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Modernize the Rose Bowl and play it there.....name the filed after Keith Jackson.

One could get the impression that the Pac12 Presidents view athletics (outside of Stanford and Olympic sports) as a part of their job they least enjoy/value. Sort of like kissing your sister. Compare the management of athletics over the years in the Pac12/10/8 to the SEC and Big10 where the Athletic Departments are embraced, cultivated and invested in--as nearly autonomous assets--as entities for the greater health of the institution and its alumni and community connections. What the Conference of Champions achieved DESPITE the lack of comparative administrative support is a credit to the boosters, donors and student athletes of those institutions. Chickens came home and roosted.....sadly.

I learn more, sooner, from FishDuck.com than any other Duck or ex-journalist website out there.

It just dawned on me that this now means MORE Gus Johnson, not LESS.

Glad we have options! Stein's QB haul so far is impressive: Novo, Moga, MVB & Akili Jr.

I think they "upgrade" the north side and focus on fewer, high-yield ticket buyers. If they can add 10,000 "seats" at double the revenue through amenities, services and experience upgrades it eases space, parking and I5 access issues. In other words more Ritz-Carlton and less Courtyard offerings....

The first ripple effects mentioned where centered on those left behind, naturally. We'll see how that sorts out moving forward. Stanford/Cal feel like B1G adds, OSU/WSU feel like the Big12 to me. In another thread that discussed the ACC's demise and the moving pieces likely to go to the super conferences, the U of Miami was left out of the discussion. If that were to become reality, imagine the downward arc of MariØ since Herbert & Brady Breeze won the Rose Bowl....stunning. On the other hand, what if this move is the catalyst that revives the Montlake Mutts by re-energizing the fanbase, namely the Tyee Club? We may rue the day in that light. I was hoping to close the lifetime W-L record with those mangy mongrels before they were resuscitated. I am not sure that DeBoer is the guy to get them there, but after him, they will be able to attract a good one. Hey, who knows, maybe "3 yards and a cloud of FieldTurf Pellets" Cristobal will be available then?

Thumbnail version of the Mandel piece: in 2011, the P12 finished the season with 3 teams ranked in the top 6 AND had just signed the most lucrative media deal college sports history. 12 years later, implosion. The cause? Apathy (Pac-12 Presidents, namely Crow at ASU); hubris (Larry Scott and his network without a partner model), and unparalleled mismanagement (Crow and others rejecting a DirectTV package AND Oklahoma and Texas joining the conference). The Harvard Biz School now has a new Case Study on how not to manage an athletic conglomerate or, if you prefer, a profile of executive ineptitude. Larry Scott will be immortalized. Kliavkoff was left with empty coffers after these failures led to B1G and SEC acquisitions....the writing was on the wall. He also implies that West Coast academic culture is about the furthest thing from College Athletic business acumen one could find with ASU's Crow as the poster child of mendacity.

Indiana has played in Autzen. The stadium was full. And, the Hoosiers kicked our butts. I have seen Wiscy, Michigan and Mizzou games in Autzen that were jam packed with overflow crowd in the Parking Lot of another 10K or so. I would like to see modest capacity expansion with more luxury seating for my tired, widening old man behind. By luxury, I mean upscale food options, seat-service and ample bathrooms!

Duck Derangement Syndrome is a not something to take lightly. If you see something, say something.

What is Miami's future? Just asking for a friend.....

Can I split the difference? Oregon State and Stanford....

It’s a Big10 league game Smokey, mark it zero!

I am guessing that our alumni overlords told Rob Mullens that they would underwrite the program to facilitate a shift to the Big 10 if the Pac media contract didn't pencil out. Meaning, coaching salary & NIL increases, practice facility funds and, probably operational funds for team transportation to mitigate travel impacts.

One observation....for all the modern journalistic tech platforms and hot-take insiders, the UO clearly planned this methodically and caught the "twitterati" largely by surprise. A case study for the digital media class in the J-School I would think?

You can't polish a (toad)......I cleaned that up for propriety's sake

If only bean dip stadium had been converted from its high school vibe 40 years ago instead of opening Fall 2023, things might have been different.

Disney is in dire straits, despite tons of content....Apple has deep pockets, a streaming platform and minimal content. Seems like a good match.

For some reason, I now am craving dirndls, Riesling and sponge cake?

I love this...what a great story.

As a wiser man than me (Mel Brooks) once said/sang Hope for the best, expect the worst Some drink champagne, some die of thirst No way of knowing which way it's going Hope for the best, expect the worst! Hope for the best, expect the worst The world's a stage, we're unrehearsed Some reach the top, friends, while others drop, friends Hope for the best, expect the worst!

I wouldn't expect expect entrepreneurial agility from university presidents. The mindsets are antithetical to one another. The Pac-(fill in the blank) university presidents are like East German Trabant factory apparatchiks when the Wall fell down and BMW/Mercedes/PorscheVW opened dealerships in Leipzig. Flatfooted.

Hayward, I’m going to need the address of that all-you-can-eat smorgasbord please?

I will be there in soul, if not in body.

The recruiting service sites will always have that “exuberance” because their mods fashion themselves as recruiting insiders and pound the drum endlessly for clicks by need to know first followers. You’re bound to generate moronic posts in that environment. Thankfully, Charles has created a clubhouse where we can share Duck news minus the drama.