[Canzano Confirms Our Suspicions About Conference Priority...]

I believe that when all is said and done if 12 teams make the playoffs......the SEC and Big 10 get three slots each. The other conferences one slot each. With some special deal for Notre Dame. 

Maybe not in writing...but unofficially. 

Is the committee going to take a second place team in the pac 12 like, Utah, Arizona, Wa St or Washington over Auburn, Alabama, Penn St, Michigan, USC, UCLA, Michigan, Texas, Oklahoma.  

So, staying in the PAC 12 is about the same as going to the Big 10 for opportunity to make the playoffs.  

[Husky Fans: "Washington is on a Better Trajectory than Oregon"]

General Westmoreland.......We are on a better trajectory than the North Vietnamese. 

[SDSU Gives Notice to Leave Mountain West Conference]

On 6/17/2023 at 10:58 AM, NJDuck said:

I believe most people feel as you do.  College sports is headed down a rabbit hole no one likes.  The Pac-12 will have a media short term contract done, but I think it can still be debatable whether the Pac-12 will survive or not.

 

After the next BIG Ten contract opens up will they possibly invite Oregon, Washington, Stanford, maybe Cal to join UCLA and USC for a 'West Coast Pod'? According to most write ups, is what they are predicting.  But there's no guarantee that will happen.  A lot can happen in the next 5 or 6 years.

 

Could adding SDSU and SMU strengthen the Pac-12 down the road?  I believe they would.  Could possibly adding Tulane and UNLV as well help? from what I have read about these schools and media growth could strengthen the Pac-12 down the road.

 

My biggest concern is will the Pac-12 finally make the best decisions possible for the conference to be successful?  From what has happen in the past makes this the most debatable of all.

 

Let's face it, the ACC is in danger down the road as well.  The BIG and SEC could pick apart what they desire to have.

 

You are right, Oregon can't or should not rely on Phil Knight's money.  Oregon will most likely benefit from him in a trust fund after he no longer is with us.

 

Back in 2009, this was published:

 

In his largest stock move to date, Nike's chairman and co-founder on Wednesday gave 20 million shares of his company's stock, worth about $1.32 billion, to three trusts in his name. Nike disclosed the move in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The filing does not say who ultimately will benefit from the trusts.  What is interesting is the person overseeing the trusts, according to the filing: Pat Kilkenny, who served as UO's top athletics official when Knight donated $100 million to the department.

 

Knight still owns 65 million shares worth about 4.3 billion, the filing shows.  Nike shares closed Wednesday at 66.14 on the New York Stock Exchange, just 29 cents off a 52-week high.  The stock has gained 30 percent year-to-date.  Can you imagine what it is worth now?

 

Of course we know that his wife and children will benefit the most.  But I am sure Oregon will too.

 

Phil Knight places $1.3 billion of Nike stock in trusts

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Nike's chairman and co-founder gives 20 million shares to three different trusts, likely to pass on to heirs, and names former Oregon Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny as trustee.

 

Rough estimate of 10 billion......two 2 for 1 splits since 2009 and the price is roughly double. Of course that is if they retained the stock in the trust. They could have sold for diversification. 

[Quaaack! Gary Bryant, Jr. Is a Duck! Great Pick-Up!!]

Good pick up......USC, like some coaches decides a player is not for them and they just disappear.This guy has talent. 

[No Clock Stop After First Down: Effect On Play Call?]

Games are going to fly by now that the clock only stops with two minutes left in half after a first down. 

I wonder what that does to play calls?

[Does B1G Have A Viable Strategy For UCLA And USC. . . Or Not?]

USC and UCLA should have never joined the Big Ten without bringing Oregon, Washington, Arizona and Stanford along. 

Its going to be a mess. 

 

 

[I AM an IDIOT, a Complete IDIOT]

You're not the only moron. I'am right with you. 

 

The pac 12 is dead. 

 

Oregon is one of its best teams and....... 3 points. 

 

Merge before its too late. 

[OBD Prediction Contest Versus Georgia Bulldogs]

Oregon 

35-34

3 TO

1 sack

300 passing

[Kirby Smart: " Oregon is the Best Team in the Pac-12"]

and Oregon is playing the best team in the SEC.....sort of. 

