From Menlo Atherton HS

Earlier this week, I met a nice young man who was working for a delicatessen near my house. It turned out that he just finished his freshman year at Oregon. The conversation turned to Oregon football. This young man played cornerback for our local high school. When I told him that Oregon has two receivers from the town where I had gone to high school, he responded that he was well aware of both. He played against Franklin his freshman year, and against Jurrion Dickey his junior season. when Dickey was at West Valley Christian ( a private high school he attended before transferring to the public school in his district) . Lots of high school kids from the town where I live as well as the town where I am from, go to Oregon.


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This is as close to it gets as official and final. An Invite IS coming, so this pretty much confirms that Oregon is leaving the Pac-12:

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Good stuff from Aaron incorporating a lot of the key comments from today:

Great perspective on the fate of the Pac-12, the Ducks' defense and a couple quick recruiting thoughts.

Seems to me that...in these uncertain times....we are fortunate to have our own Walter Cronkite in Scott Reed.

Thanks Scott....as good of an example as I could come up with.

Here are the post-practice interviews. Jacob Hamre will have a full write-up for us tonight.

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Here's the fall camp schedule for Oregon, with media availabilities denoted. An * means the first 15-20 minutes is open to media, otherwise all practice is closed.

Wednesday, Aug. 2 (Dan Lanning speaks afterward)

Thursday, Aug. 3 (OC Will Stein and DC Tosh Lupoi)

Friday, Aug. 4 (Co-OC Junior Adams and Co-DC Chris Hampton)

Saturday, Aug. 5 (Dan Lanning)

Sunday, Aug. 6 -- NO MEDIA

Monday, Aug. 7 (Tony Tuioti and select players)

*Tuesday, Aug. 8 (Dan Lanning and select players)

*Wednesday, Aug. 9 (Joe Lorig and select players)

Thursday, Aug. 10 -- NO MEDIA

*Friday, Aug. 11 (Carlos Locklyn and select players)

Saturday, Aug. 12 (Dan Lanning)

Sunday, Aug. 13 -- NO MEDIA

Monday, Aug. 14 (Demetrice Martin and select players)

*Tuesday, Aug. 15 (Dan Lanning and select players)

*Wednesday, Aug. 16 (Drew Mehringer and select players)

Thursday, Aug. 17 -- NO MEDIA

*Friday, Aug. 18 (A'Lique Terry and select players)

Saturday, Aug. 19 (Dan Lanning)

Sunday, Aug. 20 -- NO MEDIA

Monday, Aug. 21 (OC Will Stein and select players)

*Tuesday, Aug. 22 (DC Tosh Lupoi and select players)

*Wednesday, Aug. 23 (Dan Lanning)

Aug. 24-27 -- NO MEDIA

GAME WEEK

Again, there was no media viewing today and Lanning was the only interview. I‘ll transcribe the whole thing here.

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A look at the biggest de-commitments and flips here:

And this is just for FB games. Ouch.

Tomorrow morning Pac 12 commissioner George Kliavkoff will be having a phone conference with all nine PAC 12 university presidents and their athletic directors.

I imagine that he will be presenting his media deal as it exists. Is this the Hail Mary to save the PAC ? If you want my opinion, “ Hell Yes”

Tomorrow is D day for the conference. IMO.

Today is Oregon's in-house media day with a big list of players made available between noon and 3 p.m. Eric Berniker will be covering for us today, uploading video of the key interviews. He and I will both be writing stories from it.

