[Does Anyone Believe that an Undefeated Bama or Georgia Would be Left Out Due to Injuries?]

No becau$e it'$ the $EC and FSU i$n't the $ame a$ any team from the $EC and e$pecially a Nick $aben coached team! I think that about $um$ it up!

[Ducks Face the Liberty Flames on Jan. 1]

This matchup leaves no doubt in my mind that had Oregon won on Friday, the PAC would have been locked out for UGA and BAMA. If FSU was so bad without TJ, why aren't they playing Liberty? For that matter, why not Old Miss playing Liberty, they are ranked 11. Once again the CPF committee are a complete joke. 

[Playoff Scenario What If's]

Last week I said if Oregon won and chaos happened, the PAC would be locked out and nobody agreed. Now it seems like there is agreement. I hope so much for the SEC to be locked out, then they will see what it is like having a great team locked out. If head to head means anything as they have said in the past, Texas is in, unless they drop UGA to 4th. However, Texas beat Bama, which beat UGA, so by proxy Texas beat UGA.

[Big-Ten Bound Ducks Hot on the Recruiting Trail]

Losing Van Buren isn't a negative. There are a number of 4-5 star QB's in the portal that are better. Whether or not Ify scoots could be a concern. We need to reload the receiving corps. Dont'e Thornton, also a Baltimore product bolted and we're just fine. In fact, what has Dont'e done at Tennessee this year? Bottom line, not really worried about it DL will be able to bring in quality people high school or portal.

[Transfer Portal QB's]

Does DL go into the portal and pull a QB? If he does, will Ty Thompson bolt? All of these guys are 4-5 star QB's. Below are big name QB's in the Portal. If I'm DL and I'm reaching into the portal, I'm pulling the trigger on Dante Moore. He has the most upside since he is a true freshman this year, but he is prone to mistakes from what I saw of him.

 

1. Cam Ward

2. DJ Uiagalele (we-ahn-gah-luh-lei) (here is how his name is properly pronounced since his brother is on the Ducks and maybe he will for his final season

3. Dante Moore

4. Grayson McCall

5. Tyler Van Dyke

6. Will Howard

 

[Oregon Football Uniform Reveal - Pac-12 Championship Game]

Vegas Whiteout! Oh, how I wish I still lived in Vegas!

[CFP Prediction]

Never underestimate the CFP Committee’s SEC bias and their disdain for the PAC12, just saying!

[Trent Bray New Dam Builder in Corvallis]

The dude has spent a decade in Corvallis so it’s unlikely he’ll bolt quickly, smart decision!

[Ducks and Huskies Pursuing Cam Ward?]

If that were to happen and he came to UO, kiss Ty goodbye! I think it’s ridiculous that schools can go out and offer a player on a team $$$. Something has to change there.

[CFP Prediction]

You heard it here first! Like the CFP Committee always does, they will $crew the PAC12. If the following happens, the PAC12 will be locked out:

 

1. UO beats U-DUB

2. Bama narrowly beats UGA

3. FSU wins

4. Michigan wins

 

Seeding:

1. Michigan 

2. Bama

3. FSU

4.UGA or The OSU if Bama blows UGA out!

 

It will be a predictable and fitting end of the four team playoff!

[Eight Million a Year...for THIS?]

I’ll undercut you Ktmguy2018, I’ll take $300K and I’ll pay my way to each game. I could use a $150K a year raise. I’ve got 54 years of shoe tying experience, that has to count for something.

[Spammer Attack-Careful! All Moderators and OBD Members....]

Sad there are clowns out there that would hack a site dedicated to one topic UO sports. It’s not like they’re going to make money pushing their products like social media sites.

[Can Ty Thompson Raise His Game and Lead Ducks in '24?]

I’m seeing people get excited about Tyler Van Dyke as a transfer. I have mixed feelings but plenty of hope in TT. Does anybody see TT being able to run the offense at maybe 80% the efficiency of Bo? I’d take 80% of Bo any day because he’s insanely good. THOUGHTS! If not Ty, who?

[Coach Dan Lanning Named Among Leading Candidate for Texas A&M Job]

Why go to TAM? They haven’t been consistently good since RC Slocum. He’s got things rolling at Oregon and could be positioned to be a CFP contender York years, plus massive buyout.

[Is USC THIS Arrogant?]

Guy’s like the typical Bama fan. I’ll bet he has no physical ties to SC. Whining about Phil Knight putting Oregon on the map. The days of OJ and Marcus Allen dominating under-manned teams across the conference are long gone and he can’t handle reality! He just needs to drink heavily to sooth his anger.

[Pac-12 is 17-0...]

I’d be shocked if the trees score a TD before SC puts up 35

[Pac-12 is 17-0...]

