Just heard Dorlus didn’t practice today. Anyone know anything about that? Would be a big blow if he is out.

Really good team spokesman.


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A look across the country here:

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Oregon is picked to finish fourth in the Pac-12 preseason media poll this morning. The Ducks finish just behind UCLA in the preseason rankings.

I sure like his approach and play calling. He has changed up his offensive play calling each game based on team matchups. He is quick to change the game plan if it's not working. It's nice having a coach that's not stubborn. We are lucky to have Bo and I believe coach Stein's learning curve will be much quicker with such a reliable, mature quarterback.

The jury is still out on Ty Thompson. I am so impressive with his willingness to stay the course and improve. BUT, this team and coaching staff are going to attract some major portal talent and he better be ready, because if not, there will some studs looking to take his job.

"I wasn't really expecting to do this, but I just want to let everybody know I didn't just tear my ACL," Rising told ESPN 700. "I tore my meniscus, MPFL, and MCL. It was a big surgery and it's not an easy comeback. I've been working my tail off."

This is a great interview with coach Lanning.

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If granted, the motion would pave the way for Washington to file a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which neither the school nor the nine other departing Pac-12 universities -- Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Oregon, UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC, Utah and Stanford -- currently has the authority to do while not a party to the lawsuit. UW acted on behalf of the 10 universities primarily for jurisdictional reasons, as the original complaint was filed in Washington.

Pac-12 Media Day is tomorrow in Las Vegas. Matt will be there for us. Today, they announced the preseason teams:

2023-24 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Preseason Media All-Conference Team

First Team

Oumar Ballo, Arizona

Adem Bona, UCLA

Keion Brooks Jr., Washington

Branden Carlson, Utah

Isaiah Collier, USC

N’Faly Dante, Oregon

Tristan da Silva, Colorado

Boogie Ellis, USC

Spencer Jones, Stanford

KJ Simpson, Colorado

Second Team

Fardaws Aimaq, California

Kylan Boswell, Arizona

Kobe Johnson, USC

Caleb Love, Arizona

Jordan Pope, Oregon State

Honorable Mention (votes from 5-or-more members of media)

Kwame Evans Jr., Oregon

Pelle Larsson, Arizona

Aday Mara, UCLA

Cody Williams, Colorado

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Are people interested in a watch party for the game Saturday? I am up for it... probably make my neighbors happy to not have to hear me, LOL

Ahead of his weekend decision:

It's easy to envy their WR and QB recruiting, but once a team gets branded like this...let's just say it wont help recruiting.
And some interesting tidbits re coaching fails.


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The four-star defensive end doesn't want to talk much about his de-commitment especially with him being from Tucson. Here's a comment about where his recruitment stands now:

"As you could imagine, this is a very rough time for the U of A fan base. Rather than fan the flames with more words, I am just going to remain silent until we get everything figured out."

Tosh Lupoi was at his game Friday night.

Intriguing prospect.

We ain't goin quietly.

Oregon is 2nd in their new conference. Of course, the wild card is the portal.

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Tosh Lupoi is down in Tucson tonight where Elijah Rushing is playing. Ducks not giving up on the elite pass rusher.

Expects expanded role with revamped back court. Drue Holiday is all NBA defense, Pritchard can come into score.

On a roll.

Our long time connection with Stanford and Cal will be changed forever now that Stanford and Cal are in a different conference than Oregon.

In my opinion, this will have a deeper impact on Oregon than it will on Washington. To those who did not grow up in, or do not live in the Bay Area, it might come a surprise how closely tied the University is to the wealthiest suburbs of San Francisco, Oakland and Silicon Valley. This has been a relationship that has benefited our university in multiple ways for over a century.

Our Northern California alumni is one of the legs upon which our university is supported. Oregon has always drawn heavily from our area, scholastically, philanthropically, and athletically. I believe that the rivalry with Stanford and UC Berkeley has given Oregon more exposure to northern CA, and Northern California to the UO. Our alumni cherished having our teams frequent visits to our area. Having the academic giants, Stanford and Berkeley, in the same conference as Oregon has been a benefit to our university.

I wish that things could have been different. Oregon did what it needed to do. My regret is that Stanford and Cal ( but especially Stanford) couldn’t have been a part of the Big 10 expansion. My biggest regret is that the conference couldn’t continue on with all 12 programs.

Here’s to our glorious past. May our future be as glorious as our past.

Looks to me like UCLA robbed of 2 TDs so far today.