12:00 PM – 12:20 PM

Head Coach Dan Lanning (Main Podium)


12:25 PM – 12:40 PM

QB Bo Nix (Main Podium)


12:45 PM – 12:57 PM

1. OL Steven Jones

2. DL Taki Taimani

3. TE Casey Kelly

4. DB Dontae Manning


12:57 PM – 1:09 PM

1. DB Evan Williams

2. OL Josh Conerly Jr.

3. RB Jordan James

4. OLB Jake Shipley


1:09 PM – 1:21 PM

1. DE Brandon Dorlus

2. RB Bucky Irving

3. OL Marcus Harper II

4. DB Nikko Reed


1:21 PM – 1:33 PM

1. ILB Jeffrey Bassa

2. RB Noah Whittington

3. DL Popo Aumavae

4. WR Gary Bryant Jr.


1:33 PM – 1:45 PM

1. WR Troy Franklin

2. OL Nishad Strother

3. DL Keyon Ware-Hudson

4. DB Bryan Addison


1:45 PM – 1:57 PM

1. DB Trikweze Bridges

2. OLB Mase Funa

3. QB Ty Thompson

4. DB Khyree Jackson


1:57 PM – 2:09 PM

1. TE Terrance Ferguson

2. ILB Jamal Hill

3. Open

4. DB Tysheem Johnson


2:09 PM – 2:21 PM

1. DL Casey Rogers

2. WR Tez Johnson

3. OL Jackson Powers-Johnson

4. DB Jahlil Florence


2:21 PM – 2:33 PM

1. DE Jordan Burch

2. WR Traeshon Holden

3. K Camden Lewis

4. ILB Connor Soelle


2:33 PM – 2:45 PM

1. DB Steve Stephens IV

2. OL Junior Angilau

3. Open

4. TE Patrick Herbert

Press release:

EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon Athletic Department will host a Fall Fan Fest on Sunday, August 13, in the Moshofsky Center.



Student-athletes from Oregon football, soccer, volleyball, women’s basketball and men’s basketball will be in attendance, with various games, inflatables, activity stations, agility drills and much more available for fans to enjoy.



The event will start at 11 a.m. PT and will run until 12:30 p.m. Admission is free, and fans must sign a liability waiver upon entry. Parking will be available for free in the Moshofsky Lot and the Autzen East Lot.



Fans will have the opportunity to take photos with student-athletes in attendance, but no autographs will be permitted. No food or drink is allowed inside the Moshofsky Center.



Available activities for fans will include:

· Football Passing Station

· Football Receiving Station

· Football Field Goal Kicking

· Soccer Penalty Kicks

· Dunk Tank

· Photo Station

· Combine Station

· Lawn Games

New little guy…Legacy Duck?

He was VERY instrumental in getting Mario back to Miami and as we know is a major player in their NIL game

When he was asked about Colorado leaving the confernece he said something to the effect that he was "trying to remember what they won in this conference.”

OUCH.

Dude was underrated. I guess there were too many solid OL guys for all of them who deserved it to get 1st team all Pac.

This was posted on our beloved brother, Chile’s, Trackducks board. As always Chile, thanks!

Also thank you Australia. You and Oregon Track have been great partners since the days of Bowerman.

To use a phrase from a football signee many years back “We’re going to win a national championship!”

In fact we are going win multiple national championships. You have my word on it.

BREAKING: Archie Noakes of Melbourne, Australia flips his commitment from Wisconsin to Oregon!

Archie most recently was the 2023 U20 Australian national champion in the 3000m. He represented Australia at the 2022 Cali U20 World Championships in the 3000mSC & 5000m and at the 2023 Bathurst U20 XC World Championships

Archie joins what is arguably the greatest mens distance recruiting class of all time

Personal Bests:
Mile: 4:01.63
3000: 7:53.86 (3200: 8:28.78c)
5000: 14:05.91

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Junior Adams continues to roll on the recruiting trail as Oregon has pulled in its first post-SNL commitment. The Ducks have landed a pledge from four-star, top-50 receiver Adrian Wilson from Pflugerville (Texas) Weiss tonight. Wilson, who previously committed to TCU back in June, camped with Oregon today and made his decision afterward.

He's currently ranked No. 50 overall in the 2025 class and Rivals' ninth-ranked receiver. He is now the highest-rated commitment in the class for Oregon.


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