Oregon ipso facto the better team? In 2027, OBD plays Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, and UW. Will a B1G team that plays two ranked teams in 2027 and finishes 8-1 be better than OBD at 7-2? With multi-millions in playoff dollars at stake, the B1G must send its best teams to the playoffs with the proper seeding. Again, in a play-in situation, the top two teams at the conclusion of the regular season are in the playoff field. Two of the teams that finished third through sixth are out unless otherwise within the top 16 ranked teams. With the House settlement on the horizon, Oklahoma has announced cuts to its athletic department. Many other schools are worse off financially than the Sooners, and there will be cuts across the board. I know Rob Mullens has said there will not be cuts to non-revenue sports, but I don't see how, with a cap on direct payment to athletes, this is possible. For non-revenue sports, play it like it lies. The schedule strength will not be equal, but networks are not paying, with the possible exception of women's basketball, for postseason non-revenue in conference tournaments. Broadcasters open their wallets for a championship football game and a men's basketball conference tournament. Money that cannot be refused without Ivy League-like reforms. It was annoying last season to listen to SEC folks and ESecPN honks talking about valuing wins more than counting losses. But the more I ponder the point, I find myself more in agreement. Many two-loss teams in college football are not as good as a number of three-loss teams. 1-loss Boise State was ranked No. 9 by the PO committee in 2024. The Broncos would have been underdogs in the majority of games played against No. 10 through No. 16 Clemson. Again, I more than understand the desire to let the regular season count in all sports, but conference schedules are not created equally.

man I dont really care for these 26 kids. They are all over the place. leveraging money by using Oregon honestly We are pretty stacked youth wise. I would go portal and just skip 26 HS recruits. Immature bunch and its become a shyt show with them

Excellent article, and it makes me appreciate what we have and explains why it is so hard to create the depth at offensive line that we strive for. The amount of quality, proven depth at offensive line at Oregon is WAY below what it is at other positions, and that article helps to confirm why. We do have some talented newbies that will eventually be starters, and because we are Oregon...we will get portal transfers easier than most schools.

Conference Championship games become like the last game of the season in the NFL. Teams that clinched a spot in the playoffs may rest players, while others may still need the win. I agree a conference championship game is devalued in the BIG, or SEC. In most years, a third seeded Big, or SEC team, will be better than the ACC, or BIG 12 champion. Tough to create a perfect playoff system.

A shill is right, as he's completely wrong. A CCG completely devalues the regular season. At the end, one team has won the most games, last season Oregon won them all. But to "win" the championship they have to beat a team, that didn't do as well. Years ago, former Arizona basketball coach, Lute Olsen, was an outspoken critic of the Pac-12 Tournament. At the time I dismissed his objection, now, obviously I see he was right.

I felt this is such a common situation in college football that it deserved a topic of its own. OBD are fortunate to have a head coach and a offensive line coach who do a great job at Oregon. It's also great to have a NIL group who help immensely. The offensive line crisis in college football: What's behind the decline? - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Even elite programs are struggling to find and stack depth up front

Oh wow! "Have a take, and Don't Suck". I remember when Jim Dome was in Santa Barbara waxing poetic way back in the late 80s. When he came to LA, he had regions battling each other nonstop. Listening to Cleveland and "Bugahaw"(Nebraska) to go off on each other every day was glorious. Jim Rome is a legend, and he was the one that blew up fan engagement on talk radio. That is is a beautiful take 30. And I totally agree. Expanding to 16 is ok. They just need to start the season early, and no byes.

I think 2025 could be a very interesting year with a heck of a lot of surprises. So many of the traditional powerhouses are breaking in new QBs--Texas Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, and Oregon to name a few. While there is talent in the QB rooms at all these institutions, we can probably anticipate some problems for some of the teams. Florida has some real talent in their first units on both sides of the ball. Their Achilles heel will be depth and I have a hard time believing that they will be traveling to Autzen or any playoff destination. These projections are fun but are really silly season. Can't wait until Fall camp begins when we can have something substantive to mull over and feel great or fret about.

Amen, but broadcast partners, including one that employs Klatt, will not pay the same broadcast dollars without a conference champ game or something that replaces the champ game.

As expected, Wesley's "commitment" was not watertight. https://athlonsports.com/college/oregon-ducks/nations-no-1-edge-decommits-oregon-after-viral-video-dan-lanning-richard-wesley

One thing he’s right about, the conference championship game is devalued and should just be eliminated. The minute the field expanded from four the conference championship games became as meaningful as bowl games, imo.

