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I really don't think there is any argument that UW or USC are the more prestigious universities, some of this is due to the fact that UW has a medical school and USC is a private university which attracts a lot of legacy students, they are both in big cities where the cost of living is substantially higher than Eugene, it's just one of those things. The UO is a good school, it is a solid state school that has some really good departments, you can succeed if you go to school here, and there are some doors that are open due to the connections that Oregon has. I'm not going to ignore though that if you stack it up it's not surprising to see those numbers considering the reputations of those schools and where they are in the world. When it comes to Nix being worth 1.5 million, I have mixed thoughts, he probably is worth that much since he's able to attract that much, do I think college players should be making that much...that's another matter. I certainly don't begrudge him making the money since he hasn't done anything wrong.

Meh...who cares what some website says, it isn't like it's going to win us any ball games, just go out and show out.

I have to be completely honest, I know this might even upset others, but I typically root for the conference almost always, I'm so tired of seeing other conferences dominate in sports over ours. I hate how our conference doesn't win many titles in the sports that matter, I don't care if Stanford wins for the 20th or so time in sailing, or how the conference is in lacrosse, give me football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, and softball wins. It depends on the team, I don't know a thing about the UW softball team so I wouldn't mind seeing them win, I don't think I would actively root for them. Now if I was to talk about UW against Bama in the playoff after they taunted us and had a coach like Peterson who encouraged cheap shots against our QB to get him out of the game, then it's another matter. Now would I laugh if I saw UW lose as a complete favorite... sure, so I guess in the end it sort of evens out for me. I should provide a caveat, I don't consider UCLA or USC as part of conference for this year or next, they're traitors, and USC especially can can go to... well I won't finish that.

Ah...yes the academic prowess strikes again, I don't know what it will take to get UW fans to realize they aren't Cal, they aren't Stanford, they're not Duke or Vandy, they're not even on level with the University of Michigan, it's such a ludicrous thing to say that they lose out on prospects because of their academics, nobody believes this other than huskies. They don't recruit a different caliber of character, if they did they wouldn't have stunk for such a long time. They made a good hire with De Boer, and they got a really good QB in the portal, it has nothing to do with the university.

I think it's the Big Ten, we'll have to travel a lot but it won't be quite as bad as going to North Carolina, Florida, or Virginia, competition is probably a bit better, we probably match up better with the states a bit more, I also like that we'll have a sense of stability once we get into the conference. In the end it also comes down to the fact that in the long run we'll probably make the most money in that conference. Imo the Pac10/12 is done for and the sooner we leave for the Big10 the better, I respect the opinions in here to try to stay, but I just see it differently. We all want the same thing in the end and that's to have Oregon sports flourish.

Pitching was always the concern heading into the season and now with the injuries it's completely blown up, unfortunate that a really good offense is going to have no chance since the pitching can't even hold teams to under 10 runs now.

In between on this one, I don't think we lost anyone significant, but we also didn't add anyone that I think will make a difference, we were sorely in need of shooters and we didn't get anyone, we missed out on some guys that would have helped us a lot, so I don't think it's a hard loss, but I wouldn't really call the portal a win either, we held par basically.

Don't know if I should post this thought that just occurred to me now, but it seems like we don't see many recruits out of the Chicagoland area that are big time, it's always been a basketball hotbed, but it seems like I haven't really heard of that many big football guys coming out of there, could just be they all go Big 10 and I just don't pay them any mind. Does anybody have a sense why we don't see as many recruits coming out of here as you might expect for such a big metro area?

Thank you for the post Charles Really hope Pennsylvania Duck and her husband are able to beat this back, keeping them in my thoughts!

I'll be honest at this point I've lost interest in where the Ducks are ranked, if we're good enough to reach the goals we have then I think we have the schedule to accomplish those goals. I do wonder how in the world you can have UW 4th in the nation, good team, but they had no defense, they had no running game, Oregon would have won that game with a healthy QB, just a really weird pick imo.

