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Oregon Ducks (aka U of Nike)

Eh, couple of those nine the Bucks claim are tainted. Most of Michigan’s are from the era of pure speculation, and Alabama owns the rights to participation trophies.
Its one thing to claim a title from the 50s because they awarded it before the bowl game or because there were 3 teams with the same record or whatever. Its loser shit to try to claim one in the first year of a legitimate playoff and you didn't make the final.

They’re not wrong.
I wish they fuckin would. Be hilarious to see Hartlines tweets telling them to eat shit
 
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Dan Lanning’s Oregon Faces Fresh Tampering Allegations Against OSU After Boise State Staffer’s Blunt Accusations

What’s worse than luring away top-tier talent? Luring away top-tier talent in ways that can be deemed unethical. Unfortunately, Dan Lanning and his team now find themselves in that exact situation right now, as multiple reports have been cropping up alleging some wild tampering schemes going on in the Oregon Ducks’ front office.

The controversy first reared its head in January this year, when Boise State offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter leveled some serious allegations. During an appearance on the KTIK Idaho Sports Talk Show with Mike Prater and John Mallory, Koutter said that Lanning’s team immediately tried to get some Boise State players after the latter lost the Penn State Lions in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinals (31-14) in December last year.
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Now add to that the current allegations, and the Ducks front office seems like they’ll soon find themselves in a pickle…

On February 27, during the Menace 2 Sports podcast, host Kris Drew began, “Oregon contacted five or six current players to get them into the portal and offered them more than double of what their General rate was, and what Ohio was paying him. And it feels like, per this bucknuts reporter, that they are going through some of the top teams and offering as much money as possible to get guys to leave and come to Oregon. Because they are desperate to win a championship and desperate to be one of the big boys. Do you believe in the validity of this? Do you think that they really are offering double [of] what the market value is?”

To this Zach Smith responded, “I believe they’re tampering, but I don’t believe they’re offering double market value. Like, we would have seen at least a couple players take that, maybe not from Ohio State. They’re certainly not only doing it to Ohio State…I’m sure Ryan Williams got that offer. I’m sure some of the nation’s elites also got contacted. And if that was true, double market value, you’d see at least one…massive name hit the portal and go to Oregon and we didn’t see that.”

This raises a bigger question—Is Oregon feeling the heat after their Rose Bowl embarrassment against Ohio State?

Ryan Day‘s Buckeyes didn’t just beat Oregon. They dismantled them with a 41-21 victory, ending their undefeated season and unceremoniously kicking them out of the playoff picture. Zach Smith and Kris Drew debated whether the Ducks were desperate or just doing business in this new era of NIL-driven roster building. Both believe this doesn’t stem from desperation. But one thing’s for sure: they’re throwing money as bait, as seen from Boise State’s case.
 
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