12 minutes ago, HudGar1922 said:

basically dell doesn’t invest enough 

I know, the dang fool spent all his spare change on the Dell Medical School. 

Talk about misplaced priorities!

1 hour ago, Joe Zura said:

Oregon you say 

Oh boy!  Here we go.....

On 6/30/2024 at 11:40 AM, Anthony Cline said:

Awesome game environment, great facilities, beautiful woman,NIL, top program, fun city…

Awesome game environment - their stadium's capacity is 54,000.  That's indicative of the interest in Oregon Football in Oregon.

..but go on, "do something different".

Oregon has always played the game legally or illegally. Their coach is good, but they will not win big in the B1G compared to the Pac 12

4 hours ago, Neil Leininger said:

Oregon has always played the game legally or illegally. Their coach is good, but they will not win big in the B1G compared to the Pac 12

Disagree. 

On 6/30/2024 at 5:06 AM, Lavalulu said:

Oregon has won out on the key recruits I. This cycle.  EAS video game seems to rank Oregon higher in several categories.  Other than $$$ what in the world is making Oregon attractive to recruits?  (Asking for a friend)

Everybody loved this coach when he said “They're playing for clicks, we're playing for wins.” 

I concur with Bobby. I would further add that he has a definite personality that attracts people. He’s an Alpha.

On 6/30/2024 at 3:06 PM, Lavalulu said:

Oregon has won out on the key recruits I. This cycle.  EAS video game seems to rank Oregon higher in several categories.  Other than $$$ what in the world is making Oregon attractive to recruits?  (Asking for a friend)

Thinking that you have answered your own question. Knight's checkbook is WIDE open with no spending limit 

 

I will give you that the Oregon coach is better than Jimbo Fisher, but when recruits are taking the money over the school, then it hardly works out. You can't buy a locker room culture, though Oregon thinks you can.

59 minutes ago, Neil Leininger said:

I will give you that the Oregon coach is better than Jimbo Fisher, but when recruits are taking the money over the school, then it hardly works out. You can't buy a locker room culture, though Oregon thinks you can.

MaT thought the same.  didn't work out so well for them did it?  $70M later........

At least they have Jimbo's national championship trophy to brag about.......oh wait!.....nevermind.🤣

1 hour ago, Neil Leininger said:

I will give you that the Oregon coach is better than Jimbo Fisher, but when recruits are taking the money over the school, then it hardly works out. You can't buy a locker room culture, though Oregon thinks you can.

It only doesn’t work out when you have a guy who doesn’t instill culture. Lanning is a big time coach and runs his program the right way. He learned from one of the best and he’s disciplined. Recruits have been going to schools for decades for under the table cash and those players were winning titles at schools like Clemson, Alabama, and Ohio St. 

 

I wish Texas fans a whole would stop this talk about mercenaries and that. It’s the landscape, you think there aren’t guys on our current roster who chose us for a NIL package? 

Edited July 14, 20242 yr by Hashtag

21 hours ago, CoachBobbyFinstock said:

NIL is  the biggest reason 

They have always had the flashy uniforms. 
 
 

Speaking as someone that's worked in education 10+ years I can tell that whenever I asked kids who their favorite college teams were it was always the same answers. For basketball it was Kentucky or Duke and for football it was always Oregon and Alabama. The Alabama reason was obvious but all the kids loved the Oregon uniforms and all their variations. Now with NIL and the even deeper affiliation with Nike, Oregon being kids' favorite schools is now translating to commitments imo.

10 minutes ago, GQ03 said:

Speaking as someone that's worked in education 10+ years I can tell that whenever I asked kids who their favorite college teams were it was always the same answers. For basketball it was Kentucky or Duke and for football it was always Oregon and Alabama. The Alabama reason was obvious but all the kids loved the Oregon uniforms and all their variations. Now with NIL and the even deeper affiliation with Nike, Oregon being kids' favorite schools is now translating to commitments imo.

No accounting for taste at that age!!! 🤣🤣

1 hour ago, Adam Lane said:

No accounting for taste at that age!!! 🤣🤣

I can say as a kid I was a big fan of Cincinnati basketball coached by Bob Huggins because of their uniforms and relationship with Jordan brand in the late 90s/early 2000s.

9 hours ago, Hashtag said:

Lanning is a big time coach and runs his program the right way.  

He's been a head coach for two years.  He was a DC for two years under Kirby Smart (in other words, he had a pretty easy DC job).

I don't think we necessarily know what type of coach Lanning is or how he runs his program.  In fact, it looks like he may be running his program a lot like Jimbo.  

 

37 minutes ago, horns96 said:

He's been a head coach for two years.  He was a DC for two years under Kirby Smart (in other words, he had a pretty easy DC job).

I don't think we necessarily know what type of coach Lanning is or how he runs his program.  In fact, it looks like he may be running his program a lot like Jimbo.  

 

This is copium at its finest. You sound brain dead trying to compare the two. 

11 hours ago, Hashtag said:

This is copium at its finest. You sound brain dead trying to compare the two. 

How about you simply saying, You respectfully disagree instead of insulting the guy.  Is it really necessary?  From the outside it is really tough to read that statement and not be uncomfortable.  Hook'em!

On 7/13/2024 at 7:06 PM, horns96 said:

Awesome game environment - their stadium's capacity is 54,000.  That's indicative of the interest in Oregon Football in Oregon.

..but go on, "do something different".

I’ve played there.  It’s a great environment.   

On 6/30/2024 at 8:06 AM, Lavalulu said:

Oregon has won out on the key recruits I. This cycle.  EAS video game seems to rank Oregon higher in several categories.  Other than $$$ what in the world is making Oregon attractive to recruits?  (Asking for a friend)

The Uniform combinations. 

It’s a pretty attractive place to play. Hip, young, plenty of opportunities outside of football. 

Easy. They have a duck as the mascot.  
 

I’m pretty sure that campus has its fair share of hot chicks. Not sure what some of you are taking about with regard to that.

 

On 6/30/2024 at 8:27 AM, smokeyiii said:

They have a likeable and good coach, ace recruiters and “lit” uniforms. 

Their real uniforms are so bad that they don't even know what their next weekend uniforms will look like.

On 7/29/2024 at 10:42 PM, CJ Vogel said:

It’s a pretty attractive place to play. Hip, young, plenty of opportunities outside of football. 

In Eugene?  Waco has many more opportunities.

On 6/30/2024 at 8:06 AM, Lavalulu said:

Oregon has won out on the key recruits I. This cycle.  EAS video game seems to rank Oregon higher in several categories.  Other than $$$ what in the world is making Oregon attractive to recruits?  (Asking for a friend)

Love affair with dinero.

On 7/15/2024 at 10:45 AM, Adam Lane said:

How about you simply saying, You respectfully disagree instead of insulting the guy.  Is it really necessary?  From the outside it is really tough to read that statement and not be uncomfortable.  Hook'em!

Thank you Adam, well said.