Jon Joseph

Wyndham has $3,6M reasons to be happy today, The last time the Open was played in LA in 1948, the champion won $10,000.00😂 Plus, he's in the US Open field for the next decade and in all of the major tournament fields for the next 3 years. OT - Christian McCaffery was a high school classmate of Wyndham's in Denver and they are very good friends.

Elevate? SDSU played for the CBB title last season and has a winning record in CFB versus the Pac. Love your comments.

HATS OFF to the 1st Duck to win a major!

Over the last decade, SDSU has had a very good CFB record against Pac-10 opponents and with UCLA and SC leaving town will be at the top of the conference in CBB. SMU? Kind of off the west coast radar. Has been OK in the AAC in CFB. Has been up and down nationally in CBB.

Man, I'm glad Rivals wasn't one of my college profs! What do you have to do to get the 4th star? Be offered by the Chiefs?

Actually, I hope UW is the 2nd Pac team to make the expanded playoff every year behind conference champ Oregon. We need the dues!

Conference reshuffling is fun. But I expect no P5 expansion anytime within the next 5 years (I am probably wrong here) other than the Pac-10 adding SDSU and SMU. I think the below would make sense and would prevent CFB from going to 2, 20 to 24-team conferences and officially becoming NFL-Lite. (This could happen regardless if players are found to be employees.) The Atlantic and Pacific Conference (A+P if the name is available if not the Coast-To-Coast Conference) would be a solid #3 in a CFB world of Power 4 conferences and would be far stronger in every metric than the B12. Pacific Division - Pod partners would play every season. 10 conference CFB games with 8 intra-division and 2 cross-division. CFB and CBB would be contested cross-division. All other sports would be contested intra-division with cross-division post-regular-season tournaments for CBB, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, etc., and cross-division dual meets in track, etc. (10 games would allow Notre Dame, see below, to continue to play USC and Navy every season and Stanford could be designated as a permanent Irish cross-division opponent.) North - Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State South - Cal, SDSU, Stanford, Utah East - Arizona, ASU, CU, SMU Atlantic Division - With the number of ACC teams in this division the ACC would be eliminated and the onerous media deal that runs through 2036 would disappear. ACC schools would 'leave' the ACC with no exit fee issues. Hopefully, ESPN and other third-party broadcasters such as NBC would come with the money and the ACC network would expand to cover the A+P Conference. Notre Dame would have a difficult choice. Notre Dame's scheduling deal with the ACC would go away and ND would have to choose between the A+P and the B1G. In order to incent ND to play football and all other sports in the A+P, the A+P would allow ND to keep its NBC deal and receive a 90% A+P media share. Syracuse is in if ND is not. South - FSU, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami East - Duke, North Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest North - Clemson, Notre Dame (Syracuse,) Virginia, Virginia Tech Size goes to size in business and we will see further CFB expansion, contraction, and perhaps a move to Ivy/D3 for a number of programs.

Both Clark and Fowler hung in there today on a course playing much more difficult with the June Gloom having disappeared. Scheffler made a nice late run to get into contention. Should be a great battle today. I have the feeling that someone could be the clubhouse leader out of the 5 or 6 last groups and hang on for the win. Go Clarkie! This would be a like-altering win in front of fellow Duck and announcer Petter 'Jake' Jacobsen. Clark would be the 1st Duck to win the US Open and I don't believe that any Oregon golfer has won one of the Majors.

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Unless the media deal is a complete bust, CU, Arizona, and all of the other Pac-10 schools are going nowhere. Even if the two you mentioned decided to leave where will the B12 get the money? ESPN/FOX are not blindly committed to funding the addition of more B12 inventory. Streaming via Apple or Amazon will be far better than having games on Peacock, a network with 13M subscribers. The Pac will come with a media deal at least equal to the B12 media deal or close enough not to justify a lateral move to another 'Power 3' conference. Blind loyalty to the Pac has nothing to do with a decision to stay in the Pac. That's a decision that will be based wholly on economics. And you cannot move without an invite and money behind the invite. As to the 2 LA schools making a 'sound financial move' that remains to be seen especially for UCLA. The prospects of even 1 LA school in the expanded playoff in 2024 are not all that great. I do not see SC, especially with Williams gone and UCLA football as superior to Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State football. And good luck to the CBB teams, let alone non-revenue teams, having to travel two time zones plus for every away game. The deal has already seen a $5M haircut and no one told the LA schools that a number of their home games will be broadcast on Peacock with its small 20M customer base. Hang in there. The media deal will get done before Pac-12 Football Media Day in early July in Las Vegas. Be careful what you wish for.

