Dale takes a look key questions about the Class of 2022.

This was a baseball decision and LSU is a legit elite baseball school

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I am posting this article because it demonstrates that Hayward Field is an athletic facility but it is also an academic facility. The UO Department of Human Physiology is headquartered inside of Hayward Field….. and as you can see, even the Sports Science division of that department is making contributions to the academic mission the UO through the betterment of humankind.

This one comes from a source that is consistently reliable, but not someone inside or connected to the UO Athletic Department.

It’s Aussie time again. Woman 800m runner Izzy Thornton- Bott … reputably a 2:03 800 4:17 1500 runner. She is a transfer from, I believe , The University of Waterloo in Australia but I do not know how much eligibility she has remaining. Australia has been very good to Oregon over the years. Well, here we go again!!!

This rating could be 5 star or 4 star. I’d need to know how much eligibility she has remaining to nail it, but these are good times.If she has three years remaining, I’d give her a 5. Other than that I’d go 4. She is a good get either way.

I have a Getting to Know piece coming out soon on Duck WR commit Nic Anderson. Here are some extras for DSA subs only.

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Junior film

They like to put me in the h-back where I would be in the slot if there are three receivers or sometimes lined up as an h-back behind one of the linemen. It just depended on the formation we were in. They moved me around a bit and they plan on using me more this year.

We did our little inside sweep thing to me about six times. We didn’t want the other teams to catch on but it was pretty effective when we did it. I think I had a touchdown off of it.

Position at Oregon

Coach McClendon made it very clear that even though there is a set position we might play, they can move you all around the field with the different formations that they have. If you are an X you can be on all different sides of the field so not just restricted to one side. I really liked that about the offense.

Family side of decision

I have two older brothers. They definitely gave me a lot of advice. They have been through this process already before so it was kind of a no-brainer to go to them for some help. They definitely provided that.

In the end, they let me make my own decision and they backed me up 100%. It was a great blessing having them.

I actually didn’t give them the scoop as much as my brothers. That kind of drove them a little bit crazy. But they were on the same track. They gave me all the advice I needed and let me make my decision in the end.

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One thing that stands out to me was the notion that safety "was the biggest vulnerability on the team for a few years now." Last year, maybe, but the year(s) prior? I don't think so. They have links to other P12 teams at the bottom of the article, so I guess you cant expect him to get everything right re every P12 team. Otherwise, a good review of the personnel at hand, transfers and medical retires.





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Media Days are like the first daffodil or tulip in the spring.

The 2021 season begins with Pac-12 Football Media Day on Tuesday, July 27 in Los Angeles. Coverage will take place all day on Pac-12 Network. Find all the moments from the kickoff event on this page.

This could be great news, as this new version of the Shotgun for the Inside Zone, and Inside Zone Read is something the Coach Joe Moorhead did at Penn State. I was hoping to see it at Oregon, and between the Pac-12 Championship and the Spring Game--I believe it is here. He also ran this new Shotgun for Power and Counter plays at PSU, and that is what I'm REALLY hoping for as well, since those plays have largely vanished since Cristobal took over the offense.

And as you will see--it is also a "Back-to-the-Future" moment for the Oregon offense. Enjoy.

Oregon edged out USC for Rivals250 WR Isaiah Sategna in what he labeled as "the most difficult decision" he's had to make

Arkansas' No. 1 player takes us behind the scenes in this Ducks victory. "Nothing really compares to Oregon" ... MORE: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals250-wr-isaiah-sategna-talks-oregon-commitment

It’s easy to pass the blame, but I could have done something different,” Shough said. “I could have handled a lot of stuff better. I could have played better. I could have done a lot of stuff better. Me and (offensive coordinator Joe) Moorhead didn’t have the best relationship, but he’s a great coach and I liked him as a coach. At the end of the day I got to be better; but I’m thankful for all the stuff that I learned there and that’s helped me so far going into Texas Tech.”

