The latest in this week's Recruiting Rumor Mill:

The Ducks will try to avoid being swept up north as they take on Washington State in Pullman. The game tips off in 8 minutes with not a whole lot of room left for error for Altman's squad. They will have to put the heartbreaking OT loss to Washington passed them to get back into the win column.

So...I found an interesting chart that shows, by conference, how much each team in the Power 5 is expected to make from 2002 through 2029.

I wish I could post it here but I don't know how.

By 2029, this data firm expects the Big-10 to outearn the PAC by $105M to $55M per year.

https://footballscoop.com/news/data-firm-projects-sec-100-million-revenue-end-of-decade

Thought I would let folks here know about the recent passing of a great Duck, and all-around great guy, Jack Kirkpatrick.
Jack was a member of DSA for several years and always a voice of reason and sanity on the message boards. After a successful career managing golf properties throughout the region, he and his wife retired to Mexico. Jack was one helluva guy and someone you could always count on. Sadly, he lost a three-year battle with colon cancer.

Welch shares Oregon is one of the schools he wants to visit coming up. No quotes on relationship with coaching staff.

Watching the highlights of UNC go down yet again, I saw they an UO are currently out of the Dance. UCLA got screwed in the first brackets, their coach thinking because they are leaving the P12, who knows. The Ducks are gonna have to win it's remaining games and do very well in the Packy to have a shot.Hard to believe how bad UNC's season has been after playing in the finals last year. Oh well, next year should be better.

Game 2, I will provide some updates when I can. Tune in for the doubleheader!

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If this is too OT for some I appologize.

3:05 pm local start time. Tune in for some baseball ⚾️!

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Local Boy Ryan Crouser just broke his own World Record in the Indoor Shot....by almost two feet!

His Outdoor WR is 23.37.

His new Indoor WR is 23.38!

He is gonna have a MONSTER outdoor season.

Undeniably the Best Track and Field Athlete in the World in my book. Ram?

They had a home and home scheduled with the Huskies in 2024 and 2025 and they just backed out. Very feeble.


https://www.espn.com/college-footba...hio-state-calls-football-home-home-washington

Sadly she is competing for France at this weekend’s Arkansas Indoor Qualifier. It is a good sign that she is competing, and traveling with the team. However, it looks like one of the top Oregon women’s track team athletes probably will not be part of the team scoring in the NCAA Championships.

There is no Oregon track athlete that I want to see competing for the Ducks more than Shana Grebo.
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and they did it without Grebo.

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I assume this is true and if it is I am proud of how quickly DL reacted and with his statement! It's sad how some just can't run with the gift given to them w/o a major screw up! Hoping he get's his act together.

Breaking: Oregon receiver Traeshon Holden has been dismissed from the Ducks' program, according to a statement from Dan Lanning.

Holden was arrested Wednesday morning and is in custody, according to Lane County records. https://t.co/bvhA3RGIWU

— Jarrid Denney (@jarrid_denney) February 15, 2023

There are no charges at this time and word is (from a single person who may not have all the details) that he has been CLEARED.

There is something to be said for being decisive, but this one could play out a LOT different than the early assumptions.

Oregon 2025 WR commit Dallas Wilson confirmed with me that he will be visiting the Ducks in March. I believe he will be in Eugene the second week of March.

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There was some fear among Oregon track fans that when Micah pulled up during a race a couple of weeks back, that he might have sustained a serious injury.

I just got off of the phone with a friend of mine who can confirm that Micah is expected back before the end of the indoor season.

As for our woman superstar, Shana Grebo: because she left school early last spring to train for the World Championships with the French team, she has been needing to complete some corse work to become academically eligible to compete collegiately. She is expected back soon. However, this could be an on going battle between Oregon and France over who is going to get Shana in the late spring, when the international competition starts warming up.

Shana is outspoken about her love for the University and Eugene. Still, it is hard to pass over the big international meets. She is the anchor leg on the women’s 4X400, and runs the 400m hurdles.

I understand that recruiting class rankings aren't that important, to some, but I love the fact that we are ranked #8 for 2023 by ESPN, RIVALS, and 24/7.

Depending on the ranking service we are ahead of TOSU, Notre Dame, Clemson, Florida, TAMU, USC, Penn State, and Michigan.

Never thought that I would see the day.

Today I looked a little more at the expansion rumors, where Kliavkoff has faltered, and how the Pac-12 is drifting toward something and nothing at the same time. I am a little worried right now because the catalyst driving further expansion for the B1G is gone (Kevin Warren) and that leaves the Pac with very few options that would put them anywhere on the same level as the B1G or SEC from a money standpoint.

I know we hear all the time "Oregon will be fin because they have Phil Knight" but the gap between the B1G/SEC (reportedly north of $80 million per team per year, and $100 million according to some press releases) versus what the Pac is projected to get ($30 million is what is currently expected, but let's just be generous and assume Kliavkoff somehow gets a deal that meets his promised $40 million per school per year) would put Oregon anywhere from $40 million to $70 million behind every single year. It is not a sustainable model to have Knight make up that difference in perpetuity.

Just some thoughts here:

I haven't seen much chatter about Coach Klemm's replacement. Anybody have an opinion or rumor? I personally would like to add a name out in left field and have no idea whether it's possible, but I like Coach Bedenbaugh, the OL Coach at Oklahoma. Probably a pipe dream at best.

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