How about a merger with the ACC sans BC and Syracuse with a Pacific Division and an Atlantic division? ESPN media deal that runs through 2036 goes away with The 'Atlantic-Pacific Conference' able to negotiate a new deal and with the ACC network expanding to cover the new conference. CFB and CBB played cross-division. All other sports would be focused intra-division to cut down on travel costs. Combined champ tournaments for baseball, softball, golf, etc. This would be a solid 'bronze medal conference' that would leave the B12 in the dust and keep Oregon, UW, UNC, Clemson, and FSU 'at home.' With a 12-team playoff format which I think will go to 16 in 2026, 10 conference football games would likely provide a strong enough SOS to ease up OOC. Perhaps 6 CFB games intra-division and 4 cross-division? I love your thoughts but why not the whole enchilada?

The gripe I have is Kevin Warren lying to GK and ACC commissioner, Jim Phillips. And I also harbor a grudge against USC and Carol Folt for leading the charge not to expand into the Central time zone and wipe out the B12. (Was she already playing footsie with Warren, the B1G, and FOX?) UCLA is going nowhere without SC and SC at the very least could have tried to score a better Pac revenue share before pulling the rug out from under the conference.

The MW doesn't have the leverage to play softball let alone hardball. MW is making the savvy business move to protect its own interests.

SDSU already has a behind-the-scenes invite to the Pac-10. It once gave notice to the MW that it was leaving for the Big East, reversed course, and was welcomed back as would be the case this time around if SDSU decided to stay in the MW. Not to give notice would be a $17M dollar mistake. Giving notice that it will likely be giving notice is the 'gentleman's' approach regarding giving its fellow MW members a heads-up. Something that we rarely see in this day and age of college sports back-stabbing.

Put not your trust in money but rather, put your money in trust. Oliver Wendell Holmes

Great take! Not only is the Pac not dead but I still believe the new media deal will be as good as the B12 deal and in a 12-team conference, assuming SDSU and SMU are added, Oregon has a terrific shot at making the 12-team playoff field year after year. An easier row to hoe than having to finish in the top 2 or 3 in the B1G. Having to travel 2 time zones plus for every B1G away game will take its toll on the LA schools. And SDSU gives the Pac additional CBB cred. As I have oft noted (probably too often) this is the toughest media market for college sports in the last decade. And streaming will be a part of the new deal, as it will be in any conference having ESPN as a media partner including the SEC and also in the B1G where Peacock, with far fewer in-home relations with consumers, will be streaming games from LA and is also streaming the UW at Michigan State game this season. One of the major ways to gain necessary media exposure with the LA schools departing will be for Pac schools to schedule and win big-time OOC games.

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Clark, never better than tied 63 in Major golf events to date is in range of a big-time title in LA. Pro Ducks: Wyndham Clark in US Open contention heading into weekend DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM There’s a Pro Duck in the final pairing on Saturday at the U.S. Open. Let’s go Wyndham!

Good take. I think whether or not SMU gets an invite comes down to the Pac-10 media partners. If they believe it will be beneficial it will happen. Otherwise, no. Media controls expansion today far more than does a given conference. Why I think the B12 making noise about the 4 Corners schools is just that especially when adding UConn and/or Gonzaga would mean the 12 members agreeing to take a lesser share. An interesting question that I hope Oregon is given to answer would be whether $30M to $40M in media revenue in the Pac-10 beats $50M in the B1G. On paper for both football and basketball, it would appear to be far easier to make the playoff in CFB and CBB in the perhaps 12-member Pac than in a 16-team B1G.

