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Book it! One of these 18 teams will win the CFB title in 2025-26. Since the inception of the BCS in 1998, no team without a Blue Chip Roster has won a championship. No, having to win three or four games to win a title means you have to have a deep and talented roster. OBD has a Blue Chip Roster, but will not be considered to be Blue Blood before winning a Natty or two. 2011 and 2015, SIGH 😧

Oregon is absolutely the elitest team without a football Natty; U-Dub is the non-elitest team with a football Natty.

The Blue-Chip article with the percentages are right here, but with Oregon at a new all-time high of 78% Blue-Chip....doesn't that truly make us elite?

The majority of Oregon's roster is made up of blue-chip recruiting talent, giving the Ducks the fifth-best ratio in the country for 2025 The Ducks come in well above that baseline this fall. Oregon's roster is the fifth-best in the country from a blue-chip ratio perspective, Elliott concluded, as a program-record 78 percent of the players on this year's team qualify as blue-chippers. That figure surpasses last year's mark of 76 percent for the best since Elliott took up the practice. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-ducks-football-2025-blue-chip-ratio-251828541/

The football program that pays for the non-revenue sports is getting the most money? Shocking! Oklahoma has laid off athletic department employees. This will likely be the norm and not the exception.

Spot on. Teddy is credited with saving CFB, which was understandably too rough for the Rough Rider. https://www.history.com/articles/how-teddy-roosevelt-saved-football

Someone said in another topic that the 2015 and 2016 seasons were when OBD had officially Jumped The Shark with the uniforms and I have to agree. Oregon's design team and Nike had essentially been given carte blanche to make whatever they wanted and the result was, at times, absolutely insane. The Lewis and Clark uniforms wreaked of desperation The Green camo for the 2015 Civil War and helmet had zero flow and looked like something the All America Bowl teams would wear The Oregon Duck uniform against Colorado. Nothing more needs to be said... The Oregon Webfoots getting rolled in 2OT against Cal Not saying Helf got fired because of the uniforms, but someone definitely did.

The money being spent for a winning college football team is crazy. Apparently, the wealthy, and Corporate America, need an immediate intervention. They are asking for someone to impose a subjective NIL “salary cap” to save them from themselves. Once a collective secures the commitment of a 5* recruit with a stupidly priced NIL contract offer, the collective is expected to continue to offer millions to kids just out of high school. It’s an addiction, and we all are wondering when someone finally intervenes. Whether we like it, or not, sports entertainment is BIG business.

Good luck, yuck, yuck. This is 'speaking softly.' Only Congress carries a 'big stick.' Hats off for trying. Soaring to GloryHere we go again. President Trump wants to insert himself...Name, Image and Likenesslegislation is one of the few things that has some level of bipartisan support in Congress. Currently, the House of Representatives is w

For instance, they have invested a significant amount in Lincoln Riley and the football program. Now, they need to be careful with NIL expenditures and success on the field. Reports also suggest that the university’s football is getting more financial resources as compared to women’s basketball, which has been a high-profile program the recent years.

I don't know if creating a trust is communist or fascist or whatnot, but that's a gem. Athletes knew they were being screwed 100 years ago. I definitely am not super interested in an executive order due to its temporary nature, which will just create more stuff to adapt to. Although maybe we should be for this constant churn as UO seems to gain an advantage by being innovative in adapting to these changes better and quicker than anyone else, giving us an advantage with roster building.

Tough Pull Out of Georgia. Four-Star Recruit Nick Abrams Announces Commitment Decision To SEC Powerhouse

California has and will be Oregon's best recruiting grounds. Oregon Ducks On SIIs Oregon Ducks Recruiting's California Pipeline Stronger...The Oregon Ducks and coach Dan Lanning are recruiting around the country for the best athletes and have had a ton of success recruiting in California in recent

EssentiallySportsDeep in $358M Deficit, College Football Program Forced to...Buried in a $358M deficit, a powerhouse college football program faces tough financial decisions in the high-stakes NIL era.

I believe Teddy Roosevelt started the NCAA.

He may get to play early in Chapel Hill, but he’s going to one of the dullest atmospheres I have ever experienced. Their stadium empties out at halftime no matter the score or the opponent. Even when they had good teams with Howell and Maye at QB their crowd sucked. You could actually hear the opposing QB calling his audibles as if he was only a few feet away. I’m sure the price was right, but flipping from OSU to UNC only makes sense on the hardwood. The football team will always be little brother on that campus.

UNC fake class scandal and NCAA’s response wind their way to D.C. | CNN The NCAA declined to sanction the university, saying the scandal was academic in nature, not athletic. NCAA hands out punishment to Memphis for academic violations | Yardbarker

"College sports leaders have met with Congress 13 different times in an effort to gain federal intervention in the NIL process..." Well...if we can't get help from the NCAA or Congress...?

Beavis: "Oregon is all about the money." (Then they steal 300 million from the departing other 10 Pac-12 members) Beavis: "Oregon broke up the conference!" (Then they go about destroying the Mountain West Conference)

REMEMBER, NO POLITICAL COMMENTS OR THE TOPIC WILL BE BLOCKED AND SUBSEQUENT THREADS DELETED. Donald Trump college sports NIL executive order plan new to leaders

Where our current "commits" rank . . . 6 of the top 100, 4 of the next 100, with 3 more top 100 targets. . . edge Tank Jones No. 16, CB Davon Benjamin No. 22, DL Deuce Geralds No. 30. Which Oregon Ducks Commits Are Rising Fast In Top-300 Recruiting Rankings?

Or in the DB room. Elite Ohio State Buckeyes Recruit Flips Commitment to North Carolina

The B1G, to date, is not backing down. 5-11 will be considered if the SEC plays nine conference games. SIBig Ten Tightens Stance on College Football Playoff Expan...The league is not currently compromising on its preferred CFP format unless the SEC makes a scheduling change.

What else should a recruit have to see? The Duck is The GOAT