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I went to see the Ducks play vs USC on Sunday. The Ducks got behind early, 6-1 after 2 innings. However, their bats finally came alive in the 7th and 8th innings to take the lead 7-6.

It is official. Mariota has signed with Atlanta on a 2 year deal.

The average NFL lineman in 1970 was 6'3" 255 lbs, today the average NFL lineman is 6'5" 312 lbs. Food, health and science is way more advanced for athletes now than it was just 20 years ago. 40+ years ago forget about it. I think it is way too early to make any definitive decisions on what NIL will do for NCAA teams. We are in year 1. We are also mainly looking at it from the Oregon Ducks point of view. Our basketball teams just couldn't bring it together this season for both teams. 1 season is not a trend, it is an aberration. At this point it is just a coincidence, but if we see the same thing next year and the year after that, then absolutely it is a trend. No coach or school well every have a 100% track record of being good/great.

As long as the Nike connection is strong at Oregon, the Ducks will be fine. They will never be an Alabama, tOSU, Texas A&M, etc when it comes to NIL deals, but we will be better than at least 75% of other D1 schools. It is the wild wild west right now, but I think it will calm down. Donors aren't going to keep spending money on kids that don't play or transfer out after 1 season.

Well, we did see it was happening at a lot of Universities. Some people went to jail for it. Quite a few coaches at Universities lost their jobs because they were recruiting fake athletes while parents donated money to the school.

I think the madness everybody loves is there DURING the regular season for CFB. I'd say what Cincy did during the regular season was a 12 game Cinderella run to the final 4. If they lose, they aren't invited. CFB craziness just isn't condensed to 1 month. One could argue CFB actually has a season long tournament. It is exciting to watch basketball teams win their conference tournament to win a spot in the final 68, but then most of those teams get bounced their 1st game once they reached the "tournament". You have a double digit seed win a couple games, but then get lose in the sweet 16 or great 8. It has only happened 1 time where all four #1 seeds made the final 4, but the parity in basketball is much closer than it is in CFB. Since, they don't play the games, we don't know, but when they expand to more teams, I have a feeling there will be few crowned champions seeded 5th - 8/12/16th in CFB.

I have a hard time seeing him dropping to 9. I don't have facts, but I don't remember the last time a player that had been considered a top 2 overall draft pick for most of the entire prior season dropping that far. McShay and Kiper doing what they do best, blow a lot of hot air.

Not that Bill Simmons isn't laughing all the way to the bank after selling The Ringer for 200 mil, but after he left ESPN, he fell off my radar. Canzano is no where near as popular as Bill Simmons was at ESPN. It will be easy to be independent, but I have a feeling his article views is going to go way down.

I guess nobody saw the Mario Cristobal's offense while at Oregon. College football roundtable - Can anyone besides the big three QBs win the Heisman? WWW.ESPN.COM Our team of writers breaks down which players -- both on offense and defense -- have the best chance to win the Heisman Trophy in 2022. David Hale: The offseason hype surrounding Miami might already be too loud after the hiring of Mario Cristobal and a number of other high-profile assistants, but let's throw a little more gas on the fire: QB Tyler Van Dyke wins the 2022 Heisman trophy. Van Dyke finished last season as arguably the hottest passer in the country, throwing for 300 yards and three or more touchdowns in each of his final six games. So imagine the narrative if a hotshot QB, fresh off a stellar 2021, leads long-suffering Miami and its first-year head coach to the promised land, finally capturing an ACC title. That's a Heisman story! Will it happen? Ah, probably not. There's bound to be some growing pains for the Hurricanes once the season starts, and we've seen too many years of dashed hopes in Coral Gables to bet on things changing all at once. Still, the possibility at least exists, and Van Dyke, who famously trash talked NC State before toppling the Wolfpack on the field in just his fourth career start, certainly has the swagger to do something few others assumed possible.

I happy for the win, but sad for the way college basketball officiating has gone recently. I'm not a fan of 80's-90's NBA basketball. I know basketball is a physical game, but the last couple years it has gotten to be too much for me. Last night I saw multiple NHL hockey checks with not even a moment of pause from the official. I don't need 100 points, but I'd like to watch basketball, not something like basketball.

No matter how many times you put things in front of people in the computer world, people look for the way to get to the next page/screen. The only way you might get people to read your rules, would be to have a 1 question quiz. Even then people likely won't really believe you are serious with your rules.

Teams should stop scheduling out 10 years. They should only be allowed to schedule out 5 years. SEC and ACC have their schedules set, so they have most of their teams have a chance to be bowl eligible. They also game the system to make the playoffs. Pac 12 did an extremely poor job of being the 1st conference to go to 9 conference games. The next round of playoff talk should include all conferences be on the same page for scheduling in conference and out of conference.

Well, Mercedes Benz stadium is 71 miles from Sanford Stadium, so they are technically correct as the game isn't played at UGA home field.

