David Marsh

Go Ducks! I have a couple colleagues at work who are beavers and I know they probably won't appreciate this so I'll try not to rub it in too much. Especially when baseball is their sport. Talk about building a program at Oregon. Baseball went from non-existent to winning the conference in a relatively short time.

It comes down to who do you trust and who has earned that trust. I have found that I will tend to trust Canzano over other sources I'm not as familiar with most because they are usually outside of the pac-12s orbit. Personally I find that Canzano, at least on his new site, has been rather measured and has done a great job with sourcing in other non-conference related stories. He often says he has sources that are from within many of the universities and I feel he has probably built those relationships to get some information. Now is he going to be right? Maybe who knows, we'll find out when it all finally goes down. But I don't feel he is going out of his way to sensationalize every tidbit of information he says. One of the things I find that is trust worthy is one of the lines where... It's a short response and it at least feels like it's coming from an source. Obviously we don't know exactly who the source is but it feels like a reasonable response. He's not giving us crazy numbers, just a comment. Now I know my personal bias is that I'd like to see the Pac-12 continue to exist. I've even gone on the record saying how he collapse of the PAC would be awful for the whole sport. Why the Pac-12's Survival is in Everyone's Interest FISHDUCK.COM We are firmly back in the off-season, and conference realignment talk is back in full force. There has been... So I personally like the sound of that quite. Could Canzano be wrong? Absolutely! Though he has really gone out of his way for this new venture of his to do solid reporting and knowing the clicks will come and not just create clickbait. Canzono has always been well networked. I know he rubbed a lot of people the wrong way when he was at the Oregonian and if you're one of the, that's fine, you do you. I'm just sharing my perspective. Go Ducks!

And it would take a few years for people to get used to it as a destination for watching live sports content. It will be pretty telling how much streaming is growing based on the NFL Thursday night football numbers Thai upcoming season over last season.

I would love to keep the FCS game local. I'm cool with PSU or even Eastern Washington as the money does stay in the north west. Eastern Washington is probably the team from that northern state is hate the least in truth.... Which is saying something because they broke Vernon Adam's finger! What If Vernon Adams Didn't Break His Finger in 2015? FISHDUCK.COM The 2015 season saw Oregon turn to a one-year graduate transfer in Vernon Adams, and that move could have...

It feels like it is getting harder for Oregon to even sell all the tickets to FCS opponent games. Oregon v Portland state this year isn't going to be a good game as of how one sided it will be but I'll watch because I can't not. I think some of the thought process of the PAC going to 8 games was to then schedule an additional game with the B1G or ACC back when that "alliance" was still trying to go somewhere other than just a publicly stunt that resulted in a B1G back stab or sorts.

If they don't work they won't start. There is plenty of talent that wants to start and that means there is loads of competition. Most of the transfers only have 1 year of eligibility on them anyways so they won't hold the roster back so much if they don't actually end up playing and being a bust. Some of the transfers have 2 years of eligibility but even then the turn over will be a whole lot higher.

My guess is that ESPN isn't out but they are refusing to offer what the PAC may be worth. We are a filler conference in their eyes and we should fill the 7pm time slot and like it. But if we go elsewhere... Oh that's a big problem for them. Because sure they can pay the mountain west pennies to fill those 7pm slots but they won't draw anywhere near the eyeballs the PAC does.

I have students who "punish" me when they get a bad grade by refusing to do other assignments. It never ends well for those in either scenario.

One thing I came across was that SDSUs buyout to leave the Mountain west doubles by July. So some announcements need to happen sooner than later by the look of it.

This basically happened for two weeks last year. In the week leading up to the Utah game Nix didn't practice at all. He mentally practiced but not physically. Then the week leading up to the Oregon state game Nix practiced a bit more but Thompson still got a bulk of the reps with the ones. My concern about Thompson isn't how he practices. It sounds like he practices well and is very coachable in practice. My concern is how that doesn't translate to a game. He has all the physical tools to make it big. He used those tools in high school where he was far more physically gifted than his competition. He doesn't have that buffer anymore so he must be more confident, know the system better and execute at a higher rate than he needed to in high school. He hasn't shown he can make that leap yet. He did look better in the spring game... But he needs to carry his practice into the game from what it sounds like.

I think if the conference gets paid well enough the fan base will swallow it for now. The problem is that those late night games don't bring in the same kind of eyeballs as earlier games because the east coast isn't staying awake for them. so the networks don't want to pay for them at full price but the bargain rate because they aren't primetime games. Pay each PAC member 50 mil and I'll live with a bunch of 7 pm start times... Just long enough until Oregon wins a national title and demands better game times. Also... Friday night games would be something interesting to offer as well.

And ESPN wants it on the cheap if they can. Streaming isn't quite there yet for numbers and ESPN knows this and I wouldn't be surprised if they are trying to leverage it to get the PAC on the cheap. Fox would probably like to see the PAC collapse so they can push Oregon and Washington to the B1G and they consolidate the west coast. Right now I can just see ESPN wanting PAC games for that late night spot but doesn't want to give them earlier time slots because they want those for their prizes conference, the SEC. I do feel the problem with the PAC right now is that the conference isn't seen as worthy of primetime, certynit east coast primetime, but we are good filler but filler doesn't cost big dollars.

