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Oregon's Dan Lanning: Playoff slate should 'mirror' other sports - ESPN

Agree on both counts.

So great to actually talk about games! Cignetti just makes me a bigger fan everyday... Welcome back. Mario!

Looks like August 2.

Charles, thanks for another great editing job. Looking at schedules and the odds, I think OBD, Ohio State, and Penn State will all return to the playoff, with at least one of the three having a 1st round bye and a good chance for the other two to host 1st round games. Many PO projections have No. 10 Miami playing No. 7 Oregon in Autzen. 😁 The B1G multi-million dollar question is whether the B1G will repeat with four teams in the PO field? Illinois returns 16 and not 18 (my bad) starters. Indiana has plugged its personnel losses through the portal. We may witness an unofficial playoff play-in game when Illinois travels to Bloomington in Week 4. The Illini will have played a tough out-of-conference game at Duke. Indiana will have chomped down on three cupcakes. Two things stood out to me from the first day of B1G media days. Cignetti justifying dropping a home-and-home series vs. UVA and replacing the Cavaliers with a G5 donut hole as being 'SEC-like scheduling.' CFB still relies on humans to determine the at-large playoff participants, no? The playoff committee last season was dumped on by the SEC and the SEC's buddy, ESPN, for giving a spot to an Indiana team that had a weak SOS. Do Cig's comments help the Hoosiers' playoff 2025-26 cause? Illinois in 2024 was the antithesis of USC, going 5-1 in one-score games. Will the ball bounce Illinois' way back-to-back? The schedule helps. Illinois plays Purdue, Rutgers, Maryland, and rival Northwestern, a B1G scheduling Superfecta, and plays USC and Ohio State at home. No OBD, Penn State, Michigan on the schedule. In addition to the game at Indiana, road games at Duke and UW will not be easy wins. Illinois does have an off week before traveling to Seattle, while UW plays at Michigan the week before. This does not thrill UW coach Jedd Fisch. (The other coach whose comments were not in line with preseason coach-speak was Maryland's Mike Locksley, repeatedly admitting that he 'lost the locker room in 2025.' Lost it because there was friction between the NIL Haves and Have Nots. WOW!) If Michigan can figure out the QB position, the Blue (fitting) Chip Roster Wolverines have a schedule to make the playoffs. Michigan has a Week 2 marquee OOC game at Oklahoma. Win this game, and the nation will notice a Wolverines team that would be 3-0 in its last three games against SEC opponents. In the conference, Michigan draws Purdue, Northwestern, and Maryland, and misses OBD, Penn State, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. The Blue play UW, Wisconsin, and Ohio State in Ann Arbor. Games at Michigan State, Nebraska, and USC could be challenging. It would be something for OBD to join the three B1G brand names in the 2025-26 playoffs.

SOS is why rankings don't have any validity until at least week 5, USC @ Illinois, Oregon at Penn State, big B1G games. Ohio State @ Washington, could this be interesting? Illinois @ Indiana in week 4.

Looks like a 4-0 start. then it's at Illinois, bye, Michigan at home, then at Notre Dame. bye, at Nebraska, Northwestern. Iowa at home, at Oregon, home for UCLA. Northwestern is the lock after the opening 4. You can recruit to USC, but the Trojans are closer to the Cornhuskers than they are to the Ducks.

If you boil down all of Petitti's and Sankey's PO discussion, this is about the Big Ten playing nine conference games and the SEC and ACC playing eight conference games. Petitti has all but said that if the SEC plays nine conference games, the B1G will support the 5-11 model in some fashion. In addition to the SEC playing nine, I think Tony wants significant changes to the selection and seeding process. With huge money at stake, I imagine we will see some compromise between the Power 2. But 16 teams in 2026? It will be difficult for the SEC to unwind current out-of-conference schedules by 2026. Sankey is more likely to back the B1G AQ model than Petitti is to go 5-11 without the SEC at nine conference games. I thought that Game of Thrones had no new episodes? 😁

Big NO IMO. Until LR AND USC demonstrate they can compete in the modern plug and play world against the rough and tumble B1G, they should get zero benefit of the doubt. One of the biggest differences between OBD and USC is we have an actual body of work (12-0 regular season in B1G, plug and play environment) with a coach that has averaged almost 12 wins a season. I think their loss range could be from 2 to 8, splitting that down the middle, I have them going 7-5. I think their odds of going 10-2 are better than them going 4-8, but not by much.

How will Oregon fare in 2025 following an undefeated regular season last year?

I dug into your mascot history and found something terrifying......

