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Sustainable CFB spending. It depends on how deep a program's pockets are. NFL billionaires do everything they can so that Jacksonville can compete with the New York Giants. CFB billionaires simply want to buy a title, even if it means stealing a QB from a conference member. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/48810760/college-sports-big-budget-spending-sustainable

B1G Baseball Tournament Information - Let's Go Diamond Ducks! SB NationBig Ten baseball tournament 2026: Schedule, scores, and moreHere is everything you need to know about the 2026 Big Ten baseball tournament

How long are SEC ADs and coaches going to allow Sankey to front for ESPN instead of conference programs? Love it! Just a couple of years back, Sankey was CFB's savior, and Tony Petitti was a moron. Today?

The tables turned, and it's the coach's time to cry. Because I used to love CFB but ... This 💩 is out of control. Someone or some entity needs to lead, with reasonable and enforceable rules and regulations in place. Imagine the NFL with unregulated free agency and no salary cap? An NFL where a local state court judge and fan of Team X could overturn any and every decision NFL HQ made, according to agreed-upon rules, to keep Team X in line? Don't bother because there would be no NFL. Is it any surprise that in the CFB world, dozens of programs supported the House settlement, programs that had no intention of conforming with the general terms and conditions of the settlement? I love this game, and I do not want to see a G8 and NFL Lite.

Does the NCAA still have the power to bench a player for gambling? Brendan Sorby's layer, Jeff Kessler, has filed an injunction in Lubbock, Texas, asking for Sorby's eligibility to be reinstated because of Sorby's addiction to gambling. When Sorsby hired Kessler, I figured some kind of Americans with Disabilities Act was forthcoming. Texas Tech coach McGuire believes Sorby's attempt to have his eligibility restored is 'courageous.' Is it more courageous to fight for $4 million while seeking help, or simply to seek help? If 'Judge Roy Bean' decides Sorsby is good to go, then what is left for the NCAA to enforce if it can't enforce rules against gambling? What's to prevent, 'It isn't my fault, I only shaved points because I have a disease?' Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby files injunction against NCAA amid gambling probe - CBS Sports The eyes of the NCAA and CFB are upon Lubbock, Texas.

Post Spring, CBS likes the Bucks a little more than the Ducks - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-power-rankings-ohio-state-usc/

Meh! Don't count your Ducks before signing day, and if Mario wants to pay more for a no-experience rookie, that's fine. If you believe a CFB commitment matters, you should be committed. 😁 https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/recruiting/2026/05/17/oregon-recruiting-aiking-hall-flipped-miami-hurricanes/90133487007/?utm_source=smg-duckswire-strada&utm_medium=email&u

A take on the series from Trojans Wire - https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/trojans/baseball/2026/05/17/usc-baseball-drops-two-three-oregon-wild-series/90135936007/?utm_source=smg-trojanswire-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_

If the NCAA managed the CFB 'D1' PO, we would have had a 24-team field decades ago. Oregon Ducks On SIEffect That 24-Team Playoff Would Have Had on Previous Or...The College Football Playoff has been gaining momentum for 24 teams. The playoff went from four teams to 12 teams for the 2024 season and the field could double

Thanks, Gat. The B1G/SEC Volleyball Challenge is a good start. Now, if Greg would only straight-arm Mickey Mouse, we could go to a 24-team PO and B1G/SEC football challenge. How about starting the season with a cupcake and then playing four SEC vs. B1G out-of-conference games in Week 2 through Week 4? $how the Power 2 the $$$$ from must-watch matchups. Three in 2026: Ohio State at Texas, Oklahoma at Michigan, and Mississippi State at Minnesota is nice, but how about adding Florida at Oregon, UW at Bama, Georgia at USC, and Tennessee at Penn State, and other solid matchups. Home and home before rotating to the next opponent. WOW!

Thank you, Charles, for the most insightful post. The conference champion tournaments are taken into consideration, good to know. Conference tournament: It's in Omaha, but it's better for the 3-seed Ducks to match up in the semifinals against the 2-seed Nebraska, not top-seeded UCLA. GO YOU DIAMOND DUCKS!

