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Oregon Ducks (aka U of Nike)

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gmen6981 said:
Damn! Stay safe out there. Isn't the fire creeping up on Portland?
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It was. The entire county over from Portland proper was under some evacuation level. Thankfully the winds that were driving the fires northwest to the suburbs died down significantly through the weekend. We've had the worst air quality of any major city for the last couple days. We've been fortunate all things considered.
 
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Oregon Ducks approve new 6-year, $27M deal for football coach Mario Cristobal

University of Oregon trustees on Thursday unanimously approved a new six-year, $27 million contract for Ducks coach Mario Cristobal.

The agreement extends Cristobal's original contract by two years through the 2025 season. His salary will increase from $2.7 million to $4.3 million in January, and the coach will earn an average of $4.55 million during the term.

Cristobal could also trigger a $5 million option for the 2026 season if the Ducks either: win nine regular-season games in 2021, '22 or '23; win 10 games in 2024; or win the Pac-12 North in any of those four seasons.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...-year-27m-deal-football-coach-mario-cristobal

Just sayin': The timing makes you wonder if he leveraged the open Auburn head coaching job for a new contract.
 
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It's interesting that Gene Smith retweeted this ↓ tweet.



At Knight’s prompting, Hatfield created a piece of art featuring star Ducks defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux, and turned it into a non-fungible token, a digital art piece that Thibodeaux could sell. It shows him in three different poses, his name stretched big across the background and Hatfield’s signature scribbled into the corner. The Ducks player announced the NFT* on July 6 and has listed it on marketplace Opensea, where editions are selling for 0.045 ETH (around $89.12) each.

Though Hatfield and Knight are inextricably linked with Nike, the collaboration between them and Thibodeaux on the NFT does not involve Nike in any way—the brand hasn’t offered a public stance on the NCAA rule changes.

For the sportswear execs, two men who have given considerable money and energy to the University of Oregon, it is a move toward creating a more reciprocal relationship for athletes who bring in money at top schools without reaping direct financial benefits. They are keen here to play just within the rules, even though neither made history by adhering closely to them. Knight is more cunning than his bored, set gaze suggests, and Hatfield can be brazen, operating with a level of independence afforded by his storied career.

Their work with Thibodeaux is a hopeful experiment, a suggestion that talent at universities like Oregon deserve more than room, board, and tuition.

“Everybody else is making—everybody else meaning the advertisers, the NCAA, the coaches—they’re all making millions and millions of dollars,” Hatfield says. “So Phil Knight has really been driving this particular project. And he called me up and said, ‘We’ve got to do something.’”

* non-fungible token, a digital art piece

 
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Remade in Mario Cristobal's image, Oregon aims to muscle its way into the College Football Playoff

The Ducks are clear Pac-12 favorites entering a defining season for the league

That DNA gives Oregon the best chance of representing the Pac-12 in the College Football Playoff. It's been five years since the conference nosed its way into CFP. To heap more pressure on Oregon, it has become the Pac-12's flagship program.

"I had a tough time digesting it in my simplicity mindset," Cristobal said. "I never, and we will never, see ourselves as a program with bullseye on us, a target on us."

Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...le-its-way-into-the-college-football-playoff/
 
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ExpatAkronite said:
The closest one stalled in the Cascade foothills about 25 miles away. It will probably burn until winter (doesn't seem like we're getting rid of this smoke anytime soon). Lot of small towns out there still on various levels of alert.
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How/where are the ducks practicing? Are they actually thinking of opening the season on Saturday? I'm thinking they cancel the game in Columbus.
 
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And you thought that scUM was the only school that had a lot of transfers...
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How Oregon transfers, former signees fared in Week 1

Braxton Burmeister, QB Virginia Tech: 12 of 19 for 169 yards with touchdown and interception and nine carries for 42 yards and a touchdown in 17-10 win over No. 10 UNC

Tyler Shough, QB Texas Tech: 17 of 24 for 231 yards and a touchdown and six carries for 23 yards and a touchdown

Terry Wilson, QB New Mexico: 21 of 27 for 179 yards and three touchdowns and nine carries for 54 yards in 27-17 win over Houston Baptist

Brenden Schooler, DB Texas: Three tackles in 38-18 win over Louisiana

Cyrus Habibi-Likio, RB Boise State: 12 carries for 23 yards and three catches for three yards in 36-31 loss to UCF

Valentino Daltoso, OL Cal: Started on offensive line for offense with 153 rushing yards and 177 passing yards in 22-17 loss to Nevada

Darrian Felix, RB USF: Eight carries for 21 yards and two catches for 13 yards in 45-0 loss to NC State

Daewood Davis, WR WKU: Two catches for 83 yards and a touchdown in 59-21 win over UT Martin

Kahlef Hailassie, DB WKU: One tackle in 59-21 win over UT Martin

Jayvaun Wilson, RB UNLV: One carry for nine yards in 35-33 overtime loss to Eastern Washington

Isaac Slade-Matautia, LB SMU: Played but did not record a statistic in 56-9 win over Abilene Christian

Cale Millen, QB NAU: 2 of 3 for 19 yards and a touchdown and five carries for 17 yards in 42-16 loss to Sam Houston State

MJ Cunningham, LB Butler CC: Four tackles with .5 sacks in 50-28 loss to Independence

Isaac Townsend, OLB Wisconsin: Did not play in 16-10 loss to Penn State

JR Waters, WR Southern Utah: Did not play in 41-14 loss to Arizona State

Entire article: https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2021/09/how-oregon-transfers-former-signees-fared-in-week-1.html
 
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