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Great rewind, Charles. Thanks. Those were years that must be remembered. Have a great Memorial Day, everyone.

After watching all of the tournament games, I just might become a baseball fan again. Those were great, dramatic games that led to beautiful outcomes. Does anyone know what the four pitchers' injuries are? It seems like I recall that Stoffal has a blister on his throwing hand. If so, he has a decent chance of returning for the NCAA's.

Indeed, Klatt and his statements are head shaking and mind numbing. I agree with all you say mrspenney, but with one exception. Congress has a deep record of putting in controls that not only save nothing, but they also make matters worse. I suppose it's 'possible' that they save collegiate sports. Even a blind squirrel ..........

You bet ... assuming he stays for the entire season. Ha, I guess he will. I think he's out of transfers.

And it's only his 6th school. Yikes. Oregon adds another NCAA Transfer Portal add to men's basketball 247SPORTS.COM The Ducks have landed another transfer portal commitment.

Both the men's and women's teams desperately need 3-point shooters. Williams is a good one!

I expect that the NIL "salaries" will, just as with pro leagues, continue to competitively inflate until it's all beyond reason ... and ability of many schools to compete at all. And thus, it's back to my prediction last year, that the majority of colleges and universities will eventually only compete in 'club' sporting contests. These will be contests with no rewards other than maybe free ride scholarships for the players and bragging rights for the institutions. For these schools there will be no bowl games, no tv deals, no influx of media money. Think "D" League or minor league baseball, but without pay. Like the National Debt, it can't continue to inflate without serious consequences. And that's true of pro sports, as well. The billionaire's sporting industry house of cards will either be made sane with regard to fans' ability to support it, or it will collapse. And I don't trust any sanity being available here. I do trust in Charles' POV that we should at least have a couple of years to enjoy the PAC and our Ducks. But it also sounds like he may be thinking about shortening the 'joy' period ... just a little. Signed, Grumpy

Okay, I have it now. 14-4! OMG, Go Ducks.

What I get appears to be yesterday's game, Charles.

I don't get ESPN+. Any updates on the game?

Pac-12 to provide enhanced access to college football broadcasts - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM The Pac-12 will provide enhanced in-game and pregame access during broadcasts of college football games this fall, including in-game head coach interviews and having select coaches and...

Is he walking on or has he secured a scholarship?

She's a great asset to our OBD community. Heal and come back soon, PA Duck. We all miss you. Prayers to you for a full recovery.

Relief!

I'm a nickel psychologist and will give you four cents change. But I've watched TT carefully when he is in a game. He truly does have the look of someone not wanting to make a mistake. I have yet to see him do a pre-snap read. There is no scanning the defense. He simply stares at the center's butt and readies perhaps one and only one movement and/or option on a play. That spells fear of failure to me. (Or it could be orders from HQ. Hmmm....) But that said, I hope for greatness from him, still. (I disagree with Charles' thought that strength, or greatness, cannot be built from weakness.) He has the tools, for certain. For me....TT, like the little train, just needs to believe he can!

Thanks, Charles.

What this fellow says is only a half truth. Yes, you can put in the work and get a good education. The question is ... does the institution assist you along the path or does hollow out ditches for you to fall in. Either way, one can learn a lot and make a good career. What is in question for me is the university's commitment to education ... or is it more committed to making money and gaining prestige? I'll provide an example of my distaste for UCB's treatment of students. I had a French professor that was very poor at the language. Would a teacher like that help or hinder your learning? And I had a 5-unit Honors Chemistry class. While the professor was very good, the lab teacher was almost never available nor helpful (nor even THERE) due to his graduate commitments. Much of Berkeley's resources (and prestige) went not into teaching undergrads, but to large research grants run by hired guns in the field. All schools are not alike, and academic success surely depends as much upon school resources as it does student effort.

