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As you all know, there was a meeting on October 10th regarding our new home and their southeastern counterparts, which went pretty smoothly in terms of scheduling, now, a few days later, it seems the possibility of an scheduling alliance is inevitable, with a lot of possible matchups bringing eyeballs to CBS, NBC, Fox and Disney. There's still some issues that need to be resolved regarding our schedules, would Oregon drop the upcoming games against Baylor and Oklahoma State in favor of Texas or Alabama? Could we continue the Civil War against Oregon State? (albeit they're no longer a Power team) Getting teams like the Longhorns or Tide to Autzen Stadium and viceversa is obviously going to be positive gains for the networks and fan interest, honestly I can't wait to see what sorts of wacky matchups this alliance brings. GO DUCKS!!! SEC, Big Ten discussing series of ‘challenge’ football games, reports say WWW.AL.COM Talks considered ‘very preliminary’ at this point

After our great win against Ohio State, bowl projectors are expecting great things from our team, with two writers in particular choosing us to play in the national championship. These are the projections so far: CBS Sports: CFP first round against Boise State 247Sports: CFP first round against Boise State and quarterfinals against BYU ESPN Bonagura: CFP quarterfinals against Georgia, semifinals against Penn State and national championship against Texas ESPN Schlabach: CFP quarterfinals against Penn State, semifinals against Georgia and national championship against Texas Ofc we still need to focus on winning all of our games left, but that win against Ohio State gave me massive hope.

Giving more thought about the Big Ten x SEC alliance that will probably happen two days before our game against Ohio State, on Thursday, October 10th, I was thinking how our future schedules, which are pretty much full between next year and 2028. Ofc this is an hypothetical as we don't know if the scheduling agreement will go through, much less how it will operate, but let's give some thoughts, obviously the agreement will require our Ducks and other teams like Ohio State to play one random opponent from the Southeastern Conference, but there's a catch, we already have some opponents scheduled (none from the SEC tho) like Oklahoma State and Baylor, which I'm sure will get canned in case the agreement does happen in favor of other teams like Alabama or Georgia. If we exclusively schedule SEC teams as our required Power opponent, then what will happen to the other two spots reserved for cupcakes? Will we keep them or will they be changed as well? For example, there's a lot of people saying our 2-for-1 home and home series with Utah State might get cancelled as well, maybe to get the Oregon State Beavers in our schedule again, since it's likely the Pac-12 won't be considered a Power league anymore, then I hope we can play both the SEC teams and Oregon State in a single season, regardless of people's thoughts on the river rat program, if everything goes as planned and as I predicted, here could be a potential future OOC schedule: Week 1: A Big Sky team like Portland State Week 2: The required SEC team Week 3: Oregon State I've been thinking that the scheduling agreement will happen starting in 2026, which is when the new CFP deal will take place, it will also be a key part of the discussions between our league and the SEC that start next week. Regardless of what y'all think of this, I'm definitely glad that Oregon will not be left behind and is part of the Big Ten, giving us Rose Bowl-esque games each season. Go Ducks!!!

Also, this article seemed to confirm that the meeting will happen on October 10th, AKA next Thursday. Why the SEC and Big Ten are meeting to talk CFP automatic bids and scheduling arrangements WWW.NYTIMES.COM Conference leaders want a better understanding of what access to the 12-team CFP will be starting in 2026 before adjusting their schedules.

Don't worry, the Big Ten is doing everything they can so the SEC goes to 9 games, Texas AD Chris Del Conte is also confident it will happen

I have noticed that we don't have any SEC team scheduled as of now, and it's likely the alliance will result on us and our fellow 17 conference mates to have at least one SEC team scheduled per season. So, which teams will be chosen to fill our schedules? Could it be Alabama, Florida, LSU, South Carolina or Texas?

Looks like this will be scheduling related: Sources: Big Ten, SEC to talk possible scheduling partnership - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM SEC and Big Ten athletic directors will meet next week to discuss a possible partnership in football scheduling and preferences for...