A lot of talking heads that Richardson was a NBA talent. From what I have seen this year, he is a very good college player. I could be wrong, but I don't think he has "it" to be a NBA player. He had been on some mock drafts as a late 2nd round pick, but now has essentially fallen off all mock drafts.

I think what he is talking about is how only partial information has leaked to the public and the public thinks they have the whole picture. We don't have the full picture, since nobody has been in the room during the talks. I do think each league has gripped onto something tightly that they "just can't give up" to make it a no go. However, as had been said before, those problems are going to be there in 2025, but since it doesn't need to be 11-0 decision, it won't stop expansion from going forward. It does seem like some are cutting off their nose to spite their face. However, as the leagues currently stand, the more money wouldn't go to the P12 or ACC anyway, so they don't really lose anything.

The "drip" is referring to fashionable clothing and accessories. My teen son always asks me to check out his drip.

I should have been more precise. I didn't even bother to see who started the post. I was referring to Jon Wilner, not Jon Joseph. 🙂 Jon Wilner is absolutely misusing the term revenue. As the numbers I posted, from the article I attached, is way more than the numbers Jon Wilner posted. I'm in no way saying Pac 12 brings in the same money as B1G or SEC. However, we have been discussing a lot about money conferences bring in. TV money and overall revenue are different. I'd have to see how Jon Wilner is getting his numbers. As far as I can tell, Pac 12 will have larger TV contracts than both ACC and Big 12 will in the next TV contract go around. Not 100 positive, but based on TV contracts from the last go around, I don't see Big 12 getting a bigger TV contract while missing Texas and Oklahoma. That is not the same thing as saying the Pac 12 will bring in more revenue than ACC and Big 12.

So, those are revenues, not TV contracts. 2021 each Pac 12 team brought in more money than ACC and Big 12. Comparing apples to oranges. Numbers from 2021. ACC: 17 mil per school Big 12: 20 mil per school Pac 12: 21 mil per school B1G Ten: 31.4 mil per school SEC: 44 mil per school The numbers above are unfortunately a straight out lie. Every conference brings in more money just from their TV contract, perhaps he at the very least is misusing the term revenue. Maybe, he is trying to say projected net income for each conference? Revenue is only positive money, it doesn't include costs.

Fingers crossed it is the wild wild west at the moment, but will settle down in 5 or so years. Boosters typically have money because they have made smart decisions. I think when all these kids don't see the field or transfer after 1 season, they will see the writing on the wall and not spend so much money. I believe there will still be plenty of money out there, but I think the flat everybody gets cash is going to go away. Plus, every other professional league has rules about money being spent and player movement. I find it hard to believe college will be the only entity that has unlmited spending and moving of players. NCAA only has to point at every other proefessional sports league to get the Supreme Court to regein in some of this craziness. These are endorsements, so it makes it a bit harder, but I think there is a way where TXA&M can't spend 30 mil, while WSU spends 15K.

Having a stronger conference in the eyes outside of the conference matters. Everybody mentions SEC being the toughest conference and send the most kids to the NFL. I'd say B1G TEN is next in line and for the last few years Big 12 is next. If USC, Utah and Oregon can be consistent top 15 teams, that helps with the eye test. Maybe, Pac 12 would no longer be left out if they had a conference loss. Having a strong USC and Utah does make it harder for Oregon to continually win the Pac 12, but it helps the conference not look like a 1 team conference.

FOX and ESPN have contracts with the Big 12. ACC has a contract with ESPN. Pac 12 has a contract with FOX and ESPN. The Pac 12 doesn't need to go a separate way from FOX and ESPN, however I would love to see what CBS wants to offer. The 55 mil was way back in 2001 and for 1 football game a week. We can't know one way or another if the Pac 12 should have finished off the Big 12, yet. The Big 12 had the 4th largest TV deal after SEC, B1G and Pac 12 with Texas and Oklahoma. Losing Texas and Oklahoma isn't likely to increase their TV deal. I do think stream is part of TV, so we need to make sure the Pac 12 is available on all platforms. I'd try and make a deal with FOX, ESPN, CBS and a streaming service. Maybe, even NBC as well. The ND games are getting half the ratings as other ND games on other channels, so maybe they want to try and have a more consistent game day viewership. Having so many TV channels would be a mess for the conference and fans, but get everybody involved and see what you can get.

I'm more disappointed in the men, than the women. The guys haven't been hit nearly as hard with injuries as the women. I think our women have had maybe 5 games with a full team. Losing to ASU is not good, but they are firmly in March Madness. The men according to ESPN are in, but literally the last team in.

There are different types of 380 lbs guys. Can he move?

I'd say most of the NIL contracts are somewhat public. I don't think it would be hard to piece together the price TXAM paid in NIL deals.

Yankees and Dodgers have been outspending teams for 20 years. Each team only has 1 WS title since 2001. It definitely helps having the Jimmy and the Joe's, but they still have to play the game. Otherwise, Alabama would never lose a game.