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So, ACC votes to dissolve the conference. It sounds like Fox and ESPN don't have much money left to pony up. I'm not sure even FSU, Miami or Clemson have enough to get an equal share of the pie if they were to change conferences. It would likely be more than what they are getting from their current contract, but I don't think they could come in as equal partners.

I'm not on the Deion's bandwagon yet. I think he has upgraded the roster for sure, but is it really enough to get him to 6-6? I don't think so. I think they have wins vs Colorado St. and Stanford. They might beat Nebraska and ASU. After that, I don't see who they beat.

I have no idea why the ACC signed a 20 year deal. No way ESPN lets them get out of it.

SOS is based on last years records, so just like preseason rankings, don't mean much at this point. However, they seem to be giving a ton of credit to Notre Dame and none to Texas Tech. Notre Dame was 9-4, Texas Tech 8-5. Ducks are on the road for Utah and UW, while USC gets them both at home. I don't seem much of a difference between Portland St./Hawaii and San Jose St. and Nevada. I guess San Jose is just that much better than Portland St. 20 spots seems like a lot, but it is all based on math, so I wonder if the actual math difference is all that much.

I feel like this is the talking heads telling us which NFL teams won the draft. On paper it does appear the Ducks filled needs, however I'm going to wait until I see results on the field. Same with every other team. I'm excited for the potential of the guys we picked up, but right now that is all it is, potential.

*** Correction needed for the article. *** Kendon Slovis, Jaxon Dart and Miller Moss played QB for USC in 2021, not Caleb Williams. Williams was the QB in Oklahoma. Gary Bryant Jr. never received a pass from Caleb Williams in 2021. However, he did catch 2 passes last year from Williams.

16 teams with only 9 games means a team won't play 6 other conference members every season. It will be very easy for the B1G to keep the "big boys" from playing everybody in a single season. Same for the SEC. Because of this scheduling quirk, I imagine there will be some pretty tough years, but also some pretty easy years.

After round 2, the lady Ducks sit in 10th place. Top 5 move on. They are 14 shots out of 5th. They did improve from round 1 to round 2, but will need to do significantly better to make up that many strokes.

I counted 41 bowl games then the tile game, which isn't a bowl game. Only the Holiday Bowl (Fox), Sun Bowl (CBS) and Arizona Bowl (Barstool Sports) game aren't shown on ESPN/ABC. When 92% of something is controlled by one entity, it is pretty hard to change things. SF, LA, San Diego and Las Vegas all need to do better to be a more attractive bowl game. Another problem is bowl games have their contracts and they don't all come up at the same time. The Pac 12 can't change their bowl game line up if there isn't another bowl game to take its place.

Not that it happens every time/year, but the teams are supposed to alternate home and away games. Technically speaking, USC having Utah and UW at home this year is correct. However, I do find it odd that USC and UW missed each other 4 out of the previous 5 years. USC Washington Utah 2017 Bye vs Utah 2018 Bye at Utah 2019 at UW vs Utah 2020 Bye at Utah 2021 Bye vs Utah 2022 Bye at Utah I'd say USC has a hard a 2nd half of a season as anybody in college football. 10/14 @ND 10/21 Utah 10/28 @ Cal 11/4 vs UW 11/11 @ UO 11/18 vs UCLA I'm still torn on whether or not having a bye week Thanksgiving weekend is good or bad. It is before the Pac 12 title game, so that is good, but they play 9 straight weeks without a bye. That is not good.

I have aisle seats at Autzen. It took me quite a few years of waiting and moving seats to get to aisle seats. Putting me anywhere that aren't aisle seats, is not a comparable move. I'd definitely be on the phone/web when seating changing happens. However, like you said, there likely isn't going to be much seating left, since they are cramming 12 sections into 9 sections that already had fans sitting in them. Maybe, see if something in 217 or 219 is similar? Opposite end of the court, but close to the corners. Also, if the games are as empty as they have been, you could just go sit in your old seats because they will be empty. Or if you are willing to gamble, buy them as single game tickets and drop you season tickets.

I think every college locker room should post the previous years portal numbers. How many entered, how many got a scholarship with a new team. Even break it down by P5, G5, D2, D3, etc. I know all these kids don't think they will be left out, but it might give them a pause.

Yeah, why would a coach allow practice film out? I doubt they have so many cameras that they can single out every player during drills.

I'm not sure how great an idea it is to have so many 1 and dones like Kentucky. They did win the championship during the 2011-12 season, but they missed the tournament 3 times the last 11 seasons. 2 Elite 8 seasons, 1 final 4 and 1 final the last 11 years since their championship. The last 4 years they have 2 missed tournaments and a 1st round exit and a 2nd round exit.

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I think it is a great idea to get former greats to come back for the spring game. Show case what can happen here at Oregon. You know the blue bloods love pointing to championships and NFL rosters. We don't have the titles, but we do have NFL guys.

It will change a lot. NFL runs about 62-70 plays per game. The top 70 teams, in college, who called the most plays had over 70 plays per game. Texas Tech averaged 89 plays per game last year. Lose 20 plays is a ton.

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If the Ducks have Nick Aliotti against tOSU in the title game, it would be a different game. Don Pellum was a terrible DC and he didn't put any pressure on Cardale Jones who was starting just his 3rd college game. I don't know if the Ducks win, but they certainly don't lose 42-20.

Surprising, but probably a good decision. Nobody is seeing him as a top 15 pick, so have another season like this season or a better season and he could be a top 15 pick.

I find it odd that it isn't tampering if it isn't a school coach contacting the player or players family. It is usually a booster contacting somebody just outside the players family circle.

I so hate pundits giving SOS before the season even starts. This is all based on last season. We have no idea which teams will be good or bad. ACC and SEC all have 4 OOC, so for the most part get easy wins. It boosts their SOS when they play each other. Quite frankly, no FCS game or G5 game should count for P5 SOS.

I don't think the Ducks are going to have a problem getting down to the scholarship limit with these transfers.

24/7 and Rivals have Jackson right on the edge of being a 5 star. If they adjust their rankings one more time, I think they would move him to a 5 star after the Nike Hoops Summit. However, I just want him to keep doing what he has been doing and get better while playing for the Ducks. Stars don't matter once you get in college. Let his hard work show who he is as a player.