Charles Fischer

Hoo-boy! Trojan fans have their skirts blown up over a comment Lanning made at the B1G Media days... (The word is that Pregnon is the one who called Oregon--because he didn't want to play at SC anymore...) Trojan Fans Say... "Not sure if others saw the interview but DL is one weird dude. He just seems slow of brain power." "Isn't this the definition of the pot calling the kettle black?" "Translation: 'I’ll keep doing it until you stop me.” "LOL! Dan is funny." "Careful what you ask for Danny boy!!!!" "I agree that Oregon has always been shady and cheater mother truckers, and Lanning and his crew seemed to have taken it to another level. Only way to deal with that is for USC to get better at everything, and beat the living crap out of the Ducks on regular basis. Oregon has had free rein for a long time in the under the table, shady tactics with Nike connection. Hopefully, with the new NIL, it will level the playing field against these a-holes."

I cannot copy the whole article, but John Canzano interviewed Big-10 Commissioner Tony Petitti at the B1G Media Days and I learned two things; Canzano is against what we want in the B1G, and is folding in "put-downs" of Petitti and the B1G in his article very skillfully. This was not a factual interview, it was an Opinion-Editorial piece by John. The other item? Commish Petitti is fighting for his conference...to grow the viewership and attendance--to benefit the conference members. Below are some of his quotes... He mentioned the scheduling disparity (with the SEC) on Tuesday, noting, “We have more losses in our conference because we play more conference games.” Said Petitti: “We’ve got 18 teams now. We need more teams in the playoff.” Petitti argued on Tuesday that having four guaranteed CFP spots would cause his schools, particularly those with a 6-3 record late in the season, to feel like they had a path to the CFP. That would increase fan interest in the Big Ten regular season, he said, and boost television viewership. “More teams feeling like they have a chance,” he said, “means more interest in our games.” Big-10 Commissioner Tony Petitti I agree with his statements, and would take it further; if we get four in the Playoff for certain, then B1G and SEC teams would be more apt to schedule high-profile, high-payout non-conference games with each other. It would create a juicier season, more interest in all the games, and it would grow the conference viewership and payouts to conference members.

Yep, wait until you see the dollar figures when they separate later....whew!

With the Pac-12 adding Texas State, how about North Texas as well? "Nah," said Mean Green HC (and Lone Star State lifer) Eric Morris. "The Pac 12 is the old Mountain West now." Heartland College Sports - An In...Eric Morris Dismisses Pac-12 as “Old Mountain West” in Ex...North Texas head coach Eric Morris shot down the idea of joining the Pac-12 as a travel partner for Texas State, calling the league “the old Mountain West” and highlighting major travel concerns.

My understanding is that it applies with the force of law until the next President writes one to dissolve it. This was common as Biden wrote 160 Executive Orders, and Obama wrote 277 Executive Orders. Biden revoked 72 Executive Orders from Trump's first term, which again--is common. (Trump has written 171 Executive Orders in his second term) It does not solve everything, but I view it as a next step?

Right. And in the B1G...we get PAID more!

Bowman is a Rivals 4-Star, and he was offered by NINE SEC teams, and the offer list includes Oregon, Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia, Miami, Texas, etc.

In all marketing--there are hits and misses...

Jon, nobody does the research that you do! A super-interesting article that gives us a much better perspective than any of the 700 preseason articles by pundits with their uninformed, pithy predictions.

Well…that fit right in!

We could play a team during the season, in the conference championship, in the "Play-in" game, and could meet again in the Playoff! It is hard enough to beat a great team twice, but if you faced them a third time? Fourth? Jon is not promoting this, but explaining it.

Narrated by Ty Burrell from Modern Family, and while only 30 seconds....is awesome.

Tanner Bradley pitched a little for the Ducks this last season and showed promise. Blake Crawford is from West Linn and redshirted for Our Beloved Ducks.

Josh Schleichardt played at Lakeridge in HS, redshirted at Utah, played a couple seasons at Clark CC and then last year at D2 Vanguard. He's lit up the West Coast League (WCL) this summer with the Portland Pickles. (started in the recent all-star game)

David Barnes, a RHP from Spokane Falls Community College is going to be a Duck after a season of an ERA of 1.69 in 21 innings.

Coming to the Ducks is Elijah Cook, an outfielder who had a great season for Azusa Pacific. He won a Golden Glove, and put up great batting numbers as well.

Matt Scott II from Texas has committed to Oregon, he was a highly rated outfield prospect out of high school who didn’t play much last year. This feels very Mason Neville-esque, who came from Arkansas.

The word is...this guy is streaky, but perhaps can become more consistent at OREGON.

A new verbal to transfer is Blake Sandvik...and look at that ERA! At Everett C.C....in 28 innings pitched...his ERA was 1.93!

From DucksIrish44 on 247: Another HR highlight from yesterday, and this one's from a newcomer who could contribute next season with the possible opportunities in the outfield. Oregon baseball commit Danny Wideman homered for the Marion Berries (awesome name), a first-year Salem-area club in the West Coast League here in the PNW. Wideman's from West Linn and was 1st team 6A all-state three times (1x each as an IF, OF, and UT) and part of 2 state championship teams in baseball, and also a 1st team all-state WR for their state champ football team. (Good gosh, what a great athlete!)

We got a transfer pitcher who will be a senior from George Fox; Ryder Edward's ERA in 2025 was 2.29, and in 2024 it was 1.41!

And we know that he is pitching for the Ducks for certain!

Whoa! Look where this player is ranked!

This is much more than I wanted to put in the usual Oregon Baseball thread, so let's get it going. First, we have not lost much leaving via the portal, but we did lose Cole Stokes and Santiago Garcia. Although Garcia was highly inconsistent...when he was on--he was tough and had four saves for us. Thus I believe his upside could have been realized by the new pitching coach, but alas...he left before the coach got here. But as for Stokes....I wish him well, but he lost his confidence in games way-too-often. Heck, he choked two game losses to Portland in 2024, and 2025, so I think we can do better than that. First of all--Oregon had some luck this time versus the MLB Draft, as usually our best HS players verballed to Oregon--get drafted high and sign with a professional team. But look below!