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End of an era. Thank you so much, Coach. You put your heart and soul into the program, and your presence will be felt for years to come. Go Ducks 🦆

Five potential long-term head coach candidates for Oregon MBBWhile Stubblefield has head coaching experience, leading DePaul for three seasons, his interim tag is a sign that the Ducks may look elsewhere in their head coaching search. With an entire season still upcoming, it's likely that Oregon's head coaching search will be an extended one as they search for a long-term solution. Though it's very early in the process, these five coaches should receive a call from Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens and be considered viable candidates as he conducts the head coaching search. https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/mens-basketball/2026/10/07/oregon-mens-basketball-long-term-head-coach-candidates/92137465007/

My understanding is that by leaving now the current roster will remain intact, because players can't transfer to a new school right now and expect to play this season, or to maintain or improve their current NIL deals. This gives Stubblefield a chance to be competitive this season, and gives the Ducks a nice long window to find a replacement. Hopefully the can find someone like Lanning, an up and coming coach with great character who can embrace the new dynamics of college basketball. We were lucky to have Dana, he represented the UO well, and I hope his health issues are solved quickly.

"...getting a half-share of B1G revenue does not help..." Oregon currently receives about two-thirds of a full-share of all distributions. While UW and UO did start out at half-shares of the media portion of revenue they both receive full shares of other revenue such as CFP, NCAA Tournament, sponsorships, etc. The half-share of media portion goes through 2030, though it is also increasing modestly each year until the full jump in 2031. Though, 2031 will be under a new media contract. Most believe 2031 will at least equal the last year of the old media deal in 2030, but many B1G schools may be subject to the Big Ten re-evaluating distributions - such as providing Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State higher shares than Purdue, Minnesota.... Thus, a full share in 2031 may not be 100% of what OSU receives. How an individual school prioritizes that revenue with-in their programs will vary.

Wow. They don’t come anymore genuine than Dana. Going to miss him. Hope his health issues resolve soon.

#8 Jr. quarterback Dylan Raiola meets with the media ahead of #13 Oregon Football's home matchup vs. #21 UCLA#7 Jr. defensive back Ify Obidegwu meets with the media ahead of #13 Oregon Football's home matchup vs. #21 UCLA

Dan Lanning reacts to Dana Altman's retirement: 'Obviously a Hall of Fame coach'Oregon football coach Dan Lanning offered words of support to outgoing men's basketball coach Dan Altman, who abruptly retired on Wednesday morning.Head Coach Dan Lanning meets with the media ahead of #13 Oregon Football's home matchup vs. #21 UCLA on Saturday, October 10, 2026 https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/dan-lanning-reacts-to-dana-altmans-retirement-obviously-a-hall-of-fame-coach-290974214/

Collins’ breakdown of Bruin offense in 12 man is eye opening. A lot of make or break situations could arise there, depending on how we defend it, match-up with their target gaps and still contain Lamaleava. We’ve got the personnel to do. Just gotta do it.

Dan talks about Dana. Dan Lanning: "He's as good as they come."

ESPN - FPI Post-Week 5 Strength of Record Rankings: UCLA 20/ Oregon 23 Strength of Schedule Ranking To Date/ Future SOS: Oregon 21/27 - UCLA 113/ 47 To date, Oregon's SOS is in a different league from the Bruins. Only 25 FBS programs have played easier schedules than UCLA. UCLA's three P4 victories came against Cal, Maryland, and Purdue. UCLA struggled for three quarters against a bad San Diego State team. 3-1 OBD has played three Top-25 teams and a bad FCS team. All of this factors into OBD being an 11.5-point favorite. Vanquish the Bruins!

