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I live far enough away attending the Spring "Game" is often a last minute decision depending on weather and whether there is a battle for skill positions. That being said, Oregon has been lucky to have decent size crowds which means some revenue from concessions. And, quite a bit of donations to the Lane County Food Bank. The latter especially would be a downside of discontinuing. From a practice standpoint, these teams dumping the public scrimmage can still have a closed scrimmage to evaluate players. I think a scrimmage would be a more motivating end of 15 practices than skill challenges like cone runs. It also means some easy content disappears from various in-house conference networks that will have to be replaced with alternative programming.

USC joins Nebraska and Ohio State calling off its annual spring football game WWW.LATIMES.COM USC coach Lincoln Riley won't host a spring game giving fans an early look at the team, joining other coaches fending off the poaching of players.

Man, both of those late calls that went to Iowa were close. Looked to me like the ball was clear of Shelstad's fingers for the 3 before time expired. The out of bounds ball didn't really have a conclusive camera angle between the two hands. Home court officiating means something. Lesson is you can't let the game be that close where a call could have decided the game. The inconsistency of individual players game to game has to be driving Altman nuts. Iowa last two seasons: 19-14, 14-12. Indiana may not be the only one with an opening - maybe. Longest tenured coaches 1995 - Izzo - Michigan St 2005 - Painter - Purdue 2010 - Altman - Oregon 2010 - McCaffery - Iowa

An interesting but largely irrelevant stat: In the ACC, the distance from Boston College to Miami is essentially the same as Los Angeles to Lincoln, Nebraska.

Feb. 18... The Ducks started their second East trip this morning (Tuesday) heading to a game at Iowa on Wednesday evening. They then stick around, I assume, for a game at Wisconsin on Saturday. The Ducks will be at an Iowa airport which is close in distance to Mahlon Sweet is to Corvallis. The Ducks have two Wed - Sat trips this season. Iowa - Wisc 175 miles, earlier MSU - Michigan 64 miles. The tail end includes playing on a weekend, and traveling on a weekend. Though with a Tuesday departure, they could miss classes Tues - Fri. The other trip was Thurs - Sun schedule. Again, involved a weekend. Ohio St - Penn St What Cronin was bitching about a few days ago was a two game set Tuesday and Friday which meant being gone 5 week days.

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Oregon men's Basketball visit on same trip 64 miles - Michigan - Michigan St 175 miles - Iowa - Wisconsin 320 miles - Ohio St - Penn St - and I believe the men and women traveled together on that trip one offs: at USC, at Minnesota, at UCLA, at Washington That's 4 trips for 7 games. at USC, at UCLA, at Washington would have happened before. UCLA's Cronin was complaining about missing class time, but the reality is most trips include a weekend for football and basketball. He was yapping after a trip that combined visits to Illinois and Indiana and missing several class days. But, that was an unusual trip that was weekdays in the same week. That is not common. Either they involve weekend days, or like Oregon's visit to Minnesota on a Saturday, the next game was home on Thursday.

Fox Super Bowl had 59 commercials. 2 were pharmaceutical companies. Both "issue advertising" (cancer) rather than promoting a particular drug. Pfizer and Novartis placed the ads. That being said, anytime a network loses an advertiser they have to seek replacement revenue for that 24 hours whether it is a sporting event or not. Advertisers target the demographic of the audience - thus a lot of beer commercials for sporting events.

These were the numbers on both the 14 and 16 format. Like the first link, you have to click on the second Dellenger tweet to see the whole table. There is a lot of "meat" to ponder in the first link. Probably not preferred reading for fans of the Pac2.

Okay, not sure what is happening with that link. If you click on the bold black title, you'll get the column. If you click on the gobbledygook address, you won't.

USC and UCLA are full-share members; Washington and Oregon are not. They receive half shares of the media rights revenue through the duration of this contract cycle until summer of 2030.. The Huskies and Ducks do receive full shares of conference revenue related to the NCAA basketball tournament and College Football Playoff, with the latter scheduled to increase substantially in the 2026 season. The days of Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State sharing the Big Ten’s media rights cash equally are coming to a close, folks. We fully expect the conference to adopt a brand-based model for the next media deal. Which means this: The West Coast schools need to win. They need to win and draw eyeballs and contribute to the enhancement of Big Ten football, because an unequal-share distribution model can be....(coming to major conferences including the B1G) Why UW might not graduate to full Big Ten revenue shares in 2030 | Mailbag | The Seattle Times ARCHIVE.PH archived 15 Feb 2025 17:58:09 UTC

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"what really stood out to me in all these highlights is his comfort and ball placement" Albeit a short video plays sample, but what I notice is accurate delivery of the ball, with velocity, without setting his feet. He is moving on most of those video plays. If he has time to set his feet the result...?

