Charles Fischer

Well, I can make a prediction that has high probability; it will be both TV and streaming, and the amount will be not only come up short, but far behind what the SEC and B1G will pay their schools--especially four years from now.

Outstanding post--so much that I believe will play out as the truth.

Those numbers are pretty damning to our conference, yet Dan Lanning pulled in the second best recruiting class ever among high schoolers in the entire 100+ history of Oregon football. (He had the BEST of any first year HC at Oregon) Because of the Oregon brand you referred to--I think Lanning will get more than his fair share of top recruits, as we gradually become what Clemson used to be in the ACC.

I am shutting this thread down, since I’ve already had two posts written that either were political, or could quickly start a political argument. What part of “no reference of any kind to politics” do you guys not understand?

This might be another "learning lesson" for our young head coach.

Jon, I did like your past suggestions of a 16 team conference with the “Surf” and “Turf” Divisions, but that is now ruined by loss of the LA schools. None of it is happening now since the Big 12 has a media contract signed.

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!