Charles Fischer

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!

I've seen quite a bit written about our uniforms from, and it just keeps coming...

I understand that, and really felt bad when all of this came down. I did not want this for Oregon State at all. Then I read what those dim-wits wrote, and you have to remember....I did not include all of them, or the worst because our "bad-word" filter would not have allowed the posts to publish. After reading that so many of the OSU fans actually were angry at Oregon...it was pretty hard to fathom. Some Beaver fans did take accountability and directed their anger at the Beaver athletic administration over the years, but so many just wanted to blame Oregon and Phil Knight. We gotta save little brothers from themselves?

Like you, I felt bad about how things shook out. I wanted the Pac-12 to survive, but had to accept the B1G decision, and now am pleased with it. But to blame Oregon or Phil Knight? That is beyond wacko...how about blaming the right people? You know...the tons of incompetent ADs in Corvallis who hired one loser coach after another for umpteen years? Think of it...in 1979 the Beavers had to choose between--the ultimately most winning coach at UCLA, Terry Donahue, or Rich Brooks, or Craig Fertig. Good call, BONEHEADS. All of the history of the Ducks could have been Oregon State's had they hired Brooks...the gradual growth of the program...bring Mike Bellotti to Corvallis, who then would have brought Chip Kelly to Corvallis? Geez...orange would have been a fashionable color with all that happening! Don't have much of a brand or fan base? Whose fault is that? The lack of clear thinking really is Mountain West logic...which is where they belong.