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Idaho lost their starting QB late in the fourth due to a broken collarbone. If Idaho struggles going forward this season, hope that fact doesn't drop off the pundits radar.

May be a ploy by Mt. West to get more money? It is hard for an "independent" to get games in October and November when conferences are in the midst of their conference season. Not so tough to get games in September...but October/November is another ball of wax.

BSU may be practicing indoors this week... ‘Never experienced smoke this bad:’ Poor air quality concerns prompt several event cancellations WWW.KTVB.COM “If you can avoid going outside at all, that would be my number one recommendation,” Air Resource Adviser Kati Chachere said.

NBC's Peacock streaming affiliate for BSU game. There will be one more Big Ten Network game required later, but likely all the remainder of games on Fox, NBC, CBS.

In 2000, the Beavs started the season with a 2 point win (21-19) over Eastern Washington in Corvallis. EWU had a bunch of guys who were unknown then, and did not become statistical leaders or NFL prospects later. Beavs had a couple guys missing due to injury. That season ended with the Beavs going 11-1 and beating Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. Interesting to read a few of the quotes after that EWU game. 2000: The Win Over EWU - Pac-12 Conference PAC-12.COM This fall marks the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest football seasons in Oregon State history

Thought from Wilner's West's post-games column... Why so many close games on the first full week of the regular season? Without breaking down film of every play, the Hotline can do little more than guess. And here’s our guess: The transfer portal. Teams in the power conferences are heavily reliant on the transfer portal and, as a result, lack continuity to a much greater degree than they did three or four years ago. Meanwhile, many FCS teams retain the majority of their veterans and possess better cohesion.

Here are 3 games at random. 70-30 - WSU over Portland St - 352 passing, 224 rushing - no sacks allowed 41-17 - Miami over Florida - 385 passing, 144 rushing - 1 sack allowed 24-14 - Oregon over Idaho - 380 passing, 107 rushing - 3 sacks allowed What's my point? Similar passing yds, but much dissimilar apparently in O-line play which couldn't generate a consistent running game and allowed 3 sacks. When your QB is quickly recognizing where he can dump the ball, completes 41 of 49, but gets little comfort from his O-line there is a big problem that needs to be fixed quickly.

Gabriel tied Danny O'Neil for the most completions in Oregon history for a single game. Gabriel was also tenth all-time in attempts, and is eighth for single game completion percentage. The guys 1-7 had a lot fewer attempts. But, the ten receivers who caught a ball combined for an average of 9.3 yds per completion. The longest was 24 yds. Last year at Oklahoma his average for the season was 13.75 yds. I have no clue, but maybe there were too many receiver substitutions going on? How do you develop comfort and rhythm with TEs, RBs, WRs when they are shuffling? Maybe that was part of the reason for short throws? I agree the O-line has some remedial learning in practice this week.

Some resemblance to that 2021 game when Montana beat UW in Seattle.

from Wilner's column today....“Announced in December, the scheduling partnership provided both OSU and WSU with six games against Mountain West schools (three home, three away) for the 2024 season …For the 2024 season, the Pac-12 schools will pay the Mountain West approximately $15 million, which includes an administrative fee, participation fee and scheduling fee (for each game in Corvallis and Pullman).” So, UW and UO get rocks thrown by OSU fans over the half-shares (which are actually half media portion shares, not half total B1G revenue shares). How does paying another conference for opponents differ from taking less in media revenue? Both mean less to have a conference affiliation?

Interesting piece in The Athletic today about Big12. Still interested in UConn, and reasons why they are. But, no conjecture about WSU/OS. None. Zip. Nada.

Wisconsin added a $5.5 million field heating system at Camp Randall in the off season. Said it wasn't necessarily for November games, but rather in the event they host Playoff games in December. With eye on expanded playoffs, Wisconsin begins implementing heated field at Camp Randall Stadium WWW.JSONLINE.COM With an eye toward December football in the years ahead, the Wisconsin football program has begun installing a heated field surface.

The Tulane starter Mensah has a sister who plays soccer for Oregon.

If you watch, listen, read about college football nationwide, then you are familiar with the humorous SEC Shorts videos that have been produced for several years. Here is one from earlier this summer that may draw a chuckle.... you'll have to watch at least until the 3:25-in mark to catch the significance of why I'm posting. SEC Shorts - Oklahoma and Texas join the SEC | The Longhorns and... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM The Longhorns and Sooners finally arrive. They are fun to check in on during the season. The guys (and a gal) are very creative with their humor.

