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.

Huck the Fuskies

Chile seems to be pretty happy over this commitment. The staff is outstanding … and I mean outstandingly outstanding.
They keep getting good talent. Oregon track is moving into new dimensions. We are landing great high jumpers and throwers. Maybe Oregon will be winning in new ways. I will still be happy. I love the high jump and I go nuts over the shot! Oregon will dominate the middle and long distances and we will continue to be a track and field juggernaut!!!
No Mater the recruiting strategy… JUST WIN BABY.

I think that I kind of like Oregon Track.
Understatement of the week. I’m already excited for next spring.
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Good interview of Dan Lanning.

How often are the NCAA T&F Championships at Hayward Field? More often than not.

The conference meets have been a round robin, but the Big 10 is getting the Crown Jewel of college track stadiums. Where do you suspect they will want to hold the conference Championships? Well Hayward more often than most places.

The squad always breaks into two or three or even more subgroups and travels to different meets. That won’t be any different than before.

As for the Big Time?…. The top college track and field athletes will be competing at the Olympic Trials, USA Championships and even Diamond League meets. Advantage … you guessed it … Hayward Field.

Oregon Track is indestructible. Nothing will change.

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An icon….a legend while he was still playing. For decades, he was the standard by which all middle linebackers were judged.

Sanders is still strangely over-rated. After the Duck game, I'd have thought the bubble burst. GO media!

Next week will pivotal in Bo's Heisman chances. (says captain obvious)

The Atlantic:

The early signing period is two and a half months away, and while that might seem like a decent amount of time, the recruiting walls are actually closing in on everyone pretty fast.

And it’s an interesting time in West Coast recruiting. The Pac-12 has crumbled and the departing schools have landed in three different conferences. Not to mention the remaining Pac-2, whose short- to medium-term future remains up in the air. All of the moving pieces have added up to make recruiting a bit more interesting out West.

So with that in mind, let’s get into some West Coast recruiting thoughts.

1. When the Pac-12 was down a few years ago, there was non-stop talk about how the region’s best players, particularly California’s, weren’t staying out West to play college football.

The Pac-12 has improved immensely on the field since the peak of that talk three or four years ago. Teams are playing in big games on big stages that will likely only get bigger. Schools like USC, Oregon, Washington and UCLA have found a home in one of the sport’s premier conferences — the Big Ten, and Colorado has (obviously) received atremendous amount of buzz and attention thisyear.

But the struggle to keep the West’s best players within the footprint has resurfaced during this recruiting cycle. Seven of California’s top 15 prospects are committed to schools that will play in the SEC next season — with an eighth (five-star defensive lineman Aydin Breland) projected to land in the conference as well.

And let’s not lay all of the blame at the feet of the Golden State. The top prospects in Washington, Colorado and Nevada are committed to either SEC or ACC schools.

“It’s seemingly happening again,” 247Sports national recruiting editor Brandon Huffman said. “These kids still seem to be looking outside the West Coast footprint. Whether it’s Aydin Breland, Brandon Baker (Texas), Nate Frazier (Georgia), obviously Julian Sayin (Alabama). … I don’t think there’s the momentum to keep a lot of these West Coast kids local like we thought we might see.”

Oregon has a proven track record of closing strong — just look at last cycle — and could easily vault into the top 10 nationally by the time the early signing period closes. But at the moment, no West Coast program is ranked in the top 10 and only three are in the top 30.

New truck for everyone on Schollie.

1 loss team is auto in.

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With the season about half gone, are there any musings about possible entries to the Portal for this next round?

Will the Ducks look for another proven QB or WR for the next year or two? It has worked to their advantage for the past few years.

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The Pac-12 released its full slate of men's basketball games today after previously releasing the weekly pairings for the upcoming season. So, now Oregon has a completed schedule for 2023-24, and there are a significant amount of games that will be broadcast nationally for the Ducks as many TV times and designations are now known.

Overall, Oregon has 16 games that will be televised nationally beginning with the season opener against Georgia on Nov. 6 in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena. That game, which is part of the Hall of Fame Series, will be televised by truTV. In all, the Ducks will have nine games televised on the ESPN family of networks, four games televised by FS1, one by FOX (Jan. 27 vs. Arizona) and one by CBS (Dec. 30 vs. UCLA).

Lanning just mentioned that his return this year is unlikely

SO TRAGIC
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38548143/former-pro-bowl-te-russ-francis-dies-plane-crash