Charles Fischer

In the end...our TV numbers are based upon those in the west who watch the telecast, and those numbers have been more than enough to support all the athletic programs. It was documented a while back how an Oregon State vs. Arizona State game played in Corvallis drew a slightly larger audience in the 7:30 PST slot than two good Big-12 teams playing in prime-time. It seems you are grasping for something to be negative about. I'm sure I can find something else that is gloomy...

But do we really know that? What if the media deal turns out to be pretty good? And we find out later why things got held up...and it all made sense? I cannot say his leadership is bad until I see the facts. Colorado could not wait for the facts--they just wanted out, and any reason will do. If Arizona leaves before even knowing the facts of the deal--whose bad leadership is that? I look at the facts, and spin positive from them. Some people, in the absence of facts--like to assume the worst. (The leadership is terrible, the Pac-12 is toast, we are a crap-conference, etc.) There are too many positive facts between the conference, and Our Beloved Ducks for me to go all-negative as some of our Duck-Buddies have.

As I stated in another thread....we have 20 verbals and it is not August 1st yet. Has that ever happened? The remaining scholarships will be distributed on a highly selective basis, and with the season I expect to see--Our Beloved Ducks will be just fine when we have the major signing day in December, IMHO. The media deal will be concluded, the Ducks will be on fire and we will flip some big names, in addition to what we are currently pursuing. (I believe) Now I will put down my Pom-Poms...

Splitting hairs on terminology? My point is that we have seen HUNDREDS of posts on this forum over the last year proclaiming the inevitable demise of our conference by pundits, trolls, fans of other conferences, and a boatload of OBD members. I am sick of it, especially when we have no proof yet of that occurring. For crying out loud my Duck-Buddies....wait for the facts and then bemoan our doom. It is easy to wallow in the negative. It is harder to stay positive, regardless of what occurs...thus why most cannot. And no matter what...Oregon will be fine.

First of all, I remind everyone that the current Pac-12 has five ranked teams going into the season. That is tied for second with the Big-12 and only one behind the SEC among all P5 conferences, and I do believe we will have four, if not five ranked in the top 25 at the end of the season. Yeah, better than the ACC and the B1G... Isn't that what characterizes what a good conference is? Winning on the field? In 2024, I believe we will still have five ranked, even with the loss of USC because I think Dilly at ASU will put them in the top-25. Bottom line? We will remain a strong conference whether Colorado, Arizona...whoever leaves because we have five great coaches in this league, and they are not going away. Oregon will make the Playoffs later from the Pac-12, and we will prosper no matter what.

Don't you hate it when disgusting people are right once in a while, thus you cannot disregard everything he says? Is he right this time?

This is a very highly ranked player!

A shrine to the Ducks, to the fans, to college football? For a fun two minutes....

He is unranked, and could provide some depth...he will be a Preferred Walk-on. Ryder Hayes, 2024 quarterback, commits to Oregon Ducks WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM An unranked prospect out of Grandview, Texas, Hayes committed to the Ducks on Saturday as a preferred walk-on

Adrian Wilson just de-committed from National Runner-up TCU to verbal to Oregon at the Saturday Night Live event last night. He is a Rivals 4-Star who was offered by TCU, Utah, Miami, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and a host of others. Adrian Wilson, 4-star 2025 receiver, flips commitment from TCU to Oregon Ducks WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM The 6-foot-2, 173-pound Wilson was among the players to attend UO’s Saturday Night Live camp. Adrian Wilson | DuckSportsAuthority N.RIVALS.COM Adrian Wilson - 2025 4 Star Wide receiver for Weiss (Pflugerville, TX) on Rivals.com This gives Oregon three 2025 verbals already with two of them being Rivals 4-Stars.

We have 20, that is twenty....that is TWENTY verbals and it is not even August 1st! We are ranked No. 6 in the nation for our recruiting class on Rivals, and we will finish in the top ten, my friend. The window on the remaining scholarships is tight, and when Oregon has the season that I believe we will? The conference won't matter, because we're OREGON. You'll see.

Oh my....we should just give up now. Oregon....

Oh goody. Let's get into an even longer and worse contract... But the athletes would get to spend a ton of time on airplanes!

