Steven A Moderator No. 1 Share Posted August 2 Of the 5 things to know, definitely skip No. 2 Oregon Ducks officially join the Big Ten: 5 things to know WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM The Ducks became official members of the Big Ten conference on Friday. Who cares about the Beavs? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 2 Share Posted August 2 It's getting B1GGER (and BETTER) all the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 3 Share Posted August 2 Putting a stamp on it being B1GGER. https://athlonsports.com/college/ducks-digest/big-ten-officially-welcomes-oregon-usc-ucla-and-washington-but-whats-next A 64-team Super Conference? Too B1G by at least 22 teams. Why can't folks who cover CFB understand that it's the media that pays the bills and media is not going to pay for teams that don't draw a significant number of eyeballs? The author believes Oregon should play Stanford and Cal every season based on nostalgia and not the bottom line. Get - A - Grip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 4 Share Posted August 2 This is a VERY cool two-minute video introducing Oregon to the B1G... 1 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 5 Share Posted August 2 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 6 Share Posted August 2 Interesting responses by athletes in the B1G when asked what they think of when they think of Oregon... 1 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 7 Share Posted August 2 Cool! The new B1G map video (30 seconds) with Oregon in it! 1 2 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 8 Share Posted August 2 Wow. A video of all the B1G stadiums! 2 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 9 Share Posted August 2 Welcome Aboard . The B1G 'Saturday Site,' Saturday Tradition's Derek Petersen, has the Ducks flying over the Buckeyes in the regular season and in the conference champ game. Betting Stuff: My conference title picks for the 2024 season SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Picking conference champions from each of the top 4 leagues entering the 2024 season. This is a duplicate post, but it's so nice I wanted to play it twice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckley Palace No. 10 Share Posted August 2 Man it's just a refreshing feeling being in a real conference with ambitions as big as the inflatable Duck. People are complaining about the B1G being too aggressive, not respecting history, and betraying their old partner conference in the PAC. This kind of thinking also leads pundits to criticize Oregon for being too brash, and ending the historical partnership with Oregon State. Life isn't about forcing equality by not going all out in realizing your dreams. If that were the case we would have never evolved past the dark ages. They say green represents jealousy, but I think brown represents it more accurately. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirklandduck Moderator No. 11 Share Posted August 2 On 8/2/2024 at 9:15 AM, Charles Fischer said: Cool! The new B1G map video (30 seconds) with Oregon in it! I still get weirded out by the geography of it. In the back of my mind though I can see a world where Stanford and Cal get tired of flying to ACC schools after a few years and ask to join the B1G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 12 Share Posted August 4 On 8/2/2024 at 11:22 AM, kirklandduck said: I can see a world where Stanford and Cal get tired of flying to ACC schools after a few years and ask to join the B1G. The only reason that the B1G invited Oregon and Washington, is because Fox threw in more money to get our brand and the Seattle market. Thus all teams in the B1G each got more money for us joining, hence the invitation. Unless Fox gives the conference more money to invite Cal/Furd, they will not be invited, IMHO. Adding them would actually be dilutive to the other B1G members because their audience numbers do not move the needle. I wanted to see them join the B1G, as I thought academically--they are an ideal matchup and we could then have a west coast pod of six teams which would reduce travel. But alas...our attorney friend Jon Joseph politely brought these points to my attention, and they make sense. Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
