David Marsh

Dicky knows where wide receivers what happens in a Cristobal offense. All block, no rock

Dicky was on record saying he wasn't interested in Oregon when MC was here because the offense was so anti-receiver. Amazing what NIL does to change people's minds.

The biggest game changer in recruiting (outside of NIL) will be if conferences share the revenue and pay their players. This wouldn't be revenue sharing across the board but linked to the conference you're in. So being in a conference that doesn't payout as big will kill recruiting entirely. Though at that point the notion of college sports is dead.

I'll be honest I have felt some of the dread. I mean it's no real secret that Oregon has lost recruits due to NIL. It is also no real secret that many recruits are opting for the biggest pay day over where they would actually like to go or be with those they would actually like to be coached by. If the goal is still the NFL for these players then Oregon needs to show they get players to the NFL. Right now the big thing I'm looking for that will start to reshape now NIL works, at least on the high school recruit end, is how many of these big money players are busts. Either in not making the leap needed to the clege game or just not putting forward the work ethic needed to earn themselves a starting job. After all ... If you were given a contract worth millions that could potentially set you up for life how motivated would you be? Considering you were of course an 18 year old kid just out of high school with potentially a massive ego because you were just given millions of dollars because you are good at a sport at the high school level. If there are lots of busts then maybe NIL starts to cool a little bit. Donars don't want to see some three star out work and beat out their multi million five star.

True... But it wouldn't have taken much for his comments to basically say... "We'd welcome both schools back with open arms" or something of that nature. It just feels like there is a lot of bad blood sort USC.

Anyone else feel it is telling how GK said he'd and the rest of the PAC would welcome UCLA back with open arms but that comment didn't seem to stretch to USC? Oregon and USC have had a vigorous rivalry as of late. New power vs old blood sort of thing and both fan bases would love nothing more than to cripple the other. Now it really does feel like as Oregon we are the good guys. I know I'm rooting for everyone who plays the Trojans this year. On the one hand I'd love Oregon to get the chance to smash USC in the championship game but I think I'd rather them have such a miserable season that they don't even reach the championship game.

Alabama is stacked with talent... There's always next year if we need a runningback thanks to the transfer portal. Nothing is over now... Even after enrollment.

Yeah.... This year I'm going to just read and watch the Duck stuff later. I don't need to hear about how great USC is going to be especially when they are traitors to the conference.

I was half expecting to see USC at the top of that list... Because HYPE! After all we all know USC will win the national championship this year. The media has dubbed it so.

The pac has a better media market even without the LA schools than the Big-12 does minus Oklahoma and Texas. Right now the Big-12 has the edge in media dollars but from what I have seen is that those projections should shift more towards the PAC. The problem is the runaway super leagues of the B1G and the SEC that are eating up all the media dollars.

The backstory I heard about this player is that he was Justin Flowe's friend in high school and in order for us to land Flowe we needed to take his friend, who really didn't have any significant scholarship offers. Cristobal and co paid two scholarships for Flowe, one for Flowe and one for his friend. At this point it just opens up a scholarship because I seriously doubt he would have ever seen the field. And Flowe has.kade new friends and has his brother on the team so I could certainly see Brooks feeling like he is on the outside looking in at this point.

USC is also on the west coast.... The PAC is usually the target for punishment where other conferences can get away with it. Tenn is finally getting investigated over their McDonald's money bags under the table and I'll be shocked if they are in trouble for any more than a hefty fine and a few scholarship reductions. The west coast is consistently made examples of where a good chunk of the rest of the college football world gets away with misbehavior. Part of that results in the west coast following the rules and falling at times behind. Oregon and the Willie Lyles incident resulted in what looked like a slap on the wrist but it handicapped Oregon's recruiting for the entire Helfrich era. The big thing being a reduction of official visits down to 35 from. That's nothing, especially for a school that is outside of driving distance for most top talent. There was also a scholarship reduction but that isn't as big as the official visits. If that penalty was put on an SEC school it would have been a minor blip if anything.

I hope he has a good year and sees the field. He is the last of the Helfrich recruits. He had so much potential as a recruit and it's been a rough journey through college sports for him. It is a testament to his grit that he has stuck through it all. I think anyone else would have medically retired by now.

