12Duck72

Thanks for posting about this. Like a lot of guys my age ONJ was one of my first crushes. Grease obviously was great, that movie got me interested in musicals at an early age. Never met her but I hear she was a truly nice lady. Fantastic voice. I know death is a part of life but I think we all agree that cancer sucks. All my childhood icons are leaving us which is sad. Thanks for the memories Olivia, you will be missed.

Thanks for the comments. I agree with what you said. I think a big part of the problem is programs out here have done a terrible job of combating the East Coast bias. There's a lot of good football out here but when the conference leaders just sit back and do nothing for years and watch the BIG 10 and SEC sprint by it's frustrating. Remember the Hansen years? I do. I've been a Duck fan for almost 30 years (yikes! I'm getting old). One of the things I love about Oregon is they didn't just settle on being a team out West. They got with Mr. Knight and Nike and figured out how to brand their program. Remember the Times Square billboard? Remember when Oregon was the only team that was doing uniform combos and everyone was laughing at them? Now all sports teams are doing it. See what I mean? Instead of everyone out West taking shots at "Uncle Phil" and "The Paris Hilton of College Football" maybe they should have listened and learned how a small liberal college in Eugene Ore-gone turned itself into a national brand. Then maybe we wouldn't be in this position and schools would be trying to join us instead of the other way around. I agree, I wish we could figure out a way to keep things together but I fear that ship has sailed. Merging with the BIG 12 won't help much and I feel the ACC is going to split up like the Pac at some point. Who knows how this will all end but I believe because of Mr. Knight and Oregon's leadership building the brand for all these years has put the Ducks in a great position to remain relevant. I wish the "Conference of Champions" had done the same.

Hi new poster here. I love this site and the great comments. Under this scenario I'd rather see the Ducks be a 3 loss BIG 10 team than the so called king of a lesser conference that nobody would respect. That's what the Pac has been dealing with for years. I'm like everyone else, I think this sucks, especially for programs like OSU and WSU. But this is happening because of the lack of vision of the Pac Presidents, AD's and previous commissioners. They had a chance to address it but did nothing for YEARS. Now they have to deal with the consequences. Also in a 12 or 16 team playoff who says a 3 loss team from the 2 super conferences won't get in? I think Oregon would be more competitive than that. I hate to be a Debbie Downer but there's a lot of smoke coming out of BIG 10 country about the Ducks, Fuskies, and Tree getting invites soon. Maybe Cal if ND says no. This will ease the travel for the LA Benedict Arnold's and let Fox rip Saturday night football from ESPN. If/when that happens Oregon has to take that. Didn't a recruit just pick U$C because of realignment? The financial reasons Charles pointed out are another reason as well. Sorry for the long post. Just my thoughts on all this. Love to see the Pac stay together but I just don't see it happening.