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If Oregon wins, more about how, "they backed into the whole conference championship thing", and who is Iowa State anyway? If they lose, it will discussed for about :30 of precious ESPN time. It would barely get that if it was a Pac-12 team not Oregon.

Today it's Duck vs Duck as the Memphis Grizzlies & Dillon Brooks invade the Garden to take on the Celtics and Payton Pritchard. With Ja Morant out with an ankle sprain, Brooks is getting more time and carrying more of the load for Memphis, and Payton is definitely earning his time for the Celtics.

One of the consequences of the messed up season that was 2020. Credit to Colorado for winning its games, and they probably are the 3rd best team in the conference. But, unfortunately, that game revealed what we've been saying for a while. In Pac-12 football, it's Oregon, then USC, then all the rest. Georgia, and Florida & Texas A & M, don't really have a chance of getting invited to the Invitational. LSU can drop by, with Ohio State and Clemson, and because of that, the SEC & B1G get talked about, and on TV. Clemson & Notre Dame have their own Networks. The Pac-12 is Oregon & USC, most of the country can name the other 10.

So true. So what does Alabama do this season? Its defense allowed 20 points a game, and the offense, under Frank Broyles Assistant Of The Year Award Winner OC, Steve Sarkisian, averages 50 points a game! WR, DeVonta Smith is the favorite for the Heisman. The message is clear Mario. Recruit great players, establish a culture, maintain a presence, but get out of the way of your Coordinators!

Great article, David. As much fun as CK's blur was, TD drives that took 38 seconds. A dominating defense that it looks like Mario is building, will be a blast. Getting a sack, knocking the stuffing out of a receiver daring to run a crossing route, stopping the running back cold. These are the sights we can look forward to. And, there won't be any, "gimmick" or "finesse" attached to it. It will be flat out physicality that Oregon uses to demolish its opponents. KT got it started big time against USC, and it spread to the 10 others, and now they have their eyes on Iowa State.

David, you have your wife and in laws, I have cousins who are obnoxious Huskies, that's actually redundant. But, to the point, you did a good job showing just how delusional the Husky fans are, Washington IS NOT a historic program. Never were, never will be. The Don James era teams were good, they even have a championship? But that does that a historic program make? I say, nay! Now, they look at Oregon and its brand, the fact that it's Oregon dominating the Pac-12 across its breadth, and it makes them sick! There are two top 5 recruits in Washington, 1 already picked Ohio State, the other isn't going to Washington either, and again, I say, next season, the Beavers finish ahead of the Huskies in the North!

The comments are great in this article. One poster is your stereotypical Husky, convinced that Oregon is lucky, only good because of NIKE, believes that Washington is a historic football school. It's great reading the two commenters go over this, here's a sample: You know I like and respect you, but statements like this are just so useless. Husky has gut feeling that Husky coach is better than Oregon coach? Call the papers! Now, we have issues with Mario, well basically, one issue. The Huskies can keep Lake.

I absolutely noticed that, and quite frankly was bothered that until you just brought it up here, it hadn't seem to have been noticed. I have a lot of respect for Figueroa, and hope he does well. But watching him out there on the court, wearing 30 will never be right.

Wow, that looks good! A full course meal to be sure. What other school has teams ranked in M & W basketball and football?

Fortunately, that hasn't been the case for Payton most of the season. He seems to be integrating himself in to the team successfully; no small feat considering this is a veteran filled Celtics roster. Payton is having to transform from being The Man @ Oregon, and really the 5th option for the Celtics. But by passing, rebounding, playing defense, and making his shots when he gets them, he is making the 26th pick the Celtics used on him, look great. In his last game, Pritchard got 23 minutes, hit 3 of 3 on 3's, and his current career high is @ 13.

The Men are the only Pac-12 team in the Top 25, while the Lady Ducks trail, Stanford, #1, and Arizona, #6, in the Top 10,, and have games, @ Stanford on the 8th and @ Arizona, on the 14th.

Unfortunately, Verdell has been "iffy" for pretty much every game since he's been here.

