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Specific odds will shift as the game day approaches, but here are the general lines being offered by sports books. Spread -2 Ducks Money line Ducks -135 Hawkeyes +115 Total points (over/under) 46.5

Here are the results of the games each team played. Oregon 56 at Rutgers 10 Iowa 38 at Rutgers 28 at Oregon 20 Indiana 30 at Iowa 15 Indiana 20 at Oregon 21 Wisconsin 7 Iowa 37 at Wisconsin 0 Oregon 30 at Penn St. 24 (2OT) at Iowa 25 Penn St. 24 The Ducks scored 127 points for an average of 31.3 per game The Ducks gave up 71 points for an average of 17.3 per game The Hawkeyes scored 115 points for an average of 28.3 per game The Hawkeyes gave up 72 points for an average of 18 per game With both schools having a bye week, I expect a low scoring 'barn burner' unfolding in Iowa City.

I love football, but am excited to watch basketball, too. Regarding the Ducks exhibition win over Utah, 73-53, it's good to get that first win of the season, although it won't count in the standings. Out of the 16 schools in the Big Twelve, the former PAC 12 schools are not expected to fair too well this season, with the exception of the Arizona Wildcats. The preseason rankings: #4 Arizona, #13 Arizona St., #14 Utah and #16 Colorado. The Ducks next game is another exhibition against Stanford. Of the 18 schools in the ACC, former PAC 12 schools are also not expected to do very well. #15 California and #16 Stanford will be in the bottom half of their conference.

Ducks 48-10 2 2 195

For those of you wanting to watch basketball this season, open your wallets. It's going to cost quite a bit to see all the games. Their are NINE (9) different networks televising this season's games. Listed below are the networks and how many games they are going to televise. B1G Ten (10) FS1 (8) Peacock (7) B1G Ten + (2) ACC, CBS, NBC, TNT and TRU each will show one game. Here's how it will break down. The first two games, Utah (B1G Ten +) and Stanford (ACC) are exhibition games. Rice (B1G Ten +) Purdue (CBS) Michigan (NBC) San Diego St. (TNT) Auburn (TRU). B1G Ten FS1 Peacock Hawaii Oregon St. San Diego St. U.C. Davis USC UCLA Portland Michigan St. Gonzaga Omaha Iowa Maryland Ohio St. Indiana Rutgers Nebraska Minnesota Washington UCLA USC Illinois Penn St. Washington Wisconsin Northwestern This is really disappointing. I don't have the Peacock Network and they are going to show some really great games. I have YouTube TV and get almost all channels. For the record, the regular season starts on Tuesday, November 4th. Go Ducks!

The Badgers are in a world of hurt. Here are the results of their last four games, all losses. Maryland 27 Wisconsin 10 Michigan 24 Wisconsin 10 Iowa 37 Wisconsin 0 Ohio St. 34 Wisconsin 0 See the pattern here. Not scoring in their last two games makes me think they have thrown in the towel on this season. We all know the most dangerous animal is a wounded animal. Hope our Ducks strike quick and hard and have the game well in hand by halftime. Go Ducks!

Ducks win 34-20 Turnovers 2 Sacks 4 Passing yards 234

Sports Fan Ducks 34-17 2 3 246

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.