And any offer has to be bankrolled by FOX and/or junior partners CBS and NBC. And any offer will not be for a full revenue share.

A bit like the Pac-10 presidents agreeing to a great-of-rights pledge subject to a new media deal bringing in enough $. Once before SDSU gave notice that it was leaving for the Big East and scurried back to the MW. Why not give notice and potentially save $17M and ask forgiveness if a move to the Pac or B12 doesn't work out? The MW is not going to pass on the San Diego market.

I should have yelled TWO!

There be monsters out there in Seattle but CFB players are not among them. One more year of Michael Penix and a sterling WR room and then what? Lots of fun to dog the Dawgs but in the longer run Oregon vs UW has to be a big (not necessarily B1G) game of national interest. UW and the Pac-10 need UW to win at Michigan State in 2023, a game that will be available to 20M Peacock viewers and others willing to pay for view. Come 2024, the already comparatively ignored P5 conference will be even more ignored. Other than Oregon vs UW and the buzz around Prime Time and CU what Pac-10 (12 with G5 SDSU and SMU add-ons) games will be must-watch TV? Stanford versus Notre Dame? GK is doing his best I am sure to sell the Pac-10 diminished game inventory but obviously, this is not an easy task. And SDSU and SMU will not ipso facto raise interest in the conference. I continue to believe that a merger of some sort with the ACC is the Pac-10/12's best long-term play if it wants to keep the existing 10 teams together. If UW is not nationally relevant Oregon will be the Pac-10's lone ranger.

ESPN+ Bill Connelly (paywall) has posted his review of the FORMER Pac-12 North. Bill Connelly (BC) went out of his way to note that his prior review of the Pac-12 South and this review were incorrectly based on the former division formats in the Pac-12. I'm certain Bill received a lot of flack for thinking that the conference still has divisions but at least he recognizes that college football (CFB) is played on the Left Coast. BC's SP+ 2023 Pac-12 rankings and each team's SP+ national ranking. 1. USC - 7 2. Oregon - 11 3. UW - 17 4. Utah - 14 5. UCLA - 24 6. Oregon State - 30 7. Washington State - 58 8. Cal - 54 9. ASU - 63 10. Arizona - 70 11. Stanford - 95 12. CU - 108 BC notes that he is in the process of revising the SP+ algorithm to accurately include players brought in from the transfer portal. He admits that teams such as ASU and CU with large numbers of new portal players added to the roster are difficult to rank. I have no idea why Utah is behind UW in the Pac-12 rankings but ahead of UW in the national rankings. BC's Burning Questions for The former Pac-12 North teams. 1. Oregon and Washington are basically the same (super exciting) teams. Which is better? And how will Bo do without Dilly? In 2022, Oregon went 1-3 versus SP+ ranked top 20 teams. UW in 2022 improved its SP+ ranking from 84 to 15. In 2022 only two CFB running backs carried the ball 150 times or more and finished with 6.5 yards or more. UCLA's Zach Charbonnet and Oregon's Bucky Irving. Michael Penix is 1st on the list of BC's favorite Pac-12 former North Division players with Bo Nix coming in 2nd. 2. Can Oregon State's O rebound more than its D regresses? Is DJU the answer at QB or will his play continue to be a CFB question? Oregon State does not have USC on the schedule and does not play a P5 team out-of-conference. The Beavers play UCLA, Utah, and UW at home. A terrific scheduling break for the Beavers. 3. Does Wazzu have the athletes? BC notes that Wazzu's roster would be solid in the Mountain West but not so in the Pac-12. 4. Has Justin Wilcox solved the "portal usage at a nerd school" question? And I add, can he overcome his own administration? 5. Does Troy Taylor have anything to work with at Stanford? A new coach in a very difficult situation down on the farm. Think the SP+ conference rankings are correct and based on SP+ will the Ducks play USC in Las Vegas for the 2023 conference championship?

Thanks, my friend. We've had so much rain in the SE this winter and spring that I have time on my hands I blame the weather as the reason why I did not qualify for the US Open. PA Duck, NJ Duck, all moderators, and Charles are the ones who truly deserve the credit. Go Ducks!