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Ah. That's a great point. This is also where I will say that it's more important to me that Oregon seeks out the best national exposure for Oregon, and I don't care as much about the rest of the PAC. There should be no good reason why either a network channel, or FS1 or ESPN would not *want* to air all of Oregon's games (except for cupcakes). It's also why I want to go to the B1G as soon as possible. American exceptionalism is taking a beating in the modern era, but heh, I have no problem with Oregon going on a conquest to join the forces of SEC & B1G Powerhouses. 5PM on ABC every Saturday would be nice.

I very much prefer Oregon and the PAC-10 not to be the guinea pigs of streaming games as their top tier. Whatever is going to get us the best presence for voters, future recruits, recruits, parents of recruits, the average lunch pail Joe in Ohio, etc- that's what we need. And that is not Amazon's Prime TV.

I still have traditional cable (and PrimeTV, and all the other streaming services except for Disney+) and I find it a nuisance to watch NFL Thursday Night Football on the streaming app. Is it too much for me to take the 20-40 seconds to switch from the stream back to cable when there is no live action? Yes, absolutely. I like cable, and I like channel surfing. Honestly, I find myself on Thursday evenings at 7pm wondering what to watch, and I invariably say, "crap, Thursday Night Football is on, and started two hours ago!" If it were on a national broadcast or on ESPN I would have not missed kickoff. So, you can count me in on the anti-streaming crowd for live sports. I mean, go ahead and ALSO put it there, just make sure it's on a national broadcast or ESPN/FS1.

Charles, it's no longer "the Ukraine"! Hasn't been for a long time. It could get you in trouble saying such things out loud on public transportation! "The Ukraine" is incorrect both grammatically and politically, says Oksana Kyzyma of the Embassy of Ukraine in London. "Ukraine is both the conventional short and long name of the country," she says. "This name is stated in the Ukrainian Declaration of Independence and Constitution." The use of the article relates to the time before independence in 1991, when Ukraine was a republic of the Soviet Union known as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, she says. Since then, it should be merely Ukraine. "After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukrainians probably decided that the article denigrated their country [by identifying it as a part of Russia] and abolished 'the' while speaking English, so now it is simply Ukraine. "That's why the Ukraine suddenly lost its article in the last 20 years, it's a sort of linguistic independence in Europe, it's hugely symbolic."

Oregon can give him NIL money in lieu of a scholarship. $30,000 for one year seems like a fair offer. I suppose we could give him up to $50K. It would seem like a good insurance premium to me. A scholarship opening should be worth $50,000 at Oregon, in my opinion. I have no idea what tuition costs these days, to be honest. I was on scholarship until my senior year in 2001, and the tuition then was about $4,000. I already finished two majors by junior year, so my scholarship was ended. $4k was well worth (my parents) paying for another year of not being a real adult working in an office.

You misspelled Justin Herbert.

Coaches already get paid way too much (like CEO's). But that is what the market will bear. Don't feel sorry for them. As long as signees can enroll in winter terms or quarters I don't care what date is chosen. I would prefer it if the bulk of the incoming players already have many months under their belts before the Spring Game. They should be competing for starting spots, having been enrolled in the school for a while and hitting the pavement already. So, basically players need to be signed at some point in December. Not sure how the new Playoff situation will affect the calendar, though.

Literally...huge get! The CBS story linked said that Burch will get to test his wares when Oregon plays Ohio State next year! Umm, that's in 2032 (or sooner if we go to the B1G).

This is interesting, as I thought new OC Will Stein is known for using TE's quite a bit.

Another advantage could be to tell him he can play any position he wants.

Unless I'm missing something, there's not many of those. We were a young team. I see WR Isiah Crocker (junior) only played 4 games, WR Kade Wisher (junior walk-on) DNP, kicker Alex Bales (junior walk-on) played in 4 games, OL Steven Jones (junior) started 2 games, played 3, Nose tackle Popo Aumavae (super senior) is seeking an NCAA waiver and wants to come back to Eugene, DL Taki Taimani (junior) didn't start but played in 9 games, plus he already entered the portal to come here last year from UW, ILB Micah Roth (senior walk-on) played 5 games..... And... that's it. Everyone else at the bowl game was a starter or played a lot, or were sophomores or younger. 40 players on that chart were walk-ons, for the record.

Well, considering our facilities and the Nike presence are a big draw for high schoolers considering Oregon, I would say that OBD will be winners in this new trend of testing future portal waters. Years prior, they might have not have considered Oregon at all because it's too far away from Florida, for example, but now they'll remember us from their free visit. Of course this works the other way around too, where may lose players to the portal who bolt home to USC, but if we are winning- that shouldn't happen. As for keeping in touch, coaches can only speak with recruits in open recruiting windows, and for roster players- they can only interact if a player has officially entered the portal. You can't just text player you missed out on on Saturday evening's in the fall, saying "hey, I saw you on TV today. On the bench! Just letting you know we still think you're great! Did you see we are ranked number #1 in the first CFP rankings? TTYS."

