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I understand where you're coming from. But I'm straddling both sides of the fence when it comes to the Beavers and Ducks. I married into a Beaver family (what was I thinking?!) They have been downright nasty when it comes to the U of O. Even my own wife and step-kids won't hesitate to say something negative about our Ducks. I basically stay silent as to not irritate them and just say "scoreboard!" Beav fans point to Phil Knight, saying if it wasn't for him, the Ducks wouldn't be where their at. Agreed. Then I mentioned that two OSU graduates, Jensen Huang, President, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia and Andrew Cherng, president and CEO of Panda Express could have donated money to OSU if they so desired. Huang is currently the 6th wealthiest billionaire at 161 billion, Cherng has 7.3 billion. Knight is worth 33 billion. It just so happens that Phil Knight is a sports fan while the other fellows are not. My late step-son had mentioned that OSU graduates are loaded with cash, they're just not involved in the sports world.

ESPN has some tongue-in-cheek humor pointed at the worst of the worst college football teams. This week the OSU Beavers are ranked No. 2. They're getting close to the top spot. Here is their comment: Oregon 'trail' State. You have died of dysentery. The Beavers are the nation's only six-loss team after traveling 4,477 miles round trip to lose a heart breaker in Boon, North Carolina, to Appalachian State. Now they host Wake Forest, which will make a 4,624 mile round trip from Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Corvallis and back. For what it's worth, Wake and App St. are separated by 86 miles. The Beavs should have just stayed in North Carolina and spent the week in the foothills eating barbecue, drinking moonshine and watching the fall foliage turn orange and black, both colors of Oregon State and the colors that your liver turns after drinking real Carolina moonshine!

Since our Ducks have a football bye this week, I thought we could take a peak into our upcoming basketball season. This year 15 scholarships are allowed. Oregon currently has 17 players on the roster. Three of these players are Luke Johnson, Drew Carter and Rian Gonzales. I believe these are walk-on players. Please correct me if I am wrong. That would leave 14 scholarship players. I'm wondering if Coach Altman will add another player this late in the year. I have read a few articles about the upcoming B1G Ten basketball season and it's a bit disappointing. The Ducks are ranked anywhere from # 8 to # 10 in the league this season. With Jackson Shelstad out for a month, this just adds insult to injury. The dreaded Huskies were even ranked ahead of our Ducks. Disgusting! It is a long season and hopefully every one stays healthy from here on out. Go Ducks! The players: Efe Vatan, Jackson Shelstad, Dezdrick Lindsay, Takai Simpkins, Oleksandr Kobzystyi, Luke Johnson, Rian Gonzales, Kwame Evans Jr., Drew Carter, Sean Stewart, J.J. Frakes, Ege Demir, Devon Pryor, Wei Lin, Jamari Phillips, Nate Bittle, Miles Stewart.

My heart sank when I read this. I'd hope he stays out the full six weeks. I'd hate to see him return to soon and reinjure his hand again and be out for half the season.

That's great news to hear. But I read that he plans to be a one-and-done. We'll see how that pans out. But if it's only for one year, that's better than not having him at all.

What's in a name? Take a look at this. California 34 OSU Beavers 15 Fresno St. 36 OSU Beavers 27 Texas Tech 45 OSU Beavers 14 Bemidji St. is a school in Minnesota. Yep, their mascot is the BEAVERS! Michigan Tech 37 Bemidji St. Beavers 17 Winona St. 21 Bemidji St. Beavers 17 Sioux Falls 56 Bemidji St. Beavers 23 Minot St. is a school in North Dakota. And their school name is BEAVERS! Emporia St. 27 Minot St. Beavers 7 Minnesota St. 34 Minot St. Beavers 16 Concordia- 27 Minot St. Beavers 21 St. Paul You'd think they might want to change the Beaver name to something else. The beaver belongs to the rodent order Rodentia. These include the Kangaro rats and mice and gophers. If they don't like these names they might include the Nutria.

College basketball scholarship limit for NCAA division one (D1) is 15 scholarships for both men's and women's teams, effective for the 2025-2026 academic year. While this is the maximum number of scholarships allowed per team, schools are not required to offer all 15 and the number of scholarships awarded is dependent of each schools funding.

