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What am I missing? Most of the country could care less if they wouldn't be part of the CFP. College is way more local than professional sports. Could the SEC stage its own college football playoff? It's all on the table at spring meetings WWW.ESPN.COM Would the SEC think about really shaking up the college football landscape with its own playoff? Greg Sankey addresses that and more ahead of the league's spring meetings next week. Texas 29.7 mil Florida 21.9 mil Georgia 10.8 mil Tennessee 7.0 mil Missouri 6.1 mil South Carolina 5.3 mil Alabama 4.9 mil Oklahoma 4.0 mil Arkansas 3.0 mil Mississippi 2.9 mil Total 95.6 mil US has 332 million people. Less than 1/3 of the population would have any type of rooting interest in the SEC. Do they really think the TV deals would be great if they broke off? The only reason why most people watch other conference games is to see what the competition is doing. If the SEC broke off, why would anybody from the ACC, Pac 12, Big 12 or B1G TEN care? I know I wouldn't care. I hardly watch any SEC as is.

My buddy was talking about this. If I heard correctly, they will have a putting green that is adjustable. Not just moving the hole, but adjusting the height of the whole green.

“I kind of wanted to get out because I hate the cold weather. But honestly, Oregon's just like Track Town, USA, so it was kind of hard to not count them in,” Williams said. “In reality they were still in the back of my head.” https://www.dailyemerald.com/sports/who-says-home-grown-can-t-be-world-class/article_894d5984-dabe-11ec-a759-87b0d21d88e2.html

I wish the Pac 12 football was as good as women's golf and softball. Team Leaderboard1. Stanford 289-292-283-297—1161 (+9)2. Oregon 297-288-288-291—1164 (+12)3. Texas A&M 292-297-288-289—1166 (+14)4. UCLA 295-291-292-291—1169 (+17)5. Auburn 296-290-299-290—1175 (+23)6. Florida State 296-295-296-292—1179 (+27)7. San Jose State 307-296-285-293—1181 (+29)8. Georgia 303-291-298-290—1182 (+30)9. Arizona State 302-290-302-290—1184 (+32)10. Southern California 298-294-300-293—1185 (+33)

Don't look now, but with an RPI inside the top 20, Oregon has pushed its way back into the hosting mix." Oregon moves up in top-25, projected to host regional 247SPORTS.COM Heading into the Pac-12 Tournament, the Ducks are peaking at the right moment. Oregon was a perfect 4-0 last week with an upset victory over No. 11 Gonzaga and a

Finishing strong has been a motto of ours all year. So to finish the way we did, in style like that, shows me we've got confidence moving forward. Match Play In Sight After Sizzling Finish Sunday - University of Oregon Athletics GODUCKS.COM Oregon remains in second place at the NCAA Championship tournament after recording three birdies on the 18th hole Sunday.

