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Rogers, transfer from USC chooses Ducks.....

Storminduck
Well, Endyia Rogers chose the Ducks over Arizona, I imagine she will start next to PaoPao at the guard spots. She is good, real good. The team is possibly deeper and better than last year with more star power but how will that translate on the court? A lot of new faces and again, only one basketball and 5 players at a time.....are girls going to want to leave for playing time elsewhere?
A lot of questions and I just wonder how it will all play out!!!
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Wait, what? Jim Mastro is the 2nd best running back coach in college football.

Dale Newton
Of course this is subjective, but I'm not convinced the evidence supports that conclusion. Oregon was 7th in the conference in rushing last year, 2nd in 2019.

When Gary Campbell and Steve Greatwood were running the ground game, they topped the league for 10 straight years, with one of the most potent and explosive running attacks in the country, top ten nationally for several of those seasons.

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On his first day on the job, new PAC-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff issues a letter to the conference's athletes

Dale Newton
Dear Pac-12 Student-Athletes,

Today is my first day as Commissioner of the Pac-12 Conference. The reason I am here is to serve and support every one of you, so the very first thing I wanted to do on my first day is reach out to you personally.

I rowed crew as an undergraduate at Boston University in the late 1980s. I was recruited in my first week as a freshman solely because of my height. I made the team, but truth be told, I was not a great rower, I never won a championship and, in fact, I never earned a seat in the 1st varsity boat. Nevertheless, I loved every minute of being on the team and credit much of my success, in business and in life, to lessons I learned trying my best to become a better rower and, more importantly, a better teammate. That experience made me passionate about what it means to be a student-athlete, and the opportunities that experience creates for personal and professional development.

The mission of the Pac-12 Conference lines up with my personal experience and was the first thing that attracted me to my new role –



“The Pac-12 Conference is dedicated to developing the next generation of leaders by championing excellence in academics, athletics, and the well-being of our student-athletes.”



If the Pac-12 is to be successful in fulfilling this mission, it will require a continuous and transparent dialogue with you, our student-athletes, and an ability to take on the valuable ideas and feedback you provide. It will also require the full commitment of my team and me to live our mission every single day.

From the research I did before considering this role, I know that the Pac-12 has been a national leader in many respects in supporting student-athletes, from our Student-Athlete Health & Well-Being Initiative focused on your physical and mental well-being, to being the first conference to integrate student-athletes into our formal governance structure, to our efforts over the past years to drive student-athlete reforms related to cost-of-attendance, health care, continuing education and more.

By the same token, now more than ever, with the collegiate landscape in as much flux as it’s ever been, with the ruling last month by the U.S. Supreme Court on matters related to college athletics, and with the conversation around name, image and likeness reaching a tipping point on this very day, the Pac-12 can and must continue to be the leading conference in attracting, supporting and advocating for our student-athletes. This of course includes first and foremost your health, safety and well-being. It also includes supporting your success athletically and in the classroom, including well beyond your time as a student-athlete. It includes listening to all student-athletes, the full diversity of viewpoints and in particular on issues related to social justice and gender equity. And it includes your brand, and doing everything we can to support and promote your brand.

This will be my mission – and my commitment – to you. I recognize that words only achieve meaning through action. I will let my actions back these words over the coming days, weeks, months and years.

I also pledge that the decisions we make at the Conference level that affect you and your teammates will be driven by your input, which I am very eager to hear. I plan to spend a lot of time at all of our campuses with student-athletes to understand your goals, your concerns and your viewpoints, which I will incorporate into our Pac-12 strategies and actions.

The last 15 months have been very difficult on all of us, but today marks a fresh start. I look forward to beginning this journey in partnership with you.

With kind regards,

George Kliavkoff
Commissioner
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Gilbert Tongrongou back from Oregon visit...

A.J. Jacobson
I spoke with the Virginia SDE this evening. He of course loved his visit.
  • Traveled with mom, two brothers and his HS coach
  • Said Oregon was already very high on his list but even more so now
  • This was his second OV, first one was to BC a week ago
  • He is not sure if he is going to take all five or not
  • Does not plan to make a decision soon
  • However, he and mom are meeting with his head coach tomorrow to discuss if that is still the plan
  • Full story in the morning
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PFF rates the country's top tight ends

Dale Newton
Includes two from the PAC-12, no Ducks. UW's Cade Otton did not make the cut.


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Spencer Webb might crack this list later this year or next. The two freshmen have a bright future also.

Iowa State showed Duck fans what a weapon a tight end can be in an offense. Their Charlie Kolar is PFF's pick for the #1 TE in the country.

The #2 rated pick, Arik Gilbert of LSU, was in the dreaded transfer portal. He committed to Georgia today.
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Luke Easterling of USA Today: with the first pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, the Houston Texans select...

Dale Newton
Kayvon Thibodeaux.

Replaces the departed JJ Watt, who went to the Arizona Cardinals as a free agent. Watt was the first player in NFL history to record two 20+ sack seasons in a career, a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and 5-time Pro Bowler.

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2022 NFL mock draft: Early 2-round projections

Draft Wire editor Luke Easterling updates his early two-round projections for the 2022 NFL draft
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The $128,000 Question

Dale Newton
I'm not a lawyer or an accountant. I couldn't even play one on TV. Well, it would have to be very old TV lawyer. A snappy dresser like Matlock, but kinda dumb.

But the question that immediately occurs to me in this brave new world of college football players making gobs of money is, how much of that income will be traceable and taxable?

In 2011, writing for Forbes magazine, Patrick Rishe wrote that a full-ride college football scholarship "had a projected value of over $2 million."

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Value of College Football Scholarship Exceeds $2 Million for College Football's Top 25

SYNOPSIS Despite recent claims that college football players are "oppressed" and "undervalued" relative to the revenues they generate for their universities, I argue using "cost of attendance" and "projected earnings" data that the average "value" of a college football scholarship is in excess...
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His valuation seems a little sensationalized, but the annual cost of attendance at the University of Oregon is $58,635 for an out-of-state student, according to the UO financial aid office.

Cost of Attendance | Financial Aid & Scholarships

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If athletes now have a right and an opportunity to get paid, it doesn't seem like it will be too long before the IRS decides it's entitled to some of that money.
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