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Mudslide
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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.
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On 8/30/2023 at 6:54 AM, Jon Joseph said:
So you were The Guy who went to the Cal and Stanford games.
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......
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On 8/28/2023 at 3:36 PM, Jon Joseph said:
However, he would not have started at Oregon and I think he starts before the season is halfway through.
I agree ... but only if he stays.
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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.
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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!!
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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).
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On 8/14/2023 at 3:51 PM, Steven A said:
He still has lots of eligibility left and the Bruins will be in ruins come '24
He has had to quell rumors that he is unhappy with the Bruins and his NIL. Transfer rumors are in the wind.
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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.
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This is really a good article. Many thanks, SRDuck. It speaks about what many of us have been saying for months ... or YEARS.
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On 8/4/2023 at 10:47 AM, Charles Fischer said:
Twitter feeds are not loading at all, so I am copying and pasting...
Ross Dellenger:
"How did this happen? Minutes before Pac-12 presidents planned to meet this morning and potentially agree to a Grant of Rights, Oregon officials alerted commissioner George Kliavkoff that their concerns with the Apple deal had led to a re-engagement with the Big Ten."
"While on the call, UO and UW officials informed Pac-12 presidents they were accepting an imminent invite from Big Ten, which had cooled on the additions only to re-engage today.
'Oregon told us they were out unless their (Apple) figures didn’t increase,' says a P12 school source"
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!
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On 7/31/2023 at 5:43 PM, OceaniaDuck said:
If all the rumors turn out to be true, LS's name will go down in infamy as the commissioner who destroyed the conference. GK inherited a mess to be sure, but sadly it doesn't seem like he was up to the task of helping the conference thrive, which is what he was hired for. All the university presidents who voted to keep LS on and thus enabled him also are to share in the blame.
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!)
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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.
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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.
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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!
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On 7/21/2023 at 2:48 PM, CountryProf said:
So, the "study" was "conducted" by Al.com (an Alabama "news" site) and a marketing research company (were they hired to market Alabama's brand?). I couldn't find any reference to the survey methodology used (how was it conducted, what was the sample size, what cities/towns/states were included in the sample, etc.--all points already made by smart Duck fans on this thread). I thought that the claim that UCLA was the most popular team in the western half of the US was especially laughable. I grew up in Oregon, but graduated from UCLA. Even I am not a UCLA fan.
I went to Cal, and not only am I not a Cal fan, but I also don't know anyone who attended Cal who are Cal fans ... or for that matter, anyone at all who is a Cal fan.
I wonder how much this "research team" was paid. Hmmmm..............
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On 7/20/2023 at 8:53 AM, Charles Fischer said:
I am so torn on this; I think you make a great point, as part of teaching young men is demonstrating a class way of holding yourself.
Yet doing it in public can make discipline a whole lot easier in the future.
My comment comes from years of supervising hundreds of people in dozens of departments. Discipline comes from setting rules and boundaries and living by them. Everyone knows firmly what results to expect from their actions. Personal feelings (e.g. anger, fear) are mitigated this way. Dignity is upheld. On the other hand, humiliating someone who has violated rules/policies does not build teamwork or cause respect for the rule setter.
I'm an old-old guy and I lived in the culture of discipline and respect. And it is from this culture that I still operate. Young people today seem to have a different take on discipline. That's fine. But in the world of work, any work including sports, they must be firmly alerted to barriers that must not be crossed or something they don't like will proceed. But also, humiliation has zero to do with generating respect or discipline. Fear is all that's likely to germinate.I don't know the circumstances that went into the Colorado incident. But it doesn't ring my bell as a good thing.
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On 7/14/2023 at 11:27 AM, David Marsh said:
Roku is pretty straightforward... And it's just about getting your feet wet at this point. Don't need to dive into the deep end just yet and go exclusive streaming.
For me the problem lies with the lack of recording options with no skipping some ads, FF or FR options, and limited selections (without paying for multiple services). And, of course, the cost will certainly be greater in the long run, as well ... especially with a la carte pay-per-view about to saturate the streaming world.
Oh wait, I still have a vcr around here somewhere. What was I thinking?! I can record streamed shows, after all.
New age meets old age. Who knew? Now, where is my wife's dust rag ..... ?
More seriously, is it possible to record a Ducks game aired (aired?) on Google (without using a vcr)?
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I have been opposed to the PAC going to a streaming service. Let's face it. I'm old. Really old. And I won't venture into the dark night of streaming except screaming and hollering.
So, if you hear a plaintive voice, screeching in the distance. It's me. It's called Streaming Screaming! I'm still a staunch advocate of satellite, and for good reasons. But yesterday I installed my first streaming device. (UGH.) A devil that goes by the name Roku dragged me by my heals into the New World. (Couple more UGHs.)
Bless me Sat Daddy for I have sinned .............
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Here is another data point for you all. Apple and Google have both seen declining profits in the last couple of years. Amazon is the only hugely profitable group among the three. So if any streaming service signs on the dotted line, Amazon and its 175 million subscribers have the juice.
One the other hand, I have a dream. Let's call my dream The Nike Network. And it carries the PAC at 50 mil per team. Hahaaaaa........
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Let us all cheer that the Ducks continue to thrive on the recruiting front after a string of awful coaches. MH, WT, and MariOH-OH ... ye shall be forever forgotten.
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On 7/13/2023 at 3:45 PM, kirklandduck said:
I think what we're seeing is Mario's bad X's & O's finally catching up to him. High school grads pay attention to what their prospective coaches are doing, especially the blue chips. I wouldn't be surprised if recruits are noticing how bad his offenses really are and how much he alters/overrules his OCs schemes and play-calling instead of letting them do their job. If I were a highly ranked QB or WR, I'd stay away like the plague.
I agree. But they just signed a 5-star receiver, Joshisa Trader. (Although ... he is from Hollywood, FLA. So, hometown recruiting mamas may be at work here.)
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So ............ did you open it? Maybe it was an offer for him to appear on the show Truth Or Consequences.
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Right or wrong, keep in mind that JC is not reporting. He is speculating ... my least favorite activity.
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Utah vs. Florida Game Thread…
in Our Beloved Ducks
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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.