As others have said... Boise is not a match academicly while at the same time not a big media market. Colorado has not been good at football since they joined but they do bring a decently large market with them. BYU is a religious school and everything I've heard is that they have always liked to dictate certain terms about scheduling. In short they are not a team player which is something you have historically wanted in conferences. The Big-12 was desperate enough after Oklahoma and Texas announced their departure that they were happy to work with BYU to bring them into a conference. Also the Big-12 has a heavier influence of religious schools already than most conferences with TCU and Baylor. By contrast the PAC has only had one school with any religious affiliation in USC. Even with all that the PAC minus LA is still a larger media footprint than the new Big-12. I think San Diego is probably one of the very few options for expansion right now.

Kind of crazy to think that this year marks Chip's 5th at UCLA by the end of the year he will have been at UCLA as a head coach longer than he was at Oregon. I love what Chip did for Oregon but those days are long, long gone now.

And this just hit me... He had TAMU on his list of final schools. If he wanted to go play against the best of the best right away he should have gone there. USC will be in the PAC for the next few season. He will spend at least one year playing in the PAC before they even make the move to the B1G. I'm just not buying this realignment inflicting recruiting stuff right now. I'm sure some kids are believing it but it feels like a whole of smoke and mirrors because no one knows what any of it is going to look like.

I don't buy the argument that realignment is going to work as a recruiting tool. Sure, it may work right now... But again the ACC has been weak and Clemson has been successful. Right now everyone is freaking out about realignment. But what happens when the dust settles. Getting to the playoff will always ensure you're playing against the best, period. I think Oregon just needs to show they can make the playoff again. Next year or two would be huge.

Anyone new to any conference usually starts as a doormat. Utah started as a doormat for the first four-ish years. Colorado is still a doormat. In the SEC Missouri has been up and down but mostly a doormat and Arkansas was only barely a rung above Vanderbilt until really... last year. Nebraska has struggled to find itself in the B1G though they might be looking at a significant jump this upcoming year. All their losses were super close losses last year and with a bit better quarterbacking and a bit of luck they could have had a fantastic year. USC and UCLA will be B1G doormats. Texas and Oklahoma might be the exception to the rule... but they are NOT going to be top tier programs in the SEC, I just don't think they will be basement dwellers right away either. But they will not be happy. I don't think if the Pac-12 adds anyone they are going to be anything other than a mid tier to doormat program. Anyone else just isn't coming to the Pac-12 at this point.

If you asked me if San Diego was an option from r expansion a month ago or so.... Basically when I wrote my article on the PAC-12 being geographicly isolated... The Pac-12 is Geographically Isolated From the Rest of the College... FISHDUCK.COM Recently in a John Canzano Mailbag article, he was asked whether or not the Pac-12 should consider... I would have said no. Now ... Their value has increased drastically. As others have said I think it would be problematic to bring them in as full members out the gate. They simply aren't worth full members at this point. But here's the thing... Utah was brought into the PAC and was uncompetitive for their first several years but then they had a chance to build themselves up and get their legs under them. Same could be true for San Diego.

I think I read somewhere that the start was August 5ty this year.

Texas A&M were able to get out of their home and home agreement due to a conference realignment clause in the contract. So they joined the SEC to avoid Oregon. Well not entirely but they didn't have to cancel the series but they did.

I would imagine at the moment ESPN with their exclusive bidding rights (with fox but fox is sitting out from the sound of it) would take the opportunity to low ball just a bit at the moment. The bigger question comes after the first thirty days and if GK can leverage in streaming companies to push ESPN to a better deal. Negotiations are funny things ... They take a lot of time and posturing but when you get right on down it they don't really take shape until the clock almost reaches zero. Right now ESPN has loads of clock and no pressure. What we need to wait for is when does the pressure mount because there isn't as much clock yet. Basically it's a tie game right now and everyone is happy to punt. Just wait until there are two minutes left and someone needs to drive the field.

I'm ok with a cloud of dust.... As long as the runningback isn't caught up in it and as a result is sprinting for the end zone with defenders trying to catch him.

Interesting thing I found was that Hoke changed the base defense from a 3-4 to a 4-3 and I do recall Aliotti saying that that was a risky move because Oregon didn't have the number of defensive linemen in the the roster to provide the needed depth. Then Leavitt came in and took the Oregon personnel and flipped them back to an 3-4 which is what that roster was designed to do. That and a better coached scheme were only two parts of the quick turnaround.

Would have beaten the Huskies twice as well if he didn't have to sit due to dehydration coupled with his cycle cell. EWU didn't lose by much when he played against Washington... And he sat out for a good chunk of the second quarter to get iv fluids.