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No shot Colorado is favored over Oregon. If the line is -3, then Vegas thinks it would be a toss up on a neutral field. Colorado has completely out performed what I thought they would do, but TCU is not TCU from last year and Nebraska is straight up terrible. I expect the line to open around -7 for the Ducks, then get bet down because everybody will be betting Colorado. Colorado is going to get humbled by Oregon and USC in weeks 4 and 5.

We're just about three months away from the early signing period in December and while the Oregon Ducks boast the nation's No. 12 recruiting class, the coaching staff is still working relentlessly to land some of the nation's top players--committed or uncommitted. We've seen recent developments on the recruiting trail with top Oregon targets like Aydin Breland and Brandon Baker, but it looks like we have a new name to track this week. Oregon has entered the mix for five-star (0.9961 per 247Sports Composite) Temple (Tex.) Lake Belton wide receiver Micah Hudson, according to Sam Spiegelman of On3 Sports. Hudson is the No. 2-ranked wide receiver in the 2024 class. Oregon Recruiting: Oregon Entering the Mix With New 5-Star Recruit in the 2024 Class - Sports Illustrated Oregon Ducks News, Analysis and More

When discussing 2024 Oregon Ducks quarterback commit Michael Van Buren, there's one thing we can say with absolute 100% confidence. By the time he gets to Eugene in January to enroll with the Ducks, he's going to be battle-tested. Van Buren and the St. Frances Academy Panthers may still be searching for their first win this season entering week 5, but it's certainly not for a lack of talent. Their schedule has taken them all across the country and pinned them against many of the nation's premier programs. Oregon Recruiting: Oregon Ducks Quarterback Commit Michael Van Buren Discusses Growth, Aim for Senior Season - Sports Illustrated Oregon Ducks News, Analysis and More

The PAC created precedence when they told USC and UCLA they don't get any say in how the PAC moves forward once they said they were leaving. If USC and UCLA don't get a say, then the rest of the teams that are leaving don't get a say. However, the collective we don't know all the financials of the PAC. Yes, there is March Madness money, but there are also lots of money owed or the cost of doing business with the PAC. If I'm the 10 teams leaving, I let OSU and WSU deal with all that mess. I'm also not sure they actually got anything official with paying back Comcast about splitting it 12 ways. If they never voted on how that went, then OSU and WSU are holding that bag, since they are the only teams in the PAC. It isn't chump change for us individuals, but fighting over 2-4 million for schools and the optics, is silly.

It will be interesting to see if the committee and the national media give the PAC the same love they have in the past for the SEC or B1G when they have had a bunch of teams ranked.

I have never been under the belief SEC is so much better than every other conference, but their number of championships since the BCS/CFP started can' be denied.

I know I wouldn't want Wilcox as a head coach, but he was a very good to great DC.

@Red Eddy Green There is an article about it. It has a picture of it. Jamal Hill provides origins of Oregon's 'Big Play Scepter' 247SPORTS.COM Oregon unveiled a new sideline tradition this past weekend. When a player makes a big play, a sneaker mounted on a metal pole is presented for ensuing celebrations.

It is amazing how everybody forgets he was fired for abusing his players at Texas Tech. He wasn't as bad as Bobby Knight, but he wasn't exactly a saint either.

Oregon wins 52-17 2 Turnovers 2 Sacks 327 passing yards

I get your point Dr. Hilarius, but if I'm the player, I keep my mouth shut.

Cal and Stanford won't get an equal share until year 10. They won't move from 30% to 75% until year 7. Yikes. Stanford can afford it, but Cal not so much, even with UCLA handing over 10 mil per year.

Lazy journalism. USC and Oregon are B1G TEN schools in 2026.

The title of this thread is misleading because journalist Chris Rosvoglou straight up misquoted George. Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff says he’s focused on his league “winning a national championship,” as he rushed by reporters to catch a flight.

Do we expect anything else from this comedy of errors conference? The PAC should know every last player under suspension for ejections. That is not hard information to have. Riley should have known, but the PAC is the CEO and they HAVE to know.

I dropped DishTV last week. They had been arguing with FOX since November 2022. Not all DishTV areas are arguing with FOX, but I was tired of using my antenna and not being able to record FOX. I switched to Xfinity/Comcast. It is funny how dropping cable will likely end up costing us more money in a few years. If every TV station does their own streaming service, that is really going to make it expensive to watch everything.

The last time Florida scored a total of 14 points or fewer in back to back games was 1988. OSU and Utah did that between the Vegas Bowl and last night. 1988 happened to be the last time Florida was shut out.

CFP says no format changes until 'dust settles' on realignment - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM No major decisions were made in Wednesday's meeting with 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick because the group is still waiting to see what happens... The group decided to continue to provide a $3,000 stipend for each of 125 players' families to travel to all of the games in the playoff. They are also moving forward with a company to help manage lodging on all of the campuses for the first-round games. I'm guessing they get the family discount, because I know if you buy the school package for bowl games, it is easily that much for just 1 bowl game.

Oregon would have never pulled off 92,000 for volleyball, but it was "stunt" by Nebraska to get a guinness world record. The B1G TEN does have great fan bases for volleyball.

I'm indifferent. Unless you are a USC, Michigan, Alabama, tOSU, blue blood etc, some other team is always going to be discussed more than your team, whether or not they are actually better than your team. I guess I would lean towards good, because nothing west of Texas is hardly discussed in college football.

Nice catch NJDuck. Fixed.

