GeotechDuck

I was in Knoxville, TN for a wedding and stopped into a DSG and they had Duck gear. I ended up buying some Oregon Nike Zoom Pegasus sneakers.

That is an amazing statistic if true. 60-65% of the total content on TV is still through a cable / dish provider? Wow...I would have thought that would have been much lower by now. I have not had cable in many years. How hilarious would it be if Amazon just threw down and matched the BIG offer for content and USC and UCLA were stuck solo in the BIG for the same paycheck? I know that is not going to happen, but one can hope, right?

After the past 4 years, every time I hear the word "physicality" I want to barf. 🤮

The practice reports in the fall, prior to the first game, had numerous references to running backs putting the ball on the ground. Without speculating on specific players, as that detail was not provided, I wonder if what we are seeing in the rotation right now is a result of some ball security issues in fall camp with the top performers. I suspect that a couple of guys will start to pull away from the rest of the pack as we go forward.

I would rather be Lanning all day long. Losing to an FCS team doesn't go away. Getting thumped by Georgia (who won their conference games by an average of 43 points last season) will fade pretty quickly, especially with a win against BYU (fingers crossed). BTW...they need to put a rule in place under the new system that if a team loses to an FCS school they are immediately eliminated from the 12-team playoff.

The biggest concern right now is Oregon has no OL commits and a bunch of seniors leaving IIRC. That needs to get fixed quickly.

I feel bad for TVD. That guy is likely going to lose millions and millions of dollars in draft money.

And somehow Notre Dame will be ranked ahead of the Ducks on Monday. Book it.

Oregon 56-31 - 1 - 3 - 290 I don't believe in our defense yet and EWU can sling it around. Our offense actually moved the ball pretty well against the best defense in college football. I think Oregon scores on most possessions and pulls away in the second half.

IMO, the expectations for this team have been out of whack ever since Lanning got here. Completely new coaching staff, new systems on both sides of the ball, basically all new skill players. Lost the leader in sacks, INTs on defense. We have a ton of unproven talent with little to no experience in critical positions on both sides of the ball. Yet, I saw people talking about Rose Bowls and Playoffs. I just couldn’t get my head around that concept. I said it several times over the past few months. We are going to take some lumps this year. There will be mistakes and confusion at times. We might lose a couple of games we shouldn’t. Didn’t Kirby Smart go 8-5 his first year with a pretty stacked roster?? IMO, the expectations for this team were just never realistic.

I agree that if you get the BIG invite, you have to take it. The money matters, especially when it starts getting distributed to the players. However, if you don't get that invite, you still have a path to the playoff every year. HUGE news for Oregon and probably strengthens their hand a little right now.

This is HUGE news for the Pac-10 since the format currently includes the Top 6 ranked conference winners and 6 at large bids. It would be highly unlikely that the Pac-10 winner would not be in that Top 6. Now that there is a clear path to the playoff for the PAC, does that help stabilize things? I think so. If the Pac-12 can get creative and get the revenue closer to $45-50M per school, that might just save the conference. Is UCLA going to be the biggest loser in all of conference realignment? I could see a path where that ends up being the case.

UGA 38-24; 1; 3; 247

Yeah...I agree. USC needs to fix their line play on both sides of the ball before they are going anywhere special. You can bring in all the talented skill players you want, but you need protection and you need to be able to stop the run. I am not sure they are there yet, but I guess we will see. In fairness, I am also the guy that thinks Oregon only wins 9 games this year, so maybe I am just a little bit negative. As much as I hate to say it, Washington is going to surprise a lot of people this year. They have the third highest blue chip ratio in the conference, pretty decent balance on their roster, and now they have a very good head coach.

If you get the invite to the BIG, you have to take it I guess. There is not really a choice IMO if you want to stay relevant. However, it just feels like a terrible match. The thought of having to go to NJ to play Rutgers in a conference game in October is just flat out gross. I would prefer to stay in the Pac, but I understand why we need to go if we get the offer.

I wonder where Cliff Harris would be on that list if he would have been able to stay on the team for a full 3-4 years. That dude was dominate.

Always fun to see Masoli 30 yards down field blocking guys. 😆

Agree. I cut cable years ago and it is the best thing I ever did. I took me several months to get everything down, but I have access to more sports and get every single duck football and basketball game. In general, my bill is 50% less and I have complete control of my content. Also, if I am going on vacation or don't have anything I want to watch, you pause your subscription, so you are not paying when you don't need access. As Duck Desert pointed out, an HD antenna is essential. Streaming package is essential. Cable TV will be completely gone within the next 10 years. And back on topic....go get UNLV and SDSU right now.

Sounds like 20 is the magic number for the BIG according to Warren. So the question is will Oregon be included in the last 4?

Here is my bold prediction for the year. Nix is going to explode and have a huge senior season, making the amount of "leash" a non-issue. This offense is perfect for him and he is going to have protection to throw the ball. Last year he cleaned up the mistakes, as he only threw 3 picks in 9 games. Just a small note to consider - After Nix went down to injury, Auburn didn't win another game last year.

This could be good or bad depending on how you look at it, but Oregon probably just got one more vote to join the BIG. 😆

Agree. They need to add SDSU and UNLV right now. Both those schools get $4M/year from the MWC. If the Pac-12 offered them $8M/year under this new media rights contract that is open right now and full shares under the next future media rights deal, there is a 99.9% chance they jump and it wouldn't require existing schools to give up money to get them. San Diego TV market is ranked No. 8 and Vegas is ranked No. 26 and Vegas is growing fast. It is more of a long-term play, but a smart one. As long as the Pac-12 has a path to the playoff, I don't care what they say about the conference. That direct path to the playoff for the conference winner is everything going forward.

Sounds like Mookie is going to make a decision on Friday. Fingers crossed.

Wow. CBS paying more for tier 3 BIG rights than ESPN offered for Tier 1 PAC rights? yikes.

Agree. The expectations right now for this team seem to be completely out of touch with reality. Maybe this article will help bring some of those expectations back down to earth a little. I know I have said this before, but Oregon lost their leading passer, leading receiver, and leading rusher on offense. They also lost the leader in sacks and interceptions on defense. Combine that with a completely new coaching staff and this team is probably going to take some lumps this year. Even with the talent we have on the roster right now, that is a HUGE amount of production to replace in a completely new system. Bo may not be "the guy" like this article claims, but where does that leave Ty and Butters after the spring game? IIRC, Lanning's top priority in evaluating QBs is points per possession and Nix was WAY out in front of the other QBs in the spring game.