I'm always leery of high school tape, never really know what sort of competition the player plays against, what sort of players he himself plays with, I'm sure others could answer that for me, when I look at his tape the one thing that stands out to me is that it looks like he scrambles to look for passing opportunities down field, he doesn't look like a QB who looks to call his own number as soon as possible. The athleticism imo looks to be above average but not at the level that it is his number one calling card. If he was the backup option I would say he's a good bet as a 3 star, I can certainly see how he could be a success at the next level.

It really is one of the ugliest courts in the country, even if they just had the forest stuff on the bottom of the court from the perspective of the hard camera for tv it would look better, usually with courts the less you have on there the better. I get that it was designed by Tinker Hatfield and all, but it's been a while now since the court was first revealed, it's time to change it into something more coherent.

First I would like to say that sucks for you, really sad to hear that they would do this with little input from the actual season ticket holders if this would be something that you would like or accept. Second, I have very little confidence that whatever the decisions the Athletic department make will actually help the atmosphere, I'm sure they are looking at a lot of studies that will lead to them making the same stupid decisions that they have consistently made when it comes to basketball. I'm convince that they actually think the stupid music, games, kiss cams, all that crap is what actually attracts families and fans to the games. I don't know why they think this, but they do.

Don't like it, I don't mind the length of college games, I like the opportunity to see amazing comebacks due to the clock stopping, I don't think there was some urgent need for this.

Yeah, I would have Georgia above Bama, can't really see the reason why you would not, both have new QBs, and you have more stability in the coaching staff with Georgia. Other things that I see are UW being much higher, UCLA being higher, Notre Dame being lower, and Texas falling short of expectations as usual. I'm a bit surprised that Colorado is so low, I figured they might have a talent injection from the guys following Deion, not that I was expecting a huge jump, but it seems like the QB position received an upgrade, and they could have a stud at CB.

Great! Another guard who can't shoot from outside, just what we need! I just don't get this, when have we ever had success with a team that can't shoot from outside the arc.

Media is soooooo hoping that USC is back and gets into the playoff, they are begging to slobber all over them. If both Oregon and USC are undefeated going into that game on 11/11 then it will be the biggest home game in the history of Autzen I think considering the circumstances of where the league is. Oregon is an interesting prospect, could take the next step, could fall back, or could stay where they are. How much does Lanning learn from his first year in charge, is Stein a step up or down from Dillingham, how does the O-line hold up. I feel confident that our defense will be better, I just question how the O-line is going to be.

No ill will towards him, but he was a huge disappointment, came in as an all-league player from the ACC, and proceeded to basically be a very average player in a position where we have normally had great production from. Think it helps the team overall since he just couldn't be relied on for much.

Very surprised considering his injury history, I'm guessing he wasn't hearing great news from the NBA scouts.

Bryce has always been a baseball guy, he got invited to become a football player last year, great person, tough player.

It was just a joke, obviously they've recruiting smartly, I'm just saying it's a bit insane how much the difference is between number 10 and number 1 is. Georgia spends more than a million more than the second placed school, that's pretty significant, I'm just curious why the differences are that vast, especially when you look at a school like Oregon where we have to bring the vast majority of our players are from out of state from significant distances from all around the country. When I look at Georgia's roster I see a lot of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, for obvious reasons. Let's not act like Clemson, Ohio St, or Bama is much different in recruiting nationally. Just curious why the difference in money is so large. I'm not trying to say that anything bad is happening, sorry if it came out like that,

I wouldn't even put them that high, until the can prove that they can.... 1. Stay healthy: Would be nice if just ONE season we could stay relatively healthy. 2. Shoot the freakin ball. 3. Actually hustle and scrap for an entire season. 4. Have someone step up as a leader.

Insane that Georgia spends that much on just recruiting, I mean most of their guys are within driving distance of Athens (I'm exaggerating a bit). I mean what do the spend on food, or is this spent mostly on trips to Magic City in Atlanta

Good luck to him, seems like a great kid, really liked watching him play, wish he got more run at times. He seems like a guy that could really succeed at mid-major level.

Gosh I hope so, we've had pretty good luck with PGs from the northwest. I know a lot of people are concerned about the whole Bronny James and how much attention he would bring, but the more I've seen him, the more I've seen him talk, I think he might be alright here, he certainly has had a team first approach to the game from the clips I've seen. Really hope the backcourt mates help him to be the player a lot of people think he can be.