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Oregon Recruiting: Ducks pick up prediction to land No. 1 OT in 2024 DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Ducks pick up prediction to land No. 1 OT in 2024 class

Super annoying, but like the article said, their teams make the playoffs and win titles. Why go to 9, when 8 is working? The committee needs to punish teams for playing 8 conference games. That isn't happening, maybe when they go to 12 teams in the CFP, they will start punishing those teams.

Clickbait article. ACC, Big 12, Pac 10 and G5, aren't going to vote for 12 at large bids.

I'm not sure why UGA and UF are OK with the game in Jacksonville. I understand they each take home 3.5 million every year, instead of making money every other year. However, just quick math, UGA has 92K seats and UF has 88K seats. $100 tickets is 9.2 mil and 8.8 mil from ticket sales only. I know each team would have to pay for staffing for the game, but it seems like they would make more money hosting the game every other year. Of course, my math must be off otherwise they would not be hosting the game in Jacksonville every year. I know the Huskies have tried to convince WSU to have the Apple Cup game at the Seahawk stadium every year. I'm sure WSU would actually make more money with it played in Seattle every year, but the school has made it a priority to have home games.

It is an intriguing thought, however why would ESPN be a willing participant when the ACC teams essentially gave them the middle finger. ESPN negotiated in good faith. ACC was extremely happy when they announced the contract. I don't think ESPN is going to be happy about paying millions more when they thought had their product locked in until 2036. I'm not sure it is as easy as 8 teams saying I quit to the ACC. Pissing off your TV partner isn't a great business decision for future negotiations.

I have no idea how NCAA playoff baseball works. Is it the same way as March Madness? They have a group of people from all different conferences decide which teams make it?

Prediction: 5-Star to Oregon | Charlotte Observer Today, I'm logging a prediction for Oregon to land 2024 Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei offensive tackle Brandon Baker.

Oregon Football’s Dream 2024 Recruiting Class 1.0 | Rock Hill Herald (heraldonline.com)

Former Liberty guard Kennedi Williams signs with Oregon women’s basketball WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM A 5-foot-7 guard, Williams averaged 7.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.4 steals while starting all 33 games for the Flame last season

Most colleges athletic departments run a deficit. I'm pulling a random number, but something like only 30 colleges athletic departments make an actual profit.

It will be very interesting to see the B1G football schedule. Are they really going to alternate USC and UCLA having 7:00 pm kick offs with each receiving six 7:00 pm games?

True, the opponent does matter, but having more than one Friday night game, not including Black Friday, makes it tough. I'm glad I live in Eugene, so I can usually make most games, no matter the time or weather conditions.

Friday night games would leave Autzen stadium with a lot of empty seats. I don't know the percentages, but I suspect close to 50% of season ticket holders do not live within 30 miles of Autzen stadium. I know 50% of my tailgate lives in Portland.

Oregon Football is killing it on the recruiting trail after another commitment SATURDAYBLITZ.COM Oregon football is having a really strong month and landing its fourth commitment on Monday which will move the Ducks into the top five of 247 team ranking...

I think we need to remember that USC is likely not doing much for Bronny James. He signed his deals before even choosing USC. USC (450K) and Washington (502K) need to stop whining about uncle Phil. Oregon has 195K alumni. I have no idea if I'm right in my thought process, but going to universities in big cities I tend to think the alumni would then eventually live in a big city. Same goes for going to school in a smaller town, you would tend to lean living in a smaller town. Big city tends to mean bigger salaries, smaller towns tends to mean smaller salaries. Of course, there isn't always a direct correlation, but I think on average UW and USC alumni are making more money than UO grads and there are way more than them. I'm not paying Bo, but I think him being paid over a million dollars is probably about right for a known entity.

I'm confused on how only some student athletes will be unionized. I believe the NCAA requires all athletes to be treated equal? Unionizing only 3 sports, makes that unequal. I'm not sure how the unions can win. I'm not sure what angle they are trying for. The majority of the NIL money goes to those 3 sports, so they are already treated better than the other sports. Making those 3 sports "special" is a great way to destroy the rest of college sports. I'm not sure the courts will want to do that.

For fun on where the Ducks currently rank in the 2024 recruiting class. I'm not going to include USC or UCLA as next closest Pac 12 school, since they won't be with the Pac 12 in 2024. ESPN #9, none ESPN only does top 25. On3 #9, next closest Colorado #22 24/7 #7, Colorado #34 Rivals #7, Colorado #35

South Carolina isn't leaving the SEC. I don't see the Pac 10 willing let Arizona leave because of their basketball history. The additional teams for the ACC would likely be Virginia, Va Tech, Duke and NCST. Although, how do you leave out Syracuse and their NY market?

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.