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Having, literally, a World Class Track & Field facility. A University that has invested, heavily in its Athletic Department. A Donor base maybe only rivaled with Big Oil money in the southwest universities. On campus sporting resources rivaling most. There should be No Reason that our Track & Field, in most all events and disciplines, not being a top 3 program, year in and year out, competing annually for conference and national championships. Can't wait for the program to get there again! TrackTown USA, Babe! 🦆🏃💯

RedHot, Five Alarm Fire, Habanero/Carolina Reaper Fanny Hot Right now. I honestly believe he will not be coaching the Ducks Women's BB in the B1G next year. Dana has earned another year or two before his fanny starts to warm (consistent 20 win seasons will do that for ya) but going into the B1G he better be able to return to form or....🔥 buttocks. Going to be an interesting couple years for Ducks Basketball, men and women's, and the direction they will be going.

I surely hope that the UofO and the city of Eugene (and to a smaller extent the State) realize the opportunity being presented here to create a long-term, sustainable, economic and cultural centric zone by viewing the Autzen complex, Alton Baker/Cuthbert, Riverfront Project, etc., all moving in unison towards this goal in mind. If they Work Together then within a decade we could have an active and vibrant area that not only would be a Great place for visiting sports fans and general tourists to spend their "travelin' money" at, but a place for the locals to frequent and a source of pride for Eugenians. I know that the "hoops and hurdles" needing to make this happen are....daunting, and I am not the only one that would like to see this entire area repurposed in such a way. That is even before we start talking cost! (100's of Millions? Maybe more than a Billion?!) and where does that all come from. But the long-term benefits would far surpass any cost and redtape, associated with the developement. City planners already appear to be moving cautiously in this direction but need to buckle down and, by committee or otherwise, create a comprehensive plan with all parties involved, attack any redtape stalling or slowing the process, find or "create" the financings required and get this done! Won't be easy but strike Now while the iron is hot and we will have Riverfront/Alton Baker/Autzen Sports complex to shine as the jewel of our community. Ok...now back to reality...lol, but here's hoping. 🤞

I have always wondered why this "tech" has not become more prevalent in both pros and college. Two-way helment communication, heads-up displays are pricey, but not so cutting edge as to not be attainable. I always assumed it was because of interpretation of the "rules of the game" placed it in the realm of sign stealing and illegal filming of opponents practices and such. IE: an unfair competitive advantage. It should be fun and increase the level of communication thus level of competition as this new tech gets incorporated into the game we all love. Go "Digital" DUCKS!

With all the flack the NCAA has received over the years people tend to forget their PRIMARY mission was always to promote, as fairly AND equally as they possibly could, the Student Athlete in ALL sports, and was always more focused on the Student aspect of that mission. Massive television contracts, seven figure coaching salaries, paying players as employees, a select few college sports being viewed more as professionals than amateurs, trying to satisfy all the college chancellors and athletic directors who all had different views of "amateur" athletics; doomed the effectiveness of the NCAA. Essentially "money" did an end run through and around their restrictions and here we are in this chaos today. Granted the NCAA could have evolved their positions but having the responsibilities of ALL college athletics, it was going to happen way slower than the "money merchants" of the high profile sports, were willing to wait for. So they now have NO real power or control, and people Not concerned about the student part of College athletics will continue to "tap" into the huge amounts of money that was previously kept at bay through the moniker of amateur athletics. So the "cat is out of the bag". NCAA college athletics is no longer an even playing field. Reminds me of the Olympic athletes back in the 80's through the early 90's. We were constantly reminded how the "American Athlete" competing was an amateur. Training as an amateur before and after work, school, or both. Sacrificed living conditions, social interactions, lived in "student poverty", and was presented as making these sacrifices to be the best in the world. This was held up as a reflection of the USA doing amateur athletics the "honorable" way vs. the "amatuer-professionals" of the eastern block athletes. We, here, now, are doing the same with our student "amateur" athletes. So much for equity in all of college sports. Basically until the sports cultural shift in the mid nineties the NCAA was a relevant organization and actually did their jobs as was required. Caused a lot of butthurt people who saw the restrictions as a deterrent to "growth" in both exposure and potential revenue generation and they took all the "legal" steps to get what they wanted, over what had been the acceptable status quo. The overall effects and reprecussions will not be known, or even realized, for many many years to come. NCAA was a regulating body that did not evolve with the warning signs that arose and has led to a significantly weaker entity. My experience and learning has shown that Any large-scale human endeavour NEEDS some sort of regulation and control or that said endeavor will most likely empower a few over the many. We are currently at that point now, and what if any regulating and control will arise from the turmoil will remain to be seen. (Bet it ends up in Congress or Sup. Crt in the next few years.) Point is that the line is now forever blurred between amateur and professional and is only going to get more convoluted. This makes the NCAA a nonviable organization for it was not created with this "blur" in mind. Will this lead to a better world in college athletics? Guess only time will tell. However I see more issues than not. (Even if they are "backburnered" as to not reflect poorly on the changes happening). Go Oregon Athletics.

