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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.

In The Shoe...

Hope The Duck is ok handling the humidity.... https://x.com/TheOregonDuck/status/1819824777810317602 https://x.com/TheOregonDuck/status/1819930630181794077 https://x.com/TheOregonDuck/status/1820170120280343015

Sunday morning....Well now, where'd ya get all those athletes...

And, more from Rosemont....apparently the breakroom at B1G Headquarters...

"...allowed to retain 100% of its bowl/college football playoff earnings" Bowls, NCAA Tournament and CFP earnings are split equally with all schools in the conference, I believe. (i.e. 100 percent shares) While UW and UO start with 50 percent shares of the media deal portion. It might make an interesting twist if CFP participants were awarded two shares? That is, for example, if 3 teams qualified then the "conference pool" would be split 21 ways (not 18) with each of 3 participants getting two shares. Some formula like that might have saved the departure of UT & OU, and USC & UCLA?? Fox drove the train for USC/UCLA full shares. Had to be an irritant to Nebraska, Rutgers and Maryland.

Duck at Rosemont, Illinois Big Ten Headquarters (near O'Hare Airport)

As the UW explained at that time.... a large "maybe" with the Apple deal was incentives which were a big risk factor for revenue; and, there was no linear component lined up at that time. UW was very aware of what that might mean for recruiting going forward. Ultimately, OS and WSU were certainly interested in a linear component as well which they found with The CW, albeit at a low payout. Some of Beavs fans made fun of the UW for seeking a linear guarantee, now they are touting the "visibility" that comes from the number of households with access to The CW.

The Duck has now also been to Iowa's stadium, and the B1G Headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois.... per The Duck's twitter account.

With the transition today to the B1G there will probably be another round of "half-share" demagoguery from skeptics about the move. Reminder, this column pretty well addressed the fact that "half-shares" apply to just one component of total B1G revenue opportunities. https://sports360az.com/washingtons-budget-forecast-provides-clues-to-big-ten-revenue-distributions-as-an-18-team-conference/

Hello Minneapolis.

The road trip. Rumored next stop is Minneapolis. With a little cooperation, the various B1G outposts could have some fun with this with some prior planning. Vignette locking The Duck out of a stadium, The Duck eating spray cheese in Wisconsin, walking thru the corn at The Field of Dreams in Iowa with the Hawkeye's mascot, ...

Don't disagree that 10 teams who decided to leave effective August 1 should lose opportunity to vote on matters that would face the conference effective August 2, 2024, or later, but since they remained in the conference until August 1, 2024 and continued to compete for official conference championships, then financial matters should have also remained the same including distributions earned/accrued from NCAA Tournament, etc. prior to August 2. When a tenant gives 6 months notice he is moving out, the landlord usually doesn't view that as the tenant leaving immediately. The tenant expects to live there 6 more months, and the landlord expects 6 more months of rent. That is where I disagree with the Libbey decision. Otherwise if would lead to a situation where there would be rumors for months and the 10 escapees would have withheld notice until August 1. Waiting to August 1 would not have been good for the two remaining members.