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So ... besides inventing the steam engine, what does this James Watt(s) do? Oh wait. I see he keeps stats. Goodie for him.

I checked back to 2000 (and had a cursory glance back to 1993). The following information came from Sports-Reference.com. TT beat no "prime" teams in that period. They won two OOC games of any consequence. One was AZ St (big deal, eh?) and SMU when the Ponies were ranked #24. That's it. The rest of the wins came from the SWC type conferences. They did appear in a gaggle of bowl games where they beat Miss. St. a couple of times. Assuming I missed nothing, I was NOT impressed by their OOC scheduling or winnings. I didn't read Crepea or Oram, but they didn't look all that closely if they were impressed.

I'd like to chime in with something else here. It just grates on my nerves to hear the ubiquitous use of incorrect pronouns. Are they not teaching English any longer in American schools? Here is the worst type of offender ... "Me and Johnny are going to the game." Taking an icepick to my ears would be more pleasant.

--the winner ... Ducks --the score ... 48-35 --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates ... 2 --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team ... 2 --the number of passing yards by the Ducks ... 333

Unfortunately, that was not the case in Charles' first video. Numbers 0, 1, and 2 were experienced starters, Johnson, Burch, and Bassa. They were biting on that qb fake like kids on Snickers bars. There were some bonehead coverages on that first drive by experienced players. I guess I'm with the plurality here ... namely that TL gets a substandard grade, at least for last season and the first PSU 'drive'. Also, some of the later incompletions were bad passes and not because of good coverage. BUT, that said, and overall, I thought the defense played pretty well and have given me hope for the season.

I think TT did a fine job. But let us please reserve a tiny bit of our enthusiasm for his play ... and also that of the team. We'll certainly learn more against a team with a pulse. The PSU game was a great one for us to watch and I was joyous. But a celebration of expectation should more likely be a modulated atta-boy/team and some hope for the future. It's a LONG season and the PAC is loaded this year. Work is yet to be done. GO DUCKS!

I don't see it on Sling. ??

Apparently Sling does not carry the PAC-12 Network. Are you keeping the cable in order to watch all things Ducks?

ACC adds Stanford, Cal, SMU as new members beginning 2024-25 - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM The ACC presidents and chancellors met Friday morning and voted to add three schools -- Stanford, Cal and SMU -- beginning in the 2024-25 school year. It will bring the league to 18 members -- 17...

Thanks for the info on this game, gents. I, unfortunately, subscribe to Spectrum. They refused to pay Disney's asking price for their programming and Disney/ESPN shut down the feed...right at game time. There is no word on when we may (or may not) see ESPN again on Spectrum. Gads I hate cable. The only reason I'm not on DirecTV was to get the Duck games. Guess I'll have to find a decent streamer channel for sports or maybe go to Direct and fubo. Ugh........... I hate this stuff. Our cost increases for everything is getting out of hand.

Fun article and it's good to have you writing again, Darren. But I have one BOne to pick with you. (Don't be a Barren-Darren.) Namely ... "BOwling for Heisman: Nah, invokes thoughts of beer-drinking slobs and a certain slob movie director. Would not work well in the minds of Heisman voters." I'll have you know that I was a respected professional TEQUILA-drinking slob BOwler. And we enjoyed the companionship of beer-drinking slob BOwlers. Although, they constantly threw their balls in the gutter.

Apparently, there were 3 of us. I attended Cal in the early '60s, saw all of their (as well as Stanford's) games ... and oh woe is me. Those games were intolerable. I wonder if that's what started me drinking......

I agree ... but only if he stays.

Your Honor, I believe that interest in my client, Week 0 Games, ranks well above, uh, zero. As evidence I enter into the record amazing and interesting upsets from last year's football season. App St. def. TAMU. Marshall def. Notre Dame (1/2 of a yea) So. Illinois def Northwestern Middle Tennessee def. Miami (full yea!) At least for me, I'll be watching the U$C game (well ... at least the first quarter) and hoping the Condoms get their butts handed to them by SJS (and Week 1, by Nevada). America loves underdogs and that's what makes eyeballs turn to these weird matchups. And lastly, you Honor, after an interminable offseason of conference deflation discussion, I would suggest that we'd even watch high school football games in order to get back to the game we love. We all only get a limited amount of football seasons in our lives. We, the Defense, say, "enjoy them to the max." Thank you, sir. Please find my client innocent of all charges.