Oregon is one of fourteen teams that moved over 1 point. The previous preseason projection was before the second signing day. SP+ Projections For 2022 TEAM PROJ. SP+ OFF. SP+ DEF. SP+ CHANGE 1. Ohio St. 29.9 47.9 (1) 18.0 (13) -0.9 (0) 2. Alabama 28.6 41.8 (2) 13.3 (3) 1.2 (1) 3. Georgia 27.3 41.8 (3) 14.5 (7) -1.5 (-1) 4. Michigan 20.6 40.3 (6) 19.7 (20) -0.9 (0) 5. Oklahoma 20.3 40.7 (5) 20.4 (24) 1.1 (2) 6. Clemson 20.3 31.8 (39) 11.5 (2) -0.7 (-1) 7. Notre Dame 19.6 35.2 (26) 15.5 (8) 0.6 (1) 8. Texas A&M 18.5 32.8 (36) 14.3 (6) -1.6 (-2) 9. Tennessee 18.5 41.4 (4) 22.9 (43) -0.3 (0) 10. Wisconsin 18.2 29.5 (58) 11.2 (1) 0.5 (0) 11. Cincinnati 16.8 36.4 (18) 19.5 (19) -0.4 (0) 12. Utah 16.6 37.8 (10) 21.1 (31) 0.4 (2) 13. Penn St. 16.3 30.3 (53) 14.0 (5) 0.4 (3) 14. Miami 15.6 35.7 (21) 20.1 (23) 1.0 (6) 15. Miss. St. 15.6 34.7 (28) 19.1 (17) -1.2 (-3) 16. Michigan St. 15.1 34.2 (33) 19.0 (16) -0.2 (1) 17. Ole Miss 14.9 35.6 (22) 20.7 (26) 0.5 (5) 18. NC St. 14.9 31.6 (42) 16.7 (10) -1.2 (-3) 19. Pittsburgh 14.8 35.8 (20) 20.9 (30) -1.4 (-6) 20. Kentucky 14.8 34.2 (32) 19.4 (18) 0.3 (1) 21. Minnesota 14.2 30.7 (50) 16.5 (9) -0.5 (-2) 22. Auburn 14.0 31.7 (40) 17.7 (11) 0.8 (3) 23. Florida 13.9 35.3 (25) 21.4 (33) -1.1 (-5) 24. Oregon 13.8 36.6 (16) 22.8 (41) 1.5 (8) 25. BYU 13.1 37.1 (13) 24.0 (49) -1.0 (-2) 26. Arkansas 12.7 34.6 (29) 21.9 (38) -0.1 (2) 27. Iowa 12.5 26.3 (76) 13.8 (4) -0.6 (-1) 28. Florida St. 12.4 31.4 (45) 19.0 (15) -1.0 (-4) 29. Nebraska 12.3 33.8 (34) 21.5 (35) 0.6 (5) 30. Louisville 12.3 37.0 (14) 24.8 (56) -0.4 (-1) 31. Texas 12.3 36.1 (19) 23.8 (47) 0.0 (2) 32. Oklahoma St. 11.0 30.8 (49) 19.8 (22) -0.5 (4) 33. SMU 10.9 36.6 (17) 25.6 (62) 0.4 (5) 34. N. Carolina 10.7 37.4 (11) 26.7 (70) 0.6 (6) 35. Purdue 10.6 32.1 (38) 21.4 (34) -2.1 (-8) 36. LSU 10.1 30.9 (47) 20.8 (27) 2.1 (9) 37. Fresno St. 9.8 34.7 (27) 24.9 (58) -0.7 (2) 38. Kansas St. 9.8 31.5 (43) 21.7 (36) -0.1 (4) 39. UCF 9.5 30.8 (48) 21.3 (32) -1.5 (-2) 40. Baylor 9.4 29.1 (61) 19.7 (21) -3.2 (-10) 41. UCLA 9.2 38.1 (8) 28.8 (80) 0.9 (3) 42. Arizona St. 9.1 30.0 (55) 20.9 (29) -3.3 (-11) 43. Boise St. 8.3 27.1 (72) 18.9 (14) -0.2 (0) 44. Houston 8.2 31.0 (46) 22.9 (42) -3.3 (-9) 45. TCU 7.8 37.3 (12) 29.5 (85) 0.5 (3) 46. S. Carolina 7.6 30.0 (54) 22.4 (40) 0.4 (3) 47. Maryland 7.5 36.9 (15) 29.4 (83) -2.5 (-6) 48. Texas Tech 6.7 33.2 (35) 26.5 (69) 0.3 (2) 49. Wake Forest 6.4 37.8 (9) 31.5 (97) -1.0 (-2) 50. Oregon St. 6.3 34.3 (31) 28.1 (75) -1.7 (-4) 51. USC 5.9 35.4 (24) 29.5 (84) 2.8 (13) Fourteen teams have seen their projections rise by at least one adjusted point per game: Ball State +3.4 (its ranking improved by three spots) USC +2.8 (up 13 spots) San Jose State +2.7 (13) LSU +2.1 (nine) Oregon +1.5 (eight)

The Pac 12 shouldn't be concerned with the B1G TEN, however if keeping 9 conference games, keeps the B1G TEN happy that eventually hamstrings the SEC, then so be it. Dead horse, all P5 conferences should have the same number of conference games.

The 2 games vs the Heat in the EC semis, PP has the best +/- at +38 for the Celtics. Brown is +31, but with only 1 game played.

Saban's mention of Texas A&M buying players was in a room full of Alabama boosters. He was basically telling his boosters to open up their wallets and make sure they have enough money to keep recruiting the players they need to keep winning.

I'm not a Saban fan, but I loved how he called out Texas A&M(Jimbo) and Jacksonville St. (Deion). As far as we know neither school broke any rules, but they absolutely bought players. Alabama bought players. Just about every school has bought players with the new NIL deals. The venom both responded to Nick, kind has me feeling they might not be on the up and up with everything. Should have just responded, we are using the new NIL guidelines to our advantage.

Pac 12 - 12 teams B1G TEN - 14 teams Big 12 - 14 teams in 2023 & 2024, 12 in 2025 ACC - 14 teams plus ND SEC - 14 teams in 2022-24, 16 in 2025 Even with every conference playing the same number of conference games, the schedules will never be equal. With "rules" being in place requiring teams to play other teams within a certain number of years, conferences can't make up the schedule every year to ensure as equal scheduling as possible. At the very least, every conference should play the same number of conference games as the others to be eligible to be part of the CFB. B1G TEN and Pac 12 and Big 12 all play 9. Make that part of the deal. ACC is a lean towards 9 league games. ACC needs the rest of the conferences big time, so put pressure on them to put help put pressure on the SEC. SEC is the big dog, but they can't go solo. The G5 will follow whatever path they will be given. I have no idea why the Pac 12, ACC, B1G TEN and Big 12 don't reign in the SEC this next go around. If they tried to move away from the other power 5 conferences, they'd be done in 4 seasons.

Great comparison Darren. Utah does feel like Wisconsin. Usually pretty good and some times winning the conference.

Baseball America has Oregon the 2nd seed in the #8 regional vs Auburn. Which puts them about 25th ranked team. Not sure the Ducks can move up 9 spots to host as the 16th seed even with a sweep of Arizona. However, it is always good to go into the post season on a positive note, so a sweep would be really nice!