Oregon is like that kid in the library that keeps getting shushed and told to be quiet, respect the rules. "There are guidelines here young man. Show respect to these hallowed halls" Oregon " WAAAZZZUUUUPPPPP"

Makhi Hughes Video gives me confidence Oregon running game will continue to prosper. Makhi has is a complete running back: power, vision, balance, ability to laterally shift to avoid tackles and move to space, almost never goes down on first contac! I am pleased that Makhi will be a Duck running back this season!

Offense or Defense? If the offense can run and control the ball more then I say the Offense will lead. If Bear Alexander and Matayo Uiagalelei can create HAVOC and cause more 3 and outs, then the Defense will lead. I would like to see both groups be successful. Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Ducks' Offense or Defense To Lead Team Second Big...The Oregon Ducks have been on an upward trajectory since coach Dan Lanning landed in Eugene in 2022. At the center of the Ducks’ success under Lanning has been

Two interesting questions: does a top CFB Playoff contender’s schedule match it’s gaming odds to make the new 12 team Playoff field? Who are the best bets to make the Playoff when comparing odds to their schedules, according to FanDuel? Cool questions, and let’s apply them to the Big-10 conference for fun! Of course our own Mr. FishDuck took a ... Big Playoff Contender Schedules vs. Actual Odds

Well…that fit right in!

The Seahawks made a pair of additions prior to the start of training camp, signing rookie cornerback Kam Alexander and nose tackle Justin Rogers on Monday. Alexander, who went undrafted out of Oregon, participated in a rookie minicamp with the Seahawks and the Falcons. 10 Ducks were drafted, the most ever. 12 Ducks signed quickly as free-agents (7) or received minicamp invites (5) like Alexander. That's 22 guys who got NFL attention that won't be on the 2025 roster.

Off topic but Sabrina is always worth the discussion. Those wnba losers particularly Plumbob in this case, can't stop bleeding low class. Of course one girl stood out positively. It was Sabrina who voiced her displeasure at Plum's losing attitude about their gifts from the NBA and Caitlan Clark's role. Clarks got a long way to go to catch Ionescue in the sport as well as as a model player. Chuckoo7Inbox - Gmail 2.webloc

We have a pretty solid list of coaches. Melyssa Lombardi deserves accolades for resurrecting the program. However, I did notice that Kelly Graves contract is through the end of this upcoming season. If the team fails to improve this year is a coaching change on the horizon?

Got to feel happy for her. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/drama-heartbreak-and-transfers-inside-oregon-softballs-upheaval/ https://www.registerguard.com/story/sports/college/softball/2018/12/07/kleist-latest-to-leave-oregon/62943999007/

Great point. Riley was also shored up by having one of two Blue Chip rosters in the B12, and Texas not having its Sierra together. On the other hand, and I don't like giving Riley another hand, last season USC went 1-5 in one-score games. Conversely, 10-win Illinois went 5-1 in one-score games. I think SC has a good shot at going 9-3 this season and possibly 10-2. Michigan, Michigan State, and Iowa play SC in LA. SC is odds-on to lose in South Bend and Eugene, but has a shot of winning road games at Illinois and Nebraska. SC will be odds-on to win games vs. Missouri State, Georgia Southern, Purdue, Michigan State, Northwestern, and UCLA. SC was 4-2 at home last season, with a loss in OT to Penn State and two late in the 4th quarter 90+ yards pick-sixes versus Notre Dame. SC put up more yards against Notre Dame in 2024 than any other Irish opponent. The bowl win over an A&M team that had a 17-point lead late in the 3rd quarter was a terrific comeback victory that will help with QB Jayden Maiava's confidence coming into 2025. Last season, Riley too often went away from a very good run game, but did not do so versus A&M. In 2025, SC plays three teams: Michigan, Notre Dame, and OBD, with rosters equal to or better than the Trojans Blue Chip roster. In the penultimate game in the 2025 regular season, SC could be coming into Eugene in contention for a PO spot.

Good move. Oregon softball signs HC Melyssa Lombardi to contract extension through 2030

"What'd you expect? Oregon." Perfection.

Thanks, 30. The valuation of a team's worth included a separate valuation for football revenue. One B1G problem is that the folks who put this together included the 2023 COVID season, a season when the B1G only played six games. Thus, the revenue numbers for football are skewed in favor of the SEC. An interesting exercise by amateurs and not by a private equity group.

USC will be coming off a bye week, but Nebraska will be their second road game in a row after going to South Bend. USC will be Nebraska’s second home game in a row after playing Northwestern the week prior. Nebraska has a better QB situation and they’re playing a blue blood at home in front of their fans. They’re also playing November 1st so weather might favor them as well. USC has more talent and I think they will win, but they do have some factors working against them.