Wow. Very close to a "complete" game. Again as inconsistent as this team has been to the negative, this was one game that it slanted towards the positive. Ball movement, defense, FG and FT percentage, communication, were all on display. Seem to finally realize that you don't have to try to get it to Dante inside, on every single offensive series. Thus opened up the floor for driving lanes and open shots. Best game of "played" basketball since the second half against Ariz St. I had really hoped this was what we would have seen out of this team through the month of February, establishing themselves as a contender in the PAC and for the tourney; yet they have gone 5-5 over the past ten games. If they can lock down their "consistency's", towards the positive over their last 5 games, then they may not need to win the PAC12 tourney (although why not go out as the last Tourney Champion) to secure a spot in "The Dance". Plus twenty wins and single digit losses by selection Sunday will do it. At least play like you did last night for us fans, cause it was damn entertaining! Go Ducks 🏀!

"If you haven't failed at something today you ain't getting better". DL The importance of this message it paramount. Most of these young boystomen have been so talented and elite that failure is often, rarely experienced and viewed negatively. Especially growing up in a society that places "winning and success" above all else. To have them come to understand that there is actual value, both personally and physically, in failure that it becomes just another "tool" to achieve the goals you have set for yourself. Not something to fear. These are the nuances of "life" that DL seems to have an insight on and attracts staff and players who understand learning under him will make them better. I am LOVING getting to know Dan Lanning and company through the A/V work that is giving us these glimpses into the building of this program. GO DUCKS!

Ice Cold Three point shooting night even with many wide open looks.(really missing "Barth" in that respect). No Bench scoring whatsoever, but again...not many quality minutes left playable on the bench. Poorly executed "prevent offense", having to take contested shots because of shot clock pressure that was mismanaged. I am glad they got the win and certainly enjoyed most of the game. But three, two point, wins at Gill in three years is getting...old. For once I want to see the clearly superior team, win like it. The inconsistencies are counterbalanced by the athletic abilities of this team. And that just may be it. They can play some really exciting basketball but don't have the "nuances" of play that come with a cohesive unit and they have NOT gelled in that respect as a Team. I think we have seen the floor of this team and unfortunately that floor is outside of the "Tourney Selection" window. I hope we haven't seen the ceiling yet because they still have some impactful games ahead, starting next week in the bay. Sweep the road trip; take care of Beavis at home, as you Should take care of them; and then go 2of3 against Arizona, Colorado, and Utah; and we should secure a top four seed in the Final PAC12 Tourney. They are still in control of what is possible for this Oregon Basketball team. Will they discover, attain, and maintain some semblance of a ceiling? Well I, for one, will be watching and cheering to find out. Time to finish strong. Go Ducks!

Hmmm...is this how it felt for Alabama football fans over the past decade or so??? So much talent. ALL taking "hard" looks at Oregon. Almost, yes almost, to the point of "pick - n - choose" level of recruitment. Are OBD becoming a recruiting/portal Powerhouse? I think So. 😎

Yup. The amount of time, money, and resources that are going to be spent "litigating" all the intricate and problematic issues currently facing college football, that it will probably become a "branch of law", within the realm of athletic and educational institution law, all on its own. Attorney, courts, state and federal legislators are all going to be involved before it is mostly worked out by 2030 when all "contracts" regarding all aspects of college , er NFLite, football are to be reworked for the benefit of said league and it's participants. As a fan of OBD, my only real concern about all of this coming down the pike is that it doesn't hinder the trajectory of our current program. Yeah, kinda selfish. But, being a "fan" of OBD allows for a little bit of human frailties to slip through. And I am good with that. 😁 Go Ducks!

So as you can see OBD are not the only B1G team with difficult schedules. Although we may not have the most top heavy or difficult OOC schedule, that 8 game stretch between byes is the longest stretch of games for most any contenders, B1G or otherwise. Great opportunity to make a splash as the "new kid on the block" as we enter this new chapter of Oregon Football. Go Ducks!

The 2024 Oregon Football B1G schedule is going to be brutal. How does that schedule compare to the rest of the B1G? Here's a good article giving us a preliminary forecast. GO DUCKS! Big Ten football teams ranked by strength of schedule in 2024 DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM A definitive ranking of which Big Ten teams have the toughest strength of schedule going into the 2024 college...

