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The Bald Faced Truth Podcast with John Canzano John Canzano talks to ESPN senior college football writer Adam Rittenberg about the hazing scandal at Northwestern that led to the firing of head coach Pat Fitzgerald, former University of Oregon and current Northwestern President Michael Schill's decision-making process, the NCAA's fines for Tennessee's football program, and the overall expectations for the Oregon Ducks and Oregon State Beavers this fall. Canzano posted this to his podcast site yesterday and I thought I would post here for your info...

Oregon had a coaching change most Power Five programs are not used to. Mario Cristobal left in favor of another Power Five school, heading back to his hometown of Miami to rebuild the Hurricanes. This led the Ducks to hire Dan Lanning away from Georgia after winning a national championship as the defensive coordinator. When Lanning arrived on campus, a total rebuild was not needed. Cristobal had success on the field and when recruiting. Had he not left for Miami, most would expect Oregon to still be on an upward trajectory and potentially competing on a national stage. Even so, a complete roster overhaul has taken place. Lanning has done a majority of his work in the NCAA transfer portal, adding instant additions for 2022 and hoping for the same this upcoming fall. “If I was putting a number on it, I would say it’s 85% Dan Lanning’s team,” Hopkins said. “I think that’s just been his aggressiveness in turning over the roster and really going after guys that fit what he needs.” On3 Roundtable: Dan Lanning’s fingerprints are all over the 2023 Oregon team - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Heading into Year Two with the Oregon Ducks, the fingerprints of head coach Dan Lanning are certainly on the roster.

The 10 best Pac-12 recruiters for the 2024 class Here's a rundown of the 2024 cycle's Pac-12 recruiter rankings, with the Ducks first in the conference and eighth nationally. Today, we will look through the top recruiters in the Pac-12, and it should come as no surprise that multiple Stanford and Oregon assistants lead the way. Tosh Lupoi has risen to No. 3 on the list after landing commitments from two four-star linebackers in, Dylan Williams and the aforementioned Mothudi. However, Stanford WR coach Tyler Osborne maintains the top spot in the Pac-12 for another week. Continue reading to see how the Pac-12's top recruiters stack up in the second week of July and after a busy June. The 10 best Pac-12 recruiters for the 2024 class 247SPORTS.COM Here's a rundown of the 2024 cycle's Pac-12 recruiter rankings, with the Ducks first in the conference and eighth nationally.

Oregon men's basketball offers Top 100 prospect (2025 class) The Oregon Ducks men's basketball program has extended a scholarship offer to one of the top prospects in the Midwest. Head coach Dana Altman and the staff extended an offer to the Top 100 overall prospect on Thursday afternoon. A'mare Bynum out of Bryan high school in Omaha, Nebraska was offered a scholarship by the Ducks. The 6-foot-8, 210-pound prospect is ranked as a Top 100 player in the country regardless of position by 247Sports, while also being ranked No. 2 in Nebraska and the NO. 17 center nationally. Bynum is a member of the 2025 recruiting class and already holds nearly 10 scholarship offers. Cal, Creighton, Nebraska, Iowa, and Iowa State are a few of the other schools to already offer Bynum. Oregon men's basketball offers Top 100 prospect 247SPORTS.COM Dana Altman and his staff have offered a Top 100 prospect. Rivals Info A'Mare Bynum | Rivals.com N.RIVALS.COM A'Mare Bynum - 2025 4 Star Power forward for Bryan (Omaha , NE) on Rivals.com

How is it that other conferences are able to announce deals during this time? Is George K the right guy to negotiate?

Mid-Summer Report Card: Grading Pac-12 recruiting The 2024 recruiting cycle has reached the mid-point, which means that many recruiting classes across the country are filling up fast. Here's how each team in the Pac-12 has fared up to this point. Mid-Summer Report Card: Grading Pac-12 recruiting N.RIVALS.COM Four-star defensive end Elijah Rushing was a huge recruiting win for Arizona.

Pac-12 announces all 24 student-athletes heading to 2023 Football Media Day The 2023 Pac-12 Football season officially begins on Friday, July 21 with the league's kickoff event, Pac-12 Football Media Day live from Resorts World Las Vegas. All 12 head coaches and two student-athletes from each Pac-12 team are set to take part, with the Pac-12 announcing today all 24 student-athletes headed to Las Vegas. Coverage of the day-long event will be available across Pac-12 Networks, Pac-12 Insider, Pac-12.com and the Pac-12 Now app. Pac-12 announces all 24 student-athletes heading to 2023 Football Media Day PAC-12.COM The 2023 Pac-12 Football season officially begins on Friday, July 21 with the league's kickoff event, Pac-12 Football Media Day live...