Read a remarkable stat today after Oregon State's road loss at U of Portland last night. Since the 2021 season ended with an Elite 8 appearance, the Beavers are 3-37 on opponents' home courts. Beavis has 3 more road games this season. Ducks are close to .500 in road games since 2021 which isn't stellar, but 3-37 - wowser.

Can Oregon make the next step for a Playoff Championship? First 30 minutes of YouTube video...

College coaches mull NFL-style OTAs as replacement for spring games amid roster tampering, injury concerns - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Many college coaches are stumping for major changes to the sport's offseason model

They aren't the only ones considering dropping the game format and going to a "fan fest" type format. Fear of scouting? Fear of injuries? Fear of offending some kid who thinks he should be higher on the depth chart? For those programs which have garnered $$$ from modest entry fees and concession sales, it is an interesting move. Without a "game" will fans show up in problematic weather? Those biggest spring game crowd numbers may never be challenged again. Coaches may also tighten up on media access during practices.

This may be the most frustratingly inconsistent - within game - Ducks team I can recall. Albeit as I age, my memory gets fuzzy. In the past, I've turned off the TV when the Ducks are playing poorly and trailing, or just being outplayed by a better opponent. With this team I find myself turning off the TV when they are leading. I can't stand the suspense of when they're going to go "full bonehead" and blow a lead. Watching off and on last night, I couldn't help but notice the entire coaching staff looks like it has aged about 10 years. Inconsistent ain't for sissies.

Projected Super Bowl viewership stands at an average of 126 million viewers across Fox, Fox Deportes, Tubi, Telemundo and the NFL's digital properties. The 126 million figure is a new high viewership for the Super Bowl. Viewer totals hit their highest mark, 135.7 million, in the second quarter Within that 126 million, Super Bowl LIX posted a record-high streaming viewership of 14.5 million, with Tubi alone accounting for 13.6 million of that total. The College Football Playoff title game in 2025 averaged 22.1 million with Ohio State and Notre Dame. The record CFP Championship viewership is 34.1 million for the 2015 game between Ohio State and Oregon. In the BCS Game era, 35.6 million watched the title game in 2006 between Texas and USC.

Receivers were not getting open, and again....the loss of Stewart was paramount. I can't recall even though the game was just yesterday. Were the Chiefs without a key receiver or two? It just seemed like the Eagles had made adjustments in their secondary coverage and then the D-line pressure was getting to Mahomes - putting him a box where he could be tackled, particularly as he had to hold the ball longer. I think maybe WR Sky Moore missed the game, but he was already on injured reserve and wasn't playing anyway. Mahomes had all his guys including Kelce. That Eagle defense was tuned in to what they had to do. It was not dissimilar to situation Gabriel faced with 8 sacks. Sometimes the D just has your number especially if their coverage forces longer ball retention regardless of what receivers are on the field.

This is an excerpt from a column in The Athletic this morning: Credit the Eagles. They built a dominant pass rush and won the game exactly how other teams have beaten Mahomes over the years: by making him hold the ball until the pass rush converged. Mahomes' average time to throw (or to sack) correlated so strongly with the Chiefs' wins and losses. Through three quarters Sunday, Mahomes held the ball longer, on average, than he had in all but one career start (3.65 seconds). That shrunk to 3.30 by game's end, thanks to garbage-time production. Philly forced three turnovers — including a Cooper DeJean pick-six — and sacked Mahomes six times, one shy of tying a Super Bowl record of 7. The Eagles took a Chiefs team on the doorstep of NFL history and manhandled them up front, consistently getting to Mahomes behind just a four-man rush. Mahomes was pressured on 16 of his 42 total dropbacks, and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio didn’t call a single blitz in the game. It was D-line pressure. (Ohio State had 8 sacks of Gabriel. Gabriel’s average time from snap to throw was 2.6 seconds on Oct. 12, per Pro Football Focus. On Jan. 1, it was 3.4 seconds.) Jordan Hancock, Caleb Downs’ Versatility Forcing Quarterbacks to Hold Football Longer in Pocket Against Disguised Coverages WWW.ELEVENWARRIORS.COM The versatility of Jordan Hancock and Caleb Downs is allowing Jim Knowles to disguise more coverages, forcing quarterbacks to...

Another one in the quasi "olden days" was Kasey Dunn. The highest-paid wide receivers coaches in college football: 2024 edition - Footballscoop I'm sure Lanning understands that while recruiting connections are important in the candidate, that the current WR's committed to Oregon want a good position coach.

Ace Southeast recruiter still in the market for OC job WWW.SBNATION.COM Dameyune Craig is not currently an Oregon candidate.

Regarding that list of 10, for those who don't remember....Craig was a rumored Duck connection before: Oregon pursuing LSU WR coach Dameyune Craig, sources say | Sports | nola.com