The TV schedule looks good so far. As long as the games aren't shown on Peacock I will be able to watch them.

Baseball sure is a funny game. That's why it's played on the field, not on paper. Here are the baseball scores involving Nebraska, Oregon, OSU and UCLA. Regular season scores: UCLA beat Nebraska 5-2, 11-3 and 5-3 but lost the one that counts 5-0. Oregon beat UCLA 2-1 and 10-6 and lost 14-4. Nebraska beat Beavis 7-3 and 16-7 and lost 16-5. OSU beat UCLA 7-1. Nebraska beat Oregon 7-3. Go figure.

Thanks for contacting the sports information director for baseball and giving us an update on the pitching issues concerning the Ducks and Bruins. As you stated, the tournament would be nice to win but the focus is on the regionals next week. Highly unlikely, but Oregon and UCLA could miss out on the championship game and still be in the regionals. However, all the other schools competing in the tournament have to win out in order to make a regional. For them, I would think it would be all hands on deck and they would use any pitcher at their disposal to possible win it all.

As far as I can tell, the NCBWA relies solely on the latest RPI results. D1 Baseball is the site that I believe is the best. They have Oregon as # 4. If you look up the RPI on their website it does list Oregon at # 12. Bottom line, the games are won on the field, not on paper.

Let's take a look at how each school did against their opponent in the regular season. I'm listing this in order of the games to be played starting tomorrow. Win-loss records or did not play (DNP.) game 1 Illinois 1-2 Maryland 2-1 game 2 Rutgers DNP Indiana DNP game 3 Michigan St. DNP Nebraska DNP game 4 UCLA 3-0 Illinois 0-3 game 5 Penn St. DNP Washington DNP game 6 Iowa 2-1 Rutgers 1-2 game 7 Michigan 0-1 UCLA 1-0 pre-season game game 8 USC 2-1 Penn St. 1-2 game 9 Oregon 2-1 Michigan St. 1-2 game 10 Washington 2-1 USC 1-2 game 11 Indiana 0-3 Iowa 3-0 game 12 Nebraska DNP Oregon DNP

Here's a quick look at the weather during the Big Ten Baseball Tournament. Tuesday May 20th High 56 Cloudy 24% chance of rain Wind 15-25 MPH Wind gust over 40 MPH Wednesday May 21st High 60 Partly cloudy 5% chance of rain Wind 15-25 MPH Thursday May 22nd High 67 Partly cloudy 5% chance of rain Wind 10-15 MPH Friday May 23rd High 68 Overcast 24% chance of rain Wind 5-10 MPH Saturday May 24th High 69 Overcast 24% chance of rain Wind 5-10 MPH Sunday May 25th High 71 Mostly cloudy 33% chance of rain Wind 10-15 MPH

I checked out the schedule and bracket and our Ducks are the last team to play. This gives our guys a couple of days rest while everyone else is battling it out. But this scenario also could be an issue as Oregon would play four games in four days. Will the pitching hold up? I did a deep dive into Oregon's pitching depth. These results are based on the last 15 games, when Oregon won 14 out of 15. I have to admit I didn't know the Ducks have 19 pitchers on their roster! Besides our starting pitchers, Coach Waz relies on only six relievers. Grayson Grinsell, Collin Clarke and Jason Reitz each had four starts. Relievers and appearances Cole Stokes 10 Seth Mattox 8 Santiago Garcia 6 Ian Umlandt 6 Ryan Featherstone 5 Jaxon Jordan 4 Pitchers who have made a brief appearance in the last 15 games. Toby Twist 3 St. Mary's - Washington - Iowa Sam Boyle 2 Tanner Bradley 1 Julien Hernandez 1 Will Sanford 1 Last pitched against Oregon St. on April 29th. Started and pitched two innings. Is he recovering from an injury?) This is going to be a challenge for all teams, not just Oregon. I'm sure we're going to see some pitchers who normally don't play. Keep the bats boomin', Ducks!