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In the last 30 years or so, shortstop has emerged as the premier position, in baseball and softball. The New York Yankees felt this way, to their detriment, when they kept an aging and reduced skilled Derek Jeter at shortstop and put A-Rod at third base. Baltimore and Cal Ripken weren't locked in to this, and Ripken ended his career at third base, It would be great if Brito could come even close to being the shortstop, Nikki Udria was for the Ducks.

I'll have to disagree with the "What if" here. Oregon had the championship, and not only looking through green & yellow tinted lenses, in 2007, until their presumptive Heisman winning quarterback crumpled to the field in Arizona. Even winning the Heisman didn't make Dixon NFL caliber, Jonathan Stewart was. This was not a roster full of NFL talent.

Stay Classy Huskies, NBC Sports Northwest has the details of the De-commit.

I don't know if it was the case for everybody, but the Pac-12 Live Stream lived up to expectations discussed here and I missed about 3 innings. Fortunately the Ducks had scored their 6 runs already. This looks like a good team. don't know what kind of competition Seattle is, but the Ducks are 2-0!

A win clinches a first round bye for the Ducks.

Wait, what?

It didn't work out last season, but Oregon and Ohio State agree that the game has to happen, some way, somewhere in 2021. From NBC Sports Northwest.

This is definitely what we want to happen, but it's tricky. After Paul "Bear" Bryant left in 1982, Alabama went through nine coaches in twenty seven years with one championship, Gene Stallings in 1992, and years of NCAA sanctions and vacated wins, until Saban started his era of domination in 2009.

The last of these is significant. I don't think that Duarte is playing as well as Pritchard did last season. But, if he was playing as well as he is, at Villanova or Duke, this season, he'd be getting a lot more attention. The Jerry West Award he is nominated for is a show of recognition.

It's an interesting question, and made more difficult by looking at it as either/or rather than the best. So far Cristobal has upgraded with his hires from outside, Arroyo and Avalos were both hired from outside to become head coaches.

Wrap-up from 247sports.com

Excellent, Ducks sweep the night!

Oregon wins another close one, this time at Stanford. Coming off the SC game, Oregon put on a passing clinic in this one, inside passing creating numerous scoring opportunities.

Absolutely, and when the Beavs finish ahead of the Mutts next season he will be.

Yes, Cristobal has won the conference championship two years in a row, and is the favorite to make it 3. But that doesn't necessarily make him the best coach. this article from westcoastcfb.com explains what does, and why Moorhead is the best OC

This "intensity" angle is fascinating. Intensity was the hallmark of Ronnie Lee and the Kamikaze Kids, they didn't win championships, but they revolutionized college basketball. Chip's football teams, the highwater mark for Oregon football didn't scream intensity, they were not, "junkyard dogs". For all of his attributes, Marcus was not fiery. In their biggest games, where more was needed than the blur, Chip's Ducks did not, "bring it!". Whether Dyer was down or not wouldn't be a question if Pleasant had "brought it". Cardale Jones and Ezekiel Elliott brought it for Ohio State. John Boyett always brought it for the Ducks, like Brady Breeze. Troy Dye definitely brought it. Let's hope a lot of players bring it in 2021.

Washington is tied for No. 8.