Charles Fischer

It is like the loss of the Pac-12, and the promise of new adventures going forward.

For once James Crepea gives someone else grief with a long statement/question. As for GK? In our rear-view mirror, as he is now Oregon State's problem. While it is a terrible shame, we now can see that a good deal was never going to happen. The entities were not going to pay what we needed, and the best judgment of it all was leaving for the B1G...which is something I thought I'd never write. But as time passes I am more and more delighted with the decision. Oregon will be fine...

1. The vast majority of Oregon fans did NOT want this happen. 2. If the circumstances were reversed…they would have done the same thing in a heartbeat and felt fine about it. 3. They were rejected because they don’t have a brand or large following. Whose fault is that?

No biggie. The truth is…most of the other teams of the former PAC-12 and their fans did not like the Ducks for a variety of reasons. Another reason won’t matter. They may not “like” Oregon, but if we do as well as I believe we will under Dan Lanning..,they will respect us. I’m good with that.

OMIGOSH!

USC to Dakota Fields...

Amen Duck-Buddy. And because we are now in a "Big-Boy" conference--the typical disrespect or diminishing of the Ducks' accomplishments will no longer happen. Success cannot be ignored... I think NJDuck made a fantastic point in another thread...of how TONS more great football players in the Midwest and east will seriously consider Oregon further because now their parents can easily travel to a B1G game versus Eugene, and how our games will be on NBC, CBS, Fox and the B1G channel. It just removes another mental barrier and makes it easy for the top 200 players to choose Oregon! I think in the end...Oregon is going to benefit more from the new B1G connection than the B1G will from Oregon joining them. Yes, our presence will add another B1G team in the top 10, and more glory for their conference, but I believe Oregon is poised to EXPLODE as the last elements that held the Ducks back are being removed. Charles....

Try...TRY not to laugh at the end of this!

You gotta admit...there is truth to this!

Oh! This may get a little too....

So bizarre...and true!

Oh...this is a little too dark...

As we have learned more after the disaster, which element surprised you the most? For me--quite a few items....ESPN giving one bid and walking....Pac-12 blowing it off....Apple trying to get it all on the cheap...and now today I learn from Canzano that Amazon never even submitted a bid? All our excitement--and Amazon was not interested at all? Whew.

Sweet!

We gotta have a little bit of humor....remember the video of this Beaver fan taunting Oregon players before the 2012 Civil War with, "No Natty for You!"...?? Well... Ouch!

More homage paid to our uniforms...

Yet I understand...any idea how it took me to compile all the helmets over the years--for our avatars? It is quite the brand!