Oregon's trio of speakers for Pac-12 Media Day Announced The Oregon Ducks will send head football coach Dan Lanning and two of the most accomplished players on its roster for the 2023 Pac-12 Football Media Day. The league announced the attendees and participants, as well as the times every speaker would be at a podium for interviews ahead of next week's event. For Oregon, head football coach Dan Lanning will speak with the media at approximately 1:35 P.M. PT. Following Lanning's time with the media, Oregon starting quarterback and Heisman Candidate Bo Nix and returning starting linebacker Jeffrey Bassa will speak with the media at an estimated time of 2 p.m. PT. Oregon's trio of speakers for Pac-12 Media Day Announced 247SPORTS.COM Oregon will send head coach Dan Lanning and two of their most accomplished players to Pac-12 Media Day.

Oregon target three-star ATH Lamar Radcliffe announces commitment date Three-star athlete and Oregon target Lamar Radcliffe, from Sacramento, CA, announced his commitment date on Wednesday afternoon and his final three schools in his recruitment. Radcliffe took to Twitter to announce the decision. Oregon joined Utah and USC as Radcliffe's final three schools in his recruitment while acknowledging that July 22nd would be his commitment date. It appears Radcliffe is 3* on 247Sorts, but is 4* on Rivals... Oregon target three-star ATH Lamar Radcliffe announces commitment date 247SPORTS.COM On Wednesday, Oregon target and three-star ATH Lamar Radcliffe announced his commitment date and his final three programs... Rivals Info Lamar Radcliffe | Rivals.com N.RIVALS.COM Lamar Radcliffe - 2024 4 Star Running back for Sacramento (Sacramento, CA) on Rivals.com

Pac-12 announces 2023-24 women’s basketball Conference opponents The Pac-12 Conference has released each school’s league opponents for its 2023-24 women’s basketball season. Each program will play an 18-game Conference slate, facing seven opponents both home and away and the four other teams once, two at home and two on the road. Specific dates, times and television selections will be announced at a later date. The Pac-12 is coming off a 2022-23 campaign in which it sent a league record-tying seven teams to the NCAA Tournament and had three advance to the Sweet 16 for the sixth time in the last seven NCAA Tournaments. Pac-12 teams finished with a national-best and Conference-record .852 regular-season, non-conference winning percentage and compiled an NCAA-leading average NET of 40.33. Pac-12 announces 2023-24 women’s basketball Conference opponents PAC-12.COM SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 Conference has released each school’s league opponents for its 2023-24 women’s basketball...

Yesterday, the John Canzano article referenced by Charles in this thread was behind a paywall. This morning, I found it on a free site if you are interested in reading it. Canzano: Pac-12 in no hurry as Las Vegas looms Canzano: Pac-12 in no hurry as Las Vegas looms WWW.KSL.COM

CLASS IMPACT: Kamar Mothudi Commits to Oregon Breaking down the latest pledge in Oregon's 2024 class as Dan Lanning and the Ducks continue to surge in the summer. This was a big win for Oregon on the trail, even if it was one that was pretty easy to see coming, dating back to my prediction in March. Michigan State made a big push for Mothudi near the end, but I think once Dylan Williams committed to Oregon it was a done deal. The two never publicly said that were a package deal, but the "Bash Brothers", as they're known on the 7on7 circuit, are close friends and will reunite in Eugene Dan Lanning and the coaching staff continue to identify and fill positions of need this cycle and linebacker was certainly one of them. With two talented commits in the fold now, their attention turns to Conroe (Tex.) Oak Ridge linebacker Justin Williams and Yelm (Wash.) linebacker Brayden Platt. Mothudi is a well-rounded linebacker, who's got a college-ready frame at 6'3", 230 pounds. Read more about what Kamar Mothudi brings to the Ducks in Ducks Digest by clicking here.

PREDICTION: Oregon Ducks to Land 2024 Linebacker Oregon is off to a hot start on the recruiting trail in July, landing commitments from linebackers Dylan Williams and Kamar Mothudi in addition to offensive tackle JacQawn McRoy. Today I'm logging a prediction for 2024 Yelm (Wash.) linebacker Brayden Platt to commit to Oregon. For starters, Oregon has been in on Platt for a long time, which carries some weight. Platt narrowed his top schools to two this week and will announce his commitment on September 4 between Oregon and Oklahoma. Linebacker is a need for the Ducks this cycle, and they'd love to add Platt to the mix in addition to Justin Williams. Right now I'm feeling more confident that they can beat out Oklahoma for Platt than they can Georgia for Williams--who I think will have a spot for as long as he wants it. To read more about this Ducks Digest Max Torres prediction, click here.

