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A little historical note: That floor kept Dana's 20 game win streak going, plus never having had a losing season at Oregon. As you may recall, in Dana's first season we literally bought our way into the CBI with a 16 - 17 record. After 3 wins and a loss, the last 2 games were at the Matt. In the Championship game a Creighton player had an over-and-back violation late in the game that lead to a 71-69 win. The floor was later changed to have a more distinctive mid-court line.

Well played Mr. Perkins. Forewarned is forearmed for the rest of the day. BTW, I think you forgot to add Mr. Thompson is Sid Finch's grandson on his mother's side.

Thanks Alex. I like "Following a narrow victory in Ann Arbor (on the road, no less), I can’t see the Ducks losing another game in the regular season." Now, can I get the same prescription for my glasses?

A silver lining mightbe that play-in games don't pay anything. I think there is a 2 mil unit for qualifying for the NCAAs and 0 for a play-in. I'm sticking with Pac-Turds

Well, they will more than make up for it with their "enterprise pricing" for the BIG fans that will be flooding the area.

Right on! Or, if having seen the LA schools lose their board seats/votes, what if the other 8 had just "signed-on" with the other conferences in ""principle"" without giving formal notice of withdrawal, the legal mess would have been bigger and maybe more leverage in the "buy-out" terms. Of course, none of that changes what is left of the Pac, dare I say the "Pac Turds" (since we all know what a number 2 is)?

Thanks for the article. March Madness describes this team. Seems like Dana in tied for 11th among active players with NCAA wins. The article says 12 alone, but my way of thinking is that is he as the same as the two coaches ahead of him, then he is tied with them. NCAA Tournament: Ranking active coaches with most March Madness wins 247SPORTS.COM Many of college basketball's greatest coaches will appear in this week's NCAA Tournament.

The best part of that is if it happens, Pacific Conference records will remain true records, instead of us having to put * on all future records.

Best yet!

Yes, a classic case of winning the battle but losing the war.

"Doing our part for charitable causes" I hope Uncle Phil gets the write-off!

Question is whether the 1/2 share is only in regard to the current TV deal, not playoff or NCAA BBall units?

Can we please stop calling them the Pac - 2. I think that is a disservice to our beloved Pacific 8, Pacific 10 and/or Pacific 12 Conference. Perhaps Rat-Pac or Wac Pac would be better.

I remember going to that "first" Rose Bowl, not the first ever, or first in my lifetime as I was 7 when they lost in 1958. But this was the first one since I became a Duck in 1968. I told my wife this is a one-in-a-lifetime-situation so I drove down I-5 alone on New Year's eve without a ticket or place to stay. Got to the "Duck headquarters" hotel and in the lobby was a sign with a couple of ticket for sale, nailed one at face value. Walking back to my car I saw a former roommate and his wife, bingo a floor to sleep on. Years later, that once-in-a thing happened again ('10), and again ('12), and again ('15) and again ('20). After 3 more "lifetimes" I admit I did skip '20. I'm 2 - 2 in person, oldest daughter 1 - 0 and wife 1 - 0. I'll make sure to take a lady relative to all future once-in-a-lifetime-events. A few years ago I met a DB from the '95 RB team. He said they had scouted Penn St. and when they saw the first formation, they "knew" what play was coming. Opps, Kejuan Carter goes 83 yds. Turns out that was the first time all year that they ran that particular play from that formation. Also evident on the play was the lack of "live" tackling for over a month.

I am Spartacus.

The half full glass replies . . . only one way to go (gulp).

Wait a second, we won the second half!

What time does the Ducks' plane land?

Good, I've been searching for Gomer Pyle USMC

I think his seat should at least be toasty warm. Listening to the 24/7 podcast, they stated that some of the WBB transfers were for NIL reasons. Not that that is the sole reason for the spiral. I think Graves should be given one more year. The BIG will be nowhere near as tough as the Pac 12 was this year. Six teams in the top 18, played an unbalanced schedule with starting point guard lost for the season after 5 minutes of play and other players having to play out of position.

That is Rice's Mike Bloomgren. You say you never heard of him. Well, his 22 -46 record is probably why. So, the lesson learned is that if you want to get paid for not coaching, don't take the Rice job. Sorry I couldn't get the article to show up properly. It may be due to being 1 of 4 free articles per month on SI's site. Cut and paste will have to do until someone else can get it to post properly. Why the 2018 College Football Coaching Cycle Was a Flaming Disaster - Sports Illustrated https://www.si.com/college/2024/02/13/why-the-2018-college-football-coaching-cycle-was-a-flaming-disaster Four with Oregon connections: Scott Frost, Willie T, Mari, and Chip. Five if you count Joe Moorehead. And then there are the others with "Pac" backgrounds: Jonathan Smith, Sunny Dykes, Herm Edwards and Kevin Sumlin

Per 24/7 Oregon's 2024 signing class features 11 of the program's best 100 signees 247SPORTS.COM Oregon's 2024 signing class is considered the best in program history, and includes 11 players among the best 100 prep recruits the school has signed. Regardless of who is doing the rankings, I'll take it.

Well JJ, are you mixing up your fruits? I thought the Orange was the 4th and had the best halftimes of them all.

NCAA Committee on Infractions exploring change to possibly penalize ADs, presidents and others SPORTS.YAHOO.COM The committee is discussing levying suspensions on more school officials in infractions cases, including compliance officers, athletic directors, university presidents and chancellors. I'm pretty sure the NCAA members will vote unanimously for this one.

At over 1 Bil a year for 11 games, nice payout for the conferences/teams that make it. Gotta make sure Notre Dame doesn't make the playoffs and keep 100 mil per game to themselves. I think we are going to see: 1) A revolt of the teams making the playoffs not wanting an equal share for the conference bottom feeders/non qualifiers. 2) I believe the Ducks and ewe dubs 1/2 shares are not subject to football playoff $ or NCAA units, so this will replace the steaming $ (not streaming) Kliavkoff promised. 3) Plan on ESPN trying to eventually put the playoffs on a pay per view/ add-on ESPN service.