Quarterbacks from the Western United States are lighting up college football, and the PAC-12 doesn't seem to be doing a good job of keeping them home:

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This guy:


Has been working on a model of Autzen Stadium and wanted to share some of his progress. Can find some of the older pics on his Twitter.

Go Ducks!

I suppose a guy rated this high would find a spot? Last guy mentioned in the article.

This one is about right lol Washington in two and Notre Dame a dozen.

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6-2, 207, unrated as yet. From Valley Christian, Byron Marshall's old school. Varsity basketball player also.

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Nice work, Scott.

I wanted to take the pulse of the room on decision day for Sategna.

I didn’t realize that the Texas high school 100m record that Jasmine broke this season had been set by none other than Sha’ Carri Richardson.

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There is a full page ad/report on page 7 of the NYT this morning reporting on the establishment and philosophy of the Knight science campus at the University of Oregon and a great picture of the campus.

Sorry I cannot find a way to reproduce it here.

Things just keep getting better and better for UoO.

Scott McGough, baseball

Janie ( Takeda) Reed, Softball

It's fun to learn about a new player and see him in action....

These two guys have become darn good role models.

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Scott's article raises the legitimate question as where the evolution of college sports will eventually take us.

Clearly football and basketball are examples of college degrees exchanged for playing...actually a legitimized form of pay for play, with the questionable enforced qid pro quo that grades must be maintained. NIL changes this soon to be outmoded and quaint notion that invites a collision between the simultaneous and incompatible goals of sports and NIL business versus academics. As Scott implies, the pursuit of cash poses a potential of distracting the PSA from a full commitment to his sport...and by force... his studies as well.

As Scott argues, the NFL is likely to prop up up the college system in the selfish best interest...but only if it has to. The colleges and their legions of fanatics and well healed padrones will want to keep the dollars fkowing, but a larger share and a smaller NCAA, mainly confined to enforcement of rules dictated by the Power Five.

As for the pesky issue of making grades in the age of NIL, it's not a stretch to consider folding the NIL into a course and degree in NIL Management and Marketing , along with the option for recognized curricula in traditional degrees. The details of course study could be as imaginative as any athlete chooses to operate, including an accounting demonstrating management and profit. Overhead should be fairly allocated as in any business, expensing the value of college provided services.

A primary issue in dealing with NIL is in how to accommodate it in an academic structure, which requires the inconvenience of making grades. Without this, I hardly believe a construct that creates subsidized athletes generating incomes at the expense of state institutions is a result acceptable to the tax paying public

Let's recognize that a professional career in sports is as compelling a reason for a college education as any other professional objective, pulling back the curtain on the de facto truth of it now.

Whether any of this is workable or not remains to be seen. But what is fact, is that some inventive construct is mandatory if we are to preserve what we love best in the college game in the age of NIL, without making a dirty joke of of the meaning if a degree.

I have not seen this posted so thought I would share. Central Point 8th grader Josiah Tostenson won the national middle school mile title about a week ago at Hayward Field. His winning time of 4:23.98 broke the 47-year old record of 4:24, and he bested a national-caliber field by 10 seconds. Although it's dicey predicting long-range development for a middle-schooler, I would guess Robert Johnson has Tostenson somewhere on the radar.

Sorry, if I missed any earlier post on this result, and I hope my post doesn't rankle feelings about non-Duck news appearing on DSA.

Mario Cristobal. Exceptional recruiter, teacher and motivator

Mark Helfrich. Got a raw deal after a down year.

Chip Kelly. Offensive mastermind who engineered Oregon's greatest era.

Mike Bellotti. Superb CEO who assembled a terrific staff.

Rich Brooks. Tough-minded overachiever who oversaw Oregon's rise from the bottom.

Len Casanova. Pioneer who embodied dignity and class.

John McKay Former Duck halfback and Casanova assistant who achieved great things elsewhere, 120 wins and 4 national championships.

I just got off the phone with Clarkson. He started for Bosco this year as a sophomore and had an outstanding season. Very athletic dual-threat with a live arm and good touch.

He loves him some Ducks although he already has 20 offers. He visited here right before the shutdown last year and loved it.

I asked him why so many Bosco players are now interested in Oregon and he said it's because of Cristobal.

Story next week.

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Has he ever visited Oregon?