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An "amazing" season. They have won 4 regulation games by 2 points each. And, another 4 games in overtime by a total of 14. Plus, another regulation game by 3 pts. Their last 3 regular season games were 2 pts, 2 pts, and 2 pts in OT. Aside from "luck," the whole psychological aspect of that within a team would make an interesting newspaper column.

Western Kentucky: Willie Taggart, QB 1995-98, head coach 2010-12. WKU plays at Georgia and at Indiana in the 2026 season.

Two straight days of games, and play a fully rested Michigan on Friday. Losing that last second game to Washington last Sunday to drop down to the 11-seed hurts when it comes to this multi-day schedule. But, even if there is a loss to 2-seed Michigan, hopefully a 22 win season will still get the Ducks into the Tournament. Now 22-11, and a 20-12 probably wouldn't have made the Tourney. Ducks lost 87-92 to Michigan in 2-overtimes at MKA on Dec. 29. In that one, Ducks trailed 28-44 at half-time, then won the second half 41-25, before going to two OT's. 4 of 5 Ducks starters fouled out in the loss.

At Michigan State, Garrett Briningstool is Chief of Staff/General Manager NIL. But, it may be akin to football where the head coach has an O-Coordinator but the head coach calls all the plays? Across college basketball a lot of head coaches are pretty insular about giving up any authority relative to recruiting and the portal. It would take a great personal relationship between a head coach and a GM for a head coach to trust him. It is easier to "hide mistakes" on a football roster than it is on a basketball roster - fewer guys play regularly, and more games for critics to snipe at.

The "GM slot" is there, but not sure the duties are: https://goducks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/josh-jamieson/5409

For the women, the 1 point loss to UW yesterday was a drop from No. 8 to No. 11 in seed. And, the No. 8 seed in the bracket would not have been cozy either. 2026 Allstate Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced

THE OREGON DUCKS REPEAT THEIR SWEEP as Big Ten Indoor Tra...THE OREGON DUCKS REPEAT THEIR SWEEP as Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Champions 🏆🏆 #B1GTF x Oregon Track and Field

For the second consecutive year, both the men and women have won the Big Ten Indoor T&F Championship at Indianapolis. Men (15 teams) - top 2 1-Oregon – 114 points 2-Penn St – 96 Women (18 teams) - top 2 1-Oregon – 101 2-Illinois – 93

Looks like the Ducks are headed to 8-0 to start the season, though running over George Mason and Youngstown State may not be too noteworthy? Beavis is 4-3 and will face the Ducks 3 times this season. No cupcakes in their first 11 games, but I suppose they have to schedule that way due to their conference affiliation later games. 2026 Baseball Schedule - Oregon State University Athletics

Both the men and women Canadian teams rosters were older than USA. The Canadian version of the Hoosiers came up short in both games.

Speaking of travel, on a separate basketball note, so far this season, games in Central/Eastern zone: 1-4 Oregon, with 2 to play 1-4 uW, with 2 to play 1-5 UCLA, with 1 to play 3-4 USC - final trip was Feb. 11 By the way, those 3 USC wins were by a combined 5 points total, and 1 loss was by 1 point. Cronin is a very unhappy guy at UCLA this season. Both UCLA and USC lost road games at UM & MSU "bigly." The B1G is a tough basketball conference. Most often, fans are fully invested in basketball especially if their football teams are semi-mediocre at the same school.

Maybe if OSU or WSU could recruit the grandson of Lloyd "All World" Free (76ers) there could be a new "World" on the Pacific Coast? Otherwise, not so much.

The Spring "game" will be followed at 4:00 pm on home fields by: baseball vs Penn State softball vs Ohio State

The first 3 quarters was more Redbox Bowl than Super Bowl. Same stadium.

SEC, and the NFL draft... talent is spreading out https://archive.ph/VAwNR

some of the largest high school stadiums in the US by capacity: Allen Eagle Stadium (Allen, TX): 18,000 Buccaneer Stadium (Corpus Christi, TX): 18,000 Grande Communications Stadium (Midland, TX): 18,000 Ratliff Stadium (Odessa, TX): 17,931 San Angelo Stadium (San Angelo, TX): 17,500 Farrington Field (Fort Worth, TX): 18,500 Paul Brown Tiger Stadium (Massillon, OH): 16,600 Alamo Stadium (San Antonio, TX): 15,000+ Often these stadiums are used by more than one high school in the local district, and used for other community events. I believe the largest seating capacity dedicated to high school sports in Oregon is at Spiegelberg Stadium in Medford, though like many Oregon high school stadiums it rarely reaches capacity these days. High school football in Oregon is a much different animal today due to various societal and sports fans shifts.

