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9:57 pm, Sat. Pacific Time It's already past Midnight in Miami now for more than one reason. Cal leads 35-10 with 8:06 left in third quarter.

Boise State Heisman invite? Kellen Moore in 2010 was invited. Vote: Cam Newton, Andrew Luck, LaMike, Moore. Ducks four invitees: Harrington, LaMichael James, Marcus Mariota, Bo Nix Heisman Voting Records - Heisman WWW.HEISMAN.COM Click here to see most complete and up-to-date Heisman Trophy voting records throughout the history of this iconic prize.

7-0, then 28-0. Second half - until then Chip thought he was coaching a night game at the Rose Bowl. Suddenly realized he was in Columbus.

Vandy up 23-7 with about 4 min left in first half. In 17 seasons at 'bama, Saban never lost to Vanderbilt.... of course, it's the SEC, and he only faced them 4 times in 17 seasons. In those 4 games, Vanderbilt scored a total of 13.

If neutral meant Atlanta or Dallas on a regular basis, how many would rather just not see an SEC annual and rather consider a home-and-home with Cal, Stanford, Arizona, ASU, Utah....that is, venues located in areas where the Ducks have historically recruited? There is no way Oregon would ever win a public relations argument to avoid playing at Reser. So, FCS, rotating Group of 5 opponent, rotating FBS opponent. (Though, I might be talked into selling my Ernie Kent collectibles to finance a trip to Ole Miss. laugh)

Myself, and a few other ticket holders I know, have been having problems with the Oregon GameDay app this week. We have had trouble accessing our tickets for Michigan State. We have had to contact the Ticket Office directly for find a "work around" because the App is not working properly. Interim steps such as updating the iOS on an iPhone, clearing the iPhone cache, deleting and reloading the App, have not worked. The Ticket Office is aware of the issue. My caution for those of your reading this message, try the App today. Do not wait until you are in the parking lot on Friday. Personally, I was unable to get access to tickets via the App to download to Wallet. It required a Ticket Office intervention.

This is an SEC schedule for 2024. Ole Miss opponents Furman Middle Tennessee at Wake Forest Georgia Southern IF the SEC and B1G agree to an annual game, I can guarantee you the SEC would rather be dragged thru a swamp naked with alligators than agree to a 9th SEC conference game. But assuming they did, I can guarantee you the B1G would be substituted for Wake, and 2 of the other 3 among Furman, Mid Tenn and Ga Southern would still be on the schedule. There is no way Oregon should consider the other two non-conference games to include Oregon State - even if there was no home-and-home which assuredly there would be. Auburn 2025 at Baylor Ball State South Alabama Mercer They ain't gonna have Baylor, a B1G and 9 SEC games. It ain't happening. And, they won't schedule Boise State, WSU, OSU, SDSU level team to take a spot on that schedule.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Mountain West Conference today announced the addition of The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) as the seventh full-time member of the league and the eighth football-playing institution. The Miners will begin competition for all conference sports in the 2026-27 academic year. UTEP joins the United States Air Force Academy, University of Hawaiʻi, Manoa (football only), University of Nevada, Reno, University of New Mexico, San José State University, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the University of Wyoming as members of the Mountain West. The Miners previously competed with all seven institutions as members of the Western Athletic Conference.

SAN RAMON, CA (Oct. 1, 2024) – The Pac-12 Conference and Gonzaga University are proud to announce their partnership, celebrating the addition of the eighth university during this transformative era for the century-old conference. This partnership marks an exciting chapter in expansion history for the conference as it strategically builds a formidable basketball powerhouse. This announcement follows the inclusion of Boise State University, Colorado State University, California State University, Fresno, San Diego State University, and Utah State University, who collectively cement the conference’s geographic foundation while elevating its national presence and strengthening its basketball and football prestige. The Pac-12 Conference received a formal application for membership from Gonzaga University on September 30, 2024. The conference’s Board of Directors and its five new member presidents voted unanimously to approve Gonzaga University, an exemplary higher education institution that educates students for lives of leadership and service for the common good. Featuring an iconic basketball program, the Gonzaga Bulldogs align with the Pac-12’s commitment to excellence in academics and athletics. The Bulldogs will join the conference effective July 1, 2026, with competition beginning for all conference sports sponsored by the university in the 2026-27 academic year.

Oregon Ducks unveil new ‘Heroes Uniform’ ahead of Michigan State game DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Oregon Ducks have revealed their ‘Heroes Uniform’ for Friday’s game against Michigan State.

Maybe simply a game count thing. A desire to limit each to no more than four appearances to maintain a year of eligibility.

Texas State (which lost a close one today) said they have a tentative offer from the Mt. West, and have been contacted by the Pac.

Last night, just as Oregon's close ones, the game was at home. Therefore, logic would dictate a drop.... but, 5-0 is 5-0.

That Miami - Virginia Tech ending last night still makes me wonder. As someone said, if it takes the "review crew" 5 minutes or more, then the circumstances have to be so close that the on-field judgement should not be overruled.

The problem for the two Pac12 hotties were that she was never hot to begin with. With no fond memories of what she looked like then, all she can offer is money. And keeping the money is so important, she took the Memphis boy to McDonalds instead of Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.

