On 11/17/2022 at 6:22 PM, Mic said:

Bo Nix's injury

If Bo Nix isn't playing the spread should be 13.5 points.

Frankly, I don't really enjoy close games near as much as blowouts where Oregon's on the winning side. It looks like Vegas says Utah is favored by 2.5 points, but I hope the Ducks win by 25 points. Generally, I don't like upsets, but if there has to be a few I certainly don't mind Oregon getting one or maybe two a year. I prefer the rich to richer. It makes for a better on-field product. 

OREGON 42-28, 3, 3, 298

I don't know if I'm "old" but I'm not young either. I still pay for cable (Xfinity), and I have Prime, Netflix, HBO, and Peacock. The only time I watch streamed sports games is for Thursday Night Football, and it's annoying because I prefer to channel surf to other sports games- especially during commercials. When the Ducks are up 30 points on the Huskies, for example, I like to hit the back button on my Xfinity remote, and I can watch all the other games in a split second. With streaming it's annoying having to hit the home button. If your game isn't the marquee game, you'll have to search for it when going back into the app. 

 

My vote is tier one and maybe tier two rights to go to cable/network TV. Hopefully the Ducks go to the B1G soon, and none of this matters.

Hmm. Everything in this article was bad news for the Ducks. 

The open HC at Auburn is up for debate as being the best job on the market right now. There's Nebraska, Wisconsin, and I suppose Arizona State. Lanning isn't leaving for any of those teams. Maybe Georgia or Alabama some time? 

This is a waste of time. If USC goes then the B1G will need other Pacific coast teams. Oregon and Washington would bolt in a drop of the hat, and then the UCLA regents will be like, "Well, we can't be stuck in a lame duck conference. We better try to get the B1G to take us back."

The Chargers have become my main team now. I've never liked the Seahawks since moving to Oregon many years ago. The Chargers radio game day show (and game play by play) plays on one of the two sports radio channels in Eugene. Seattle gets nothing. The Chargers are in a much more difficult division and conference than Atlanta. Herbert needs the win more than Mariota. Atlanta is in first place.

Oregon 34-21

3 turnovers

3 sacks

340 passing yards

fivethirtyeight.com says Oregon has a 70% chance of making the Playoff if we win out.

On 10/7/2022 at 5:28 PM, McDuck said:

Listed are records as of today.  I see 4-1 Mississippi State at 5-0 Alabama and 5-0 Ole Miss at 4-1 LSU as attractive candidates for Gameday.  Also 4-1 Kansas State at 4-0 TCU and 3-2 Texas at 4-0 Oklahoma State are possibilities.

LSU lost today, and GameDay will surely go to Alabama @ Rocky Top in Tennessee next week. 

 

Oregon is the only answer. 

On 10/7/2022 at 5:28 PM, McDuck said:

Listed are records as of today.  I see 4-1 Mississippi State at 5-0 Alabama and 5-0 Ole Miss at 4-1 LSU as attractive candidates for Gameday.  Also 4-1 Kansas State at 4-0 TCU and 3-2 Texas at 4-0 Oklahoma State are possibilities.

Maybe they'll go to Alabama. I hope not. GameDay doesn't get enough trips to the West Coast, and they like Autzen and Eugene.

On 10/7/2022 at 2:55 PM, Charles Fischer said:

If UCLA and Oregon win this weekend...then perhaps ESPN GameDay will come to Eugene for our big game with Chip Kelly.

 

But if Oregon and Utah remain undefeated in league play...then perhaps ESPN GameDay would come to Eugene for that November game!

 

Good-or-good?  

 

That's a good point. If all teams don't lose a game by that date, the competition for GameDay would be Georgia vs. Kentucky and Michigan vs. Illinois. GameDay could pass on coming to Eugene for those other two games. The week we play UCLA there would be no competition to get the nod if UCLA beats Utah.

Pollsters might move up Oregon higher if we win on GameDay, so UCLA. 

I think Bo will go to the NFL if he's projected to be drafted in the 3-6 round range. Maybe even the 7th. He's spent a long time in college, and I don't think possibly getting more money in NIL than as a late round pick is going to be the deciding factor. But what do I know?

When I teed off on the first hole (500 yard par 5), the Ducks were down about 10. On the way to hole #2 the Ducks were up 10. And I play pretty fast!

Thanks for the post. I watched the entire game live.......except for the 4th quarter!  Go figure! I had to play golf, and couldn't get out of it. That said, if I watched the 4th quarter live the Ducks might have lost.

1) UCLA 2) Arizona 3) Oregon 4) USC 5) Stanford 6) ASU 7) Colorado 8- WSU 9) WASH 10) Utah 11) CAL 12) Beavs

 

Go Ducks!

An easy way to end night games is by joining a conference based in the Midwest.

 

Problem solved.

On 9/13/2022 at 4:54 PM, MN Ute said:

and fUCLA

UCLA got roped into leaving because they were tied to USC. I assign them less blame. They're an accessory to a crime, though for some crimes you simply get found equally culpable despite intent, and spend life in prison. UCLA has been too weak for far to long to get really mad at. Plus, it's a great school with a nice campus. Also, the whole Rose Bowl thing in Pasadena. Oregon will be in the Big 10 soon enough, and people will be mad at us, too.

Well, shouldn't every PAC fan be rooting for every other PAC team in OOC games? It would only help their rankings and Playoff chances when they play that PAC team if that team wins.

That's unfortunate to hear. I like John Canzano's radio show, but only the last hour where his journalist wife joins him on air, and they mostly talk about non-sports stuff and field questions with the audience. My chief complaint with Canzano was that he is a champion of the little guy, and gives the limelight and the microphone to those that often don't get that chance. The thing is, Oregon Football is king in the state of Oregon, and then come the Blazers. After that the number of fans and interest drops off a cliff. I wouldn't exactly say Oregon State is "the little guy", but Canzano also had a love affair with OSU and was quick to criticize the Ducks when he reluctantly talked about them. One of Canzano's kids also is a student at OSU.

 

The Oregonian needs to hire a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Journalism, and who regularly goes to Blazers and Timbers home games.

> It looked like the Ducks tried taking the final exam on their first day of the semester.

 

Very true. I had hoped Oregon would fare better considering Dan Lanning audited the course.

Until Oregon is in the Big 10 I'll strongly be in favor of playing teams like Georgia. Our offensive and defensive lines looked pretty rough. As far as I'm aware, those are weak points in our recruiting arsenal as well. Oregon absolutely must pay top dollar for the biggest and best line players.

Ha! I think the new ads are a bit humorous. For the record, I am a huge fan of the advertisement business, because it subsidizes American sports and entertainment. Most of my friends and family are highly educated, but it seems like they don't know how all of the media bills are getting paid. Everyone wants "free" content. I can't even completely blame the younger generations- my father is 78 years-old, and he mutes the sound on his TV during all commercials or when listening to the radio (he still looks at the screen, so I don't know how he's winning that "stick-it-to-them" battle).

 

Anyway, I have Windows 10 (not a fan of newer versions nor non-mobile Apple products). When I use fishduck.com I get an ad across the top banner, an ad at the bottom (or above a comment like now), and an ad in the middle that follows you until you close it. I've never minded the route companies went when the made more space for ads using open sidebars. I don't care for one second if companies know my buying habits or whatnot. What is everyone hiding with all of these "privacy" cries? But fishduck.com doesn't have sidebars, so this is what we've got. I think one ad is fine on one page at a time. Easy to see and close. The rest of it makes it seem like that "free money" infomercial guy in the question mark suits.