"Pritch" would have been doing this, regularly, over the past couple years if not for the phenomenal talent that was starting ahead of him. I believe I read somewhere that Payton even asked for a trade at one point. But Boston knows the talent level, and tenacity, of PP and no way were they going to trade him without "significant" compensation. I believe Boston views him as one of the best "sixth" men in the league. And so do I. I have really enjoyed being able to catch more and more of his NBA action this year, simply because he is being rotated through frequently and has seen a huge increase in minutes. Always good to see our Pro Ducks loving and living "The Dream". Go Ducks! Past, Present, and Future. 👍

Absolutely! Shout Out to Mr. Matt Kearney. Completely captures the essence of what Eugene and Oregon Are in that song. I am positive that is why Bo chose that to play during his thank you and goodbye videoclip. Bet it gives him "duck"bumps also. The Duck leading the team out on a Motorcycle....er sorry...HOG! Left my Heart in Oregon between first and second quarters. SHOUT! going into the fourth. And of course "It Never Rains at Autzen Stadium" BECAUSE of a Loud and Intimidating stadium crowd bolstering one of the hardest stadiums to steal a win in! Yeah OBD's have some rather cool stadium "traditions" taking with us into the B1G10. We can wave "the wave" goodbye. 😎🦆

"The Wave" is soooo last century. It is, today, what the cross stadium chant of "We got spirit, yes we do! We got spirit, how bout you?!" while emphatically pointing to the other side during the 1960's-70's. I remember taking part in my first "wave" during a Denver Broncos game in the early 90's, before my transplanting to Oregon. Back then it was "fresh" and really felt like a new, visual way, to involve the game attendants. It was fun. Flashforward 30 years (OMG has it Really been that long!) and the use of the wave, ad nauseam, by Every sporting event (even the PGA....or maybe just remembering a scene from Happy Gilmore 😆?) just brings eyerolls from most and only see half of the ppls participating. Now "SHOUT" between the third and fourth quarter is something that NEVER gets old. Keeps people on their seats. "Pumps up the Jam" going into the final quarter, and is a whole lot more "interactive" between the players and the fans than any "wave" ever participated in. Having the entire stadium singing and dancing their way through Shout, building to the climax of the entire stadium bellowing "WhoaaoooOoooAhooo" still puts raised hairs on my body and HAS to be rather Intimidating to whomever has come to visit Autzen, just to lose. Now THAT'S the stadium tradition that shall endure! (for at least as long as I shall continue.....to endure!) Go "Shout" and OBD. 🦆🏈😮

😆 Yes but Terrible in Good way! 😁

Great Hype video. LA⚡'s working with the UofO "hype video" department??!! 😉 Oh and a nice audio touch there at the end. Tapping into the marvel universe pop culture soundtrack from the climax of "Endgame". 👍

Well. A win is a win, but Dana voiced it correctly in the post game interview. "You cannot be making the mistakes that this team was making last night on February 8th." Defense was... sporadic and damn near non existent the last 8 minutes of the game. I DO NOT understand how this team goes cold sooo fast during the course of a game. Frustrating part is it is usually not anything that the opposing team does, OBD just go cold. At least we seem to have finally worked through our FREEthrows and has become a strength as of late. Dante. Don't know what to say. He definitely effects "the paint" and has some nice inside moves. However, he has been getting "punked" inside on the defensive end of the court. Way too many "easy" baskets from opposing players against a body that should be preventing those with ease. After all it was one of the reasons this team just had to "hangon" until our inside bigs got back. Unfortunately it is not making a whole lot of difference on the defensive end of the court. That needs to change! For the most part I enjoyed the game but getting tired of early/late game lapses. This team is really good when playing to their ability. Just can't seem to get outta their heads when things unravel. But again even through the letdowns I still have not seen this team "give up" on a game. That alone keeps me hopeful for this final run for OBD basketball will reward them for the tenacity. But. It is February 8th. Now or never Quackers!

