Charles Fischer

This would destroy the budgets of all schools, and the vast majority of non-revenue sports would have to be cut. Opportunities for females and males of all race and ethnic groups would be massively diminished, and I can only picture the upcoming lawsuits over that.

We heard from so many on this forum eight months ago how the portal and NIL would be the death of college football and Oregon...yet the Ducks are now winning in them. Let's not do a post-mortem until the patient is dead. As for Oregon?

That loss last night was absolutely disgusting. All the talent, all those experienced players being beaten by some Husky hacks?

Oh NO! Poor Bruins and Trojans...

I cannot imagine this is the first time for this fellow, and I'm sure things were buried at Alabama, and because he was a star in high school--he probably always got the pass that others would not. This is a challenge I wrote about with transfers; with HS recruits--our coaches get to know them over two years with tons of conversations, facetimes and meetings. With a transfer--it is a very brief time where anyone can be on their best behavior. The portal is also a way for schools to dispose of their "problems," and at places like Alabama--they have tons of great talent to replace the troubled players. We picked up someone else's problem, but the good news is that he showed us early on his character, and allowed Lanning to end it before it infected the rest of the team. That is a very big hole at receiver...but you can't allow this.

It also depends upon how the Zone-Read play is designed; if it is meant for the QB to read the defender on the playside, (where the play is going) then there will be a congestion of players and the QB has greater risk of injury. If the Zone-Read is of a defender on the backside of the play, such as a defensive end or LB--then if the defender charges the running back and the QB pulls--he is running into open field down the backside of the defense where he can go out of bounds or slide easily. Thus why the QB runs between the tackles that are playside Zone-Reads...are plays I don't like. As Chip Kelly used to say, "I want the running backs carrying the ball. The QB runs only when a lane is wide open." In other words, only when the defense has given the QB the open lane to run. That does not happen very often, but the threat of the QB running helps to keep that defender "sitting," thus an extra blocker on the playside. BTW...in the Super Bowl in the first half--the Eagles twice ran a play that we popped on Stanford, and twice Hurts made the wrong read and pulled the ball. Or did he simply want to run the ball?

If you can’t make it at Clemson? You’re going to make it at Oregon State instead? Right.

More about his background in this article.... A'lique Terry Returns To Oregon As Offensive Line Coach - University of Oregon Athletics GODUCKS.COM Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning officially announced A'lique Terry as the Ducks' new offensive line coach on Tuesday.

Boy...I don't know. I'm going to close my eyes, take short breaths, gulp and say to Lanning...

Irving saved the day at Washington State; on 4th down he made an incredible catch across the middle--and this was after dropping the ball twice against Georgia. I would scream at the TV...."don't throw to Irving!" Err....great catch! (The video is qued up right to that amazing play)

Great example of, "we fans never know the full story." A falling out between coaches does happen, and it is almost never discussed or known. The way that DCs Avalos and DeRuyter left Cristobal....no thanks publicly, not even acknowledgement to the fans. Just gone in the middle of the night; we call that... ...an escape.

Right. And as a very intelligent group...are they responding to what has been written, or to what will emerge? We will find out soon. Here comes one of the smart guys now... (With ESPN in the background)

Another way of looking at this, is that the additional 1.2 yards Bucky got per carry divided into the 5.6 yards the other running backs got is a bonus of over 21% more yardage per carry out of Irving! That is a big margin. Great read and sound logic, David. I still like having fresh legs, but will concede at times Irving should not have been taken out.

Since George is a Media-Man, I will assume he knows how bad this is looking for the conference and for his image. What I do not know is whether this is in reaction to what has been written, or he is being pro-active to something new emerging?

If you are out schlepping schools to get more games in the inventory, and they are not top-tier teams.... You ran into a Snag?

It is a shame, but if George is out "getting more inventory with more teams," when he clearly stated he was going to sign a media contract first in the past--it sure gives credibility to the rumors about the amount being offered the Pac-12 by the media companies is below what George was blustering to us all about. The only way this can work for the Pac-12 is for the new schools joining take a big haircut for a number of years. After all, SMU is getting only 7 million a year now from their current media contract, so we could double it to them and have plenty to split with the original conference members? Good Gosh...San Diego State is only getting 3.75 million per year on their media contract? They could take a huge haircut compared to our payout, yet get quite a raise for them. (How did they compete with that?)

I think that is an extreme view, and not likely.

Many astute ND fans would disagree; they have an independent media contract that is about to be renewed and will be bigger than anything the rest of us get. They also have religious dictates they have to follow, and do not want to get tied into a conference and required by contract to be a part of something they don't morally agree with. (Something in the future) A BIG ND fan explained all this to me and was posted here in the forum in the past. I do not believe ND is joining any conference; they are doing fine on their own between five ACC games a year, and the rest of their schedule. And they are back in the top 25, thus have the eyeballs. I am not in favor of going independent, as scheduling would be difficult.

This is a fantastic analysis, explaining the pre-snap reads for an RPO… Not to be missed for all Duck Fans!

Oh my, the Ducks are perpetually doomed to where I'm headed...the crapper!

Not now; it is 32,000 according to this.

In the article below by Jon Wilner, it brings up reasonable points for bringing SMU into the PAC. Mostly he makes a good case for looking at the upside for SMU, the way we are with Amazon and streaming games, and I gotta admit--good stuff, and made me ponder. --What can the growth of SMU in the Dallas/Ft. Worth market become? --It increases the Pac-12 footprint. --It increases the Pac-12 inventory of games to offer media companies. What else, and your thoughts? I have been against the Mustangs from the beginning, but admit to not looking at the future--the upside of the conference. Utah was regarded as not that much different when they joined, as SMU is now? (This article was posted by Pennsylvania Duck in another thread, but as I encourage all of you--when you see something interesting to discuss--copy the URL and start another thread!) Hotline mailbag: Pac-12 partnerships with Amazon, SMU require same calculation, and more WWW.KSL.COM With Prime Video and the Mustangs, it's all about the late 2020s.

This is a fantastic thread of information. Thanks Pennsylvania Duck!

Stevie Hansen got the win as pitcher, and Alyssa Daniels went 2-3 at the plate again! The Ducks are 3-2 on the year with losses to Maryland and No.3 Oklahoma State. More coming! Tehya Bird's Home Run was Big!

Hello My OBD FishDuck Forum Friends! What is your prediction of the Super Bowl of the Philadelphia Eagles versus the Kansas City Chiefs? Take your shot and let's have fun with it... Lets get these predictions started, and remember I look for the differential between your predicted points with both teams from the actual points. I will use the tiebreaker information when needed, so provide all the data below! Entries without all the information are invalid, and predictions on other threads don't count as I am not going to hunt them all down. Please follow directions, as I need all that is below for tiebreakers: Note the changes with the Tiebreakers! --the winner --the score --the number of passing yards by the Chiefs. --the amount of rushing yards by the Eagles --Your Offensive MVP? My prediction is: Philadelphia Eagles 34-27 331 172 Jalen Hurts