Now, do we really care what Udub thinks about the U of O? Not really. But there is always something to learn from hearing opposing views, and surprisingly I know, there is some good discussion going on here. This is a great example: Oregon won 11 games six times in 10 years prior to this season We’ve won 11 games three times in our history.

Okay, Charles actually took the player I was thinking of, I already said I wanted a DT to show up in the transfer portal topic, and if Ngata could show up for the Fiesta Bowl? So, I thought who else is there that could really fill a need? Could really make an impact? One player immediately came to mind, and it was from just last year! Brady Breeze! With Breeze it wouldn't have to be a player coming back, he just wouldn't have left. His two game stretch of Pac-12 Championship & Rose Bowl is one of the most dominating any Duck has ever had. Not only did he make play after play, he just wasn't going to let the Ducks lose!

My first Favorite Duck was Billy Gaskins, he was the 2 guard for the Ducks when they played, and beat, #1 UCLA 78-65, ending a UCLA 25 game winning streak, that game, Feb.21, was my intro-Duck-ion, and have bled green & yellow ever since. I also want to recognize a Duck I will always remember. Her name is Janelle Lindvall, and she was the catcher on the softball team, from 2013-16. She was a good, not great hitter average wise, but if the Ducks were coming up and needed a hit, it was always nice to see that she'd get an at bat. What really drew me to her though was on defense, and just how she handled her job. I don't recall her ever having a passed ball, and very few wild pitches, and she always looked calm, had to be a confidence builder for the pitcher. Janelle has a sister, named Lauren, who played 2nd base for the Ducks, 2015-18.

With this latest news it looks like the job is Choat's, if he wants it. I don't know why Avalos or Moore would even interview now.

It looks like a great schedule. Right now, Stanford is #1, Arizona is #6 and Oregon is #8. Pac-12 Women dominate basketball, and pretty much softball, and it doesn't look to be changing anytime soon.

Hold your horses! Or Broncos in this case.

Choate is the fall back guy if Avalos and Moore don't want it. Ordinarily, this would be a step backwards for Moore. It would be a little different if this was the Boise State when Moore was playing. But, it isn't. THe only reason I can see Moore taking the job is Jerry Jones. For Avalos, it is a step up, from DC to HC. But, a few more years of success @ Oregon as the DC, and he will be looking at much better offers than going home again.

Let's see. A $1000. 00 fine, and they have to promise never to do it again?

That is the question, and I hope that Mario doesn't overthink the answer. If Shough is playing well, and not just "managing" go with him. But, if the Ducks aren't humming, get Brown in there!

This is absolutely right, Jon. If the ESPN Invitational expands to 8, it will just be twice as corrupt as it is now. The only way to actually have a Playoffs is for it to be filled with the Power of 5 champions, and 3 wildcards including at least 1 G5. With this, only minor "eye test" is needed.

Thanks for the scouting report, Ryan, however, as good a job Wright does on kickoff returns, the fewer chances he has a chance to display his skills, the better, once would be fine. Iowa State features a great running back in Breece Hall, much like Wisconsin had in Johnathan Taylor in the Rose Bowl. Oregon's defense handled Taylor, and doing the same to Hall, will take the air out of the Cyclone's offense. Whoever the quarterback turns out to be for the Ducks, some big plays through the air would be great, Iowa's pass coverage is their Achilles heel, and the Ducks can double down here with their speed advantage. Hopefully, KT and Dorlus will pick up where they left off, and ISU's quarterback will will have to be picked up off the field, when he isn't running for his life and getting picked off. This is a big game for ISU, let them and their fans enjoy the build up of playing in a NY6 game, then the Ducks can give them a reality check.

It's down to a couple of former Boise State players, Avalos and Kellen Moore, and Montana State head coach, Jim Choate, also a BSU alum.

Ah yes, Todd McSham. Not a word of contrition, "I was wrong" from this bum. It's inconceivable for me to think of any other job, that on the surface is more useless than his, where he is the sidekick to Mel Kiper. But, it doesn't even matter that he's incompetent. On to Justin's game. He got a touchdown pass, so that record is his, and with 253 yards, he's over 4000. After their horrific start, the Chargers are at 6-9 now, and finish with the rematch against KC.