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The irony of this is that I just started watching Parks & Rec about two months ago. I got through a season and a half, and then Peacock made my specific package no longer eligible to watch the show for free. So, I have not seen this specific episode. Good thing the whims of streamers do not affect my beloved Ducks. Oh, wait!

Finally! Some good news! Oregon's recruiting position may find itself on shaky ground if this doesn't get settled sooner rather than later. Going to the B1G would be a home run.

I've said it here a dozen times. Going with Apple TV is a worst case scenario. Normal people across the country don't have Apple TV because it has very little to offer, and those people are surely not paying for the PAC 12 package. We'll be extremely lucky to get even half of Oregon fans to sign up for Apple TV. And Apple is adding viewership metrics to payouts??? No way Jose. Zero point zero chance of even approaching those metrics. If the PAC is to be the guinea pig for streaming, then they need to be propped up like most beta tests or venture capital business runs: give us tons of cash with no expectations on viewership numbers for our agreement to be the guinea pig. Personally, I will not be paying for Apple TV. I'll do whatever it takes to get a sign on from someone else out of spite. I already have all the other streaming services. I refuse to pay for Apple. If I won't sign up for it, what does that tell you about other people that are nowhere near as big of a fan of the Ducks as I am?

It's very disappointing. George made a gamble: a media deal would probably slowly get better as the time wore on, but this was kind of contingent on all the schools saying strong and united. The Colorado departure is not surprising at all, nor would Arizona leaving. So, George failed spectacularly. His "if everything goes right" stance was a huge mistake. I mean, I would have failed to get a good deal as well from the linear players, but that's not what I was hired to do. He was, though, and he should resign or be fired once this mess is over with. I also blame Oregon and Washington for being so soft. The Pac is cooked. Please stop trying to save it. We should tell the B1G we will take $10M or $20M for two years, or heck- zero dollars. We can afford it with the sale of some Nike stock. A blip for Phil.

Well, the conference might not exist pretty soon. Seems like Arizona at least will want to bail as well.

I have 0.00% ill will towards USC and UCLA for leaving for the B1G. It was an excellent decision for their future. I do think it's quite unfortunate that Oregon did not get asked to the party as well. As for now, I would be thrilled if Oregon and Washington accepted peanuts to go to the B1G. I would not feel sorry for the Beavers or the rest of the Pac. I do think going to the BIG-12 would be a mistake, though. I guess we could go and then bail again once the B1G comes a calling. I don't see any scenario going forward where Oregon could be the bad guy. I also think CU leaving was absolutely the correct decision for them.

Are the Ducks going to have any consensus 5-stars? Seems like we should not go an entire recruiting cycle without one or two.

Justin Hopkins is pretty well known to be one of the two best and most trusted recruiting analysts in the West coast.

People amongst almost all demographics have Amazon Prime TV because they use Amazon Prime (or heck, they should!). Here's the deal with Apple TV, not many people want to give out their Apple ID account information (and heck, they shouldn't!). If people can't share log-in info for streaming services for whichever platform get the Pac deal, it will be DOA in terms of exposure.

I think a worst case scenario for me, as well as for exposure, would be for Apple to get a big chunk of a Pac deal. It's the one service I don't have, pretty much, and I won't/can't get rid of cable. I am a big Timbers fan, but I am one of those persons who refused this year to get Apple or pay for an MLS package- almost out of spite. Apple does not have much on their package, so most Americans, especially low income Americans won't have it. Terrible for exposure. Nightmare.

I know it's all about context and wording, but I do find it a bit humorous that this sentence implies that ESPN doesn't know anything about the Pac-10 media deal!

"With how Ty Thompson has looked in limited action, let’s all cross our fingers collectively that he’ll inherit a potentially all-time talent at tailback, should he earns the starting job after Nix leaves." Come, again? Ty who? I'm not so sure about that.

I've long thought that Mac Court should sadly be torn down and made into a combination of education/research facilities (UO does not even have an engineering program) and dorms/student housing. Talk about a waste of prime land, I'd say.

Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, and Bill Clinton playing the saxophone on a campaign stint in 1992.

