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On 8/16/2022 at 6:22 PM, ICamel said:
"Oregon’s chances: 50 percent" = "With Shaw's pick, Oregon now has a 99.5% chance to land James"
Splain it to me Lucy!
If Vegas will honor those odds that would be a sight to see.
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On 8/15/2022 at 11:03 AM, Pac10again said:
Do you believe the Pac 12 has the same quality of defenses as the SEC? I do not. Not even close. Therefore, my point was you cannot use pac-12 QB's stats in comparison. Bo beat Bama. Who again has any of are other QB's beaten? I prefer to let the play on the field speak for itself. Bo is on the best defensive team in the Pac, so he should have a field day, against everyone but UTAH.
Your view seems to consider the PAC 12 as equals defensively speaking. I'm in complete disagreement. And my opinion is based on what happens on the field and nothing else. And Georgia lost most their starting Defense to the PRO's, and they will still be the best D we face all year. Thats all I'm saying.
The bottom of the SEC is pretty bad, and there's no denying that. I hope Nix does well, but one could argue that Auburn would have fared better than 6-7 and 6-5 these past two seasons if he was on the bench. Oregon should have put Auburn away when they had the chance the other year. Nix & Co. weren't exactly world beaters, they weren't as good as the Ducks (despite pulling out a win), but heh- they were a lot better than a bunch of other SEC teams in those years.
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I'm willing to sacrifice Oregon receiving a fair share of the revenue sharing if they join the B1G. They could accept less of a payout for a handful of years just to get their foot in the door. It's not my money, it's not your money, so why should any of us even care? Phil Knight has $55B, and he can subsidize us for a few years until we're equal members. When Phil Knight passes away (hopefully we can make him a hybrid human/AI machine before then) he'll leave a ton of money for the Oregon Football program. Let's use that money now to position us for the future.
That's my sacrifice...
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No knocks on the Ducks. The writer described Oregon as having a well-oiled program. An odd time to come to Eugene to write a field mission story.
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On 8/9/2022 at 5:45 AM, 12Duck72 said:
Sorry I don't see this as being great for the Pac at all.
Ah, I see what you're saying. I'm a bit more selfish. I think of the Pac only in terms of the time we spend in it before Oregon and Washington go to the B1G. So, I'm hoping for the best payouts until we leave, with the lowest exit penalty fee tagged on. As for the Pac after Oregon leaves? That's not much of my concern.
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It's good for the PAC as ESPN needs more content, and it probably helps Oregon's hopes to get into the B1G because they'll need more marquee games to fill the good slots.
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Finally some good news for Oregon fans. It's been a long time since we've got anything positive to read about.
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On 7/28/2022 at 7:56 PM, DrJacksPlaidPants said:
Phil Knight has been in the endorsement game for many years now. I think he knows that guys who can sell Nike straight out of HS are very rare. He may play the waiting game since the transfer portal has become a free-for-all.
HS players like to commit to schools that already have a highly ranked class. They want to win championships. If you start to lose top recruits it becomes something like a disease, and other players start to drop. If you lose Dickey, then you could soon lose Dante Moore, and so on. Phil Knight could afford to be patient with Nike because Nike is on top, and every player wants to sign with them anyway. In college football, Oregon is not on top. We're not really even very close to the top. We can't be patient, and certainly can't bank on the transfer market. We need every 4 and 5 star player we can get.
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On 7/28/2022 at 8:30 AM, The Kamikaze Kid said:
I'm kind of whatever about guys following NIL $$$. If that is their motivating force, them let them chase it. Give Lanning 85 guys that just want to hit people, and I'm sure he'll have them chasing the playoffs.
Every four or five star player should have their hands out for NIL money, even if their parents are exceptionally wealthy already. The money goes straight into your pocket if you are 18 years-old. The big programs should all be offering a lot, so if they all came in with close bids it would simply revert back to where they actually want to go, what coaches they like, etc.. The Ducks can't afford to lose players to NIL, we're too small for that, and are in a lame duck conference. If a player takes a big payday it doesn't mean they don't want to hit people and work hard. That's just talk that teams like WSU and OSU tell recruits because they can't afford to pay. Oregon can afford to pay.
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On 7/24/2022 at 5:40 PM, Just Ducky said:
UCLA may not be going anywhere and probably can only win games in the pack
UCLA is definitely leaving, and good for them. If Oregon were approached about bailing with USC to the B1G, you'd better believe we would bolt in a split second. The California Regents are peons in the grand scheme of things. Also, UCLA Football is better now, and has a much brighter future than Nebraska, Purdue, Maryland, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Northwestern, and Rutgers. They probably have a better future ahead of them than Iowa as well.
If Oregon were invited to the B1G soon, I'd say the top-5 would be 1) Ohio St. 2) Oregon 3) USC 4) Michigan 5) Penn St.
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On 7/23/2022 at 11:34 AM, DCDuckfan said:
I would add SEC between B1G and PAC.
Yeah, I forgot to mention that. I could see it happen in 8 years or so if we don't go to the B1G or make some sort of alignment with Atlantic Coast teams. You'd have to bring in UW at the very least. You couldn't have Oregon out on an island in the SEC. I bet it would get a bunch of resistance from Alabama and Auburn, though, because they'd proably get pushed to the SEC East if the SEC kept adding teams out West.
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I have slight sun fatigue from playing golf at Laurelwood twice today, and glossed over the language in the poll. My brain read "Oregon should join the BIG-10" and I voted for the first option. I immediately realized my error. I would have voted for the third option- to wait for an invite to the B1G. If I had voted for option 3 it would be in the lead (as of the time of this writing).