The 1st round of the 2022 NFL draft averaged 10.04M viewers, while the average viewers for the NBA Finals was 12M, 10.87M for the World Series, and 4.6M for the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. That's all you need to know. 10M viewers with no game being played. Personally, recruiting is much more interesting to me than a generic game where the Ducks are favored by 21. In ideal situation, John Canzano would be enamored with the Ducks, and his children would have gone to the University of Oregon instead of Oregon State. He would have a Ducks Football and Basketball recruiting hour on his radio show, year-round! I'm not holding my breath that any of that will happen. I'm exactly the guy that would rather hear about a random sophomore high school prospect over the happenings of Portland State, UP, or whatever else is out there in the fringes.

If we are going by what refs have decided over this season, I'd say that there should have been a targeting penalty enforced against TCU at the end of the Fiesta Bowl. Michigan got hosed there (and several times before), but I am fine with the penalty not being meted out, because it did not affect the play, and because it was iffy and in an important moment. Which gets me to what I think about targeting... 1) The punishment is usually too harsh 2) If nobody is hurt, it should be a 15 yard penalty at best 3) If a player is somewhat hurt, or if the targeting was "on purpose," then the league should suspend the player for one half after they scrutinize the aftermath after the game 4) If a player targets another player in an extremely dangerous way, and the injured player is carted to the locker room, the offender should be tossed from the game, and subject to further punishment by the league after the game, but not exceeding 1 game 5) Video replay refs should have instructions where the "tie" goes to the player being accused of targeting 6) Field refs should be instructed not to be "quick to throw a flag for targeting," if they didn't see it clearly- no call 7) Coaches should be given one targeting challenge flag per half for times the field refs missed the call, and video refs can not send an alert to review to the field judges if there was no whistle on the play

The Heisman website also says the trophy is awarded to the most outstanding player. Note- not the most valuable player. I would agree that Duggan is more valuable to TCU, but that Williams is more outstanding. If you everyone wants to just point out numbers, Bo Nix beats out Duggan in multiple categories: passing yards, pass efficiency, rushing td's, and QBR. Also, Nix only had 1 less passing TD than Duggan. Williams trounced these guys. He deserved the Heisman. No doubt. And obviously the voters agreed. Props to Duggan for making it to the NC.

Oregon wins with a score of Oregon 44-NC 26, 3 take aways, 3 sacks, 289 passing yards.

I can't believe Missouri made it to a bowl game. I thought the NCAA decided they were banned from bowls for life!

Very few. High school seniors committing to perennial Top-25 programs 100% better have "making the NFL" on their minds, and I hope that should be realistic for every player we sign. I would sometimes sit next to a Duck football player in a business class in my freshman or sophomore year. After the application and acceptance into the official junior/senior College of Business happened, the scholarship athletes were hard to find. No big deal. I suppose my point was less on UW recruits being interested in academics, and more of me finally giving UW credit for something- academics. And, I don't think it's really very debatable. I've seen alumni donation letters sent to me explaining how a certain specific program (like some facet of Biology) is ranked higher than the same program at Ivy League schools. That's kind of reaching. But why would I give props to UW for anything? Because unlike those that had funny reactions to my comment (I understand!), I do believe 100% that the Pac is on thin ice. I would prefer that UO goes to the B1G, and I think we need to team up with UW to get that done. Trust me, I despise Husky football fans. Sometime around 2010 or so I "bought" two tickets on Craigslist for a Ducks/Husky game for about $150 each. When I went to pick the tickets up near my condo in the Pearl District in Portland, I knew something had gone wrong when the address was some random building, and not an accounting office where the guy on Craigslist said he worked. I called his number, and it was a bunch of bro's laughing and playing the Husky fight song in the background on an mp3 player or something. I was actually sad about humanity rather than mad!

I'm sure Oregon fans say equally dumb things on hivemind threads. If everybody agrees on a conspiracy it never ends well. I'll be the first to admit that the University of Washington is a much better school for academics in general. Frankly, I think Oregon needs to work in concert with UW to get an expedited invitation to the BIG-10, or concessions for higher payouts from the PAC. Once the dust settles, the hate can continue.

Suge Knight vibes. No Vegas Bowls for Mr. Dan Lanning. Watch out!

It would be a smoother process if he were 18. I believe he is still 17, and that affects NIL money. When a player is 18, they get 100% of the NIL money right away, and can walk into a bank and open an account for it. The parents can't touch it. It's more complicated for minors.

Yup, it's possible Presley was waiting to see what Bowen would do. Also, Bowen's mom was mad when he picked the Ducks, and she's trying to have him sign with ND.

I don't know. Our class is great, but that's contingent on Dickey and Bowen. And it's possible we could lose both in the next few hours. That would mean losing 2/3 of our five stars. That's a huge downgrade.

Caleb Presley has been rumored to flip to the Huskies for a long time. That said, he didn't sign today until Bowen, who plays his position, pledged to Oregon. So, it's too bad, because now we might lose both.

Mucho no bueno. His mom wanted him to go to ND. I hope he realizes that NIL payments will be made payable to him when he's 18. He doesn't have to give a penny to his parents. Hope he stays! This news is quite bad, since after he declared his intention on TV, Presley officially left- not that he was going to sign with us anyway I suppose.