OceaniaDuck

I honestly hate what network TV and NIL has done to the college football landscape. I dream of the day when this whole madness implodes and everybody comes back home to where they belong - obviously for the PAC, it's USC and UCLA, for the Big XII - Texas, Oklahoma, maybe Nebraska(?), and so on.

I really hope the rest of the PAC-10 teams unite in a mission this upcoming season to just destroy USC and UCLA in "conference games" and give them a proper sendoff to the B1G with sub .500 records. Even if some PAC-10 teams lose all the rest of their games but beat USC and UCLA, I would qualify their seasons as a resounding success.

I'm very concerned about Texas Tech as a trap game. Especially if former Duck QB Tyler Shough is the starter for TT, you know he and the rest of the team will be fired up to face the Ducks. I think that game will be closer than most people think and the Ducks escape with a nail-biting victory IMHO.

Good points as well. I think more so now than in years past, and especially with the US News and World Report as well as other rankings of colleges that come out regularly, I think sadly there is more of a commitment to making money and gaining prestige like you stated. I also had to deal with the frustrations associated with taking classes taught by TA's lol. While there were some decent ones, unfortunately you could also tell that some of them only taught classes because they had to. I actually had better instructors on average at the community college I went to. But like many others, I did manage to make the best out of every situation and learned alot despite the subpar instruction IMHO for a few classes I took.

I think this retired(?) college professor makes some good points. He got his PhD from Stanford and taught at Duke U for a number of years:

Sorry but this goes too far. Just hold the actual perpetrators accountable. Why should the coaches and AD's be held accountable for the actions of others that they had absolutely nothing to do with? Just install more surveillance cameras or whatever else it takes to help identify any misbehaving fans should an unfortunate incident like that occur.

I want the Ducks to remain in the PAC-10. Sure, it seems there are greener pastures moving over to the B1G, but that conference is too crowded already, diluting the Ducks chances of making it to the CFP given the new format. Just finalize the best media rights deals we have already and run with it. Who knows? We may even stumble into becoming innovators of watching college football primarily on a new format. Also, for Kliavkoff to make a last ditch effort to keep USC and UCLA in the conference. Bring all AD's to the table. Have uneven revenue distributions if necessary to keep everybody happy. Additionally, still continue with plans to add SDSU to conference and possibly Fresno State. Not a big fan of SMU joining. As I said in other posts, winning cures everything. If PAC teams (minus USC and UCLA) win at least better than half the OOC games that matter, we will start to be respected as a conference again. In USC's heyday under Pete Carroll, the halo effect really generated interest in the conference. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but IMHO, that NCAA investigation into the so-called Reggie Bush scandal was bogus. At the time, the NCAA was full of SEC homeboys and Paul Dee, lead investigator from the University of Miami, was also in charge of one of the dirtiest programs in college football at the time. I actually did read the report, and everything sounded like trumped up baloney. I don't think other conferences liked that USC was dominating and did what they did to bring the program down. IMHO, the investigation had nothing to do with the spirit of adhering to the regulations, but more so to destroy the USC football program, which in turn brought the conference down. Anyways, to reiterate my answer, Oregon, along with Washington are better off staying put and becoming the new leading flag-bearers for the conference. Yes, like it or not, USC and to some extent UCLA were flag-bearers for the PAC-12, but to paraphrase Coach Carter, I guess we just need new leading flag-bearers.

Is Taggart at his new dream job?

Yes, I know what I'm going to say probably amounts to blasphemy, but looks like tOSU didn't want to risk a potential L on their record lol. I know it's "that school" up to the north but especially now, us PAC-10 brethren need to have each other's backs when it comes to OOC competition lol!

All the more reason why the conference needs to work hard to preserve itself. Sure, I'm being presumptuous, but when USC and UCLA figure out that the pastures weren't greener on the other side after all, we still need a PAC-12 they can come back to. Assuming SDSU and somebody else (SMU? Fresno State?) are already in the conference, that would give the PAC-14 even more leverage in negotiating media rights deals. Sadly in the meantime, the PAC will have to suffer through leaner times until the prodigal sons come back home.

In Utah's case, moving from the MWC to the PAC-12 has eventually worked out well for the program, being conference champs 2 years in a row after early struggles. IMHO, this is primarily due to Kyle Whittingham being the excellent HC that he is, who methodically rebuilt the Utes to be competitive within the PAC. IMHO, as long as a program has the "right" HC, a move to a different conference can be successful.

Hope Larry Scott is happy he destroyed the PAC-12 in the process. I think Kliavkoff seriously needs to bring USC and UCLA to the table and try to convince them to reconsider their plans to move to the B1G. Things hopefully should be looking up for the PAC moving forward.

I would argue that TCU's offense is a little better - they scored a TD versus OBD scoring only a FG

Speaking of which - Georgia could've scored considerably more in OBD beatdown, but IMHO Kirby Smart was just having mercy on his former DC and let his foot off the gas in the later stages of the game lol.

This game's over. Can't wait till next season!

He's gone lol

I'm glad the two traitor schools lost. USC has morphed into a typical Lincoln Riley type team - all offense and no defense. Come to think of it, UCLA had no D either which caused them to lose their bowl game in the last seconds. Sad that Utah lost although it is debatable that the Utes could have won the game had Cam Rising not left due to an injury.

USC would've been beaten convincingly, no question. If the Trojans can't handle Utah, how do they expect to handle TCU, tOSU or Mchigan, or Georgia? USC has morphed into a typical Lincoln Riley coached team, which is all offense and no defense.

Lol! The absolute worst ever commissioner of the PAC-12 who was all about himself and whose lavish irresponsible spending led to the downfall of the conference. On second thought, maybe if the B1G hires him, in turn he will do a lot of good things for the PAC, where USC and UCLA return, and we also gain Michigan and tOSU lol. So yes, let's support the B1G hiring Scott as their new commissioner lol!

Perhaps. I always thought Sonny Dykes was an odd fit at California. The issue IMHO during Dykes time at Cal was that none of his teams had any D to speak of - his offense though was creative and interesting to watch. With Wilcox, it's just the opposite - D is adequate while O is just atrocious. Nonetheless, Cal can be a difficult place to produce a winner although Jeff Tedford proved that you can win there - having winning records 9 of the 11 seasons he coached at the school.

The B1G can have UCLA now if they want them. Nevermind about waiting until after next season lol.

IDK, I'll deny myself and -gulp!- root for the Fuskies because I am of the mindset that what's good for the PAC-12 is good for Oregon too lol. Just like spartan 2785 stated - I'm tired of the PAC-12 being viewed as a joke conference and the only way to get respect and interest, and thus revenues, is to win. The rest of the PAC especially need to step up to the plate since the LA traitor schools are leaving.

Wasn't pretty like y'all said but we'll take the W!

Oh man! Go Ducks! I have to go take an extra dose of my blood pressure meds now lol!

The Ducks really missing Dilly right now - jus' sayin'. Very predictable play-calling. I'm afraid we're going to lose this game - still keeping the faith though.