spartan2785

Safe to say Oregon had their bats going today😂

Just need to bring in some talents to match Fiso and Etute, but those two are a really impressive duo.

I've been pleased with how Oregon has played so far, it's such a tough situation for Oregon since they play so few actually respected teams in the B1G. Our non-con isn't bad it's also not super impressive either, so it makes every game so much more important since you don't get a lot of leeway if you lose a game here and there against teams like Northwestern or really anyone other than UCLA/USC/UW. We're really going to need to win some of those games against the California teams to get a home regional. Also I'm sorry to ask this, but do you mean the NU have a 6.80 ERA and Oregon has a 3.12 ERA?

With those injuries I just don't think many coaches would have success. I would challenge anyone to find a program more snake bitten than Oregon when it comes to it. You're talking about a lot of the best players on those teams, multiple starters at a time. This is the only year where I feel like we just didn't have the talent to compete. Time after time Dana would have to figure it out, and he usually did to the extant of getting the team to 20 wins, this season is the first where the team had no chance of going anywhere. Last season was derailed by some players going into the biggest slumps of their careers, if TJ Bamba just has an average shooting year for himself, that team wins about 3-5 more games in the regular season, nobody could have predicted him having the shooting slump he had after 4 very consistent years in two different programs.

He also hasn't had a single season where he hasn't had major injuries to key players. The team is cursed when it comes to injuries to their best players.

Ehis Etute is a beast, it's been very impressive to see her development this season. Hopefully the Ducks can pull off another upset and at least move up a seed or two in the tourney.

I second that, I'm tired of nobody getting in trouble, I'm tired of no rules, nobody held to account.

They've been great so far, done exactly what they should against two mediocre teams, haven't really struggled at all so far, they've looked good in their wins, it hasn't been a bunch of games where they got some ball in play luck, they've looked dominant in most game, now they need to pick up some quality OOC wins this week.

So freakin' dumb to have 24 teams, that's an embarrassment, a 8-4 team has no business being in the playoff. Might as well allow a field of 64 at that point, just have the season go on forever. Basketball, baseball, volleyball, all very different sports where having that many games makes sense. You can play multiple back to backs, you can't do that in football. Just cap it at 16 or 12. I will add that I at least appreciate not having conference championship games. I would hope that under this proposal that we would have games at home sites until the semi-finals. You have to be very wealthy to be able to go to all these playoff games, they can at least make it a bit easier by reducing the amount of games that you have to travel to.

Pitching....Pitching has to be better up and down the roster if the Ducks want to get Omaha. The offense has been there, but the pitching has always been a major issue with very few reliable options both in the rotation and the bullpen.

I'll be interested to see what the re-sale market is next year.

I've said it in other threads, but the amount of travel that football does is dwarfed by the amount of travel that basically all other team sports in the department have to do. I have zero sympathy for Oregon football, Oregon volleyball? Oregon soccer? I have a lot more sympathy for them since they aren't afforded the luxuries that football get along with more travel.

I would guess LSU goes 9-3, I think that first game could turn into a nightmare where Clemson comes away with an upset, so many players to integrate in There is going to a ton of pressure on Kiffin to win right away Tennesssee, USC, Ole Miss none of these places was expecting 10, 11, or 12 wins right out of the chute

There are so many things that are seriously messed up, in football you have these situations, college basketball might be even more ridiculous with players who signed NBA contracts being allowed to not only come back to college basketball but do it mid-year. You have players who are 21/22 with multiple years of pro experience, G-league players being able to join up, it's a mess. I unfortunately think the only way that it will receive any stability in terms of rules and structure is if congress steps in (won't happen, especially in today's environment), or what is more likely is some sort of collective bargaining agreement.

Yeah, that's what I've thought is going on, it's frustrating since I think Altman is still able to coach with the best of them, but I think he's been handcuffed by the lack of investment. Kind of feels like after last year, Dana said "screw it, I'll try it another way" by getting these international players instead of guys like Angel or Bamba. It haven't worked out though. It's a shame I love college basketball, and I love a packed arena more than a football stadium when it's a primetime matchup.