"There are no easy games in this league." "We didn't make enough plays to win this one." "The game was really a lot closer than the final score would indicate."

When the Big Ten Network launched in 2007 there was a dispute with Comcast that lasted until the 2008 season. It took a year to resolve for Comcast to show B1GNetwork. Subsequently there have been more Comcast disputes, and "negotiation holds" with other carriers. It is not new, and the only option for subscribers is to call Comcast and complain. Links below are just two examples: https://publish.illinois.edu/illinoisblj/2008/04/03/wait-til-next-year-when-will-comcast-and-the-big-ten-network-reach-an-agreement/ https://deadline.com/2018/08/comcast-fox-settle-big-ten-network-carriage-dispute-college-football-1202452085/

Saban’s first season was 2007. From 2007 to 2023 (2020 COVID year) Alabama schedule included: At Penn State, at Duke, at Texas as only three true Power 5 regular season road games. 7 “neutral” games in Atlanta 3 in Arlington 1 in Orlando 1 in Jacksonville At least Byrne has turned the ship so there will now be true road games at non-SEC opponent venues. Getting Saban to play at Texas in 2022 must have taken a LOT of arm twisting.

Alabama future opponents 2024 – at Wisconsin 2025 – at Florida St, Wisconsin 2026 – at W. Virginia, Florida St 2027 – W. Virginia, at Ohio St 2028 – Ohio St, at Oklahoma St 2029 – at Notre Dame, Oklahoma St 2030 – at Georgia Tech, Notre Dame 2031 – Georgia Tech, at Boston College 2032 – Arizona, at Minnesota 2033 – at Arizona, Minnesota 2034 – at Virginia Tech, Boston College 2035 – Virginia Tech (Minnesota replaced Oklahoma (now SEC) in 2032 and 2033 schedule. Oregon must not have crossed his mind?) I believe Alabama's last regular season game in the Pacific Time Zone was the loss at UCLA in 2000.

The 2023 starting QB for Idaho, who took them to two games in the FCS playoff, transferred in the off-season to Oregon State. He was announced as the Beav's starting QB this Saturday facing Idaho State. He was injured and did not play Idaho State last season. His replacement in that game will be the starter against Oregon.

Dublin 2025: Iowa St vs Kansas St Dublin 2026: ? Dublin 2027: Wisconsin vs Pitt Today, at Midnight Eastern time Delaware St played Hawaii in Honolulu. The game was scheduled to end about 3:15 am Eastern. There is 6 hours time difference between Delaware and Hawaii. The game kicked at 6:00 pm local, getting over about 9:15 pm local. There is 5 hours time difference between Tallahassee/Atlanta and Dublin.

SMU ...a 27-1/2 pt favorite....survives in Reno scoring the winning TD 29-24 with under two minutes remaining. Never led until that score. Start of fourth Q it was 14-24.

Oregon as a state...about 12 percent Irish ancestry. The Sheldon Irish in Eugene. The Ducks: green, Pat Kilkenny, a shamrock on the MKA floor. Oregonian's fondness for beer. I've been to Dublin and there are other European cities I prefer. But, they didn't have Ducks football either.

This USA Today column says it was after the Cotton Bowl 1-1-96 loss to Colorado. And, that's what I've understood for years. Brooks was still coach 1-2-95 On 2-10-95 he became coach of the Rams. Behind Oregon's (Phil) Knight in shining armor WWW.USATODAY.COM The founder looks back on the the Ducks' journey from also ran to national title contender.

"I thought that the ball was handed to Kaufman 3 or 4 times before the fatal throw for the interception, but then, my memory might be faulty too." Kaufman did not carry the ball on the fatal fuskies drive, though he was the target of a failed pass attempt. He had over 20 carries for over 100 yds earlier in the game. 2:40 fuskies return the kickoff to the UW 24 pass to UW 32 pass to OR 45 - first down 3 incomplete passes 4th down pass to OR 31 - first down incomplete pass 1:42 incomplete pass Huard runs 11 yds to the OR 20 - first down incomplete pass pass to the OR 8 - first down 1:05 The Pick On the 8 yd line with 1:05 left there were other options. Fortunately, Huard chose the wrong one.

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