If tOSU, Alabama, LSU, USC, UW, Texas, Utah or Oregon goes undefeated or lose only 1 game, they will deserve a CFP berth on paper. All play 4 or 5 ranked teams. Of course, I highly doubt all 25 teams will be ranked, but on paper it looks like a tough schedule. Team Ranked teams # vs Ranked UGA 23 Ole Miss & @ 12 Tennessee 2 Michigan @ 7 Penn St., 3 tOSU 2 tOSU @ 13 ND, Penn St., @ 19 Wisc, @ 2 Michigan 4 Alabama 11 Texas, Ole Miss, @ 23 Texas A&M, 12 Tennessee, 5 LSU 5 LSU 8 FSU, @ 22 Ole Miss, @ 4 Alabama, 23 Texas A&M 4 USC @ 13 ND, 14 Utah, 10 UW, @ 15 UO 4 Penn St. 25 Iowa, @ 3 tOSU, 2 Michigan 3 FSU 5 LSU, @ 9 Clemson 2 Clemson 8 FSU, 13 ND, 21 UNC 3 UW 15 Oregon, @ 6 USC, 14 Utah, @ 18 OSU 4 Texas @ 4 Alabama, 20 Oklahoma, 16 KSU, @ 17 TCU 4 Tennessee 23 Texas A&M, @ 4 Alabama, 1 UGA 3 Notre Dame 3 tSOU, 6 USC, @ 9 Clemson 3 Utah @ 18 OSU, @ 6 USC, 15 UO, @ 10 UW 4 Oregon @ 10 UW, @ 14 Utah, 6 USC, 18 OSU 4 Kansas St. 17 TCU, @ 11 Texas 2 TCU @ 16 KSU, 11 Texas, @ 20 Oklahoma 3 OSU 14 Utah, 10 UW, @ 15 UO 3 Wisconsin 25 Iowa, 3 tOSU 2 Oklahoma 11 Texas, 17 TCU 2 UNC Ole Miss Texas A&M Tulane Iowa

Ranking all 133 FBS teams into tiers for the 2023 season - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Ranking all 133 FBS schools into tiers heading into Week 1 of the 2023 season. It is a paid site, but here are the tiers. Tier 1: Yes, them again (one team) Georgia Tier 2a: Contenders with recent playoff experience (four teams) Alabama Clemson Michigan Ohio State Tier 2b: Contenders with less recent playoff experience (four teams) Florida State LSU Oregon Washington There was a time, believe it or not, when the Pac-12 sent teams to the College Football Playoff. After Oregon made it in 2014 and Washington in 2016, however, the conference was never heard from again. Some say it never existed, just an urban legend the Big Ten tells to scare Rutgers and Indiana into trying harder at football. But the truth is, the league has a real shot to get a team -- maybe two! -- into the playoff again in what might well be its final year of existence before fading away to join the Southwest Conference and the WAC at the great Tangerine Bowl in the sky. Tier 2c: Contenders with no playoff experience (five teams) Penn State Tennessee Texas USC Utah At 78-35, Utah has the second-best record of any Power 5 program in the playoff era that has not actually made the playoff. The Utes are 19-6 with Cam Rising as the starting QB, with four of those losses coming by a field goal or less. Utah is basically a golfer who keeps rimming out putts, but eventually one has to drop. The odds of that happening are a lot better if Rising is fully healthy for the opener against Florida, however. Like Texas, USC is hoping to bid adieu to its longtime conference home by winning a title in its final year. To do so, Lincoln Riley will need to prove the defense has taken a big step forward in 2023. Tier 2d: Contender who insists on remaining in an independent tier (one team) Notre Dame Tier 3a: Teams that should score a bunch of points (four teams) Arkansas North Carolina Ole Miss TCU Tier 3b: Teams that should prevent a lot of points from being scored (six teams) Illinois Iowa Kentucky Minnesota NC State Pitt Tier 3c: Teams that could be good on offense or defense or both or neither (one team) Kansas State Tier 4: Forget everything you saw last season (five teams) Auburn Florida Oklahoma Texas A&M Wisconsin Tier 5: So hot right now (five teams) Louisville Oregon State South Carolina Texas Tech Tulane Oregon State is the sentimental favorite to win the Pac-12 after a 10-3 season in 2022 that ultimately resulted in the Beavers and Washington State reenacting that GIF from the final scene of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," with Will standing alone in a vacant living room. The only problem with the sentimental favorite is that Oregon State hasn't finished consecutive seasons ranked since 2007 and 2008 and has never won 10 games in back-to-back seasons. Tier 6: Something good to watch before basketball season (six teams) Duke Kansas Maryland Syracuse UCLA Wake Forest Tier 7: Kinda, sorta, maybe (five teams) Baylor Cincinnati Miami Mississippi State Oklahoma State It was, Cristobal said, a necessary step in returning Miami to greatness. And to be clear, this is a different necessary step than Randy Shannon's 5-7 season in his first year at Miami or Al Golden's 6-6 first campaign and definitely way different than Manny Diaz's 6-7 start in 2019. Tier 12b: Probably worse than everyone thinks (one team) Colorado The Buffs have the feel of a Silicon Valley start-up: tons of exposure; a promise to disrupt the whole college football system; a self-styled savant leading the charge; and in two or three years, we'll learn there was never a chance of it turning a profit. In both cases, we'll be left with little more than a reasonably entertaining Netflix documentary to show for it. At least Colorado has done us the favor of scheduling TCU, Oregon and USC in the first month, so the hype can only last so long.

It is perceived value in my eyes. The TV executives never give a clear picture as to how they value teams. Is it metro area, is it eyes on actually watching games, how much is it a combination of both? Rutgers has terrible TV numbers, but they are considered valuable because they are NYC.

Wait, didn't Geoff say it was a waste of money last week? Good to see he changed his tune.