I could not disagree more. If this was the "Jim Rome Show" Klatt has a "Terrible Take Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt pushed back against the straight seeding model for the College Football Playoff in 2025. He used a reseeded bracket for the first 12-team edition if it used the new model. Previously, the 12-team playoff ensured the top four seeds (and byes) would go to the four highest ranked conference champions. Now, that is no longer the case. “The obvious problem with the graphic that you see right over there is that Penn State and Texas, they wouldn’t have been penalized at all for losing the SEC and Big Ten championship game,” Klatt said on his podcast. “Well, that’s obviously a problem, because they’re the winners of those games. Oregon and Georgia aren’t gaining a real advantage. “Maybe you could say the seed that they’re getting is going to be better, because their potential matchup in that quarterfinal round is better. Okay, you can maybe make that argument, but really, what is the incentive of winning and playing hard in that game?” Klatt’s argument is the devaluing of the conference championship games even further. Some made the argument last season because Oregon went undefeated and won the Big Ten, earning the No. 1 seed. However Ohio State, the eventual national champion, didn’t even play for the conference crown and boat-raced the Ducks in the quarterfinals. “Now, what they have done for this season in 2025 by going to a straight seeding model, is that they have devalued the conference championship games, in particular in the two best conferences in the country where our last two national championships have come from,” Klatt said. “These two conferences, which continue to get better and better and better and house the best teams in the country, now you’ve devalued the conference championship game. “None of us like that. So while the seeding might be better for this season, and moving forward, I certainly don’t like the thought of devaluing a game that I think should be very important and should have some real meaning and consequence for the winner and the loser.” Of the four teams that earned the bye last season, none were able to win their first game. That included ninth-ranked Boise State and 12th-ranked Arizona State. It also included the top-two ranked teams in Oregon and Georgia. This comes at a time when there have been discussions about several changes to the College Football Playoff. That includes potential further expansion to either 14 or 16 teams. Those discussions also include proposals that there would be automatic bids that go along with the CFP. In one, it would include four SEC teams, four Big Ten teams, two Big 12 teams, two ACC teams, one Group of Six team, and three automatic bids.

Will the folks living downstairs please Zip It! Amid heated College Football Playoff debate, SEC's Greg Sankey unloads on ACC, Big 12 WWW.USATODAY.COM As debate over expanded College Football Playoff heats up, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey fires back at ACC, Big 12 rivals:

Wasikowski on performing at the Eugene Regional: 'It takes a lot of buy-in Oregon baseball is back in the NCAA Tournament, looking to reach its third straight Super Regional https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-ducks-baseball-mark-wasikowski-on-the-eugene-regional-it-takes-a-lot-of-buy-in-250333648/

This gentleman sees OBD with a chance to win it all. Anonymous Big Ten coach: Oregon Ducks 'in the mix' for 2026 national championship DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM An anonymous Big Ten football coach tabbed the Oregon Ducks as a threat to win the national championship in 2026.

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey Speaks Out on PO Changes. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey unloads 3 College Football Playoff hot takes DAWNOFTHEDAWG.COM Changes are coming to the College Football Playoff. The contract for the 12-team playoff expires at the end of the 2025 season, so that means new changes could In a sport with so much difference in schedules, roster talent, coaching, etc., how do you determine the best teams? Especially when a committee hides its decision-making process. When it ranks a G5 team with a bogus strength of schedule above the B12 champion? If the CFB committee shared the metrics used to determine its PO rankings, fine. Instead, the process is opaque at best. Compare Florida's schedule to every B12 schedule. Is a 2-loss B12 team in 2025, better than a 3-loss Florida team?

Under the ESPN broadcast agreement, the 2026-27 and subsequent College Football (CFB) Playoff (PO) formats must be decided upon by December of this year. The Power 2 has the voting power to ensure each conference will have four teams in the PO field every season. The CFB Cassandras are crying out that guaranteed PO spots will destroy the sanctity of the PO system. Ho meet Hum? Having four SEC teams in the field, along with more broadcast money, of course, is critical to the SEC's determining whether to add an extra conference regular-season SEC game. SEC Weighing Nine-Game League Schedule Amid College Football Playoff Tweaks WWW.SI.COM The format would include three annual opponents and a rotating group of six more teams with the possibility to reevaluate for competitive equity. 4-teams in the field will also be a determining factor for the B1G and the SEC to agree to an annual out-of-conference (OOC) football challenge like we see in college basketball. If agreed upon, broadcast revenue for these games between the B1G and the SEC is expected to bring in multi-millions of dollars in broadcast revenue; revenue that can be used to buy out existing scheduled OOC Games. I have no idea how challenge game opponents would be determined by the Power 2. However, using the SP+ post-spring rankings, the following are twelve games that would be played between Top-40 B1G and SEC teams in 2025. As the defending CFB champ, I have awarded SP+ No. 1 Ohio State a home game and alternated home sites thereafter. No. 2 Alabama at No. 1 Ohio State. No. 3 Penn State at No. 4 Georgia. No. 5 Texas at No. 7 OREGON No. 10 Michigan at No. 9 LSU No. 11 Ole Miss at No. 19 Illinois No. 13 Tennessee at No. 23 Indiana No. 28 Iowa at No. 14 Florida No. 15 Texas A&M at No. 30 USC No. 34 Nebraska at No. 16 Oklahoma No. 17 South Carolina at No. 37 Wisconsin No. 39 UW at No. 21 Missouri No. 25 Auburn at No. 40 Minnesota. One dozen Top-40 vs. Top-40 matchups. Bama at The Shoe, Nittany Lions 'Tween the Hedges, a Longhorns stampede in Eugene, a Wolverine in Death Valley, a classic series revived when Nebraska visits Norman, teams from Dixie playing Up North, and B1G teams playing Down South. Man, I'd love to have this inventory to sell.

Yes... but only if some crazy shenanigans like this past year doesn't happen. I think at least one three-loss team is probably getting in in any given year. If Clemson (3-losses) did not win the ACC last year it would have been one of the 3-loss SEC teams that gets in that did not win their conference. Clemson jumped on in and SMU held onto their spot because they only had 2-losses (one being the Conference Championship game). So I think it is completely possible for a 3-loss team without a conference championship to get into the playoff... but being that team is going to come down to some unique circumstances and some quality wins.