Charles Fischer

Oregon could finish anywhere from second to fifth in the conference. To assure an NCAA tournament appearance...we NEED to win this series! After two innings, Ducks lead 5-1...good start! Mason Neville blasted this two-run homer...watch the sweet swing.

Completely agree. Once he got his confidence about halfway through the season of, "oh...I can kill-it at this level,"...he has been unstoppable. The deep threat of Stewart is going to open the drag routes for him and Ferguson wonderfully.

Sorry, but making fun of the Beaver Bastards is now Blood-Sport for some of us. It's so much fun to give Beavis a kick...

I don't understand it; USC fans are usually so well grounded and reasonable...

Perhaps that is total yards of defense, but the most important stat is scoring. Oregon was in the Top-10 (9th) with only giving up 16.5 points per game. Incredible, and if we could duplicate or improve upon this with our schedule--I would be delighted.

One of my favorite memories of Chip and Barner was during halftime of a bowl game with Holly Rowe of ESPN...

Sometimes players who complain are "Prima-Donnas" who did not get their way. I cannot confirm that in this instance, but the accusations of favoritism based on race....are hard to believe. Favoritism based on behavior? Sure, and that is the prerogative of the coach.

And we play in a "White-Out" in 2025... I'd like to get a FishDuck group to go!

Another team that I look forward to seeing in my rear-view mirror....

I agree with Coach Waz in saying that most of us felt that USC and Arizona State would get into the tournament last year--but got left out. If Oregon loses this series to the Cougars, they will have the same risk, IMHO. Most pundits say that Arizona, the Beavers and Oregon will be the only Pac-12 participants in the NCAA tournament, but we gotta do our part this weekend. Arizona hosts Oregon State this weekend, so we cannot overcome both teams for first place. We have a shot at second, but most important--we need to hold onto third by winning this series. Go Ducks! The balance of the conference was amazing this year; everybody could beat everybody on a given day. We beat Arizona in our series, but lost to OSU and the one that hurt was to Stanford. One of the two games lost to the Cardinal was by ONE run... Series starts THURSDAY instead of Friday, so that teams have more time to travel to next week's Pac-12 Tournament.

HDuck...that was a fantastic article to post, thank you. EVERYONE...do help out posting articles like these to help the community that serves you. Oram is usually such an OSU tool, and Oregon hater, that this honest article above is stunning to me. The quote from HDuck from the article is what I was thinking...as having Beaver games on the CW allows Beaver fans around the country watch...but who else will? "The Pac-12 will be going head-to-head with games on CBS, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, FS1, the Big Ten Network and SEC Network. Even with traditionally strong viewership, what the Beavers do on The CW won’t resonate on your average Saturday." "Being on national television sounds like a triumph after all those travails. But being available is no longer enough. Rather than national exposure, Oregon State football games will more likely be hidden in plain sight." "The viewership out of market, playing a largely Mountain West schedule, will be abysmal." "What will happen when Oregon State does a terrible rating in every game on The CW but scores a decent rating in its one game on Fox, against Oregon? What will that say about where the value is?"

This is how you become elite, and have a shot at a 'Natty!

Who wants it?

You make a good point Darren, in that in the end....it was really UCLA that was the tipping point that destroyed the conference. USC was headed out no matter what, but if UCLA stayed and we got 40 million? The conference would still be intact. But the Ducks would be making half of what they will make in the future at our new conference, and Oregon's exposure is probably tripled in the B1G. So in the end...

There are other articles out there, but Canzano provided below the home schedule... (And they should NOT call it the Pac-12) Oregon State Home Games • 8/31 - Idaho State - 3:30 p.m. PT on The CW • 9/14 - Oregon – Time TBD on FOX or FS1 • 9/21 - Purdue - 5:30 p.m. PT on The CW • 10/5 - Colorado State - 3:30 p.m. PT on The CW • 10/19 - UNLV - 12:30 p.m. PT or 7:00 p.m. PT on The CW * • 11/9 - San Jose State - 12:30 p.m. PT or 7:30 p.m. PT on The CW * • 11/23 - Washington State - 3:30 p.m. PT on The CW Bolded above are league games... I expect the deal to fall in the range of $5 million to $9 million per school.

Do read the top post again as I added more thoughts about Duckster's passing...

I will admit that...I do have to let this go. It is just that I grew up in Corvallis, and truly cheered for both teams through my adult life. I've actually had OSU season tickets along with Oregon back in the 90s...and I was there when both Oregon and Oregon State were equally bad in the 1970s. What happened after that was innovation by Oregon and incompetency by Oregon State. It's OK to admit that and move on, but to make us all pay for your mistakes? Whew! The Oregon Athletic Department and I have something in common; between my divorce and the Ducks moving to the B1G--we are both paying a big exit fee, but it leads to a better life. I gotta view it that way.

Why would either party publicize this? The pressure on the player to perform will be enormous, the team will be required to show results for such money....when you consider all the elements--it's all downside. Oh well, UW will know how to take care of the problem.

Canzano continues to play both sides, and Beaver fans eat it up as they are given comfort by John Canzano for their indignation and claims. From Parts of His Article Today.... For years the rival schools were governed by the same board of trustees. In 2011, Senate Bill 242 was passed by a 29-1 vote. It decentralized the state’s higher education system. Each public school in Oregon got its own board vs. a single board that oversaw all the state-funded schools. Legislators believed that doing so would help the larger public universities save time and money. Nobody thought the move would open the door for Oregon’s trustees to vote on a matter (i.e. leaving for the Big Ten) that would harm OSU in such a consequential way. “The discussion didn’t include athletics,” one lawmaker who worked on that bill told me. ---------------------------------------------- Officials at OSU and Oregon tell me they’d like to continue to play the rivalry series. The Ducks bought their way out of two games and traded a game (See: Hawaii, Texas Tech, Boise State) to make that happen in the next two seasons. It makes sense for both schools to keep playing the Civil War. Oregon avoids having to get on a plane next season for a non-conference road game. The Ducks get to host the game in 2025, avoiding having to travel by plane for a non-conference game. Meanwhile, OSU gets a premium home game for the season-ticket package every other season. ------------------------------------------- I found it interesting that the Oregon Legislature appropriated an extra $10 million to OSU at the very end of the last legislative session in March. The funds are earmarked for “athletic scholarships” and this was the first time the state did such a thing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember how Canzano asked the new UO President in his recent interview..."how are you going to help Oregon State?" You have to give Oregon State credit...they have turned their Athletic Department incompetency into a massive scam, while weak Oregon administrators are made to feel sorry and give concessions to the Pig-2. It is a shame the Pig-2 could not be as skilled at building their brand and audience, as they are at scamming fellow universities and acting as a victim.

The Pig-2 also have to "show-well" this year, and... I don't think they will.

Ahh...attorneys in the room? Wouldn't this generate a lawsuit on behalf the other former Pac-12 members that could actually win?

I think this is a fantastic idea that could really pay off over the long term for Oregon...especially with joining the B1G and program's current trajectory. Thanks for the excellent idea, and guest article Duckster!

There is a ton of discussion going on over the weekend and this morning about what ESPN's Bill Connerly said about Big-12 expansion, and how OSU/WSU could be part of it. I have two questions.. 1) As my Duck-Buddy Jon Joseph would ask...."Is adding them accretive?" "Can they generate additional revenue for the conference, or least their share?" No. 2) If they leave the Pac-12...as did the other 10 former Pac-12 teams...are they now going to split the assets of the conference 12 ways? Don't hold your breath... Perhaps it is not over...