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Colorado AD addresses Pac-12 status amid rumors of Big 12 move: 'We'll evaluate things as we move forward' - CBSSports.com Colorado AD addresses Pac-12 status amid rumors of Big 12 move: 'We'll evaluate things as we move forward' - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The Buffs' athletic director certainly left the door open to a possible conference...

Bollocks! WSU President releases statement on athletic department's financial troubles WWW.KREM.COM Athletic Director Pat Chun said there will be a temporary freeze on current and future positions, non-essential travel and new professional development.

Today, Sunday, on SXM, Geoff Schwartz and Barrett Sallee discuss 2023 Ducks football in depth, and are joined by Erik Skopil. Knowing XSM tendancies, the segment is likely to play through the day. You may be able to find a link to the segment. I recommend it if you have the interest and time. SXM channel 84, College Sports radio. Sirius is a paywall service, and the subject content may not be accessible to all. Sorry.

Similar to the Pac, the ACC leaders met. The reported hot potato in the meeting was how to increase football revenues to member schools. Reportedly, there were other hot topics. Anyway, for the two days since the meeting the Clemson flagship talk radio has 90% been discussion and alarm about the future of the conference. To split away, as determined by the GOR ( Grant of Rights) the only way to break away without penalties of ~$100M, is if 8 or more schools leave together. Apparently seven are ready to announce leaving. Today Louisville was reported as the eighth. The majority see the changes to take 3-5 years to develop, thus one or more interim changes are coming. To compete for championships, football programs will require +$100M or more in annual football revenue. Many are above that already with UGA (Georgia) topping the list and approaching $150M revenue. The notion of interim arrangements leading to future conference alignments is what I also anticipate for Oregon and the Pac.

A P from Peay? Poetic.

I remember feeling happy with the hire of George Kliavkoff as Pac12 Commisioner. A skilled marketer, fresh insights with media and contracts experience he seemed like fresh air. Today I look back at where things are now and how the landscape of CFB has changed. I wonder if the hire of a veteran football administrator, someone with many longtime friends and contacts, might have been a better choice for the Pac? Deep longtime college football contacts, along with contracting and league media agreements might prove to be fire in today's dilemmas and environment. Hindsight.

The talent is enough for this team to be great. I expect Bo to have his career-best year. Suspect functions that need to perform at high levels to maximize win totals and championships are: -team leadership - in-game coaching - OC performance - teamwork and cohesiveness - the will of the players to overcome adversity to win

Will this become, C U later Buffaloes?

I'll go out on an April limb and predict at least one one-loss or better Pac team in the coming season. Cream rises to the top. Four teams have a shot to become great in 2023 and earn a playoff spot with superlative play.

The conference schedule will act like a winnowing machine. The chaff will fall away and the wheat will remain for post season play and accolades.

The Ducks have far more talent than the Buffs. Colorado will be coming to Autzen to win and has nothing to lose as the underdog. The Ducks must play tough whistle to whistle to avoid disaster. Coach Prime and the Buffs would love nothing more than leaving duck eggs splattered on the turf grass inside Autzen.

Tipping your cap, Jon, to your generation with the title of your post.

Pitooey.

Mr. Canzano rightly recognizes the President's and Chancellor's pattern and desire for a unified stance. In the case of the Pac12 media deal unity becomes a trap like a cob web. WSU, OSU, Cal, and possibly Stanford and Colorado, without the other Pac members have no place but down to go without deal binding the others. Utah will have locked in security if a media deal is signed whether deserved or not. The only way a new deal is good for Oregon is if it has a no penalty escape clause from the get-go which is unlikely. The overwhelming threat to the Ducks is that the national landscape of conferences and top-tier teams will shift during the term of the pending agreement. The uncertainty now, and a new agreement with compatatively weak shares, will further diminish the clout and reputation of the Pac imediately making recruiting progressively more difficult. Canzano is correct that it is time for the leaders to lead. Even more necessary is that the leaders of Oregon, Washington, ULCA (sic), and Utah agree a strategy and execute it separately or together from the other members of the conference. This is no time to be timid, or to be dragged into the quicksand by conference members who have no future in the new order of major college football.

