I'm uneasy about losing Finau and Henning. I don't think we should write off losing veteran quality depth. HOWEVA - let me go ahead and sprinkle some copium on this. Our OL got WAY better this year with a real OL coach. Seeing what Brennan Carroll did in Las Vegas makes me wonder what the heck...
Carroll struck me as being completely uninterested in actually doing his job. Offered absolutely zero personality, insight, work ethic, etc. Riding the coat tails of every famous name in his rolodex.
I meant that Nike is partnering with the ducks regardless of potential ROI (there is none) because of their special relationship. They are spending even though there isn't ROI. Not many companies are willing to do that, Nike is because of uncle Phil.
A guy like Ballmer is clearly the type you'd need.
Also - Amazon, Starbucks, Microsoft, Alaska Airlines....These companies have minted THOUSANDS of millionaires in the Seattle area. I find it so hard to believe that there aren't a few dozen that have $300-$500 million that could pool some...
Agreed. And this type of donor IS NOT A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY, unless of course you have the type of "special relationship," that Nike has with Oregon.
All of the other schools have billionaires that have cashed out of their companies and now have playground/sandbox money that they can throw...
What ROI is there for companies to pay a kid with regional name recognition millions only for the kid to leave the region after one season? That's the problem with this whole NIL thing. The actual players with true national recognition that would justify any sort of REAL endorsement deal with...
Replacing experience with true freshman year doesn't mean we're, "building with high school recruiting," it means we're a feeder school to grown up programs. Someone please tell Judd.
Bo Nix is a solid example. I'm not sure it holds up across the board though. Seems like kind of a mixed bag. Here is what chatGPT gave me for top 10 QB starts in college:
QuarterbackApprox. Games Started (Career)
Bo Nix – Auburn / Oregon61 (NCAA record) (12 News)
Dillon Gabriel – UCF /...