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Ducks now 39-4 and get ready to host UCLA for Big Ten lead this weekend. Ducks trailed 1-3 after four innings, and 2-3 after five. Scored 3 runs in top of 7th, then Beavers left 2 on in bottom of 7th.

University of Oregon suing former RB coach Carlos Locklyn for breach of contract WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM UO filed a civil suit against Locklyn for breach of contract earlier this month, claiming when went to Ohio State he owed approximately $400,000 and has yet to pay the school.

WR Adrian Wilson flipped from TCU to Oregon July 29, 2023, then flipped from Oregon the following March, 2024. Wilson committed to ASU in April. He then flipped out of ASU in October 2024 to Colorado. Now with less than a semester on the Colorado campus as an early entry member of class of 2025, Wilson has decided to leave Colorado....was a four-star recruit from Pflugerville, Texas. TCU>Oregon>ASU>Colorado>??

A four-star recruit out of Junipero Serra High, the 5-foot-9, 180-pound Pleasant was ranked No. 90 nationally in the 247Sports Composite in the class of 2023. He is the 12th member of UO’s 2023 recruiting class to transfer and the highest-rated of those players. CBSSports.com first reported the portal entry of Pleasant, the 10th UO scholarship player to enter the portal this offseason and the first in the spring transfer window. His departure leaves UO with 82 projected scholarship players in 2025. Oregon coach Dan Lanning said Pleasant was participating in the team’s practices and meetings when available, but was participating in track again this spring. He had four tackles, one pass breakup and a forced fumble while appearing in seven games in 2023....had one tackle in four games while redshirting in 2024. Oregon CB and former four-star recruit Rodrick Pleasant enters the transfer portal

Ducks are 38-4 for the best start in their program history. Div 1 teams can lose 4 games from the pitcher getting up on the wrong side of the bed. No. 1 A&M is 37-5, outscored 31-14 in 5 losses. Two of the 5 by 1 run each, the other 3 losses by combined 15. Oregon outscored 18-11 in the 4 losses. Two of the 4 by 1 run each, the other 2 losses by combined 5. Will be interesting to see how the Ducks play in Corvallis on Wednesday? Will they try to "save players" for the weekend showdown with UCLA? UCLA does not play mid-week before arriving in Eugene.

Well, reading 30Duck's list of schools...all from the SEC....apparently there is SEC polling bias in softball also? That is, "if we beat another SEC school we must be superior." That being said, there are 9 SEC schools in the Top 15. Only Oregon and UCLA from the B1G. As the season winds down, these SEC schools will dominate the locations for home games to open the regionals for the softball world series due to "ranking.". If the CFP expands, and the home openers are based on "polls" the CFP will also become an SEC centric tournament. That has always been the scenario that the B1G, ACC and Big12 feared.

I believe the 2017 season started 37-4, then was 38-6 when it got the 38th victory. Don't mean to diminish the 2025 accomplishment, but 2017 was playing Pac12 softball competition. 2017 final rankings 3-UW 4-Oregon 5-UCLA 9-Arizona 14-Utah 23-ASU 26-Cal 2025 current ranking 4-Oregon 7-UCLA 23-Nebraska 24-Ohio St

"No. 4 Oregon’s biggest test of conference play still awaits, though. The Ducks travel to Corvallis for a non-conference game on Wednesday, before hosting No. 8 UCLA at Jane Sanders Stadium in a series starting Friday." At 38-4 the Ducks have their best W-L start in program history. Though, we probably need to recognize the Ducks are not facing a full-slate of Pac12 competition now. The Ducks previous best was 38-6 in 2017 after being 37-4. UCLA is 40-5 and will not play mid-week before traveling to Eugene. Both teams are tied at 12-1 and co-leaders of the Big Ten. 10-3 Nebraska is third. Nebraska does not play either Oregon or UCLA in regular season, though is 0-1 vs UCLA from an early non-conference tournament in mid-February. After hosting UCLA, the Ducks will travel to Indiana (7-7), then host Michigan State (3-10). UCLA will travel to Michigan (8-4), then host Northwestern (9-3). Oregon's conference loss is at Washington, UCLA at Iowa.

Reminder on the SEC's intraconference transfer rules: No SEC-to-SEC transfers in the spring portal, even for grad transfers. Nico can't go to another SEC school and gain immediate eligibility, and Tennessee can't go get their next starter from an SEC foe.

