Amari Whiting the four star guard in next years WBB class has not surprisingly backed off her commitment to join her mom at BYU. Her mom was named head coach there in May.

Fingers crossed for some good recruiting news soon....especially on the OL.

The current No. 1 player in the 2024 class, five-star DE Collin Simmons from Duncanville, Texas, will visit Oregon Friday and Saturday.

Helen Lehman Winters, and Erick Whitsett
are out. Curtis Taylor is rumored to be leaving for TCU …. but he might be posturing… A Huge rumor is that ASU’s throws coach, Blutreich is coming or might be coming to Oregon. Blutreich has been very successful at ASU. If true, look for a few track athletes that look like d linemen… and that’s just the women Blue Font

All joking aside, throwers don’t tend to get the fan attention but some of us love the throws. The people who do it are fun loving but competitive. They have an unusual camaraderie…. especially the shot putters.

So, I think I have my head wrapped around this whole realignment thing...don't know for sure where it's going, but I think I'm pretty sure what's happening.

With the exception of the playoffs.

I understand that the TV Networks are driving this whole thing and making up the rules, but how will the playoffs work?

For instance, what's to keep the BIG 10 and the SEC from just saying, "our champion against your champion, screw everybody else?" (ok, more games means more money, but you get the idea). I could see a scenario where you get six teams from the BIG and six teams from the SEC and there is your playoff. They really don't need the other teams in the country...unless the networks force them to include them.

Let's say that there ends up being 3 Super Conferences.

Then do you have to be from one of those conferences to have a path to the playoffs?

Is there gonna be a path for one or two of the remaining 60 college teams in the country to get into the playoffs? If not then that sucks...if so, then how do they get in...a BCS kind of arithmetic?

And if ND doesn't join a conference, will they have a path? Probably because TV will demand it. Is that fair to other schools? No, and nobody outside of those schools cares.

As far as CFB goes, the NCAA has been castrated and left for dead. Does it still have any power at all in CFB?

Thanks in advance for any answers you can give me!!

A trip to Oregon could be coming up:

This has been released a little earlier than expected, but the Pac-12 has announced his preseason all-conference teams as voted on by conference media members today. The Ducks are WELL represented with 13 players being selected in some capacity by media members.

1ST TEAM
OL Alex Forsyth
OL T.J. Bass
DL Brandon Dorlus
LB Noah Sewell

2ND TEAM
RB Byron Cardwell
LB Justin Flowe
DB Christian Gonzalez
PK Camden Lewis

HONORABLE MENTION
OL Ryan Walk
DL Popo Aumavae
DB Bennett Williams
DB Jamal Hill
AP/ST Seven McGee


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Just read an interesting article from USA Today ranking the PAC-12 football teams, ostensibly by the average number of TV viewers per game.

It is, perhaps, a little different take on how to figure a team's value to TV.

So, while Oregon is in a small media market, we typically have an exceptional number of people watching our games on TV. In the conference, only USC has more (we are virtually tied with UW for 2nd).

For instance, in the past "half-decade" USC has had 45 games with over 1 million viewers, and 6 games with over 4 million viewers. Its most-watched game had 15.74 million viewers (2016 RB vs Penn State).

Oregon had 35 games with over 1 million viewers and 6 games with over 4 million viewers. Our most-watched game had 16.30 million viewers (2019 RB vs Whisky). We had more people watch our RB game than USC did.

By comparison, UCLA is 6th in the PAC with 28 and 1, respectively. Firmly entrenched behind Standard and WAZZU!

Apparently, Washington State draws more viewers than UCLA.

So, maybe a part of the team value equation should not only be "how large is your market" but "how many people watch your games."

I get that this article does not give the total number of viewers per team, per year...but it's interesting.

BTW, OSU is 12th out of 12 with 4 games over 1 million and 0 games with over 4 million. Its most-watched game had 3.49 million viewers (2019 vs Oklahoma State).

https://duckswire.usatoday.com/list...y-tv-performance-ratings-in-past-half-decade/

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This is truly an impressive collection of talent. Jacob Hamre spotlights one of the most exciting groups of pass-catchers in the Pac-12 and beyond:

I just talked to three-star OG target Micah Banuelos. He announces his decision Monday at 3 p.m. PT with Oregon, USC and Texas A&M as his finalists.

Scott weighs in on Micah Banuelos' pending announcement today and also the other OL targets on Oregon's radar still.

Right here:

Going to start with this tweet and then break down what this COULD mean.

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Shana left Oregon to return home to France before Spring term concluded. When she left she sent a message that she’d be returning. I hope that she does return!

I have been very high on this athlete. She can actually compete in the 400, the 400
hurdles, the 100 hurdles, and the 4x400.
Her best event is the 400 hurdles.

As you can, see she ran an impressive leg for France in the 4x400 finals in the World Championships.

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I read on another website that Jasmine Montgomery is transferring to Florida.
She was perhaps the top high school sprinter in the country.

I hate to lose her.

Having this meet meet was not seen as a realistic goal, but it actually happened.
It was perhaps the best track meet ever.
I only have two words to describe the meet : Hayward Magic!

Miles McVay set to announce his college decision 8/11 and will use that announcement to raise funds for youth school supplies:

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Jacob Hamre breaks down the RB picture ...

I have many U Tube recordings and TV recordings of great Oregon victories, especially over SUC and UCLA and many others to keep me satisfied and occupied for the years I have left ( 90 years old).

What ever happens in the fouled up mess that seems to be evolving, I intend to ingnore it and just live in the past. LMJ,
Barner, Dixon, the Autzen crowd and the rest will keep me fulfilled.

I sincerely hope for those of you too young to move away will have a satisfying outcome. And, I sincerely hope that SUC and UCLA will have a dismal experience and that some of their older fans will finally realize this was a mistake, no matter how many years it takes.

Now they are fretting about the LA Olympics also

Always remember to have fun!

I made it free again today. A more poetic look at the future of college football and at how the passing of Spencer Webb ties into how Grit can change our perceptions.