I appreciate the thought given as to why the Big-12 and Oregon/Washington are not a good fit from either side's perspective. I like how it is written a couple of times how "Oregon is striving for the Playoffs." This is good branding of the present goals, helpful for ranking voters, recruits, and national respect. "But anyone expecting bold action from the Pac-12 presidents is setting themselves up for disappointment. The group talks about a strategic approach that anticipates “where the puck is going.” In reality, it’s unable to see the puck until the conference gets whacked in the mouth." Do you feel that you have been misled by your sources inside the Pac-12? Wilner: Not at all, and here’s the reason: To a significant extent, our coverage of the media rights process has leaned into 1) sources in the sports media industry who are unaffiliated with the conference and 2) on-the-record comments by the university presidents. I suggest reading the rest!

Ha! Jon will confirm how I often say to him...."Jon, we are dinosaurs!"

Yep. And now we are supposed to apologize the Big-12 Trolls who predicted umpteen times that Colorado was leaving...and it did not happen until now? If a media deal is announced later this week--does that mean that Canzano is a liar for all those prior times...or right because of this time?

From my own limited experience with player/coach/analyst interviews in the past....often you learn a TON in those interviews that you just cannot share with the audience. Maybe they are waiting on some final approvals, or signatures or some last-minutes revisions to be answered, thus he cannot reveal that. I have heard some juicy stuff that never saw the light of day, or I lost my source forever. Only years later do I tell someone, and even then--it often turns out different, thus what I heard was accurate at that time, but events have obscured it, and thus it remains buried forever. I am quite sure John hears a lot more than he can share. (IMHO)

I disagree. Lanning is putting together the most talent-laden Oregon team ever, and if we make the Playoffs? The league we are in does not matter. (As mighty USC was back-in-the-day, or Clemson in a weak ACC years ago) Our brand is big, and will remain so as long as we keep winning. Oregon will be fine.

In today's article, John Canzano asked someone who was in the room for the Pac-12 CEO meeting on Thursday. The source told him... "Meeting was fine. I think we are pretty solid,” the person said. “Waiting to early next week. League needs to deliver something soon and good. Excellent communication between ADs. Seems we are strongly committed to wait and see the deals.” The issues with the deal? “Just taking far too long,” the source said. “But the climate is terrible. And peers from other conferences are trying to take the league. Along with (Fox) trying to own it all. Not healthy.” John reminded his readers... I had a Pac-12 CEO Group source tell me two weeks ago “it will be worth the wait.” I don’t think the person was blowing smoke. But that ‘wait’ needs to end soon. How’s next week for everyone? Work for you?

To repeat what is buried in another thread....."Which conference would you want to join? The B1G or the Big-12?"

Through all of these decisions about changing conferences...the fans of the schools involved are never asked. We are told..."this is about money, so...." A FishDuck photographer moved to Oklahoma nearly a year ago, and he told me that he has not met a single Sooner fan who wanted to leave the Big-12. Not one! He shoots pics for Oklahoma often, and thus is in contact with tons of their fans between work and socially since he lives close to Norman. A former FishDuck writer told me, as another major Oregon told me...who both have TONS of UCLA fans as friends in SoCal, that NONE of them wanted to leave the Pac-12. In fact a big USC fan I know has told me the same thing! Now I know that many Trojan fans in the forums have rejoiced at the move, but tons of other USC fans are not happy with it. I would bet that a HUGE majority of the fans at the schools impacted by conference realignment would be against it. But who are they? Just the ones paying the freight for the whole damn thing!

Your idea has great sentimental value to us, but a media contract for this Northwest league would not fund the athletic department needs. And, I am not sure that Phil is as generous with his money as we are with his money.

Oh brother. That article is a GREAT example of a ton of "blah-blah" wrapped up in an editorial with an opinion that has some sizzle. In the end...it says nothing, speculates, but nothing beyond what we have seen on the forum often. The writer has been around a while, and actually provided pictures to a Oregon-USC game in LA years ago for this site. So he is talented in many ways--most of which is bloviating. He makes reference to Oregon and Washington doing "the long con," and wow....look who is talking! He also writes that the Ducks and Huskies feel that, "We want to make the Pac-12 work for us … but if not, we won’t be devastated.” Geez, no kidding. Haven't I been writing for months that no matter what happens...Oregon will be just fine? This is why I don't read a lot of that crap...

Ah yes, our good friends at CBS...