Charles Fischer

Amari Harper Headed to Oregon EUGENE, Ore. – Amari Harper, an All-SEC second team player on a Texas A&M team that earned the No. 1 overall seed to the 2025 NCAA Tournament, is transferring to Oregon, coach Melyssa Lombardi announced Thursday. She will be a senior in 2026. Harper had a career year in 2025 when she hit .421 in 51 games with 11 doubles, eight home runs, 51 RBI, a .698 slugging percentage and a .536 on-base percentage. In 154 career games at Texas A&M, Harper hit .364 with 22 doubles, nine home runs and 85 RBI. She started 45 games for the Aggies’ 2024 NCAA Super Regional team. A native of Corona, Calif., Harper was named to the all-SEC second team in 2025, as well as the NFCA All-South Region third team as a freshman in 2023. She was ranked as the No. 18 prospect nationally by Extra Inning Softball her senior season at Santiago High School. “Amari is proven, left-handed hitter out of one of the best conferences in the country,” said Lombardi. “She possesses the ability to clutch up and deliver in tough situations. She’s a very disciplined hitter. She has power; she can hit for average – she can do it all. In the game’s biggest moments, she wants to be at plate.” Amari Harper, UTIL (B-L/T-R), 5-7, Sr., Corona, Calif. (Santiago HS / Texas A&M) CAREER HONORS - 2025 All-SEC Second Team (UTIL) - 2023 NFCA All-South Region Third Team (2B) BEFORE OREGON Played in 154 career games at Texas A&M and started 144 … Career totals with the Aggies include a .364 batting average with 22 doubles, nine home runs and 85 RBI. JUNIOR (2025) Started 51 games, including 22 in right field, 12 at first base and nine at second base, for a Texas A&M squad that went 48-11 and was the No. 1 overall seed for the 2025 NCAA Tournament … Earned all-SEC Second Team honors after ranking eighth in the league in batting average (.421), fourth in on-base percentage (.536) and 22nd in slugging percentage (.698) … Had eight home runs, 11 doubles, 51 RBI and scored 52 runs, while adding 21 walks and 16 hit-by-pitches ... Was named SEC Co-Player of the Week on March 18 after going 5-for-7 with two home runs, five RBI, three runs and a 2.464 OPS in the series sweep at No. 22 Auburn ... Set an SEC Tournament single game RBI record with six in the semifinal win against No. 3 seed Texas ... Recorded a career-best 22-game on-base streak from March 14 to April 25, in which she batted .500 at the dish, while hitting five home runs, six doubles with 21 RBI and led the team with 32 runs during the stretch. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This makes THREE big-time transfers to Oregon? Whew! Amari Harper

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Some fans at halftime of the Rose Bowl...

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Bryson Beaver | DuckSportsAuthority N.RIVALS.COM Bryson Beaver - 2026 3 Star Quarterback for Vista Murrieta (Murrieta , CA) on Rivals.com And I will get over the-elephant-in-the-room....

This is actually the QB profile that fits Oregon...assuming we continue to pursue exceptional portal QBs in the future. Stack up HS QBs with upside, and the best of them could turn into a starter two or three years down the road. It is rumored that his rating will go up to a Rivals 4-Star from 3-Star due to his superb performance in the Elite-11 camp. Among the noted he was offered by: Boise State, Oregon, Ole Miss, LSU and Alabama. (That bastard coach there does know QBs) Not so Fast...

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This. I was wondering why we were wasting time on him? Even if he committed to Oregon and joined us in three years--he would not be ready for games until two years later, as that is assumed at Oregon? So why were we wasting time recruiting a QB who will not be helpful until 2030? (Especially when we can get a great portal QB every year?)

Frankly, Oregon deserves the ranking received, (No. 20) as we peaked too early. The last two years the Ducks finished at No. 12 in the nation, and we have good times ahead. Surprisingly...D1Baseball put Beavis at No. 4, and B1G MCWS representative UCLA at No. 5 in the nation. Think of it...Oregon took six out of seven games against those teams. Sigh. (I can't complain...we had our chances) With Arizona at No. 7, the west coast finished with three in the top seven, and five in the top 25 with Oregon at No. 20, and UC Irvine at No. 25. There is good baseball on the west coast that is ignored back east, and thankfully--D1Baseball sees it. College Baseball Rankings: D1Baseball releases final top 25 after College World Series - On3 WWW.ON3.COM College baseball season has come to an end, and D1Baseball has released its final top 25 rankings after LSU's championship. Interesting that now the B1G has two Baseball teams in the top 20...and they are former Pac-12 teams. We're helping the league!

Boy, I am glad Oregon QBs don't do this...Whew!

ERA drops to .55? Holy Crap!

What if....this new conference pulls Boise State down instead of elevating them? (Like an inadvertent loss or two in this weak conference?)

Both are really outstanding players that Coach Lombardi has plucked from the portal. Very impressive...

I think Alex's numbers are a fun goal, but the real question is consistency. It is hard to break into CFB, and do it consistently, and thus why it is so hard for a freshman. But he has the upside!

You can check the article and tweets right here, and I notice that the Bastard-Huskies have gone away from the metallic gold pants to a soothing-sweet beige this year! The biggest complaint from Washington fans is that the new look differs very little from the old look. (Nope...it's WORSE!) An Oregon fan noted that there are, "3 stripes on the pants to commemorate every yard Jonah Coleman rushed for against Oregon."

"In a first-of-its-kind and, perhaps, a precedent-setting move, Wisconsin is seeking unspecified financial damages and a declaratory judgement deeming UM’s actions as wrongful for interfering with a binding revenue-share contract between UW and Xavier Lucas, a former defensive back who left the program in January to compete at Miami." "It was a groundbreaking decision in which Lucas transferred without entering the portal (it had already closed) and after signing the contract with the Badgers." Wisconsin files suit against Miami for poaching Xavier Lucas while he was under contract with school SPORTS.YAHOO.COM In a landmark moment in college athletics, one university has filed suit against another over tortious interference, according to documents obtained by Yahoo Sports. CFB has provided ANOTHER new revenue source for attorneys!

Last year's class was pretty good... For the Eeyores...

He is a good one, a Rivals 4-Star, and his list of offered schools is long, but to summarize...Oregon, Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Georgia, Penn State, Texas....doesn't that cover the top echelon at the moment?