Same here, Jon...first group for me, as well. I had friends who had already succumbed to the awful disease. And irony ... I received my last dose the day before I tried out for the basketball team. (I was not even close to occupying the bench. They were awful that year, so I guess that pretty much says what kind of bball player I was. ) I'm surprised Salk never won a Nobel Prize of some sort. But he was certainly highly regarded and won a bunch of awards for his work in virology. I guess we could use him now!

Yep. I attended UC Berkeley as an undergrad (physics major). At that time, they had the finest physicists and research programs of any university. (Meaning they received the most government grants.) And not once was I able to lay eyes upon any of the school's gaggle of Noble Prize winners. In fact, the only luminary I met back then was Jonas Salk (he was not UCB related), Presidential Medal of Freedom winner. And that was only because he was a dignitary at my sister's research business awards ceremony. My take is that Stanford's mission was/is to educate the best and brightest. UCB's mission was/is to cull and sort students...not to fully educate them. Even as an alumnus of UCB, I will never contribute to their Alumni Society. Call me divorced ... and now a Duck fan.

I've been to a few of these stadia. The only one I'd have to disagree with is Memorial Stadium. I saw U$C play there during their heyday, and I heard more crickets (actually rats eating fallen Doritos) than fans. Fans were late to enter, early to leave during halftime and at game's end, and the bowl is so large that sound just floats off somewhere into O.J.'s living room. Seating was hard and really uncomfortable. I wouldn't go back there even if Phil Knight gave me a lift and ticket to see my beloved Ducks play the Condoms.

I don't care if Nix wins the Heisman. That's a decision not even he can control, especially with the politics involved. (When are they not? ) But the Ducks going 12-1 or 13-0, now THAT is what I want and I'll wager Bo does too. Bo knows.

The home and home games were scheduled for the 2015-16 seasons. From the article .... UGA Athletics Director Greg McGarity and Oregon AD Rob Mullens mutually agreed to terminate the contract. One of the concerns for Georgia was the length of travel to and from Oregon. The Bulldogs made a trip like that in 2008 to Arizona State and will make a similar one this week to Colorado. Apparently the Ducks didn't have such a "length of travel" concern. Georgia, Oregon cancel 2015-16 football series SICEMDAWGS.COM The Georgia Bulldogs and the Oregon Ducks have canceled their 2015 and 2016 home-and-home football series.

I love your take on the Heisman, Alex. Thanks. I'd take one tiny issue with your analysis, though ... strength of schedule driving the winner of the Heisman. The Ducks SOS last year was tougher than USC's, even though USC played Notre Dame (and two pushovers). USC's SOS ranked 39th in the country. (The Ducks were 37th.) The same sort of situation will occur this year. Like USC, the Ducks also play a predicted ranked team this year (Texas Tech) that they didn't have last year and also have an otherwise tougher OOC schedule. But as you suggested, Williams or Nix could well cement the award on Nov. 11 at Autzen.

I agree with you regarding Alman's offensive approach ... at least getting his players to space correctly in that weave offense would help. But for certain the injuries really hurt this year's team ... but so did a lack of good shooters. The team shot UNDER 70% FTs. My 72 year old wife can almost hit that mark. And the 3 pt. shots at 32% for the year is no bueno. On the plus side of things, the guys were really hustling in the NIT. And they missed Couis and Dante for sure. But if I have one major grumble about Altman's coaching it was playing Richardson for as much and as long as he did. Hurt or not, he was a liability to the team. Berthelemy was a much better player...shooting, driving, dribbling, turnovers, defense and general hustle. Of course, I'm also not paid millions of bucks to know more than the coach, either. And then, I'm just feeling crabby today....doctor app'ts.

Having graduated and done my post-grad at SDSU WAY back when, I clearly recall the PAC-10 becoming the PAC-12 with the addition of the Arizona schools. The football and basketball performances by those two AZ schools was in no way superior to what SDSU has done during the last decade or two and what it potentially offers the conference. That includes matters of scholastics, fan and financial support, and athletics. I believe they would be a grand addition to the PAC. Unfortunately, I can't speak for SMU.