The Athletic's Stewart Mandel's B1G Tiers - 10/7/26 1 Ohio State, Indiana - 1A Oregon 2 Northwestern, Iowa, UCLA 3 Nebraska, USC, Wisconsin, Minnesota 4 Michigan, Penn State, UW 😁, Purdue Tier Awful - Michigan State, Illinois, Maryland, Rutgers

From John Canzano.... "Altman approached AD Rob Mullens this week and told him he needed to retire due to health issues. To Mullens’ credit, he tried to talk Altman out of it, offering that even if the coach could give 70 percent, they’d figure out how to make it work this season. “Dana was very emotional,” the source told me. “It’s just not in his nature to quit.” Altman’s abrupt departure, just eight victories shy of 800, is curious. I expected he’d start the season as coach and get to 800. But a source told me that Altman was in so much pain at practice last week that he had to lie down on the court twice. “Not life-threatening,” the source said. “But he’s having a rough time sleeping.” Tony Stubblefield was 28-54 at DePaul before being fired...

ESPN's FPI Strength of Record Rankings Through Week 5 - B1G Top 25 - 10 Indiana/ 11 Ohio State/ 12 Wisconsin/ 16 Iowa/ 19 Northwestern/ 20 UCLA/ 23 Oregon - UCLA up 1 from its AP No. 21 ranking and Oregon down 10 from its AP No. 13 ranking. UCLA has defeated 3 Power 4 opponents and did not play an FCS team OOC. Other B1G Teams - 26 Nebraska/ 27 USC/ 33 Minnesota/ 54 Michigan/ 64 Purdue/ 66 Penn State/ 70 Michigan State/ 80 UW/ 88 Maryland/ 101 Illinois/ 129 Rutgers 30 Boise State/ 34 Oklahoma State https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi/_/view/resume

Shocking news for this time of year. I thought for sure Altman would had had enough by the end of last season. Maybe he'd seen enough practices to know he couldn't take another year of this.

Hopefully, it isn't a health issue regarding him or a close family member. Otherwise, though, the timing is very strange. Maybe he woke up and just decided he didn't want to go through a season with talent in the lower half of the conference?

He'll end up at a mid-major bb school.

It Never Rains in Autzen Stadium - But in Tuscaloosa? Fortunately, Oregon rarely experiences Tropical Storms, a/k/a Hurricanes. On3The latest on Georgia-Alabama as Tropical Storm Isaias th...The Georgia-Alabama game is set for a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, but officials at Alabama, Georgia and the SEC office are monitoring the storm in case the game time or

In that video I posted in Post No. 14....we see some superb formation use to set up a good running play, and then tremendous blocking technique. Can our defensive line hold up? We Need a TON of this A'Mauri!

JC, see the On3 article post above. I think Dana is retiring because he doesn't have the budget to compete at the top level of today's NIL-driven CBB.

Although it is a heck of a lot more than a full share of the PAC. AMEN

Put Nasir Wyatt on Nico. He seems quick enough to be a spy on him. As long as the front four can get home a decent amount of times it should speed up Nico's internal clock and force him to make quicker reads. I was decently encouraged by our run defense against USuCk so I want to see that aspect of coverage continue to blossom. On offense we need to have a breakout game with our rushing attack. I believe this will happen. It will give Dylan a half second, or so, more of processing time downfield. I think he already trusts his receivers to go make plays on the balls he puts up. In a good-on-good matchup we have more talent. As long as they play a clean game this can and should result in a similar, if not, more lopsided score than USC. We are in Autzen, the crowd will do its work!

UCLA's offensive coordinator is highly respected, and here is a video about him and their offense.

While a change has been inevitable, the timing is weird to say the least.

Reading between the lines of this On3 article, it sounds like he is retiring because he doesn't have the budget to compete at the top of today's CBB NIL world. He wasn't happy about not having the resources to retain top players or create a championship roster. Most of the revenue-sharing money has to go to football. Oregon basketball boosters don't have the money, or there aren't enough boosters interested in basketball. The same thing happened to the baseball team. By Big Ten standards, Oregon has a small number of living alumni. Today's CBB is a different world from when the Tall Firs won the first NCAA championship in 1937 with a win over Ohio State. I expect the Buckeyes combined CFB and CBB budgets dwarf Oregon's combined budgets. And getting a half-share of B1G revenue does not help the cause. Success in today's college sports: follow the $$$. On3Oregon coach Dana Altman to retire after 16 seasons with...Oregon coach Dana Altman has decided to retire ahead of the 2026-27 season, according to a report from On3's Joe Tipton. Altman, 68, has been the Ducks