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While there are no guarantees (that we’re sure of) that Nike support will reflect Knight’s current level of commitment to Oregon athletics once he is gone, there are some state-wise differences between Oregon’s stature and that of Oklahoma State, and that of the benefit derived from Nike support of the Ducks by comparison to that of the Pickens Foundation for the Cowboys that leads me to think Oregon will come out okay. In terms of general, state-wide fan (and NIL) support, Oregon has only to deal with the appeal of Oregon State, while the Cowboys are in an opposite relationship to that with Oklahoma. Sports fans (and businesses) like the image of their state as a winner, and the team that provides that usually gets their support. Unlike Picken’s fortune (made as a business magnate, financier, hedge fund operator and takeover corporate raider), Nike’s retail wealth has a public image it tries to maintain, and is enhanced by choosing to back both individuals and teams that bolster that image. Oregon can now sit along side Michael Jordan as part of that Nike tradition as having earned that support.

Always good to see someone like Benson begin to shed his past struggles and turn the corner. He’s got the speed, but wait and see if he has Stewart’s strength and athleticism on the fly against elite corners.

Yeah, and on top of that, he’s already dealing with one boob job — LB Wendell Gregory. Sour Grapes Dept. — all Gundy’s Duck Dough comment does is reveal his wistful envy for the same kind of source which dried up on him in 2023 when the Boone Pickens Foundation made its final donation. Nothing to back this up, but I’d guess Uncle Phil hasn’t quite arrived at the 650 Million given by Pickens to the AD. It’s estimated that his total gift to the university is over 1 Billion. Oklahoma State, OK - Mike Grundy, not so much

Once Colorado State repositioned their linebackers and a safety following Coleman’s TD, he rarely got up to speed. Yeah, we’ll make them one dimensional.

Translation: they put their mouth where their money is.

If you could build a winning program solely on community and financial support, Nebraska football would still be competing for Nattys. In addition to scholarship limits and NIL’s effect on walk-ons, what also dried-up the top player market for them was losing their conference attraction for mid-southwest (Oklahoma and Texas) talent that no longer saw them as a competitive alternative once the three programs separated.

Can you trademark a phrase that’s been public property for ever since? The fact is the pair is getting double their money’s worth out of this filing; the obvious laugh by being open about what everyone is saying behind their backs, and the ironic humor of making money off of making money off of someone. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see who laughs last.

Maybe Justin is just not aware of her problems? Could be an info source issue which he’ll have to correct now that AOL dial-up is closing down.

Perhaps the biggest tell about Hill was following his record breaking 7th TD when he took a knee in thanks rather than ego-bloating all over the end zone. Humble let’s you focus on the things that count. Got to admit I’m scratching my head just a bit over Josh Pate’s ‘hinge’ verdict on our running room.

Always find it interesting how the western states dominate the FCS polls year in and year out. The 2025 coaches poll top ten has one each from Rhode Island and Illinois, two from Texas, and the rest from out west. Not too many P5s willing to chance a first game struggle against a highly motivated lower division top ten opponent. Aside from Oregon, I found only the Huskies and Oklahoma having scheduled first games from that group.

He might want to text Atlanta media: rhymes with fedex.

Walking onto the field anywhere knowing you can. Huge.

Great info, thanks. Chip would have the eyes to pick up on that - the guy who put the ‘read’ in zone read.

Hard to avoid the conclusion that DL used the Q&A session to send a very clear message to Dickey: join the team or join another team. I’d say he’s not the first, and most likely not the last 5-star high school kid from a troubled upbringing to confuse the difficulty of adjusting and growing into a no-stars team member with a feeling of personal resentment and disrespect.

For the vast majority of universities, that “from the top” is absolutely essential simply because football is so expensive and it’s importances to the overall health of other sports programs does not allow that support to lack focus. Stanford’s endowment makes them the exception, allowing them, it appears, to support non-revenue programs without suffering the consequences most other schools would feel.