"Tennessee might be interested in whoever is the No. 2 QB at Oregon after the Spring Game" Not directly tied to my comment here, but except in very adversarial relationships, I bet there is more communication between head coaches about potential players than we realize. Might Cristobal and Matt Wells (Tex Tech) had some conversation about Tyler Shough before the transfer, for example? If a kid wants to leave, help him find a spot? If a kid wants to arrive, check with his former head coach first? And, so on.

Reportedly...if anything from the Internet is ever an accurate report.... both Notre Dame and USC have told him not interested, and Lanning called Heupel a few days ago. Imagine the scrutiny that will accompany any program that offers Nico a spot now that this publicity has surfaced. The theory is he was jealous of his current NIL in comparison to what a couple more recent portal transfers have received. Now, he may have to hope he can find a spot that will match Tennessee? That may be problematic based on the P.R. fallout.

Huuuuge upset over Denver. Denver had won 2 of last 3 titles, and 3 of last 7.

Exposure, which is exactly why UW pulled the plug on the Pac offer, and UO quickly followed. Maybe OSU & WSU will begin to understand? The Pac-12 needs to make a media rights decision. With upheaval looming, the answer is clear. – San Diego Union-Tribune ARCHIVE.PH archived 10 Apr 2025 22:02:47 UTC

Interesting view here....Did Oregon State, Washington State build a Pac-12 they're not good enough to compete in? Did Oregon State, Washington State build a Pac-12 they're not good enough to compete in? NEVADASPORTSNET.COM The easy thing for Oregon State and Washington State to do during the latest wave of conference realignment was a reverse merger with the Mountain West. The Be

I think one of the more interesting things about Big Ten stadiums is location based on their age. Many of the older stadiums were built on the edge of town, then the town grew up around them. As a result, many don't have nearby parking lots. So, nearby residents often rent their front lawns for parking and/or tailgaters. Walking through a neighborhood can be a cruise through a festive environment. You might invite a friend to a tailgater by saying, "we'll be at 542 Elm St" because they rent space in a front yard for a whole season, or multiple seasons. The homeowner charges rent, and uses part of the rent money for visitors access to water, electricity and use of a rented porta potty. It can be a lengthy walk from a parking location to the stadium. Kind of a fan version of the Ducks Mo Center march to victory. And, a real traffic jam after the game is over unless there is a post-game tailgater.

The Wave to children in the hospital is at the end of the 1st quarter. Historical matchup scores - none were against an Iowa team that finished above .500 1949 - Ducks 31-34 in Iowa City (Iowa was 4-5 end of season) 1989 - Ducks 44-6 in Iowa City (Iowa was 5-6) 1994 - Ducks 40-18 in Eugene (Iowa was 5-5-1) Kinnick Stadium holds 69,250. Built in 1929, re-named after Nile Kinnick in 1972 who was Heisman winner in 1939. Died as a Navy pilot in WWII. Similar to Rich Brooks Field, the Iowa field is named after Duke Slater who was the first Black player in the College Football Hall of Fame, and first Black lineman in the NFL. The stadium is the only college stadium named after a Heisman winner. When Hayden Fry was head coach, the visitor locker room was remodeled in pink which includes everything from pink urinals to pink lockers. Fry was a psychology major in college and believed pink would lead to a "passive response". It was pink in 1989 when the Ducks throttled the Hawkeyes 44-6. November 8, game day, the average temperature range is 31 degrees low to 51 degrees high.

Ducks were 27th in AP ranking with 25-10 record. Six ranked teams had 24 wins or less. Four of those 6 were from the SEC, such as No. 20 Arkansas (22-14) The Ducks were 8-8 in Quad 1 games, 10-2 in Quad 2. Perhaps some of the AP voters aren't paying attention? That being said about 2025, the Ducks have not been consistently ranked in the final AP ranking in the last few years. 2025: 27th 2024: 27th 2023: NR 2022: NR 2021: 31st 2020: 13th - no Tournament, so 13th final regular season poll 2019: NR 2018: NR 2017: 9th in AP before Tournament, final Coaches poll was No. 3 after Duck's Final Four appearance 2016: 5th

I don't have a pick, or particular bias between the two, but I probably would be happy to see "the old guy" Kelvin Sampson get the win. 69- Sampson 68- Jim Calhoun, 2011 68- Coach K, 2015 66- Roy Williams, 2017 66- Phog Allen, 1952 64- John Wooden, 1975 Allen was oldest to win his first title, next "first" was Lute Olson (62) in 1997. Though Sampson would "beat" them both. Geno Auriemma is 71. I believe Rick Barnes (70) and Dana Altman (66) are oldest active Power 4 coaches to not have won a championship.

