Jon Joseph

SSDD from 'friend' DD. Pac-12 unlikely to reach media rights deal with more than 50% of games airing on TV, long-time consultant says - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Time continues to run out on the conference finding a viable option for exposure on linear television Dennis Dodd is relentless in his effort to derail the new Pac-10 media deal. My guess? He's still ticked off at the Pac-12 not adding orphaned B12 teams and having the hubris at the time it decided not to expand to call the conference an 'Elite Club.' USC president Carol Folt led the resistance to expansion and recently soon thereafter told the conference to get lost, Troy is off to the B1G.

I agree if the $ is 'right' and pods are used to reduce travel in CBB and non-revenue sports.

Great take. DO NOT SELL TEXAS TECH SHORT!

Terrific take. Thank you, Alex. SOS - I do not see SOS as a problem. Most likely OR ST, USC, UW, and UTAH will all be ranked when the Ducks play these teams. And if Oregon plays in the conference champ game that will also be a game vs a top-25 opponent. And Texas Tech may not be a top-25 team when Oregon plays TT in Lubbock in week 2 but the Red Raiders have a good shot to finish in the top-25 or slightly lower if Tyler Shough stays healthy. TT is 8-0 in games Shough has started and finished. TT ran more plays from the LOS than any other team in the country in 2022. Defeated Texas and humbled Ole Miss in its bowl game. Lubbock, TX will be Buddy Holly-like rockin' for this game. Biggest barriers to a Heisman for Nix. Will he be showcased enough in games that are watched in the East and Midwest? Will the OL play near to the excellent play of the 2022 OL? Will Nix and Stein be a fit? Will the D and special teams improve to help the Ducks not give up leads late in the game? And as you so noted Alex, will Nix and the Ducks take down Williams and the Trojans in November in Autzen? This game has the potential to be one of the biggest regular-season games in the nation in 2023.

And if so, is he or she gagged? Where is the Joey Harrington-like publicity? In today's wired world, get out there or get lost. For that matter, where in the heck is our commissioner? Why not just fold over and die? Silence regarding the new media deal in this day and age is not smart; it's senseless. How about some progress reports from The Man instead of from the Arizona and ASU presidents and the Utah Athletic director? Oregon is now the bell cow of the Pac-10; let's hear something tangible instead of a myriad of rumors. -

Does anyone know who the Oregon SID is? He or she IMO is MIA.

UNC deserves a rematch after last season's having not all hands on deck bowl game.

Win with dignity and lose with grace.

The SDSU coach? The Aztecs have been in tourney 4 of the last 5 seasons.

Thanks, PA. Is Mullen the right guy to be leading the Oregon Athletic Department? 2022 produced a bad ROI. I want to give him credit for the Lanning hire after the Wilcox offer (likely intentionally) failed. He did not hire Altman. He had his hat in the ring for both the Georgia and Texas A+M jobs. Charles and this great site do a better job of marketing the football and basketball programs than anything I have seen coming from Mullens. Where is the pub from the Athletic Department noting, as Charles so artfully did, the football team in 2022 outkicking its media market coverage by finishing as the 7th most watched team in the nation? However, who cares what I think; especially, if Uncle Phil is happy?

And it's doable. Florida plays at Utah this season. Arizona has a return game at Miss St. Down the road Arizona has a home-and-home scheduled with Alabama. CAL plays Auburn in Berkeley this season. And Wisconsin comes to Pullman for a return game. Pullman! I agree that Altman should not leave. Sorry to go a bit OT. This was a great take by Jordan.

Annie, do you and other Ducks CBB fans think that the program is being adequately funded and marketed? The attendance vs Wisconsin was telling but so were Altman's comments in regard to Wisconsin spending the money to bring its band and cheerleaders west for an NIT game. Per Wilner, based on results vs money invested the Oregon Athletic Department finished 8th in the Pac-12 last season in ROI. I watch the way SDSU plays and Arizona and the last 2 teams under Altman do not come close when it comes to grit and desire. This season especially it looked like Altman's players simply tuned him out.

I want Altman to stay and Mullens to leave. The post-game comments were as much of a shot at Mullens as it was at the students. (And the next 6 OOC football games Mullens has scheduled? No 4M eyeball games in the mix,)

Thank you very much, Jon and PA Duck. Wilner and Canzano are two writers who have refused to speculate on the new media deal. Their reporting is based on sourced information and not a rumor.

Jon, I would guess nowhere near 7-4.

SDSU 7-4 in its last 11 football games versus the Pac.

Going to be tough. UConn is now ranked #1 by KenPom.

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Love the take. CFB/CBB is big business. Money matters. You are so right. Instead of getting on the bus in the last 10 years the 'leaders' of the conference missed the bus yet built a lousy Network bus station.

Who Knew? A spring game sellout at CU is to be broadcast by ESPN. Colorado sells out spring game as hype builds for Deion Sanders’ debut WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Hiring Deion Sanders as the school’s head football coach is already paying dividends for the University of Colorado. The school announced on Thursday it had sold out its spring game on April 22. It makes a difference when a program opens its pocketbook. CU is definitely committed to returning as a big-time player in CFB.

So, so much at the level Aaron plays on is about chipping and putting. He can launch it but it always comes down to drive for show and putt for dough.

Bummer! For the 5th decade in a row, my invite to play at the Masters in Augusta has been lost in the mail! Aaron can move the ball with the best distance wise but he is streaky based on a not-so-solid putting game. Lots of fun to watch Aaron play. Used to love to watch Jake on the regular and then on the senior tour.

He has done the no-brainers. Shutting down the San Francisco location and moving the Network facilities into cheaper digs. At the same time he for some unknown reason hired an Assistant Commissioner. And I'd still like to know what if anything Merton Hanks has done to earn his salary. He was sucker punched by the B1G, Kevin Warren, Carol Folt, and the new B12 commissioner. He IMO has been asleep at the switch. He failed in regards to mission 1, keeping the LA schools on board.

Love the GIF! After much ado about nothing I do not think the Legislature will not insist that the Beavers tag along. Kind of like, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech, and UCLA and CAL. I'd be very surprised if Oregon doesn't have more legislative juice than Oregon State. And I think Uncle Phil would not let Oregon State prevent Oregon from moving on up.

I believe that at the 'end of the day,' Both the B1G and the SEC will have 20 to 24-member teams. A defacto Super Conference. Depending on whether players are deemed employees, I think Northwestern and Vanderbilt, for example, might drop out.