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    Oregon Baseball Completes Home-opener Sweep, outscores Lafayette 51-13

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    This team is looking pretty good out of the gate. A lot of depth at pitcher and some guys that can put the bat on the ball. 

     

    They played a top 20 team and kept it respectful. Despite giving up 6 runs in the 2nd they fought back to with in 1 before ultimately losing 11-7. Texas Tech had some impressive pitching and the Ducks O was still looking pretty good. 

     

    The Ducks have the markings of a good team this year hope they improve on the impressive season they had last year.

    Oregon Delivers Maybe its Most Complete Game of the Season in Blowout Win at Stanford

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    Having Dante down low for lobs and clean up duty is ideal. The offense should start from the perimeter with ball movement to open up perimeter shooting, drives to hoop and easy dunks for Dante. 

     

    I've always liked the Duck  teams where the big guy gets their points off rebounds and have more of a defensive mindset with blocked shots and big-time hustle. Jordan Bell comes to mind.

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    Oregon Delivers Maybe its Most Complete Game of the Season in Blowout Win at Stanford

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    Waiting for the Duck game to start so I'm watching the last of the ASU vs UW game and all I can say is the PAC refs really suck. I understand a game where they call it tight or a game we're they just let them play but PAC refs are so wildly inconsistent as to change the entire games trajectory.

     

    Can't wait to move to the B1G from what I've seen way better officiating. Just please don't bring the refs with us.

    ESPN, Warner Bros and Fox are Teaming up for Sports Streaming

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    On 2/7/2024 at 2:25 PM, JabbaNoBargain said:

    I wouldn’t assume regular cable will retain those options for much longer

    Your probably right, I'm sure at some point that steaming will be just as expensive or more expensive than cable. Currently I get NBC, CBS, Fox, and ABC for free over a digital antenna so for me those have very little value.

     

    The whole reason for people cutting the cord was to not pay $150 to $200 a month for TV. $50 a month for 2/3 of sports 1/3 of which I can watch for free. I'm not sure that is a sustainable model but then again I am cheap when it comes to TV subscriptions as most of it is junk.

     

    Will there be any backlash at $50 for basically ESPN and FS1? Most sports package add-ons for cable or satellite are 13 to $15 which gets you all of the extra channels. This does not include DVR  but currently I get ESPN on demand thru the app, I guess there's some value to getting Fox on demand but I'm just not sure it's $35 a month worth for me.

     

    If the cable companies up their prices I'll just go back to watching the games on the networks for free. If they quit airing them on the networks then I'll listen to it on the radio. I'm sure I'm in the very small minority that thinks this way and most people will just pony up for it.

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    ESPN, Warner Bros and Fox are Teaming up for Sports Streaming

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    On 2/6/2024 at 6:29 PM, Solar said:

    This is a pretty big deal. It would be everything if CBS and NBC (peacock) were included.

     

    We'll see if this has enough of a monopoly of viewership for CBS and NBC to feel obligated to come along after a year or so, or maybe just drop sports programming entirely.

     

    It's a huge deal for determining what the market is willing to bear for streamed sports, and advertising content and related revenue.

    This could be the true  start of the steaming bundle. I hope they get the interface right as that will make it or break it for me. 

     

    If they get the other two networks on board and I can buy a sports only package I would never buy regular TV again. The true question is how much will it cost.

    Whoa! A Recruiting Vacuum from the Departure of Saban and Harbaugh is Filled by Lanning?

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    On 2/2/2024 at 9:45 AM, Charles Fischer said:

    Bama coaching rumors (If you are worried about your coach leaving?) as prime examples.

     

    The future is Bright and Green in Eugene!

    For me this is the big one, in this ever rotating coach's carousel families and athletes just wants stability and Lanning is offering that in spades with this comment. The other thing I think many recruits like is that he keeps it real and isn't just a clickbait social media darling full of fluff.

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    LIVE THREAD: Oregon Takes on USC in Important Road Swing

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    I didn't get to watch the game live and the ESPN app was acting up but what I got to see was Shelstad with a spring in his step that we haven't seen in weeks. This team seems to be gelling with Dante and his conditioning is looks better all the time.

     

    This was a really good road win with the team showing better defense and team play. No one wants to play a Altman team in February and this looks to me too be a great start. 

     

    Personally I'm not too worried about Bittle and I think he's a great player but he's more of a natural 5 spot than a 4. Evans athleticism is a little more in line with the college 4 spot and he can guard the more athletic guards when forced to switch off on a screen. He did a pretty good job on Ellis without fouling. Offense is generally not the problem with this team as just about anyone can score, defense should dictate the personnel on the court.

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    Unforeseen Consequences: Will the Student-Athlete Become a “Worker”?

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    Thanks for bringing up this topic, as an employer I deal with workman's comp on a regular basis and this opens up a really big can of worms. I can only speak to how Montana works but this could get really expensive really quick.

     

    I own a restaurant and pay about 1.1% of on top of a salary for workman's comp insurance. If I was a roofing contractor I could pay anywhere from 10% to 20% on top of a salary depending on my safety track record. Football being a relative dangerous sport will lead to some extremely high premiums.

     

    Every state has different rules and every college would be assessed differently depending on their track record of safety. Once again this will just lead to more inequality in the balance of schools depending on their state and if they're legislature is friendly to the sport.

     

    I'm not saying these kids don't deserve healthcare, they most certainly do. Finding a balance will be extremely difficult and should probably be hashed out between players, schools and the federal government to even the playing field for everyone.

     

    I believe it's been said many times on this forum that college football is turning into a minor league sport and this is definitely a step in that direction.

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    Quaaack! Washington CB Jabbar Muhammad Is a Duck

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    On 1/28/2024 at 12:16 PM, Haywarduck said:

    What I am most curious about is the impact on the program of a new coach, and all the transfers in the position group. We have had some decent talent in the backfield, but the output has sometimes waned. Will this position group become a larger strength of the program going forward? Has Lanning fixed this position group?

     

    As we all know having a first round draft pick back there didn't fix it. Having depth didn't fix it. Will these moves fix this important part of the defense?

    We've had a first rounder or two but never the supporting cast especially at safety. McKinley III was the last real impact safety  we've had, once we get a Holland, Boyett, Ward, ect. in the backend everyone on the field will look a lot better.

    Pac-12 Channel is Awful

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    Can't wait to get off this channel as well, for so many reasons. It's streaming well for me in Montana on Spectrum.

     

    They seem to be getting back to the old line up a little more which is definitely helping. Dante and Bittle are going to take some time to integrate, the entry pass to the low post seams to be a foreign concept. That said there's some real nice flashes of what can be like Dante dishing the ball from the inside out for a 3.

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