The only question left is how much longer will it be before Legacy B1G message boards are full of "it's PK's money" as their excuse for the periodic losses to the Ducks? While ignoring they generally have bigger facilities, higher attendance, less travel, higher enrollment, bigger athletic budgets, etc. etc.

AND, across town the Oregon softball team did a 9-1 run-rule game on Saturday evening against Michigan. Both Michigan teams being in Eugene made me wonder if there was a combined charter flight? But softball series ended Saturday night, and baseball still has a game on Sunday.

“We didn’t show up and do our jobs,” Close remarked at the postgame press conference. It was raw and honest. “Credit to UConn. They were the aggressors. They played more purposefully.” Cory said, just looking down at the stat paper. “They played more connected. They were tougher than us tonight. They handed it to us.” “We got exposed. We got out-touched. We got our but-s beat today,” Close added. “And it stings right now. And may the pain of that regret and this loss … if handled well, buy us a ticket to be better the next time, hopefully we get this opportunity.” That game plan worked to perfection. Geno Auriemma, UConn’s legendary coach, unleashed a masterclass in exploiting UCLA’s reliance on Betts. The Huskies’ 2-3 zone defense swarmed her in the post, forcing her to chase the ball outside her comfort zone. Meanwhile, their transition game—fueled by Paige Bueckers’ 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals—kept Betts sprinting back, sapping her energy. In a sense, it reminded me of the first half of the Rose Bowl.

The fractional share applies only to media contract revenue, and only to UW and UO. It also has a calendar end date, with annual escalation until that date in 2030. The West Coast Four, all four, receive Full shares of NCAA Basketball Tournament shares, and College Football Playoff shares, as well as from some other more negligible sources. In addition, the conference allows expense allocations from the conference for certain activities. And, keep in mind the CFP payouts for each member of the SEC and B1G will go up by a sizable chunk in 2026 in comparison to the Big12, ACC, or Group of 6. The partial/fractional share issue is a misrepresentation when fans make the assumption it applies to all annual revenue from the B1G. It does not. More details here: Washington’s budget forecast provides clues to Big Ten revenue distributions as an 18-team conference SPORTS360AZ.COM The West Coast quartet will join the Big Ten in 44 days. Thanks to a public presentation by one member of the group, we can sketch the financial benefits accompanying the move. Washington...

PK Park on Friday will have $2 hotdogs, $2 popcorn and $2 sodas. On Wednesday, when the Ducks visit U Portland, the Sherwood, Oregon, Umlandt brothers will be the starting pitchers for both Oregon and UP respectively.

Regardless, the Ducks need to be monitoring the transfer portal for a guy(s) who can play center. If Bittle leaves, we are beyond thin at the position. And, as the Big Ten season showed, you need some inside bangers. Plus, Bittle led the team in scoring average. Which is another thing the staff has to figure out - where is scoring going to come from next season? A team loaded with guards and small forwards is going to be a problem.

Relative to units, keep in mind UW and UO get full shares. Sometimes the insistent chatter that both are receiving half shares when "the traitors left the Pac" loses the significance that the half shares until 2030 apply only to the media portion of revenue. Half shares do not apply to Basketball Tournament or Football Playoff shares, or to some other conference revenue. (And, the half shares of media revenue have an annual escalator leading up to 2030) On the other hand, Oregon St and WSU will continue to receive ALL the tournament shares for the former members of the Pac12 conference because they still declare there is a Pac12 conference. They will never consider another conference name or formal organization until all of those legacy shares from the Tournament are paid out. It is a rolling six-year distribution earned by former members that the NCAA will keep paying through 2028. This is also why the Pac will get to 8 full-sports members before 2026. If they don't, OSU and WSU risk losing those Tournament payouts and they would revert to the individual former conference members. There has to be a Pac conference from 2026-28 to receive the shares. The women's tournament did not have that type of distribution so there is no legacy shares from the women's tournament. HOWEVER, the NCAA is actively discussing "retroactive shares" which would mean OSU & WSU would receive those also. more details here in this column from April 2024: 'Pac-2' members Washington St, Oregon St cashing in from NCAA Tournament WWW.FOX13SEATTLE.COM Thanks to four men’s teams from the Pac-12 Conference making the NCAA Tournament — and all winning at least one game — Washington State and Oregon State have added another chunk...