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"Corral the Cowboys..." That will be the first home game for Oklahoma State with their new coaching staff and a bunch of transfers including QB Drew Mestemaker. The Ducks better take along plenty of rope.

I would probably replace Leinart with Steve Emtman if there is a limit on Pac players. I also knew Bronco Jr, son of the legend. Bush was a phenomenal player.

Thanks. Those of us who are "sidewalk superintendents" but live too far away appreciate the post showing the progress.

“Pac-12 begins play with six new teams, a fun flex-week idea…” Huh? It’s my understanding that final week “flex game” is considered non-conference for standings. Tentative opponents would include OSU at WSU so that both would have 4 Pac home games. Unless one of those two needs to play a different opponent to burnish their record for a potential CFP slot. Likely a 9th football member won’t be added until 2028 season which theoretically OSU vs WSU could happen 6 times from 2025-27. And, what if OSU goes 7-0 then loses to WSU, while Cougs go 6-1 then beat OSU? Does that mean the two play again in the conference championship? 7 games in 3 seasons? Brings a whole new meaning to marrying your cousin in Corvallis.

An interesting piece (July 7) in The Athletic about the Oklahoma State rebuild....87 total new players. But, key ingredients transferred with the coach from North Texas including the nation's No. 1 passer last season. It will be the first home game for the new staff and players and they will not want to disappoint their fans. Parallels to Indiana and Colorado recent rebuilds. Interesting insights in the column about how Coach Morris has worked it. I recommend The Athletic for college football coverage. It has basically become the modern Sports Illustrated for those of us who can remember the halcyon days for SI. It was purchased by the NY Times so their writers often detour into political theatrics but generally speaking their college football writers avoid that, thankfully. And, you can subscribe/unsubscribe based on the college football calendar.

Interesting to open that link and read the state that some are associated with. A lot of rural backgrounds. I probably would substitute Eaton for Prefontaine on the list. Or, 5A and 5B. Elizabeth Brenner? Anna Maria Lopez?

Older brothers: https://rolltide.com/sports/football/roster/keon-sabb/17478 https://rolltide.com/sports/football/roster/amari-sabb/17419 the latter picked ‘bama on Feb. 3, 2026, over an offer from Oregon

SEC programs have won 8 of the last 9, and 7 of the 8 were different programs. (LSU twice) Oklahoma didn't raise its own bar until becoming an SEC member. Boy, talking about a team getting hot at the end of the season. Sooners were 11th in the SEC in regular season, lost their SEC Tournament opener, and had zero players named to All-SEC teams. Sure provides Sankey with the narrative for continuation of multiple SEC teams in the baseball playoffs. Just wish they had to prove it a bit more with fewer home regionals and home super regionals. Though, the Sooners won both of theirs on the road. Beavis was the last non-SEC team to win.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-declines-brendan-sorsby-supplemental-draft-application/ Not sure he can go elsewhere? The UFL league begins play March 2027. The CFL is May 2027. Neither give him much opportunity in comparison to the regular 2027 NFL draft which is in April.

It is interesting how the PGA makes the daily adjustments in watering and grass length, and whether individual players can adjust to those changes. Along with time of tee-time affecting conditions individuals face. Aside from game time temperature for football, soccer, tennis, I'm not sure another sport throws the amount of variation at players as professional golf does?

· The Masters: T-21 (2026) · PGA Championship: T-50 (2025) · U.S. Open: Won (2023 and 2026) · The Open Championship: T-4 (2025) Last season at Oregon: 2017 Wins by 1 stroke today after holding a 6 stroke lead at the start of the day. Burns made a run, and Clark dropped 3 strokes on the day.

Walden's photo. Michigan State road uni for Nov. 20? Though Sep. 26 at USC has a fan "wear white" designation.