I thought about calling into John's radio show today. I managed to be the first call taken last month before the NBA draft when Damian Lillard commented on a short list of teams that he'd be OK being traded to. My analysis: draft Scoot if available and trade Dame if necessary. Anyway, I wanted to call today because just before going to commercial he said something like, "I think the Pac-12 is in a great position here to be the first conference to test the streaming market." Whaaaaaaaaatttttttttttt? Ha! How on earth would it be advantageous to be the first ones to stream, where people are struggling with the transition? Is the PAC-12 getting a $50M signing bonus for their troubles? I don't mean to be to dismissive, I just don't see the upside of being given a beta testing product. I know John is just trying to be positive. * I meant to add that John was talking about ESPN moving towards streaming. And, I'm saying....OK...well that's nice for them, but we need linear TV, and we need linear TV now!

It had to be sarcasm. Nobody uses the term "elite" wantonly. It's almost always a slight.

The wifi on my SMART dryer malfunctioned yesterday. Kind of like how the stream sometimes goes down for everyone across the country on Amazon Prime TV's Thursday Night Football, or how the stream lags at times for every viewer on Apple TV's MLS games. I prefer my appliances "dumb" and I want my football games on cable or over the air broadcast TV. I don't want the PAC to be guinea pigs with a streaming media deal package. Save that for the Gen-Y/Z/Millennials to deal with in the future!

I love my parents, but if I were offered a bunch of money in an NIL deal back in the day, I would pretty much keep 95% of it for myself. I understand that people have different household incomes, of course, but if you are 18 years-old that NIL money goes directly into an account just for you. Your parents can't touch it as it is when you receive it. Club hockey wouldn't have paid me NIL money anyway, so I guess I'm not missing out!

My main question, one that I've not heard the likes of Canzano or AD's/Presidents address, is what the "take home pay" for the new media deal will be. For example, all the other conferences are being paid large lump sums of cash by TV networks, who are going to roll into town, set up shop, broadcast the game, and bail. Sounds good to me. But what happens if Apple TV is a big part of a PAC media deal, and they don't roll into town with any production trucks, no cameras, no physical support whatsoever? No, in fact they ask the PAC to pay for that through the PAC-10 Network? Well, in that case a $32-35M deal wouldn't really be a "real" $35M deal unless I am missing something. Who will be paying for the PAC-10 production costs? Maybe I am missing something simple. Can someone enlighten me?

That's news to me. Maybe people will change their tunes when the Pac officially sign their new media deal. Personally, I'd be happy if Oregon left for the B1G even if they get $32M now or even several years of a reduced payout after the next B1G media deal in 2030. We've got to get out! The goose is cooked, ha!

Interesting how the Huskies writer goes on to say in a paragraph later that Mosely is "over 6'1''". Actually no, you just said he was only 6' flat and 175 pounds. Then the writer goes on to mention another receiver that is just "a shade" under 5'11''. Come on man, just list the players for what they are. Changing narratives in plan view is embarrassing.

Ha, I love it. I see a fellow business and legal consultant offering a different perspective here! I'm sorry, but it just isn't going to work. Every position is a position of need two years out, and there are many prospects left. For the players that have committed elsewhere already- that's on the Huskies. What? Have players not been committing yet because the coaching staff is still determining what positions they actually need help building up?

The question isn't if it is AI (it is), but who signed up and put in the inputs to generate this, and why. Enemy troll or homegrown troll??

I definitely do not want the Pac killed until the build up to the next B1G contract, but when that time comes all I'd want is for Oregon to be accepted into the B1G. I won't care about the rest of the Pac. "Simply business," like Michael Corleone said. I do not harbor any ill will towards FOX, the B1G, UCLA, nor even USC for the LA exodus. Good for them. If Oregon got the invite I'd be totally fine with a midnight exit and a dear John letter.

Uh-oh. 2022 was not a good season for MM. I'm a pretty big apologist for my players, but Mariota had a ton of terrible throws. He could have had like 15-20 INT's instead of 9- in his 300 snaps. Lots of underthrows and "shouldn't have thrown the ball" situations.