SEC, Big Ten officials to meet on CFP format, House case, scheduling agreement SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Athletic directors from the two biggest conferences in college sports are meeting to discuss House settlement case, the future... What caught my eye was the potential scheduling agreement between the two sides, what kind of matchups would happen? Oregon vs. Oklahoma?

I personally disagree with the "only schedule cupcakes" thing, since making the playoff will be easier since 12 or 14 is larger than 4 and we are not a mid-level team in the Big Ten, I personally really enjoy uncommon OOC matchups like the series we had with Tennessee, and I hope the Beavs get relegated to G5 so we can schedule them AND a good Power team for the same season.

Is Oregon State vs. Oregon football series due for a pause following 2025 season? WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM The Beavers and Ducks play for the 128th time Saturday, but next year's game could be the last for a while because of financial... Honestly I hope we can continue the rivalry but also be able to schedule good non-conference opponents from the SEC and Big 12, to have more variety.

Well, I still think the current answer is mostly based on the 8 vs. 9 conference games debate that the SEC is having, when the final decision it's taken I expect more scheduling news from the SEC members. As of now, let's look forward to the playoffs!

Alabama AD Greg Byrne explains why Tide won't schedule Oregon despite being from Eugene - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne explained why a home-and-home series cannot be scheduled with Oregon despite being... Well, at least I can understand the motives behind this and I'm still glad that the playoff got expanded, so maybe the chances increase?

I wonder who will we schedule while in the Big Ten, I hope we still get a Power opponent that isn't Stanford, Cal, Utah, Colorado or the Arizonas, albeit UU would be nice af.

Oregon, Hawaii mutually agree to cancel two future football games FBSCHEDULES.COM The Oregon Ducks and Hawaii Rainbow Warriors have mutually agreed to cancel two future football games, FBSchedules.com...

Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti discusses scheduling improvements TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Tony Petitti knows his scheduling practices will have to continuously be tweaked to create a better experience for... This is a TrojansWire article, but it does apply to us as well. Honestly, screw the cupcakes, gimme Alabama, LSU or Utah

Dan Lanning WILL BE our Nick Saban! Mark my words!

Oregon AD Rob Mullens says he ‘did worry’ Ducks could lose Dan Lanning to Alabama WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM Mullens said he is "paid to worry," but that what Lanning has said in public about his loyalty to Oregon is the same as what he has...

I still have a little bit of hope we schedule a P4 opponent that isn't one of our former Pac foes, as much as I understand why y'all only want them

If you're an scheduling nerd like me, you'll have noticed recently that fellow Big Ten newcomer UCLA has cancelled home and homes against Auburn and Georgia, replacing them with Utah and Cal, former Pac-12 foes. Meanwhile for our Ducks, I still think we could schedule more good opponents but it will be trickier in case we want to keep an Oregon State series till the end of times, I'm still hopeful we can schedule a home and home series or a kickoff game against a GOOD team like Alabama (just like Utah and Miami recently did), but I won't be surprised if we keep scheduling a bunch of cupcakes and local opponents.

I've seen quite a few people say that Big Ten baseball is not doing well right now, and that the four expansion members will unironically be among the best ones on the conference in 2025. Do y'all agree? Will Oregon advance very far on the next Big Ten tourney?

I really really hope we make the College World Series again after 70 years.

College football teams we want the Oregon Ducks to play for first time DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Bring on Bama? How about Clemson and Tulane while we’re at it.

I just sent him an email related to an scheduling idea, hopefully he does consider it tho I doubt he will ever reply

I'll try to find Rob's contact in GoDucks.com, so maybe I can tell him about our proposals. I'll propose him future scheduling ideas, anything y'all wanna tell him?

Is there any way we can contact him about our proposals? Like the firings or the future non-conference opponent ideas?