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He makes a good point, the tweeter....but I would counter that we had to un-Coach all of the poor development he got at Auburn for 3 years, and did so in 6 months. Nope, we get the whole thing. Plus, I proclaim we get 2/5's of Scam Newton's Heisman since Dyer was down. So there.

Freakin' awesome!

I get the felling that Baker is trying to convince himself to make his own path by going somewhere other than his brother’s alma mater. I am also confident in Oregons ability to exceed other schools value proposition.

I’m about the same age as Neon Deion and I reached the same conclusion in 1989

The shadowy consultant who convinced an AD the teams were worth $50 mil/year is an interesting factor. Inquiring minds want to know more details.

As a sports fan in the State of Oregon for 50+ years, I have seen my share of sports letdowns. Sabrina's NCAA COVID calamity was a tough pill to swallow.

Kliavkoff was handcuffed by the Presidents. The same group who are also responsible for his hire and Larry's original hire and later anointment.

The amount of money that the UO gets from the legislature has been dropping as a percentage of revenue for decades. The last time a legislator tried to influence a UO policy of some sort it was Rep. Mitch Greenlick (I forget his particular beef) I want to say that it as less then 10% of the UO academic budget was state-funded. It is likely less today....a main reason why tuition and fees have gone up. Point is, if they try to racketeer some dough for the Beavs, I could see the school offering to reject the state funds and go private.

Here's the confirmation: Multiple Pac-12 presidents pushed for unrealistic deal from ESPN in media rights negotiations WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM “Sometimes you need a reality check,” WSU’s Kirk Schulz says.

Before Lennon & McCartney, there was Calvert and Crossland Maryland's flag bears the arms of the Calvert and Crossland families. Calvert was the family name of the Lords Baltimore who founded Maryland, and their colors of gold and black appear in the first and fourth quarters of the flag. Crossland was the family of the mother of George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore. The red and white Crossland colors, with a cross bottony, appear in the second and third quarters. This flag first was flown October 11, 1880, in Baltimore at a parade marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of Baltimore. It also was flown October 25, 1888, at Gettysburg Battlefield for ceremonies dedicating monuments to Maryland regiments of the Army of the Potomac. Officially, it was adopted as the State flag in 1904 (Chapter 48, Acts of 1904, effective March 9, 1904).

It's a League game, Smokey. Mark it zero, dude!

I'm with Haywarduck on this.....the blame lies with the Presidents in the main. They made the decisions. Particularly, Crow at ASU seems to have been the most clueless. They didn't realize they were out of their element in the negotiations and overplayed their hand time and time again.

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!