Updated Listing 2024 Commits...Click on tweet to see entire listing

Oregon commits are putting full-court social media 'peer press' on prospective Ducks One of the most valuable things for a college football recruiting department is a staff of coaches, scouts, and operations managers that are competent and competitive in the space. The Oregon Ducks absolutely have that, and have grown into a power that can compete with the best schools in the nation. One of the new strategy that we’ve seen be employed in Eugene, however, hinges on the efforts and support of people not on staff — yet. Over the last few months, it has been players who are committed to Oregon that have been working the hardest to try and recruit incoming players. Whether it’s QB Michael Van Buren, WR Jordan Anderson, or DL Xadavien Sims, a rash of Oregon commits have taken to social media to try and sell the program and convince uncommitted players to commit to the Ducks. With some big-time targets still on the board considering the Ducks, like 5-star LB Justin Williams, 5-star OT Brandon Baker, and 5-star RB Nate Frazier, we’ve seen a ton of outreach in the past few days. Check out out the Duck commits are trying to use the power of peer pressure to add to the flock. Being on Oregon Twitter sites everyday, I personally have noticed how active these 2024 commits are...Didn't see this last year. Oregon Recruiting: Duck commits are putting ‘peer press’ on prospects DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Peer pressure is powerful. Duck commits in the 2024 class are doing everything they can to grow the flock with blue-chip players.

Four-star LB Brayden Platt names final two, sets announcement date One of the West's top prospects in the 2024 class has set his announcement date. Yelm (Wash.) linebacker Brayden Platt has finalized that he will announce his decision in September. One of the elite throwers in the country, he won the javelin at USA Track Nationals and is the two-time state champion in the shot-put, Platt plans to do both football and track in college. "I want to commit on September 4th for my mom's birthday," Platt told 247Sports. Platt will choose from a final two of Oklahoma and Oregon. Four-star LB Brayden Platt names final two, sets announcement date 247SPORTS.COM Yelm (Wash.) linebacker Brayden Platt named his final two and set his announcement date... Rivals Info Brayden Platt | Rivals.com N.RIVALS.COM Brayden Platt - 2024 3 Star Inside linebacker for Yelm (Yelm, WA) on Rivals.com

Bo Nix sits down for an exclusive interview with PFF. I think it is a "recommended" read for OBDF members. Hope you enjoy too... Having fun again: Oregon QB Bo Nix is taking it all in during his final college football season WWW.PFF.COM "I’ve been through all of it, the good and the bad," Nix said. "I’m still the same guy. I just want to show that to other people."

With conference title implications and the Playoff picture in mind, these matchups mean more than anything. College football's 2023 season features a robust slate of must-watch games every weekend, but how many of those matchups are high enough on the importance scale to be included in a "meaningful games" ranking? We're glad you asked. These are matchups we feel will directly impact conference championship races and, more importantly, the College Football Playoff picture this fall. Not to be confused with the most intriguing games this season, these contests are considerably higher on the impact scale and should be included on each elite program's campaign-defining lists. Our Ducks land on the list several times! College football's 23 most meaningful games during 2023 season 247SPORTS.COM With conference title implications and the Playoff picture in mind, these matchups mean more than anything.

Looks like it is a tight match between the Ducks and Georgia. The article referenced is behind a paywall...

OREGON, BAYLOR SCHEDULE HOME-AND-HOME SERIES Oregon and Baylor have agreed to a home-and-home series beginning with the upcoming 2023-24 season, head coach Kelly Graves announced Monday. The Ducks and Bears will meet on Dec. 3 at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas, while BU will visit Matthew Knight Arena during the 2024-25 season. "We are always looking to build a tough non-conference schedule and Baylor will be a marquee non-con opponent for us," Graves said. "A matchup against such a quality program will help us prepare for the gauntlet of the Pac-12 schedule, and it will be good for our young team to take a great opponent in a tough environment." December's matchup will be the first since the teams met in the 2019 NCAA Final Four in which Baylor, then ranked as the nation's No. 1 team, came away with a 72-67 victory in Tampa, Fla. BU leads the all-time series 4-0, with a 1-0 home record and a 1-0 record in Eugene. Oregon, Baylor Schedule Home-and-Home Series - University of Oregon Athletics GODUCKS.COM Oregon and Baylor have agreed to a home-and-home series beginning with the upcoming 2023-24 season.