A good and reasonable proposition, Jon. The teams and alignments that you suggested make sense. I'm sure that you would agree there are other good options as well. The rock-crusher of change in conference alignments is in motion. There may never again be the opportunities to assemble so many great programs into a great new conference. The time is now. I prefer a 20-team structure, but sixteen or twenty are mere details of alignment. I prefer The inclusion of both Cincinnati and Memphis, along with Houston then west to the Pacific. Frankly, I do not feel good about the Presidents or the Comissioner. The AD's should be lighting fires, but do not appear to be doing so. Without significant additions and realignment, I would rather see Oregon leave for the B1G+ or B12+. The biggest dogs have already left the Pac. As is, there are too many weak links in the Pac. Adding several new members does not resolve or avoid the looming problems. Thank you, Jon, for laying out a vision for change.

The sports TV environment will change enormously during the next ten years. What we have known from national networks and sports cable channels will fracture and evolve. Availability, access, distribution, and pricing are in flux. The tug-of-war has begun and fan viewer consumers are under siege as the big business battle is waged. Thanks, Jon, for illuminating some of the aspects that are or may be changing. The discussion you initiated is interesting. Points of view are surfacing along with concerns and approaches to resolve issues coming to light.

You framed the topic nicely, Joshua. Thank you.

This will end Clemson's FAST West Coast Spread that Chad Morris borrowed from Chip Kelly and Oregon after Oregon made two championship games. Clemson flourished with Morris' version. Oregon's and Clemson's offenses likely will again have similarlties 2023 and ahead with Riley and Stein leading the offenses with Air Raid interspersed.

Dabo Swinney let OC Brandon Streeter go and hired Lincoln Riley's brother, a Frank Broyles Awars winner, as OC. What a hire. He is 33 years-old. Here comes Air Raid concepts

The callers on sports talk radio have been poo-pooing Jordan Burch since he entered the portal. Stuff like "he wasn't as good as advertised", or, "didn't live up to his hype". Hurt feelings and sour grapes spawned by disappointment I suppose. There has also been a stir about The Ducks and Oregon using improper inducements to lure Burch. Who knows what goes on behind the curtain in the sausage factory? I've always believed that Oregon Athletics played by the rules. The lines of the rules of engagement have been blurred in the new era of the Wild Wild West.

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Let's hope that Burch is indeed special. Generally South Carolinians agree that his production has been pedestrian and not fully reflective of Burch's 5☆ evaluation. Burch is very athletic with size, length, and speed. It will be interesting to see what Tosh and Tuioti get out of him. Burch has the potential to be a difference maker if he can unleash his inner beast.

Just wait until next year.

Yours is a good topic, Joshua. Studying the best and emulating their skills and tactics is the way to improve. The receivers in the playoffs performed amazingly. The Ducks need more speed in their receiving ranks, then need to refine route-running, hand and arm strength, and skills using their bodies to defeat defenders. Those are easy to say and hard to execute principles. The Ducks running backs are sublime. They are elite and will improve with more Carrie’s and coaching. Check that box. The Ducks need more speed on the edges. Sealing the edge by preventing the ball carrier from turning the corner is key. Along with that is the need for better DB’s. Winning a championship requires shutdown defenders who can stay close to receivers, close quickly, and play man to man defense consistently winning matchups. As Joshua said, an elite QB is necessary to win a championship. A fully healthy Bo Nix might be good enough, Certainly it takes Bo’s QB ability or more. Size, speed, motion, leadership, toughness, decision making, competitive spirit, mental processing, mobility, the ability to read defenses and anticipate - being an elite Quarterback requires so much. There is a great leap from being a very good QB to being elite. Then the Ducks need big uglies in the middle of the defensive line. The kind with push who can bully and maul offensive linemen to plug the gaps. Those who can defeat the blockers and tackle. The Ducks are building a championship team. Dan, Tosh, and Klemm know what it takes to win . Can they gather the players that are needed and prepare them enough to become national champions?

Are not the Ducks expecting 1-3 2023 commitments during the U.S. Army Bowl, and the Under Armor All-American game?