The data gurus at Oregon should go back through past rosters and look for brother-brother combos. Publicizing that would bring an added interpretation to "Oregon brotherhood" during recruiting. I know there have been other than just the Herberts. Even Nix and Tez recently.

Then keep the Rose Bowl on January 1, but offer its semi-final rotation status to another venue such as Vegas or Fiesta Bowl x 2. If the Rose won't/can't offer itself for a semi-final, then that screws teams in the West who qualify for a semi-final that instead will require fans to travel to Miami, Atlanta, New Orleans, Dallas....

The first Anthony Jones who committed is already nicknamed "Tank." Name the second "Howitzer?"

Note also that the Orange Bowl is getting back-to-back semi-final games. Why? Because the Rose Bowl refuses to move off Jan. 1 as the date of the game. The six bowl games are in a rotation, except for semi-final games. That means, a team from the West will periodically have a semi-final game at the Fiesta Bowl but never at the Rose Bowl. Which means teams from the West will go East for a semi-final most years at Orange, Peach, Sugar, Cotton. That butters the bread for the Rose Bowl organization which prefers the parade and game the same day to draw maximum visitors, and avoid L.A. traffic problems, by being on Jan. 1; but, will cause West Coast fans to have to spend more bread to travel to other non-West venues. Perhaps the fairest "solution" would be to grant the Fiesta Bowl all semi-finals that would otherwise go to the Rose Bowl? It seems unfair for the Orange Bowl, Peach Bowl ...to receive more semi-finals at the expense of West Coast fans? Or, add Las Vegas automatically to replace the Rose Bowl in years when the Rose Bowl would have been the semi-final recipient? Those years would be known in advance and Las Vegas could plan around those years in terms of their other convention obligations.

"Out coached, out schemed, out played." My observation is that it sometimes appears Oregon's staff watches too much video of opponent's prior games and assumes that is what they are going to see. Opponents make adjustments. It was particularly true in the Rose Bowl, and Oregon hadn't prepared adequately for the possibility. In high stakes games you can't wait until the second half to make adjustments, it will probably be too late.

"OBD would have been lucky to get to 16 wins at full strength imo." I tend to agree. Injuries are no doubt a factor, belonging to a stronger basketball conference regardless of travel is also a factor. But, the 5-year trend is not good. 2024-25: 25-10, 1 NCAA tourn win 2023-24: 24-12, 1 NCAA tourn win 2022-23: 22-15, 2 NIT wins 2021-22: 20-15, 1 NIT win It appears the staff is stale in terms of both recruiting in today's environment and coaching. I don't doubt Dana's heart. Or, his career record. But, he may be too old to initiate the program changes that need to be made? I love what he has done for Oregon, and would hate to see him go out on a season like this, really hate it, but... I loved coach Mike Montgomery too. He knew when to retire. Dana's time may be coming.

Herbert, post-season

The problem in that game was not Dyer or Sham Cam. Auburn: 265 pass, 254 rush Oregon: 374 pass, 75 rush The problem was defenders Nick Fairley and Mike Mcneil. LaMike and Barner combined for 81 yds rushing. The Auburn D-coordinator was Ted Roof. He has had 10 different jobs in 15 seasons since. Yes, 10. Auburn finished 14-0 and this list is their 3-point wins: Mississippi State Clemson - FG in OT Kentucky - FG at the gun Oregon - FG at the gun Auburn also beat Alabama by 1 point, 28-27. Auburn trailed 0-21 before it even picked up a first down, and Alabama had a 314-2 lead in total yards before the second half comeback. As an undefeated team in the 2010 season, their close wins rival Indiana in 2025. I know, I know. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. But sometimes it is simply luck.

Indiana 20-15 at Iowa - winning TD with 1:28 left 27-24 at Penn St - winning TD with 0:36 left 13-10 vs Ohio St in B1G Championship played 53 miles from campus There is an old saying about luck resulting from preparation meeting opportunity. Hoosiers were certainly prepared when they visited Autzen. Less sure about ALL the other games, but they gave themselves opportunities with a very mature roster in terms of age and experience. Hoosiers 2026 schedule looks like 1-2 losses at most? Who you play, where, has always been a factor. IF Ducks had proceeded to go Miami, Atlanta, Miami in a CFP run I'm doubtful that would have been duplicated in terms of travel during the CFP anytime soon. Preparation requires overcoming adversity. Indiana was also "lucky" on the injury front. That is rare too. Sometimes it is just unexplainable destiny.