The conference formerly known as the Pac12 is 17-0, but will have one loss after tonight when the Trees chop down Spoiled Children!

[PAC 12 Predictions]

After seeing the ASU outcome, squeaking out a W against the Fighting Sage Brush from Cedar City, I’m betting CU and Stanford are considerably better than ASU.

[Some Poor Judgment by Oregon QB Commit?]

No he doesn’t. Towson and Howard, but he’s played Our Lady Of Good Counsel, which I the #22 rank school this year and and will play hem in two weeks. OLGC is loaded with Power 5 commits on both sides of the ball. Keep in mind Van Buren has the top talent in MD and some other parts  the DMV on his offense. Also St. Francis has double reclasses on that team because of poor grades. Watch the OLGC game in two weeks, it’ll be streamed. 

[Some Poor Judgment by Oregon QB Commit?]

Just finished watching the St Francis game and I have to say from what I saw, Michael Van Buren is prone to making very poor decisions throwing the ball. For all of the hype he’s getting, I expected much more. He’s a fairly little guy too. I may b biased, but the starting QB on my son’s team Mt St Joseph, Baltimore is significantly better. Look up Winston Watkins, a 6’6” QB at MSJ. If he had a line of 300 lb’ers he’d pick every defense apart. MSJ doesn’t have a kid on the line above 275-280 and only one.

[With Super Conferences and CFP Expansion, 2023 is End of an Era]

I think we will see something similar to when the NCAA broke into 3 divisions in 1971, only, the have's will brake away from the NCAA all together and the have not's will merge with the FCS at least in football. What is crazy is basketball has 300+ D1 schools, e.g. Mt. St. Mary's, Gonzaga, etc. which don't even field a football team.

[How NOT To Enter A New Conference]

He’s worried about going to Morgantown because of how loud it is! I’ve been to a TCU game there and it was by far the loudest place I’ve seen a game! Yes, louder than Autzen and you play there in October with the wind whipping and you freeze your @$$ off. ASU is used to 80 degrees.

[Pac-West Conference]

New Mexico plays high school football, they don’t count. They are at Rio Rancho High’s level. Tried to keep it geographic.

[Pac-West Conference]

If the following teams were together, it would make a pretty good conference in many sports, but it could calm Stanford down with the addition of Tulane, SMU & Rice, all of which have academic street cred! Tulane & SMU are now playing good football and Rice has always had a good baseball program, even if having Rice in a Bowl is rare. There would be ~35M potential TV's. Modifications could remove Wyoming or Air Force in favor of San Jose State. 

 

Add North Dakota State, but with this reach, the market value has to exceed the current MWC $4M, but less than the Pac-12. It seems like somewhere between $15-20M is possible and maybe even $25 with an added streaming add-on. The problem is Stanford and Cal need to get over themselves. Hopefully, something like this in some way shape or form can happen for OSU & WSU to keep them viable.

 

School                        Metro/State Population

 

OSU                           2.2M Portland

WSU                          460K Spokane

CAL                            3.3M

STANFORD               3.3M

Boise State                1.9M State

Utah State                 1.2M

 

Nevada                      530K

UNLV                         2.9M

Fresno State             800K

SDSU                       3.3M

Wyoming                  500K State

Colorado State         2.9M

 

SMU                         6.5M

UT San Antonio        2.5M

Air Force                  2.9M

New Mexico             1.0M

Rice                          6.7M

Tulane                      1.0M

[B1G is FASCINATED With Oregon's Uniforms...]

On 8/12/2023 at 9:52 PM, idontrollonshobbas said:

Before Lennon & McCartney, there was Calvert and Crossland

 

Maryland's flag bears the arms of the Calvert and Crossland families. Calvert was the family name of the Lords Baltimore who founded Maryland, and their colors of gold and black appear in the first and fourth quarters of the flag. Crossland was the family of the mother of George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore. The red and white Crossland colors, with a cross bottony, appear in the second and third quarters. 

This flag first was flown October 11, 1880, in Baltimore at a parade marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of Baltimore. It also was flown October 25, 1888, at Gettysburg Battlefield for ceremonies dedicating monuments to Maryland regiments of the Army of the Potomac. Officially, it was adopted as the State flag in 1904 (Chapter 48, Acts of 1904, effective March 9, 1904). 

For anybody that doesn't or hasn't lived in Maryland, the flag is on everything. As I write this, I am wearing a MD shirt with a blue crab on the back painted with the MD Flag. People that have dogs, put dog stickers with the flag

 

on it, people that have horses do the same and 1/2 the state has a blue crab with the flag on their car bumper. It wasn't a flash of brilliance for Kevin Plank, a Bethesda kid, to use the MD Flag on UMD's uniforms once the

 

uniform color revolution was started by Oregon.