2027 verbal commits from California 2 of 19 – Oregon 5 of 18 - UW 9 of 14 – USC 12 of 22 – UCLA 14 of 22 – Cal 4 of 11 - ASU Something to monitor, I suppose. Not every coaching staff can recruit nationally, and if something happened to the Lanning era, would the next staff be able to redevelop high school contacts in Cali?

https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2026/06/the-oregon-ducks-are-a-national-recruiting-powerhouse-under-dan-lanning-and-the-numbers-prove-it.html

Well in 2027 when the Ducks are at The Big House, hope Guerrant is on the Oregon roster instead of living in a dorm 50 miles from his home near Detroit.

Laya and Lauaki, ouch ouch. On another note, freakin W. Virginia beats Cal Poly and Troy and has advanced to the Omaha semi-final. While Ducks got a trip to Austin, Texas.

tOSU and Indiana adjusted game plans for the second meeting, and offered some stuff not on season film. To me, it simply looked like Oregon wasn't expecting the adjustments.

Texas Longhorns go back-to-back with softball national championships vs Texas Tech. White was also the coach for two runner-ups vs Oklahoma during his tenure. The remainder of his time at Texas (since 2019) has ended in Super Regionals.

Bill Oram, The Oregonian "The Beavers, and especially their administrators, can hopefully break free from an era defined by thin-skinned paranoia and the complete absence of any plan other than to playing the victim and begging for pity and mercy." https://archive.ph/4FtDW

And, several innings were on ESPN2, in addition to ESPN+. Nice to be able to see it without paying for streaming.

Beavis Mar. 3 – 10-6 at Oregon Apr. 22 – 3-7 vs Oregon in Corvallis May. 29 – 2-3 vs WSU in Eugene May. 31 – 10-1 vs WSU in Eugene, game ended 4:22 pm, 9 full innings May. 31 – 6:00 pm at Oregon Beavers are 15-2 in true away games (WSU, UPortland losses), and 9-5 at sites where neither team is the home venue.

Duh. Holleran, Ohio State University journalism graduate has been with The Spun since 2014. Holleran previously covered football and men’s basketball for BuckeyeGrove.com, Rivals.com’s Ohio State team site, one of the biggest in the network. The Northern Virginia native went to college in Columbus, Ohio, where he served as an editor and beat reporter for the award-winning daily student newspaper, The Lantern.

"12th game is flex scheduled but will be a repeat of a conference game played earlier in the season." I think they also have to consider the home game schedule. Some teams will have 4 home Pac games, some 3. For example, Beavis will have 4 home games and WSU 3. Tentatively, the 12th game will be those two "rivals" playing in Pullman to give WSU a 4th home game. That matchup is "penciled-in." But, suppose Beavis is 7-0 and "in contention for a CFP berth." Suppose WSU is 5-2. There will be a lot of howling from Beavis fans if the Beavers are sent on the road for a potential loss and loss of CFP opportunity. WSU fans will howl they should get 4 home games. Now, suppose WSU is 4-3, and BSU is 6-1. Then, it could be Beavis vs BSU. But, both OSU and BSU will have had 4 home games, including the BSU one-loss which was already played in Corvallis. Who will howl louder? Fans of 7-0 Beavis saying they deserve the 5th home game, or 6-1 BSU fans who say we already played in Corvallis and we deserve a chance to even the score? Plus, if the latter happens, that would mean out of the other 6 Pac members, 4 would have had 3 home conference games. One of those is going to end up with no more than 3 home games: 2 fours playing at 2 threes, and 1 three playing another three.

Not so fast my friends... https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/inside-the-making-and-future-of-the-latest-bill-to-save-college-sports--and-the-major-sticking-point-thats-rankling-sec-and-big-ten-officials-012759191.html

It was interesting to me to see the whole 11-game schedule for Beavis released today, with kickoff times. (There will be a 12th game to be determined). Of those 11 games, 2 were on so-called broadcast TV - 1 CBS, 1 CW - while the other 9 were cable or streaming - 6 USA, 1 ESPN, 1 CBSSN, MW+. I thought Beavs were touting all their games would be on over-air broadcast TV? "Everyone has The CW!!" Of the 52 regular season Pac12 conference games that occur on Saturday, 26 of them kickoff at 9:30 pm Eastern or later.