Announced today on his Instagram. Final group Oregon, Washington, USC, Cal and Oklahoma.

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Officially visited Oregon on June 18th.

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Feld is so good because he not only teaches strength, he stresses explosiveness and flexibility. A superb asset in Oregon's program who deserves this rating.

Former Tennessee defensive line coach and co-defensive coordinator Jimmy Brumbaugh has joined the staff.


That's after Nick Toth was added earlier this week.

CMC is following thr example of Nick Saban in this, filling roles on the staff with veteran coaches.

AP story from Ralph Russo.

NCAA President Mark Emmert said Thursday the time is right to consider a decentralized and deregulated version of college sports, shifting power to conferences and campuses and reconsidering how schools are aligned.

Emmert said the recent Supreme Court ruling against the NCAA along with the lifting of restrictions on athletes monetizing their fame should be a catalyst to “rethink” what college sports is about.

...he laid out a vision for the future of college sports that puts fewer limitations on athletes and de-emphasizes the role of a national governing body like the NCAA, which was founded 115 years ago and oversees more than 450,000 students who play sports.

Sorry to be the bearer of sad news, my friends, but thought many of you would like to know that Bruce Coldren, one of the Kamikaze Kids, passed this week. Here is an excellent piece on Bruce by Bud Withers, former Register Guard sports reporter who covered UO basketball in those days. This is the memory of the golden day when Bruce Coldren couldn't miss...