Many thanks for finding and posting this, NJD. For a lot of reasons, I feel really blessed to have reached another season of college football. And for certain I'm ready for more football and less administrative intrigue. And, oh yeah .... GO DUCKS!!

Thanks for another great and instructional article, Coach. Question: Can an additional RPO exist, namely the qb sprinting left toward the single receiver? This would seem to put extreme pressure on the db (and outside lb).

You're absolutely right about the video resolution crap that Spectrum puts out. (And I also cannot abide their goofy remote interface and limited channel recording.) But there is good news on the horizon for us unhappy Spectrum users. Well, good news for me for certain, anyway. Though no service is without its issues, I like the satellite service from DirecTV. The BTN is in their sports package. I will happily be going (back) to DirecTV at the end of this basketball season and enjoying the Ducks next year in the B1G.

He has had to quell rumors that he is unhappy with the Bruins and his NIL. Transfer rumors are in the wind. MSN WWW.MSN.COM

I've (mostly) held my tongue during this slow rolling fiasco, the deterioration of the PAC-12. It was like watching a creeping, inescapable wildfire taking out our home. But let's be brutally honest here. Simply EVERYONE on this forum could have been wiser and more determined to drive the league to continuing success than the idiot team of LS, GK, and the moronic lack of attention by university regents and presidents. And I'd venture that we'd be a lot more open and honest about the processes. Granted we don't know the little secrets of the PAC meetings or media negotiations. But still ... this band of inept power-holders (I-P's for short) destroyed a century old conference in double time. The supposed saving deal with Apple was nonsense from the start. Without linear broadcast of games, competitive money could not be achieved. Lack of media visibility for OBD would have damaged recruiting for years and the damage would appear in very short order. The "cutting edge" streaming argument, the idea of "getting to the next big thing" in sports broadcasting, was also a false dream. The real approaching monster is and has been that of Super Conferences. And this trend has been on the map for a decade. It has been as plain to see coming as sunrise in the east. That should have been the aggressive direction taken by the PAC's merry band of I-P's. Joining or developing one was the right move. And that's not said with "hindsight". Alas. I'm so glad that OBD are now saved by the Hobson's Choice of getting into one of the forward charging Super Conferences. It was probably quite difficult for the OU President and Board of Trustees to land on this last one and only best decision. Good work, folks. Yeah. That's it.

This is really a good article. Many thanks, SRDuck. It speaks about what many of us have been saying for months ... or YEARS.

So ... now we are on the cutting edge, not of streaming media college sports ... but of the dissolution of a century old Conference. As I've pondered previously, streaming never had a chance. Nor does it deserve one ... at least at this point in time. I hate the loss of this great conference, but the New World of collegiate sports will be dominated by super-conferences for the foreseeable future. GO DUCKS!

It should all make us feel a bit less warm and fuzzy that two things will follow. 1: Larry Scott need never work again. Not including savings from his outrageous salary, he has that $5,600,000 in 2021 salary/severance (for 6 months "work") to warm his cockles in the night ... for the rest of his life. 2: The university presidents will wait just long enough in their current positions to then promote to a larger school for more money and prestige. (OR ... they could of course get into politics. After all, politics needs more hand sitters!)

Is anyone else sick of this soap opera? The level of incompetence amongst the school and PAC administration is breathtaking. They make a LOT more money than most of us. But they aren't necessarily any brighter, it seems. We've learned from politicians that wisdom and intelligence aren't a prerequisite for high level positions. Signed, Grumpy O. Man

Thanks for the posts, guys. It's great to be getting back to the game. I think we're all a little tired of the incessant noise about conference realignment affecting OBD.

What a wonderful invitation. Many thanks, Charles. My health refuses to allow me to attend in the flesh. But my spirit will be there with you all. Stay safe, have fun, and GO DUCKS!