I think a Husky site started that rumor. I saw this a couple of days ago. Could 4-Star Linebacker Kamar Mothudi End Up In Seattle? Washington's coaching staff is looking to take at least one more linebacker in the class of 2024. It did a great job of earning a commitment from St. John Bosco prospect Khmori House and adding Los Alamitos standout Kamar Mothudi to the mix would give the Huskies two of the best prospects on the West Coast. Before taking his official visits, Mothudi cut his list down to five schools: Oregon, Michigan State, Texas, Utah and Washington. But recent signs seem to show that he's down to two programs, Oregon and Washington. This is the only article I have seen mention Washington as favorite. To see article, click here.

WBB: current roster outlook It’s been a time of transition for Oregon women’s basketball. Some of the biggest contributors from last season have departed, and the hype surrounding the program from a couple years ago seems to be dying down. Now the question is, can head coach Kelly Graves bring some of it back this offseason? First thing was first for Graves; the infamous transfer portal. He didn’t waste much time, already adding three impact players within the last month or so. WBB: current roster outlook WWW.ADDICTEDTOQUACK.COM Women’s hoops was essentially gutted and is now piecing back together, where are they currently at? Oregon Women’s Basketball: Comparing Transfer Performances With the increase in portal activity the past two or three seasons, we’ve seen a fair number of Ducks - some highly regarded - enter the transfer portal for other schools. Our time today is not to speculate as to the why of a player’s choice to enter the portal. It’s enough that they made the choice, and the reasoning for wanting to play at a different school is as different as the players entering the portal. That’s not the purpose of this examination. What we’re doing is taking a look at each player’s statistics at their last season at Oregon and then comparing that with the player’s stats at the new school. You can infer what you like from the numbers; after all, as Mark Twain famously put it, there are lies, damn lies, and statistics. Oregon Women’s Basketball: Comparing Transfer Performances WWW.ADDICTEDTOQUACK.COM With all of the portal activity the past couple of seasons, is the grass really greener on the other side?

HARRISON WINS DUCKS’ THIRD U20 TITLE FORMER UO STANDOUT RAEVYN ROGERS WILL REPRESENT TEAM USA AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. Freshman Rheinhardt Harrison recorded this first win at Hayward Field Sunday with his performance in the USATF men's U20 1500 meters. In the senior-level competition, Raevyn Rogers was runner-up in the 800 meters and will represent Team USA at the World Championships in Budapest. Sitting in second at the bell, Harrison powered away from the field with just under 300 meters to go and stopped the clock in 3:48.30 to secure the victory. The win marked the third U20 title of the meet for UO freshmen, joining Aaliyah McCormick (100H) and Benjamin Balazs (steeplechase). Oregon signee Tayson Echohawk finished second behind his future teammate. He used a late charge in the final homestretch to cross the line in 3:50.28, moving from fourth to second in the process. Rogers will be making her third-career appearance at the World Championships. She took the lead with 200 meters to go and held on for second place in a season-best 1:59.83 behind U.S. champ Nia Akins. In 2019—the first of her three WC appearance—Rogers came home with a silver medal. Aiden Carter, another soon-to-be Oregon freshman, navigated the two-day, 10-event U20 decathlon to win the junior title. He entered Sunday in fourth place overall but climbed to the top of the leaderboard with top-three point totals in four of five events on day two. Carter claimed gold with 6,915 points. See article for more results... Harrison Wins Ducks’ Third U20 Title - University of Oregon Athletics GODUCKS.COM Former UO standout Raevyn Rogers will represent Team USA at the World Championships.

Four-star LB Kamar Mothudi set to commit on the 247Sports YouTube Channel Los Alamitos (Calif.) linebacker Kamar Mothudi has locked in his commitment date and will announce on the 247Sports YouTube Channel. Mothudi will announce his college choice on July 11 at 4:00 (PT). He has a final five of Michigan State, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington. He officially visited all of his finalists except the Longhorns. He unofficially visited the four Pac-12 schools on his list earlier in the year and then officially visited each of them during June. The talented ‘backer talked about what stands out about each of his finalists: Four-star LB Kamar Mothudi set to commit on the 247Sports YouTube Channel 247SPORTS.COM The talented linebacker will make his college choice known next Tuesday on the 247Sports YouTube Channel.

VIEWING GUIDE | USATF CHAMPIONSHIPS - DAY 4 SUNDAY TELEVISION COVERAGE BEGINS AT 6 P.M. (PT) ON CNBC AND PEACOCK. Viewing Guide | USATF Championships - Day 4 - University of Oregon Athletics GODUCKS.COM Sunday television coverage begins at 6 p.m. (PT) on CNBC and Peacock.