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Ruh-Roh! B1G Not Happy with West Coast Dominance in Their First Year!

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So...(above) we are new, and you give us less

revenue, so we will fight for more!

 

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Fourteen teams that KNEW last August that

they will keep Oregon in its place...

 

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Here only nine months, and the Ducks

captured EIGHT B1G Championships?

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Oregon has eight championships, USC and UCLA have

three each, and Washington has one, for a total of

15 championships for the four West Coast teams.

 

The rest of the Old B1G have 18 championships

among the remaining 14 teams, with Ohio State

leading them with four.

 

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The New B1G...

 

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It's fun watching the early days of the

B1G Baseball Tournament...

 

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The Harbaugh's thought it applied to them when they said, "Who's Got it Better Than Us?" Well, nobody has it better than Oregon fans!

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Ohio St:

Men’s soccer

Women Swimming & Diving

Men’s lacrosse

Women’s tennis

Men’s tennis

 

Oregon doesn't have teams in the first three.

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I think I remember posting last year or so that i fully expected the four West Coast schools to be quite competitive in the B1G. Yet i admit that, even with the travel hassles involved, they have more than exceeded my expectations. Thanks for the updates Charles.

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I'm not a huge baseball fan. But did you know the last B1G team to win a World Series was Ohio State in 1966? I find that to be an incredible stat. The SEC has dominated with Tennessee, LSU, South Carolina, Texas and Florida all winning titles in the last decade. Heck Bevis, Coastal Carolina, Vanderbilt and Wichita State have won titles since that 1966 season.

 

USC has won numerous titles in that span. The western newbies are going to bring the conference something it hasn't had in my lifetime.

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On 5/20/2025 at 9:03 AM, GatOrlando said:

The western newbies are going to bring the conference something it hasn't had in my lifetime.

Truly, the old B1G members have no idea what they are in for. The truth is--West Coast teams will take a disproportionate number of B1G titles, and have done so right from the beginning.

 

In Baseball, no other B1G team was even in the last rankings...other than Oregon and UCLA. In Softball, it is better with Ohio State at No. 22, and Nebraska at No. 19, but the real representation nationally for the conference was from UCLA at No. 9, and of course....Our Beloved Ducks at No. 6 in the most recent poll.

 

This last weekend saw Oregon softball win their Regional, Duck Baseball win as co-champions....with fellow West Coast member UCLA, Mens Track take the B1G title, and Womens Track come from one injured runner away from winning it away from another West Coast team in USC.   Heck, even Washington won the Rowing B1G Championship this last weekend!

 

Last summer--I was reading what the B1G pundits were writing about Oregon and the West Coast teams joining the conference and I was ASTOUNDED at how little they knew about us. They went with stereotypes, and erroneous assumptions--I was shocked at the massive lack of knowledge. It was at that moment I knew that the time-zone thing was REAL.

 

People outside the west did not know us, did not watch us, and did not care until now.  Only now are they beginning to realize that the old Pac-12 was not what was portrayed in the media, or certainly was not weak as they thought. Not only was it truly the "Conference of Champions," the receipts are beginning to pile up in the Indianapolis B1G offices already.

 

Many will categorize it as the "West Coast Teams are helping the B1G, and being a part of this conference is helping those teams as well."  And that is true, but what is also true is how West Coast teams are going to be taking over many sports beyond what they already dominate. Our recruiting window, exposure and funding has been expanded, and now everyone is going to see what will happen when those elements are helping these great, if underappreciated athletic programs in the west.

 

You can make a very strong case that Oregon has the best overall athletic program in the B1G, and some would say it is not even close.

 

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On 5/20/2025 at 9:39 AM, Charles Fischer said:

and some would say it is not even close.

"It's not even close!"

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Copy of COC Database 2024-2025

 

Standings of how teams finish in sports, not just conference finishes.  tOSU #1 in Men's sports.  PSU #1 in Women's sports.  If baseball and softball can help Oregon big time.

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If some of those Capital One standings look weird it's because of the list of sports which are included (and, not included).

 

https://ecm.capitalone.com/WCM/capital-one-cup/cup-scoring-structure/coc-scoring-structure---sheet1.pdf

 

Obviously many schools don't have teams in some of those sports, while others with broad sports offerings like Stanford, Ohio State, Texas do well in the rankings each year.

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On 5/20/2025 at 10:47 AM, Tandaian said:

Copy of COC Database 2024-2025

 

Standings of how teams finish in sports, not just conference finishes.  tOSU #1 in Men's sports.  PSU #1 in Women's sports.  If baseball and softball can help Oregon big time.

As HDuck pointed out...those standings reward teams with the most programs, in addition to their finish.  Are they looking at the real regular season winner, or the silly tournament champion?  And the nationals for the spring sports have not occured yet, where Oregon will prevail with Softball, Baseball, Track, and the Womens Gold Championship is happening today and tomorrow.  So that is not accurate yet...

 

Oregon does not even participate in Hockey, Lacrosse, Swimming, Diving, Wrestling, etc.  For the number of programs we have....the bang-for-the-buck is the best.

 

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On 5/20/2025 at 12:39 PM, Charles Fischer said:

Last summer--I was reading what the B1G pundits were writing about Oregon and the West Coast teams joining the conference and I was ASTOUNDED at how little they knew about us. They went with stereotypes, and erroneous assumptions--I was shocked at the massive lack of knowledge. It was at that moment I knew that the time-zone thing was REAL.

🤔hmm, where are these pundits now, talking about our Ducks and their accomplishments in the BIG?

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The Capital One standings are only about how a team finishes in the sport.  It has zero to do with conference finishes.  

 

Those standings do reflect teams with many sports, but you do have to finish in the top 10 to get any points.  Just because a school has 100 sports, it doesn't just give the school points in the standings.

 

The Ducks are one of the best Universities for bang for the buck.  Yes, the spring sports will change those standings and likely improve the Ducks rankings.

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Since the entire topic of the thread was about Conference championships, I’m not certain why the capital cup was brought into the discussion…
 

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     Starting to regret they ever invited us to the party?  You can just never be too careful, can you?

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