Well that didn't take long. Less than a year after all these "poor, financially strapped, struggling sports media options that the PAC12 was ready to embrace at a paltry 35-40 mil per team...NOW have the "revenue" to start a whole New "Profit Sharing" Streaming Service for the Sports fan in general. Now I understand that there is a complexity to sports programming and the attraction for the media partners in streamlining sports viewing options is logical. I also know that this WILL benefit the overall sports fan (for a Price) and maybe will start the final return to "cable packages" for other online media content, albeit in a streaming format Aaaand at twice the cost of comparable ole-timey cable of the 1990's (frog in boiling water approach). My issue is that this current path by sports media has been in the works for Years! Yet the sports fan is fed a narrative that the reality of the situation is not what is actually in the works. Just feels "insulting" to the average fan because it is so obvious when news like this comes down the pike. Maybe I'm still a lil "butt-hurt" at the demise of the PAC12 and in the larger view or scheme of things, this will probably benefit us sports fans more than not. But be aware, with the appetite for sports in the USofA, this one streaming service will probably end up becoming the "highest cost" streaming service. Thus the potential financial "goldmine" for the partners in combining sports viewing options into one. After all, when up and running with subscribers, and the Majority of sports from these TV partners NOW being streamed from this new "Sports Only" streaming service. Where else you going to go to immerse yourself into whatever sport you tend to follow? Hmmm??? Makes me think of it as a reinvention of ESPN, on Steroids, from when they first burst upon the cable scene in the 1980's.(yeah...showing my age again) Except this time they will have captured the majority of mainstream sports vs showing demolition and roller derbies to fill there 24hr. sports cycle. We will pay whatever the cost will be because..."short hairs"! Systems operating under larger systems. Go Sports! 🙄

Nice read on the effects of "transplanted" PAC12 teams and the unintended consequences of years of the PAC having been taken lightly. With 3-5 top 25 matchups for most playoff contenders in both the top heavy SEC and B1G, I would find it hilarious if they "cannibalized wins" from each other (like what would happen annually in the PAC) and a few of the ex'pac' members slip into the playoffs ahead of the top heavies. (NO!...not talking about OBD's in this scenario). Maybe, just maybe, the defunct PAC (Sorry OSU/WSU - just don't see a path back to conference relevance...well maybe NOT too sorry!) will Finally get the respect they should have earned, posthumously, and for whatever that recognition will be worth to the fans and alumni of that once majestic conference. At the very least it will give the talking heads more data points to fill the never ending sports news cycle with. Go Quackers!

THIS needs to be addressed above all else. Having half of the B1G take on another loss against other B1G schools, when 95% of the SEC are guaranteed one more "in the Win column" against clearly inferior opponents has, for years, artificially boosted the perceived strength of the SEC. And they KNOW that. If SEC continues to only play 8 conference games then they need to be Punished by the selection committee when deciding between two teams from different conferences with the same win/loss record. The one with 9 conference games, regardless of SOS, needs to be placed above ANY other team that only plays 8. Hopefully that this is going to change soon, like NLT 2025 schedule, but not holding my breathe. But we shall see.

Hmmm...almost like our head coach knows what the heck he is doing. Surround yourself with good people and absorb what you can while applying your mindset to the collective. I'm glad OBD Is DL's. "Dream Job". It can only get better from here.

And to quote one of my favorite psychopath characters in literature: "I'm Not stuck in here with You!" "You're ALL Stuck in here With ME!!!! Careful for what you asked for B1G! (ANNNDD..at Half Price!) 🤪😆😁

Huh. Interesting. Guess he was just waiting for the "right" defensive minded coach to come along. I think DL and TL both compliment each other with their defensive mind sets. I hope they will continue to work together through OBD first TWO national championships in the B1G. 🦆🏈😎

Poor start to the game. Great comeback from 18 down to close out the first half. Solid back and forth at the start of the second half. Went cold shooting and stopped defending the last part of the game. This team doesn't give up when things go wrong, but there seems to Always be something that has gone wrong each game. Chemistry and flow seem to still be the major roadblock from being just a good team to becoming a great one. PAC12 basketball this year is still competitive, within the league, but with some bad losses, just not enough Q1 and Q2 games left for the Ducks to impress outside of the league. Three PAC teams within a game of Arizona and three more one game further back, but I don't believe the regular season champion will necessarily get an autobid this year. Can this team close out February with no more losses? Road heavy against some "motivated" teams will definitely challenge them. Need to stay focused and gel as a team more than they have to date. Regular season championship is still within their grasp but no more lapses during games, or that will fail to come to fruition. Most important for this team to secure a top four position in the PAC12 tourney and then make some noise when seeded. This is becoming more and more of the path the Ducks will have to follow to "go dancin'" unless they can darn near "run the table" for the rest of the regular season. Not going to give up on this team, yet, for they are playing more cohesive and more to task than Duck basketball the past few seasons, but they got to "get it together" NOW to make that run to the dance. Would hate to see this team who definitely are trying hard and have worked through a "rotating M*A*S*H unit", to not be rewarded by at least the first weekend of dancing. Let us all hope our roundball ducks will succeed. Go Ducks!