Charles Fischer

What I'm doing right now... If it is not the best Bar-B-Que Chicken you've ever had ....it will be in your Top-3!

Think of it....Lanning is going to completely do what he wants, without Kirby's control. Between him and Dillingham...we might just have quite the compelling story no matter where we go!

And OBD will be here no matter the outcome, to remain a GREEN REFUGE. Amen, Duck Brother.

You spin it in your head as you need, as I will do in mine. That is my fantasy, and I'm sticking to it.

This shouts for the "Shameless Beggar" to appear, and here I am! To help pay these costs...go to this page, scroll down to the bottom and click on the "Donate" button. Everyone here thanks you!

Those babies have degraded badly; I've got to convert them to digital!

Look....I am a muttering mass of protoplasm at times talking about this. And I really think I've gone through the stages of grief for the Pac-12, and have come to "acceptance." This is my own spin, the mind games I apply internally to retain sanity as an Oregon fan... "I will make the best of whatever happens. If we go to the B1G...then the travel sucks, we won't win as many games, but we will have more prestige and money to stay relevant for the top recruits. If we go to the Big-Pac, then the travel sucks and it is not one of the Super-Conferences, but we have a chance to win more games and still have an impact on the national discussion." In other words... "It is good-or-good." (Or I will make it that way internally) Are you there yet? No, I'm still not feeling quite myself yet...

I resemble that! (And THANK YOU!)

I am grateful to have writers like you who love to ponder Our Beloved Ducks as I do, and boy will we have a ton to consider in the future!

I wanted to announce the new "About Us" link at the top of the site, since most here do not know the history of the two sites. Thank you Jordan for this very kind article, and thanks to all for their wonderful words on my 66th birthday today.

I brought this over from another site and appreciate the homework the fellow did...and how about that? With all of the realignment discussion, I decided to gather viewership history for the PAC 12 going back to 2012. These numbers are what I believe will drive the realignment discussion, and Oregon clearly brings the value with the highest average viewership in the PAC-12. 10 Year Average Oregon 3,355,620 USC 2,898,676 Stanford 2,537,460 Washington 2,168,508 UCLA 1,983,096 Utah 1,711,963 Washington State 1,586,624 Arizona State 1,476,621 CAL 1,455,353 Arizona 1,323,943 Colorado 1,316,262 Oregon State 1,266,235 Full Data can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mmhVtiVAzkxbDtGoo1iGBVKpGs2wLkfd8tIXX4y01Os/edit?usp=sharing Information was sourced from here: https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/

Awesome article, thanks. But when you talk about travel...if we merge with the Big-12....have you ever flown to Houston?

Yet USC feels that joining the B1G will help them dominate SoCal recruiting? And the post above is why I love the astute members of this forum...to help us consider all the aspects--many of which we may not have thought of. Good stuff to ponder...

"Sources indicate to WildcatAuthority.com that there is a meeting between members of the Pac-12 and Big 12 that is scheduled for Tuesday. As of now, the meeting is to discuss Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, and Colorado joining the Big 12. It is not clear how far down the line the conversations currently are, and this is not the first discussion, however, it has been stated that Tuesday is by far the biggest meeting of significance that has taken place." Looking to Escape?

Let's not go any further on this thread concerning the states with gender, sexual orientation or religious issues.

Funny, sad and true? (And good advice)

First it makes sense, as George's objectives are different than ours. Second... (and block further defections...)

Excellent information from an executive who knows. B1G may not be in the cards for Oregon...

Only 13% of the total UO budget comes from the State of Oregon, but the Athletic Department receives none, as they have been self-funding for years. We can only hope they don't stick their nose into this...

He will do all he can to keep the Pac-12 alive, and that means he has a responsibility to the conference to do whatever it takes to keep Oregon and Washington in the conference. I sure hope Oregon is getting good advice...because I don't think a university president knows squat about this.

My reaction....at least it is the right color...

Ya think it would go this way?

Unfortunate, but true. It is all about the eyeballs, the size of the market now, and not the recent success. Otherwise...Washington would be out of the picture when you consider all their sports. The biggest 18 markets among the two conferences for the "Big-Pac?"

First of all...we enjoy having reasonable fans of other schools join us for rational, measured discussion. Your post was a great start, so WELCOME! My merger, the Big-Pac, are at least enough to have 18 teams in total for two divisions of nine teams each. Play eight conference games as the SEC does, and four non-conference with an assumption that we will not have the same funding as the two Super-Conferences, but we can still be relevant. I speak only for myself, but I do not like any of the options staring at us. I do not want to join any conference, even the B1G, but the time for a relevant independent Pac-12 has passed with recent events. BTW....the Pac-12 is the Conference of Champions. We were the first and only conference to have 500 National Championships among all sports, the first conference to have a school with 100 National Championships, (UCLA, USC, & Stanford) and the first conference to have 200 Womens Championships. Oregon is tied for 13th among all NCAA schools for National Championships, while Baylor is not in the top 40. (We have a lot to offer besides just football and basketball.) List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

Or.... Where is my Maalox when I need it?