EMERALD COAST CLASSIC CANCELED FOR 2020

NICEVILLE, FLA. — Citing numerous factors, tournament director Maury Hanks has announced the Emerald Coast Classic basketball tournament has been canceled this year.

The Emerald Coast Classic was scheduled for Nov. 27 and 29 with Florida facing Illinois and Iowa State playing Oregon in opening night match ups.

"The landscape in college basketball has changed dramatically this season when you factor in the coronavirus pandemic coupled with the new scheduling policies implemented by the NCAA," said Hanks. "Teams were also concerned about traveling long distances with the threat of COVID-19."

"We are disappointed because we had an incredible lineup but we understand the concerns the teams have. All of the teams have expressed a desire to participate in the tournament in the near future."

"Our program was looking forward to playing in the Emerald Coast Classic as part of a real tough field," said Iowa State head coach Steve Prohm, whose team captured the 2015 Emerald Coast Classic championship. "Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond anyone's control that won't be able to happen this season. We look forward to returning to the event in the future."

Other participating coaches echoed Prohm's comments.

"We are disappointed that we are unable to compete in the 2020 Emerald Coast Classic," said Oregon head coach Dana Altman. "We have always been impressed by events hosted by Global Sports and were looking forward to a competitive field once again."

"We were looking forward to playing in the Emerald Coast Classic," added Illinois head coach Brad Underwood. "It's a great tournament. We hope to return in the near future."

The Emerald Coast Classic will resume play Nov. 26-27, 2021 with CBS Sports Network televising exclusive coverage of the tournament.

Class of 2023 Ryan Cooney

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For right now I have Brady Breeze and Nick Pickett. I really want to keep an eye on Bennett Williams because he should push those two.

1st unit
Brady Breeze
Nick Pickett

2nd unit
Bennett Williams
Steve Stephens

All this is assuming VMIII is at nickel.

Anybody have something different?

Wanted to make sure you saw this the other day

Five teams that won big in recruiting in the East in September

So, there is a bit about an offer that was tweeted out by a prospect recently (the offer actually came a few months ago, I go over more detail in the article tomorrow). However, in talking to people about this, I was intrigued at how myopic some people can be. One Louisville person told me: "Perry already had 27 offers and a number of them are better than Oregon."

My initial reaction was I wonder who all has offered him, so I looked and here is the list: (After looking at the list, I am thinking more like "Uh, okay dude. Can I have some of what you're taking?) Look there are some schools on that list that if you want to rank the offers based solely on academic reputation, maybe there is a point, but there is not a single offer on that list that is a better football offer than Oregon.

Louisville
Ball State
Boston College
Brown
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Duke
Georgia Tech
Illinois
Iowa State
Kansas State
Kent State
Michigan State
Minnesota
Missouri
Northwestern
Temple
Toledo
West Virginia
Western Michigan
Yale
Iowa
Northern Illinois
Southern Illinois

Herbert getting his third career start today at Tampa. Biggest spread between starting QB ages ever in the NFL with Brady and Herbert.

Kenjon Barner was in for Tampa to recieve the opening kickoff but it was a touchback.

Too bad....I always thought he was gonna be a beast.

Lots of competition there.

https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2020/10/oregon-ducks-reserve-linebacker-enters-transfer-portal.html

For 2022 the Ducks have a lot of receiver talent on the Western half of the country they are after. For today's Hot Board we start with the two most easterly top targets from the Lone Star State starting with Evan Stewart. As a sophomore he was already a go-to receiver and even had some rushes for Liberty.

Stewart is probably a southwest region lean but has strong family ties to Tennessee.

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Sophomore clips

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It was live on Instagram, and getting fabulous reviews. I would love to see it on a replay. Can anybody get it up on DSA?

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Time to get excited.

His name is obviously spectacular and is probably why the Ducks are after him. Here is the latest on him although it's not about Oregon.

If there was ever a time and reason to kick people in the ass for change to the CFP it is right now. There’s no way it will be fair given the different season structures so it’s time for the 5 major conference champions and 3 at large bids, including the highest rated non power 5 team, to get together for an 8 team playoff. Shorter seasons take away the garbage about extra games. Make the change and do a test run. If these guys can’t figure out the logistics in this amount of time then they don’t deserve to be in charge.

IRVING, Texas – Oregon senior safety Brady Breeze has been named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, the “academic Heisman” award that UO quarterback Justin Herbert won in 2019.

The Campbell Trophy, which is presented by the National Football Foundation, honors academic and athletic success along with leadership and community achievement. Herbert was the first winner from the UO football program and the third finalist, along with fellow quarterbacks Bill Musgrave and Dennis Dixon.

A native of Lake Oswego, Breeze was the defensive MVP of Oregon’s Rose Bowl victory over Wisconsin in January. A few days later he began his final quarter as an undergraduate student at the university, before graduating in March with a degree in General Social Science: Applied Economics, Business and Society, and a 3.23 grade-point average.

Breeze is a three-time member of the Pac-12 Conference’s all-Academic team, and made the University of Oregon’s Dean’s List for the winter quarter in 2019. On the field, he has started four games and made 38 appearances over the last three years, leading the Ducks in tackles in both the 2019 Pac-12 Championship victory over Utah and the Rose Bowl.

Breeze returned a muffed punt for a touchdown against the Badgers, one of three touchdowns he scored as a junior. He also forced a fumble that set up Oregon’s game-winning touchdown drive.

Off the field, Breeze has dedicated himself to inspiring local youth as a motivational speaker. He has spoken to church groups about the impact of faith in his life, and he recorded a speech for the graduating class of Springfield’s Thurston High School this spring.

Sounds like the league commissioners said no to it today. Larry Scott of course, flipped from what he said last week and asked that it be expanded to eight teams...like we have all been suggesting all along.

Breaks down his Oregon commitment and more right here:

This testing protocol takes a bit longer to return, but adds even greater accuracy. Just additional testing to monitor and prevent spread.