Eye don't get it! Gods of sports, why do you feel the need to ground Ducks in the postseason! 🤬

Thanks, Steven, in this brave new world of over-the-table pay-for-play, programs need to strictly enforce written agreements with players. If every agreement is not enforced, large to small, the first time a player being paid six figures or more leaves, one of the 1st objections raised by defense counsel will be selective enforcement. These young people have agents who, at all times, are doing their best for themselves. Not all agents, of course, but unlike the NFL, CFB agents do not have to be approved by the NCAA or any other governing body. The suspect agents couldn't care less about a contractual commitment. 'After all, coaches can leave wherever they want.' A bogus argument because coaching contracts provide for liquidated damages to be paid to a coach's former employer. In the NFL, if a player attempts to transfer outside of the free agency period, his agent would lose his certification, and the cost to the new team between fines and loss of draft picks would be devastating. In CFB, Miami, Ole Miss, and others won't be concerned about poaching until there is a legal precedent, a bargained-for agreement with the athletes, or the College Sports Commission steps up to enforce the terms of the House settlement agreement, or conferences enforce rules against poaching. Congress to the rescue? Hmmmm. Until or if CFB has enforceable rules and regulations, out here in the Fields, you have to make players fight for their meals. 😁 Any Who ...

If I'm listening and watching BTN baseball coverage correctly, yesterday's win makes the Ducks the 3-seed in the B1G tournament in Omaha, and they play Nebraska in the semifinal round if both advance. No. 4 USC would face No. 1 seed UCLA. The top 4 teams have byes into the quarterfinal round. I think? Does any Forum Friend know how the NCAA Baseball Committee views these postseason conference championship games? If you are in the top 16 at the end of the regular season and are hosting 1st-round games, do you move up or down based on conference tournament play? (This assumes you are the baseball equivalent of BYU football, not Alabama 🤬.) Stay healthy, baseball guys; it was sad to see the softball team go down in Eugene with their best player on the bench. Sigh. Thanks again, Charles, for the terrific coverage of the Diamond Ducks.

YES! Suicide squeeze, if you please! 😍😍😍

How lowwww can you go? Sometimes, the Ump is your friend. 😁

Wouldn't it be nice for a team of Ducks to compete in the postseason with all hands healthy and on deck? Mercy!

Please, football gods, especially you Neptune, hold Kiffin under. Saturday Down South3 reasons why LSU will go under its win total in 2026LSU has sky-high expectations in Year 1 under Lane Kiffin, but will the Tigers be able to win big against a daunting schedule?

The Kudos for Danno have been earned and are well deserved - YardbarkerSEC Coach Explains Why Dan Lanning's Oregon Rise Was No A...Oregon Ducks coach Dan Lanning spent years doing the unglamorous work before becoming one of college football’s most talked-about coaches. The success speaks for itself: Since 2023 under Lanning, Oreg

About those TV ratings: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/05/15/notre-dame-football-acc-relationship-cfp-playoff/90083776007/?utm_source=usatoday-sports-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=usatbaseline&utm_term=Content%20List%20-% And, FWIW, last season's champ game between Miami and Indiana drew millions more eyeballs than the Notre Dame vs. Ohio State champ game. If a Super Conference comes about, perhaps left behind Notre Dame and Miami can play a barnstorming tour on YouTube? Are the Irish and Hurricanes brands enough to overcome 'who in Hades wants these narcissists as a partner' behavior?

Rece tears Lane to pieces! 🤪 On3Rece Davis calls out Lane Kiffin for 'completely unnecess...ESPN's Rece Davis called out LSU head coach Lane Kiffin for his "completely unnecessary" comments about Ole Miss to Vanity Fair this week.

Watch Out! Delilah is back and yearning to hack.😁 Larry Brown SportsTrevor Lawrence looks unrecognizable after cutting his ha...Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence looked unrecognizable after cutting his hair for the team's schedule release video this week.

Thank you, Charles! Like discussobd.com, OBD's future is so bright that we all should join Cat Man and put on our shades. 😍 It's a singular honor to have the final article up on what has been a labor of love for you, Charles, and a safe haven to discuss all things having to do with the beloved Ducks. That you have arranged for another pond where we can discuss OBD is special. Thank you! Thank you, friend, MicroBurst 61, for the thought. But IMO, the first article on the new site should be written by Sir Charles or a veteran writer, such as David Marsh, Darren Perkins, Don Marsh, Eric Boles, Mike Whitty, Mike West, someone I've spaced out on, or a posting phenom like NJ Duck, Smith 72, or our own Steven A. Smith. All of our lives have been blessed by having Forum Friends in Eugene and thousands of miles away from Ducks HQ. BEAT BOISE!

Under the current 12-team PO, the home team has to provide 3500 seats for the visiting team, plus seats for a band if brought with, and that's it. The home team keeps all of the ticket and attendant revenue.

Pawallll weighs in - His book, My Conference Can Beat Your Conference, is available at a B1G discount. 😁 https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/paul-finebaum-on-lane-kiffin-s-ole-miss-diversity-comments-this-is-kiffin-trying-to-wipe-ole-miss-off-the-face-of-the-earth/ar-AA23bL24?ocid=msedgdhphdr&cvid=6a06390ee2bf4ae58251f4ec6ed058a0&cvpid=6a063911b6c34b7cbcb36f81