 

So when the Duckies win....don't be blowing smoke about bama. 

[Who Do You Think is Gonna be the Break Out Star for Our Offense this Season?]

Cardwell

[Trojans Wire: 'We Can Debate USC vs Utah, But Trojans Are Clearly Better Than Oregon']

As a USC/Oregon fan......don't fall for it......this is not 2006. 

 

Oregon is definitely the superior team. 

 

USC is going to have a hard time beating Stanford, UCLA, Oregon St and Utah much less Oregon

 

They are not being rationale. 

[Ranking NCAA Football Top 10 Offensive Lines]

Most national media copy each others work and seldom come out with a pick that is out of step. 

 

Lanning came to Eugene in part because he reviewed the roster and a gleam came to his eye. 

[Michael Schill Leaving]

This says it all. 

[Forget the Future: The 2022 Oregon Front Seven is the BEST?]

Given good coaching the Ducks should be a team that will surprise some folks back east. 

DL check

LB check

DB check

QB check......maybe

OL  check

RB check

WR check

TE check

[Ducks Interior D-Line Restocked with Experience, Depth...Lanning: This is Where to Build Strength]

Lanning was a great hire. 

[Ruh-Roh! USC....]

Cash.....pure cash.....and now its all legal. The old days are history. 

[Regarding Bo Nix: Beware ‘Bandwagon Buy-In’]

The difference between Nix and Brown......several things....... but Nix can throw it long accurately.......which should make a world of difference. 

 

Changing schemes three times and having a lousy line in front of you, particularly for a player that prefers to throw over run........I suspect we are going to see a player that reflects his rating from HS. 

[Breathe Easy: Jurrion Dickey Dismisses 'Canes]

LOL......Mario better win this year or his schtick is going to get easy to see thru. 

[Miami is Pulling Out All the Stops to Flip Dickey]

As a fan of Oregon I was never impressed by Cristobal coaching the team

 

but.........his recruiting was world class

[How Many Games Do You Think the Ducks Will Win?]

Don't laugh.......12-0. 

 

Of course Georgia looks tough.....but.....spend some time matching up the rosters. Its all about Nix and whether new coaching has stepped him up. 

If so, good things....if not......Oregon will lose this game. 

 

Other than the Georgia game.......Oregon has better talent than any other team they play and the tougher games are at home. 

[Big Ten Commish: The Conference Could Expand Beyond USC, UCLA]

noDucknew.........yep.......only addition.......if the valuable properties in the pac 12 started to create a deal with the big 12 it would force him off his butt and probably cement a better deal for Oregon with the big10.  

[San Diego State Seen As Essential to Pac-12]

nope

 

 

[USC, The Paper Powerhouse.]

I suspect that the pac 12 refs will be very fair to UCLA and USC this year. LOL.

 

For them......first downs .......10.5 yards........spots......sorta close........all hits look ok to me.......bring on the third USC QB.  

 

Now, they would not do this........right........but if the game is close........pass interference don't exist.

 

The playoffs........lots of luck with that. No way USC beats Utah or Oregon at a neutral or worst site.......the refs will be there.

 

Complaints to the conference office.......placed in the round file under the desk.  

[I DON'T WANT to Play Purdue, Indiana and Northwestern....Do YOU?]

Unless Oregon, Cal, Stanford, WA, Arizona and AZ St or a minimum of 2 of them follow USC into the big 10.........USC is going to rue the day they decided to be smart pants. The travel distance, weather, competition, refs, locations etc etc are going to wear on them. Especially if they keep ND on their schedule. 

 

Imagine the fan support two years from now in November playing in Champaign, Bloomington, Minn, Lincoln, Iowa City Happy Valley etc etc. 

 

Something needed to be done......but they made the wrong choice. 

 

IMO Oregon needs to force the pac 10 to talk to the Big 12 hat in hand.....and have on the table that Wa ST and Or St go mountain west. 

 

[Dante Moore Decision on Friday Between 9-10:00 AM ESPN]

A duck.