Based on the last few seasons, the only teams the Ducks have around 50/50 or more chance to lose to are UGA, BYU, UCLA and Utah. As history shows, they could lose to any team at any time, but the floor to this season should be 8-4. I'd like to see improvements with penalties, special teams, O scheme and D scheme. Give me 8-4 and improvements in those 4 areas and I will consider it a successful season.

I get the football and basketball teams shouldn't feel obligated to pay for other sports. However, it is the world we live in. I don't know the correct answer, but football and basketball should get something extra. Maybe, the NIL is that something extra. Those sports, so far have been the main recipients of NIL deals.

I just now saw this from a 5/9/22 article. Member schools received new guidelines Monday saying that boosters or collectives who contact recruits or sign athletes to contracts that are contingent upon a player's attendance at a particular school are breaking NCAA rules. NCAA Division I Board of Directors releases new NIL guidelines regarding involvement of boosters WWW.ESPN.COM The NCAA's Division I Board of Directors on Monday published new name, image and likeness guidelines to clarify that boosters should not have any contact with prospective college athletes, their... Interesting... A booster signs a kid to go to their school, but then they transfer to another school. I'm assuming, they will be signing 3 month deals, 6 months, 1 year deals?

Money is nice and all, but I'm sure the players still think a lot about scheme, culture, fit, etc...

Whittingham is a great coach and out coaches most other teams, but he just doesn't have the talent to get to the next level. Utah's best class was #33. They have been between 33 and 50 since they have entered the Pac 12 in 2011. He has been coaching in the Pac 12 for 11 season and has only won 10+ games 3 times. Mario was in the league for 4 seasons and had 10+ wins 3 times. Chris Petersen was in the league for 6 seasons and had 10+ wins 3 times. If you don't have the talent it is very hard to be elite. Honestly, only Chip Kelly was able to be elite with less talent during his run at Oregon. His offensive scheme made the difference. Now, his scheme is old news and isn't enough to over come the talent gap. Whittingham has never won back to back 10 win seasons. He has been close with a string of 9+ wins, but maybe this will be the year. I have a feeling Utah is going to have banana peel games this year. Losing to BYU and San Diego St. in games 2 and 3 really had them playing with no pressure for the rest of the season last year. Starting ranked in the top 10-15 and the "lead" Pac 12 team is going to be a lot for the players and Whittingham.

4 teams for 5 conferences doesn't work, however it does limit the money pouring into the SEC. If we go to 8-12 teams and there isn't a cap on money going to a conference, the bias for SEC teams will make it 2 or 3 times worse. The SEC is the only team to have 2 teams make the playoff in the same year. I'm not going to count ND and Clemson in the COVID season. If we go to 8 with the 5 top ranked conference champs given an automatic birth, the SEC is going to pull in more teams on average because of the SEC bias. ESPN rankings before bowls 2021: Alabama, UGA, Michigan, tOSU, Cincy, Pitt, ND, Baylor 2020: Alabama, Florida, tOSU, Iowa St. Oklahoma, USC, Clemson, ND 2019: LSU, UGA, tOSU, Wisconsin, Oregon, Oklahoma, Clemson, Baylor 2018: Alabama, UGA, tOSU, Michigan, Washington, Oklahoma, Clemson, ND B1G TEN and SEC both would have averaged 2 teams per year the last 4 seasons. Move to 12 and the SEC will likely average 3 teams and maybe 4. The first 2 teams, from each conference, get full money credit, but then there has to be a decrease for each additional team. Also, ND should never get a full payout. Join a league already! This article, How Much Money Can An Expanded College Football Playoff Generate? ATHLETICDIRECTORU.COM AthleticDirectorU and Navigate present financial projections for an expanded 12-team College Football Playoff (CFP). says the SEC would have averaged 400+ mil with a 12 team playoff, the B1G TEN 300+ mil with a 12 team playoff. The SEC are the big boys at the table, but if they don't have the rest of college football, they are insigificant.

Pocketchange, I agree. Schools and coaches need to be held up to standards too. When a school fires a coach mid season or a coach leaves mid season, what does that show the kids. My preference would be unless a coach breaks a law, they can't be fired until after the regular season. The coaching carousel also leads to chaos. Schools, coaches and players need to be held to similar standards.

That picture looks like it is in the south hills. Maybe, McKenzie River area.

College football coaches' association to propose transfer windows WWW.ESPN.COM College football coaches will propose transfer windows in the late fall and spring to help with roster management around the transfer portal. Limiting to two time periods. Todd Berry, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, said Tuesday his group would like two transfer windows for players to enter their names in the portal: one from the final Sunday in November until the early signing date in mid-December, and another from April 15 to May 1

NFL mock draft 2023 - Todd McShay's early predictions for all 32 first-round picks next year, including five QBs and five more WRs WWW.ESPN.COM Todd McShay makes way-too-early predictions on next year's first round, including landing spots for a handful of QBs, more talented receivers and potential star defenders. 3 UGA players in the 1st round. Sewell also in the 1st round.

Eugene is Track Town USA, so we know all about the Penn Relays. It is a big track event for those in the track world know about.