Annie

The fun thing about basketball is that only 5-7 very good players are needed to make a good team, so the odds of a smaller school finding success is greater than in, say, football. 🙂

Clay was such a smart player, not a surprise he is a coach!

All this makes my thoughts turn to baseball and the minor leagues. I think the average minor-league players gets about $15,000 in salary. Compare that to getting paid tuition, room & board, books, etc. for college football players (and all college players on full scholarship). That probably adds up to around $100,000 a year, at least for out-of-state student athletes. Now add in the potential earnings with NIL. The sky seems to be the limit there. Of course, in the minor leagues, players don't have to attend class or worry about NCAA regulations (whatever rules are left).

Maybe that coach can see into the future??? 🙂

The coaches clinic is in April, as it turns out. Oregon Ducks Football Camps | University of Oregon Ducks WWW.OREGONFOOTBALLCAMPS.COM Oregon Ducks Football Camps are led by the Oregon Ducks Football coaching staff. Ducks camps are held at Autzen Stadium...

Oh, something about it popped up on my FB timeline--I should have read more closely. Long ago, in another life time, I attended a coaches clinic as someone's guest. Whether people had to be invited then, I don't know.

Just wondering--is anyone going to the coaches clinic? It would be fun to get a report.

You mean I was breaking the law when I won a whole $20 in the 1999 men's basketball bracket?

I remember one year that due to injuries Oregon went through 5 or 6 QBs by the end of the season.

Yes, please!

12 bathrooms???

Is a player who gets $5 million before he even sets foot on a field going to give his all when it comes to playing football?

I guess I'm on a different page. I'll continue to wear my mask for a while longer in certain circumstances (going to Fred Meyer, for example).

Oh, no! 😢

Maybe it's because the recruits will be able to spend more time talking to the coaches (and the coaches to them)? They can take a little more time to show them the facilities, etc.

That's odd. I didn't have to provide an email address to read it.

At Ducks in the Desert and wonderful to see...

For some reason today I thought about Mark Schmidt and googled him. What comes up but an article about him on FishDuck from 2013? It's a very interesting, in-depth article, and the part about what Mark treasures most about his day with Gang Green makes me wonder if players feel the same in this age of NIL. A Dominant "Gang Green" D-Lineman: The big man he is today, thanks... FISHDUCK.COM The legendary and never forgotten "Gang Green Defense" of 1994-1995 was instrumental in the turnaround of Oregon...

Maybe people formerly affiliated with the Duck football program...?

1. Alabama 2. Georgia 3. Ohio State 4. Clemson 5. Texas A&M 6. Notre Dame 7. Michigan 8. Utah 9. Oklahoma 10. Oregon Phil Steele Predicts

On a plus side, the later a first-round player is taken, the better the team he goes to.

As long as he wears a lifejacket when he even goes near a body of water in Oregon!

Size 13 boots--they should keep him well anchored.

It bothers me that, looking back, in or around mid-November MC seemed to let his interest in Miami distract him in regard to coaching Oregon.

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