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Dillon Gabriel: "Need to get better and continue to dial in"

Scott Reed
Dillon spoke pretty honestly about some of the things that need to improve following a sluggist start against Maryland. Check out our full recap of his post game thoughts:

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Dillon Gabriel: "Need to get better and continue to dial in"

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Dillon Gabriel stood in front of the gathered media after No. 1 Oregon defeated Maryland 39-18 at
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Mary-had-a-little-Land game score guessing contest

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Lot of movement, mostly me sliding down, which is what I hoped for even though I wanted an exact pick as well. Rockin closed the gap a little on Brandon. The current standings are:

Brandon 804
Rockin 798
me 769
Fish 766
Shark 755
10Duck 754
Scott 724
Ski 698
Gray 685
Duckfan 685
Quack 664
64Oregon 643
Adam 642
Tent 631
Corky 626
Gave 621
CKC 563
Duckville 559
Tar 556
Corey 530
Grave 521
Billy 330
Twell 297
Drew 200
ORdux 178
BXR 155
Wings 121
Outside the pond MSU 115
Thester 114
Stormin 112
Akilli 111
AJ 82
Johnnie 81
Papa 78
Bart 58
YOUTUBE sim -26

Hope I didn't overlook anyone. Yell at me if I did or if I messed something up.


In addition to my upcoming exposure of my guess I'll take time to offer the fans and teams of Pitt, Penn State, Iowa State and Johnson C Smith who have departed from the ranks of the unbeaten. It looks like ESPN may have to find a less glorious spot to land their Game Day stuff. I guess the best matchup would be LSU where they host Bama this week. I wonder if Army would welcome them to the campus. In the group of upsets I see this week are BYU at Utah followed by a short but unhappy bus ride, Georgia at Mississippi (what an imaginative raid on the alphabet), Colorado at Texas Tech (I still don't believe), Florida State at Touchdown Jesus (oh wait, a win there would be the upset for FSU and it ain't gonna happen) and my way way out would be Cristobal's group to fall to Georgia Tech. It's about time for his annual pratfall. Onto my prediction .. 49-3 sounds about right. Terrapins move a bit more slowly than Ducks, or anything else except snails and slugs. Heck, even ground sloths look like Indy cars in comparison.
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Flock Talk: The Podcast

Scott Reed
Flock Talk: The Podcast is up. Good stuff from Drew and Lee as always. Also, this is available wherever you get podcasts if you want to listen on the go. Available on Spotify, Pandora, Apple Pods, iHeart Radio, Amazon and every other.

Always free. Also always on your YouTube channel.

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Flock Talk: The Podcast Episode 8

This week on the podcast, Drew Davis, Lee Wardlaw join me to talk about the Michigan game, looking ahead plus recruiting
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Rob Mullens letter on the Changing Landscape

Brandon Gibson
Dear Duck Family:

As we reflect on an exciting fall for Oregon Athletics, I want to thank you for your continued loyal support of our athletic programs. Each year, your generosity is pivotal in allowing us to deliver an exceptional student-athlete experience and the competitive excellence we have collectively enjoyed at UO.

As we approach a new year, several of you have shared questions regarding the shifting landscape in college athletics—especially revenue-sharing with student-athletes and name, image and likeness (NIL)—and we want to provide you with background and what the changes mean for Oregon Athletics. A proposed settlement in a collection of antitrust lawsuits commonly referred to as House was preliminarily approved by a federal judge in October, with final approval potentially in the late spring of 2025.

If the settlement is finally approved in its current form, institutions may share revenues with student-athletes for direct payments for NIL, up to an amount estimated to start at more than $20 million annually and increasing each subsequent year. This marks a significant change in college sports, as in the past, student-athletes could only receive aid from athletic scholarships, institutional Alston academic benefit payments and NIL deals from third parties. While institutions will soon be able to provide additional resources to student-athletes, it also represents a significant new unfunded expense. Oregon Athletics will need to make strategic decisions to ensure that we continue providing the resources necessary to compete at the highest levels of college athletics with a significant new expense.

Another significant aspect of the House settlement is that schools will transition from current NCAA rules on scholarship limits to NCAA rules on roster limits. There will be no caps on scholarships but rather roster limits. Each university will be able to determine how many scholarships they provide in each sports program, up to the new roster limit. This change creates flexibility, offers expanded scholarship opportunities for both institutions and student-athletes, and adds a significant cost to Oregon Athletics as it also pays the full cost to UO for its resident and non-resident scholarship recipients. If UO were to provide scholarships to all student-athletes based on the new updated NCAA roster limits, it would nearly double the number of scholarships currently awarded, adding another $14-$15 million to the annual operating budget. That is in addition to the proposed more than $20 million annual revenue share expenditure.

Oregon Athletics is one of fewer than 20 athletic departments nationwide that operates as a self-sustaining unit, receiving no institutional support or student fees. Every dollar generated by Oregon Athletics is reinvested directly into supporting the success of the 20 athletic programs and roughly 500 student-athletes. At the heart of competing at the highest level is providing the maximum possible benefits to our student-athletes, which will soon include direct payments for NIL and additional scholarships. Achieving that will require additional resources. We have always prioritized fiscal responsibility within Oregon Athletics and will continue to do so, and we will continue to let our innovative spirit guide us through these changing times. However, this new model will require that we examine all possible additional revenue streams and cost-containment strategies to sustain and enhance our programs.

With our transition to the Big Ten Conference, we are thrilled about the stability, competitive opportunities, and national exposure we now enjoy as a member of the most outstanding collection of academic and athletic universities in the country. This transition fills us with optimism and we are confident that with your continued support, Oregon Athletics will navigate these new challenges and continue to compete for championships among the nation’s elite. And our mission remains unchanged: to provide a first-class student-athlete experience and to achieve broad-based excellence.

We deeply appreciate your ongoing commitment to Oregon Athletics. Your support for our programs and student-athletes is more important now than ever, and we look forward to continuing this journey together. As more information and ways to help become clear, we will continue to communicate with our supporters.

Go Ducks!
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Rob Mullens
Director of Athletics
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Rivals launches special Premium Forum dedicated to Army-Navy game

Scott Reed
Rivals has just launched a brand new forum dedicated to the Army-Navy game, which will be played this year on Dec. 14, 2024. This forum is only accessible to Rivals All-Access Pass holders as well as all Army and Navy team site subscribers, and can be accessed here: https://forums.rivals.com/forums/rivalry-army-navy-2024.48/

If you do not have the All-Access Pass as part of your Rivals Subscription, you can add it on by accessing the Subscription section of your account: https://oregon.rivals.com/users/subscriptions

The Rivals All-Access Pass gives subscribers the ability to read any team site message boards across the Rivals Network as well as the Rivals Ad-Lite experience. It also gives access to special events like this Army-Navy forum, and is available to both monthly and annual subscribers as an add-on to your current subscription.
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Open Season Portal: Jontay Cook 5 Star WR

T
Just left TX and UO was on his short list. Class of 23 5 star WR. Not sure it's really a position of need, but "so what."

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Report: Oregon Ducks contact former five-star wide receiver Johntay Cook, who left Texas

The Ducks have reportedly reached out to a player who they previously recruited coming out of high school.
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Oops. See Brandon's thread re surprise for next season
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