Charles Fischer

Speechless. Former top-10 prospect Kel'el Ware to enter transfer portal, leave Oregon 247SPORTS.COM Oregon freshman Kel'el Ware, the No. 7 overall prospect out of the 2022 class, will enter the transfer portal and has no intention of entering the 2023 NBA Draft, he tells Worst-thing-possible. Unbelievable. So Duck fans...how does this feel to you?

He had a great paragraph at the end.... "The highly seeded teams (of March Madness) lost and were eliminated. That’s how a single-elimination tournament works. This has been an amazing event. If you prefer a college postseason with a limited field that is stacked in favor of the high seeds… one that goes out of its way to ensure that the most successful, highest-ranked regular-season teams make it to the championship… you still have college football and its four-team invitational tournament." Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Yet so true... March Madness shows us how excitement is created, and while I am delighted with a 12 team CFB Playoff, I am open to 16. (and no more)

Thanks Coach, as that is a great play to allow the RB to find the hole in short-yardage. We appreciate your work! Jordan James punching through at the goal line...

Except for football? Hmmm. I will let those of that faith answer that one, as I have no idea why?

The last line of Canzano's article is great....

And the home runs have continued....two in sixth inning to add to the prior ones. Below is how the rain came down...

The rain was just pouring down in the third inning, so much so that it was hard to see through it from the camera behind the pitcher. Yet the Ducks hit THREE home runs in that inning, scoring six runs, and most would tell you that hitting up here in Eugene in March, at 44 degrees with pouring rain would be pretty hard. Considering how incredibly heavy the air is--yet PK Park works well for hitters...even in rain! Only natural, as it only water off the Ducks!

Good gosh. The NCAA makes one bad decision after another, and escalates the risk to the players that much more with a transfer. Add to that how the period of recruiting portal transfer prospects is short--and easy for everyone to fool each other in the recruiting process and you add another bad element for everyone? Coaches will not like being the bad guy of removing a scholarship from a non-performing player, knowing that with the current rules--the player is trapped. For all parties...

This is the classic "good-or-good" scenario I've written about before. I spin it in my mind to be "good" regardless of the outcome. If UCLA wins--good for the conference and our future revenue stream from it. If the Bruins lose--that is always good! Good for them!

Our pitchers started the season out hot, then the starters took a step back while the relievers (mostly freshmen) surprised us. The starter on Sundays, Jackson Pace, has been moved to reliever this week, while Saturday starter Leo Uelmen has been moved to Sunday and Logan Mercado starts on Saturday. (Jace Stoffal starts on Friday as usual) I thought we might see Matt Dallas as a starter considering how hot he has been lately as a reliever. Eyebrows raised...Coach Waz does not sit tight when there are issues. (Like giving up seven runs in the first inning!) It was amazing looking at the ERA numbers for some of the relievers: Grayson Grinsell's ERA at 4.35 does not look super, but he's had great innings, and some stinkers. But boy he was superb up in Pullman when we needed it. Freshmen will do that... Matt Grabmann has a 2.16 ERA. Ian Umlandt has a 1.93 ERA. Matt Dallas is at 1.65 ERA. Austin Anderson has a 1.00 ERA. Josh Mollerus has a 0.00 ERA....yeah, no runs given up as our closer. Whew! Gotta love a pitcher with a Mullet!

The "KING" of the one-liners strikes again! Love it.

Saint Nick? I remember the thread on another forum years ago with pictures of Alabama players with new cars...tons of BMWs, and the string of pictures had to be over 25 of them. Wasn't it amazing how they could do that on a college football stipend?

Even with the bad free throw shooting--we could have won it at the end, but made bonehead choices on shot selection in the final two minutes. That, and with such a young/inexperienced line-up we did not have a clutch player to turn to at the crucial time. I was surprised that Dana did not call a time-out and set more plays up and tell the players to think. But this group went farther than I figured they would and I enjoyed the last three games. The experienced/smart squad won the end of that last game--where was the coaching?

College players need an analysis like this going into their final year of college in order to know what to work on--to help Oregon do its best as well!

With our starting times--the majority of America did not have visibility of our games anyway. So whether they are streamed, or starting at 7:30 PM Pacific--we are not/were not visible to most. Our deal may not be what we want, but we will make the best of it.

The timing for a new Media contract....

Knock me over with a Duck feather....a Husky agreed with me? We welcome fans from all schools so long as they follow our simple rules about being polite and respectful. You were, offered a great opinion, and we encourage you to post often. (Although you will have to look away once in a while)

Something that we all love as Oregon fans of all sports is watching players develop and have "the" moment where they realize...."I can play at this level. Maybe even excel at this level!" Watching Bittle grow to where he is now is so fun, and makes you happy for him. Interesting how he suggested in interviews how playing the 5-position, and not the stretch-4 is a better matchup that he prefers. But just being on the floor has given him confidence. Watching the development of Trikwese Bridges at corner in football was also rewarding to watch...

There are currently 14 teams in the B1G, and there will be 16 in a year and a half. Based upon our global fan base, Oregon would rank No. 4 in the B1G if Oregon joined them, that is fourth among 17 teams? Seventh largest fan base size among all conferences? Bigger than USC, UCLA, Texas A&M, Auburn, LSU, Georgia and Alabama? Add to that is how Oregon has been under-viewed due to our terrible TV contracts (or lack of them) and our starting times. With streaming--our viewership could double considering how we've been held back by the current media contract, and prior management. Who wouldn't want Oregon?

Agreed. All part of what we learn in this six year trial. I do NOT want to leave, but if the revenue gap continues--we may have to leave for survival of all sports at Oregon.

Boy when it was 7-1...I checked out for a while but came back to see ten runs scored. Whew! Waz had made reference to the high upside of this team, and that is evident in both hitting and pitching. Keep improving! In the meantime--it is fun to watch!

Instead of rewriting it, the article explained it…

That is a bit much…I bet many of us would want to do the same thing if we were in an NBA player’s position. But the FD rule is—once they leave Oregon—all protections are off.

Dan did not really give us what his MO is...only that he is not restricting them and continuing to recruit them. I think some kind of line should be drawn by Oregon sites as to what is a verbal? If the offensive tackle who verbaled to us is taking eight visits in the future? That is not a verbal, that is a current preference is all. A Verbal really isn't in hand...

Well, I think I will discuss the actual topic that began the thread and not divert elsewhere... First--I did not know that the conference is paid out over a five year period for a team being in the NCAA BB tournament. News to me.. Second--again, the team that is in the tournament should get 50% of the revenue with the rest split. Winners have to be rewarded, especially if we are taking a 30 million hit per year to remain in this conference.