Thought it was a 50-50 call. But, since the on-field call was a TD, should not have been overturned.

https://mikefarrellsports.com/college/the-pac-12-is-drunk-dialing-schools-at-this-point Read a different column today that referred to the struggle for the 8th or 9th member as "butt dialing." Personally, I'm not too sure it matters much. At this point it is unlikely the Pac will get another team that moves the needle as far as conference media value. Just pick one and get it over with.

Rutgers wins over Howard, Akron, Virginia Tech Uw wins over Weber St, E. Michigan, Northwestern - loss to WSU on a bonehead play call For this first B1G season, in order to lessen the chatter, perhaps every former Pac12 should win the farthest trip East? Uw at Rutgers UCLA at Rutgers USC at Maryland UO at Michigan

OSU will pay $750,000 to play host to the Demon Deacons during the 2025 season, according to the contract obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive. In addition, the home team pays the visiting team $100,000 for the 2025 (Corvallis) and 2029 games (at Wake). In a nutshell, Oregon State is picking up Wake Forest's $750,000 buyout to get out of its contract to play at Mississippi in 2025. The Demon Deacons and Ole Miss Rebels had a home-and-home agreement to play in 2024 and 2025. Earlier in September, Wake Forest triggered the buyout provision in the contract for the 2025 game at Oxford, Mississippi. Wake is essentially using the $750K from OSU to pay the buyout. In sum, OSU lays out $850,000 to Wake, and Wake pays the Beavers $100K to visit in 2029. Golly, I wonder how much of that $100K will go to pay travel costs for the Beavers' contingent that travels to North Carolina in 5 years? On the other hand, I'm sure the Beavs feel that $750K net outlay will be more than made up with the ticket sales for their ACC vs Mt.West Plus matchup in Corvallis next season.

When the Pac demanded $50 million, and Apple eventually offered $20-22M with no linear, that's when the Big12, Big Ten, and ACC went pillaging. The parties in a negotiation have to respect their own value, and neither low ball or high ball the other party or the outcome is what nobody wanted.

Might Hawaii try to weasel their way into the Pac? If the Pac could take San Jose St, then have Hawaii for football only, it would have 9 members for 8 annual football games. Blangiardi assembles team to try to gain admittance into Pac-12 for Hawaii football | Honolulu Star-Advertiser WWW.STARADVERTISER.COM Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi assembled a third-party group that has been lobbying for the University of Hawaii football team to gain admittance into the Pac-12 Conference.

Each would need 8 members. Does Pac go after San Jose St, or look toward the state of Texas? Will either Seven look toward UTEP, New Mexico State? Texas State? North Texas? A couple of those might make sense for the Mt. West. Seems 9 members with 8 conference games, and 4 non-conference to be scheduled would be better than 5 non-conference? Air Force Hawaii Nevada – Reno UNLV U of New Mexico San Jose St Wyoming Boise St Fresno St Colorado St San Diego St Utah State Oregon St Washington St As I've stated here before, I hope Oregon doesn't get sucked into a non-conference game with OSU every year. It limits Oregon's options for attractive non-conference home opponents, and as Charles say, "rewards the Pig-2."

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all times Eastern 4.21M viewers - Illinois at Nebraska - Fox 8:00 Friday - No. 3 overall last weekend 3.64M viewers - Baylor at Colorado - Fox 8:00 Saturday - No. 5 overall last weekend 452,000 - Purdue at Oregon St - The CW - 8:30 Saturday 2.82 million - Oregon at Oregon St - Fox - 3:30 Saturday ???? - Oregon St at San Diego St - CBSN - which is not part of the weekly ratings 381,000 - Idaho St at Oregon St - The CW - 6:30 Saturday 542,000 - San Jose St at WSU - The CW - 10:00 Friday - the highest rated CW game (Pac or ACC) this season

The new Nebraska AD was complaining today about last Friday night's game hosting Illinois. Apparently, Nebraska canceled classes for the day, there were traffic issues, yadda yadda. So, he was complaining that he really didn't want to have a Friday game except the day after Thanksgiving (only in odd numbered years). In the past, Ohio State, Penn State and Iowa have expressed their "reluctance" in having Friday night home games, but willingness to play on the road. Michigan has indicated it will refuse to play home or away on Friday nights. This season Oregon is hosting Michigan State on a Friday, and playing at Purdue on a Friday. Aug. 30 - W. Michigan at Wisconsin Sep. 6 - W. Illinois at Indiana, Duke at Northwestern Sep. 20 - Illinois at Nebraska - Illini win by 7 in overtime Sep. 27 - UWa at Rutgers Oct. 4 - Michigan St at Oregon Oct. 11 - Northwestern at Maryland Oct. 18 - Oregon at Purdue - short week after Ohio St game Oct. 25 - Rutgers at USC Nov. 8 - Iowa at UCLA Nov. 15 - UCLA at UWa - back to back Fridays for Bruins Nov. 22 - Purdue at Michigan St Nov. 29 - Nebraska at Iowa, Minnesota at Wisconsin 2 - Oregon 2 - Washington 2 - UCLA 1 - USC 2 - Wisconsin, Nebraska, Northwestern, Rutgers, Michigan St, Purdue, Iowa 1 - Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota 0 - Michigan, Ohio St, Penn St