The irony is that option #1 is my very last choice. I'd rather Oregon be independent and get modest to meager TV payouts for their games than join the BIGXII. B1G > PAC 10 > PAC 6 > Independent > ACC > BIGX11
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Are we not paying close to that?
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On 7/15/2022 at 4:10 PM, HappyToBeADuck said:
The Regents are going to use their so called litigation to get CAL a share of the pie.
The B1G doesn't care one little bit about California's regents, nor should they. The only reason UCLA got to go is because they wanted USC, and taking the whole LA market made much more sense, especially considering logistics and scheduling. I suppose having a blue blood basketball program also helped. If B1G were told up front that in order to take USC, they'd also have to take UCLA, Stanford, and Cal- they'd tell the entire state to kick rocks.
The California regents and the California legislature... they simply do not matter. This little charade will be over soon.
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I haven't been to any NFL Mock Draft sites lately, but I thought the assumption was that Flowe was projected to be a Round #1 pick or #2 at worst in the next draft.
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"Talk" being betting lines at an online sports betting site! This is what it's come to for us! Basically it's a gambling site trying to make easy money off of the emotions of desperate fans. The betting line only pays out if one of the schools gets into the Big 10 or the SEC in the year 2022. Yikes!
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What I got out of the article was that the writer recognizes that ND owed the ACC absolutely nothing when they joined the ACC for football for one year, yet he goes on to say it sure is darn unfortunate that the ACC couldn't convince ND to join in football (and hockey) permanently, and by doing so be on the same sinking ship the ACC finds itself in. I mean, yeah, obviously. That's why Notre Dame didn't do it. The article doesn't really dive into what Clemson might do, or how things will shake out for the ACC or the PAC- just that Notre Dame has good negotiators.
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On 7/7/2022 at 8:18 AM, Washington Waddler said:
what makes it special and weird and different from the boring, corporate NFL
I love it when writers or critics roll their eyes and deride the most popular sporting league in the United States. I mostly root for the University of Oregon because I attended school there. And though I moved to Eugene near campus in high school (and enrolled at UO while still being in high school), I assign less allegiance to my home city's school than detractors of professional leagues seem to be beholden to. My allegiance is more tied to the actual spirit of studying in the same halls as my peers. I just like sports, and I like sports a lot. And as much as I like the college game for its tradition and good-natured regional rivalries, I don't think hating on the NFL for it's perceived lack of closeness is the greatest take to parrot.
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On 7/2/2022 at 9:18 PM, Mike West said:
I think it's clear Fox is happy USC and UCLA are in the BIG10... and ESPN isn't
That's how it works. It's like dating 101. The next-best thing often turns out to be the biggest jewel of them all.
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On 7/2/2022 at 7:29 PM, Just Ducky said:
both schools are dead to me no matter what happens.
That's really too bad. I think UCLA got massaged into all of this. At heart, they are a soft school athletically. A nicer term would be "finessed" or "elegant". These days they win in sports that don't matter, and their legacy is built upon winning in the important sports when nobody was really trying. Some professional athletes still got drunk playing in most major sports even in the 90's. UCLA is hapless. They got a break here. Don't blame them. Just my opinion. Also, I hope ever so dearly that Oregon bolts, and I'd hope people wouldn't begrudge us for doing so.
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On 7/2/2022 at 7:10 PM, Log Haulin said:
let us know if you hear anymore scuttlebutt.
Well, my uncle was the Blazers beat writer for 20 years for the Oregonian, but they pulled a USC/BIG-10/FOX on him and gave him the slip. He helped get the Portland Tribune get started, and was the sports editor there for ten years or so, but we all know what happens to editor positions in print these days. Needless to say, I haven't had a good "source" in a long time. But I did grow up in Washington, D.C. in the 80's, so I've seen my share of both high-level scuttlebutt and low-life street life. Nowadays I just go to Reddit for up-to-the-minute news and discourse, and then on to fishduck.com for voices of reason.
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On 7/2/2022 at 5:09 PM, PittDuck said:
Also, why is nobody mentioning the Rose Bowl? Isn’t it connected the the PAC?
What's "the PAC"? It rings a bell, but I don't really remember what it was. It's been too long. But seriously, in the worst case scenario where Oregon does not join the BIG-10, the Rose Bowl will most likely not feature the PAC vs. the BIG-10 because the BIG-10 stabbed the PAC in the back. There are hard feelings. The Rose Bowl will probably be rotated into the Playoff rotation, and it might also feature a PAC school (if the PAC exists, which it won't if Oregon and Washington leave) versus an at-large team or a team from any conference except for the BIG-10.
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On 7/2/2022 at 4:53 PM, Log Haulin said:
Word on the street us the LA schools approached the B1G first. Kept it secret till they announced the other day. Word on the street is USC did it to hurt Oregon. Shady!
The last time I was roaming the streets the scuttlebutt was that FOX proposed the idea to the Big 10 and USC/UCLA simultaneously.
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I don't really begrudge USC and UCLA for bolting. I'm just a bit miffed Oregon and Washington weren't included in the backroom deal. I'm holding out some small hope that the Big 10 made a safe bet thinking USC and UCLA would agree to secretly leave the PAC, and that by getting USC they can rope Notre Dame into the mix, and from there add Oregon and Washington to complete things. Essentially, I'm hoping we're part of the bait.
If the Big 10 initially only asked us and USC to leave, I'd expect Rob Mullens to take that in a heartbeat or resign immediately.
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