They both should get plenty of opportunities against PSU. But whoever has more control of the offense should get more against Hawaii. I do think it's worth trying to preserve Novosad's redshirt if possible.

Well... It might push those LA teams to leave at some point if they have to play even more games on the east coast. Or the la teams beg for otherwise coast teams to join because they can't take the travel costs. Either way, I'd love to watch the groveling.

I'm sure he'll get some offers but I agree this is his dream job and maybe Oregon state is going to have to get him some more cash but I would be super shocked if he leaves.. And Oregon state will do all it can to keep him there.

ACC is a bad choice... Not just from a travel perspective but mostly because they are actually in a worse position than the PAC in terms of media payouts. So that would be a double downgrade for the Ducks in terms of less money and way more travel. The big-12 would be simply worse than the B1G all around. Lots more travel and less money. So even if numbers with the new PAC deal are comparable with the big-12 it would just mean increased travel costs so no real gain. So really besides the PAC the only real alternative is the B1G. But my favorite alternative is a PAC and ACC merger of sorts. Which seems bad and weird on paper but look at it this way. They wouldn't do a full mix of conference games. It would be broken into two regions and further more it could be cool to do some cross division games and also there could be a mini tournament for a coastal conference championship. The winner of the PAC vs the winner of the ACC. That would draw some eyeballs.

Shouldn't these athletes just wait a year and go after the B1G instead? They have much deeper pockets now. Also what happens if this case continues on after the conference realignment? I know legally all parties will continue but at that point the PAC might file a motion for dismissal as USC isn't in the conference. Granted if these attletes have graduated they may be looking for back wages or something of the like and that keeps the PAC still in the case. Just going to wait for realignment problems.

Gone but the damage is still done. It might be the doom if the conference as undoing that damage is pretty savere.

And we see the same thing happening in Colorado. Granted Colorado was real bad last year but they had some good players. It really does feel like new coaches, especially flashy ones, want to just scrap their whole roster at their new program say they suck and bring in their own guys. Lanning at least waited a year before the roster was cleaned out. Gave everyone a chance to compete and show off if they could make the new systems work for them.

I think this is a sign saying they are planning on getting those teams out of the PAC to one of the mega conferences at some point. They won't pay top dollar for them in the PAC but they would be more willing to poach them to a "better" conference. This is the consolidation of resources and the PAC is deemed not worthy. With a shattered PAC picking up late night programs on the cheap from the reminents becomes viable as they would have no bargaining power.

The market is absolutely chosing to pay for bloated contracts. But the major players have also determined that west coast football and other college sports must die to pay for it. ESPN a d Fox have both taken on making bigger conferences in the B1G and the SEC and to pay them some massive bucks. Either want to pay the PAC for anything more than late night programming and are happy to watch the PAC die to pay for their new mega conferences.

And I do appreciate that he didn't want to just clean house last year when he signed on but took the time to understand what he actually had on his roster. Not all the pieces fit but by working to preserve the team he built trust with the team and fans.

I would say it would make for some interesting interactions with his former team mates when Oregon trashes Colorado this season. But in truth it won't be awkward at all... His whole team is basically gone now under Sanders.

Here's to a new and improved duckndecense that will not let that passing attack deal as much damage as last year. Also.. Washington's defense couldn't stop the Oregon run game all that well and that's coming back for them.

I think the Big-12 jumped ahead for four reasons. 1. They had their crisis a year earlier with Texas and Oklahoma announcing their departure to the SEC. So they were already living in crisis management mode. 2. George K didn't become commissioner until the Texas and Oklahoma crisis was in full swing. The conference didn't try and pounce on the reminants of the big-12 for better or worse at the time. I think George had a ton of crazy Larry Scott stuff to unravel that we don't even know existed. There also didn't seem to be much of a desire from any PAC member schools to scavenge the big-12 either. 3. In a swing of desperation the big-12 added new members, they had some decent options due to their geography. 4. USC in particular lied to George K a out being satisfied in the PAC. Sure the moaned and groaned about their share not being what they wanted but from everything I've read they just wanted a better media deal, and unequal shares too, but when asked they gave no indication that they were planning on leaving. I feel right now the PAC has far more patience than the big-12. The big-12 doesn't have a second set of teams that have a major audience draw like the PAC. The PAC lost the LA schools, which hurts a lot but Oregon is a big national brand and Washington has Seattle. That is leaps and bounds ahead of what the big-12 was initially left with. I do feel that the new media contract has gone for too long and I do feel there have been many missed opportunities along the way. I also feel that the big-12 was eager to sign any new media deal they could go declare victory. I don't think the PAC feels that desperate. But I would love to hear SDSU is joining the PAC for starters.