Bruce Coldren’s passing recalls one golden afternoon​

Posted On July 14, 2021
If somebody posed the question of who was the most decorated, memorable Kamikaze Kid, the debate wouldn’t be a long one: It was Ronnie Lee, all day, every day.
But the discussion over who turned in the greatest one-game performance during that seven-year stretch is a little more nuanced. I’d argue the one that seems most indelible almost half a century later was authored by 6-8 forward Bruce Coldren, who nailed 12 of 14 shots from the floor for 24 points in the Ducks’ rousing 56-51 upset of UCLA in February of 1974 – the back half of UCLA’s infamous double-defeat “Lost Weekend” in Oregon.
Sadly, the subject arose with news of Coldren’s sudden death Monday night. Coldren and his family had settled years ago in Lowell, southeast of Eugene near Dexter Reservoir, where Coldren had been a teacher, coach and administrator. He had already been retired for 10 years when I spent time interviewing him for “Mad Hoops” in 2018.
He had been a graduate assistant at Oregon, and the coach, Dick Harter, warned him he’d have to live a coach’s itinerant lifestyle if he wanted to pursue it as a career.
“I decided, naw, I’m not that type of guy,” Coldren told me in ‘18. He added that working at a small high school, “I was activities director, student-council director … there were times the janitor didn’t show and I cleaned the gym. It became such a community thing. I met a lot of good people.
“I’m not a ‘limelight’ guy, never have been.”
Coldren’s performance that late-season day in ’74 stands as the most incandescent of the Harter coaching era, one that, for its thunderous impact, seemed to rise above all the others. Those would include Lee’s sensational 15-for-26 effort for 31 points as a freshman in a losing effort against UCLA and Bill Walton; and a couple of prolific performances by forward Greg Ballard – 41 points and 20 rebounds in 63 exhausting minutes of the five-overtime screamer at Cal in 1977, and 43 points (still the school record) on 16 of 22 shots in an NIT game at Oral Roberts in ’77, a night more famous for the 65 points by ORU’s Anthony Roberts in a losing effort.
There’s no doubt Coldren’s day against UCLA was the most unlikely of those. This was a player who came in as part of Harter’s first full recruiting class in 1972, but after some significant playing time as a freshman, had mostly been riding the bench when UCLA came to town in ’74. The Ducks were in a funk, having gotten waxed by USC the night before, and, Coldren recalled, “Before the game, Harter comes up to me and goes, ‘Got to have this game. We’re going downhill. I don’t know if it’s right or wrong, but I’m starting my (first-recruited) guys.’ “
Under John Wooden, UCLA played its fearsome 2-2-1 zone press, but the scheme was vulnerable if opponents attacked it and didn’t turn the ball over. The Ducks beat UCLA down the floor with regularity and Coldren found himself wide-open from the wings, shooting 16-to-18 foot jumpers.
“With all the hard work I put in, I think the Lord looked down on me and said, ‘OK, you’re not missing any shots today,’ “ Coldren told me. “Maybe. But I am a shooter. That’s what I could do.”
After the mid-afternoon game, the Ducks had dinner at Eugene Country Club and Sports Illustrated, scrambling to redo its cover story after UCLA’s stunning one-two comeuppance, called. Coldren, between bites of dinner, found himself being interviewed over the phone by SI’s lead college-hoops writer, Curry Kirkpatrick.
Coldren had come north to Oregon from Santa Barbara, Calif., following from that area one of the leading lights of the Kamikaze era, Doug Little. As Coldren told it, he took “seven or eight” visits, one of them to USC, where the coach, Bob Boyd, told him he would sign either Coldren or forward Bob Trowbridge, whoever committed first, but not both. That turned out to be Trowbridge.
“He (Trowbridge) came up here for a visit, too,” Coldren recalled, “before I decided where I was going.”
Coldren arrived in Eugene in that summer of 1972 and worked swing shift at a lumber mill in Junction City, “catching” veneer during the process of making plywood. When he went to McArthur Court, he ran into a brawny 6-4 kid with a Boston brogue he could hardly understand. Ronnie Lee asked him if he wanted to play one-on-one.
Coldren took an early lead. And then, “All of a sudden, the score was 21-4 after he figured it out,” Coldren said. “I’m going, ‘Oh my God, this guy is unbelievable. I hope not all of them are as good.’ “
He saw significant action his freshman year, surprising Kentucky with 14 points and 14 rebounds, which led to his first start at Providence. There, the enigmatic center, Marvin Barnes, had just been reinstated after being accused of assaulting a teammate with a tire iron. “It’s my first game to start, and guess who I’m guarding?” Coldren laughed over a beer and lunch with me at a hangout in Springfield. “The guy who takes after you with a tire iron.”
By then, Coldren had learned of Harter’s unforgiving ways, especially when it came to coaching offense. As I wrote in Mad Hoops, the Ducks had a play called “Board,” which wasn’t really a play because it didn’t end with a shot. Typical Harter – it was a device to run clock, and it merely continued into another set. One night, the freshman Coldren made the mistake of taking a shot during the running of Board, for which he earned a seat on the bench, no matter that the shot went in.
At the end of his freshman year, the coaches wanted him to bulk up. And he did, though not in the manner they envisioned. Coldren went home for the summer, ate his way to a huge weight gain, and remembered having to lose 54 pounds before Harter would let him on the floor for a game. Referring to the sideline-to-sideline conditioning drill familiar to many programs, Coldren said, “I hold the record for running most ‘17s’ after my freshman year.”
Duck fans who might recall Coldren’s signature game against UCLA probably have long forgotten that he had a similar one that same calendar year – in the 1974-75 season. That was the Villanova blowout at McArthur Court when Oregon put up 116 points on the Wildcats, with Coldren hitting 11 of 12 shots for 22 points.
But later that junior year, Coldren’s playing time had begun to diminish, and by the time he was a senior, he was an afterthought as Harter opted to go with youth in players like Dan Hartshorne, Kelvin Small and Danny Mack.
He was still in his 20s when he bought a log cabin on two acres on Little Fall Creek and settled into life in a small town. Left behind 20 miles away was a golden memory of that day when Bruce Coldren couldn’t miss.

Announcing live on CBS Sports HQ on Saturday July 14.

His final six are Clemson, Georgia, Michigan, Penn State, A&M and LSU.

Oregon made his earlier cuts, but not this one.

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Ducks do have a pair of good safeties committed in Landon Hullaby and Trejon Williams, both 4-stars.