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The historic arena came to be synonymous with UO, but what’s going on with it now?

If you’ve watched “Moneyball,” you know there’s a school of thought in professional baseball that uses player offensive statistics to try and put together winning teams. You don’t have to be Billy Bean (or Brad Pitt for that matter) to understand that - no matter if it’s baseball or softball - if more players get more hits, draw more walks or otherwise reach base more often, your team has a better chance of scoring runs and winning games.

During the 2023 Pac-12 season, Oregon improved across the board in key offensive statistics and this, combined with improvements in pitching and defense, allowed the Ducks to improve from a 10 - 14 Conference record in 2022 to

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Big Ten football fans might have a few more current Pac-12 teams to watch if recent conference realignment rumors are to be believed.

In 2024, the Big Ten will welcome two current Pac-12 teams to the league. It feels like it’s been a very long wait to see USC and UCLA join the B1G. If new rumors are accurate, it might not be that long before two more Pac-12 squads join the conference.

Paul Finebaum talked about what he thinks will continue to be a busy conference realignment season.

Rivalries take a lot of different forms in the world of college football. I could reasonably argue that the Oregon Ducks have a handful of rivals, and each answer is respectable.

If you’re talking about the team that Duck fans despise the most, it’s probably the Washington Huskies. The team that it hurts most to lose to is probably Oregon State. Off the field, when fighting for national recognition and, more recently, recruiting success, USC is Oregon’s biggest rival. If we’re talking about the team that has gotten in the Ducks’ way the most over the past half-decade, I’d say it’s the Utah Utes who are Oregon’s biggest foe.

The Ducks have many rivals in the Pac-12, and heading into our final year of the conference as we know it before USC and UCLA take off for the Big Ten, we wanted to answer the question once and for all…

Who is Oregon’s biggest rival?

He's a nightmare for opponents, a B student who volunteers in the community, and a fast, physical disruptor at linebacker and defensive end. At Cherry Creek High School in Green Valley Ranch, Colorado, Oregon freshman Blake Purchase won four straight 5A state championships. As a senior, they named him Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year.

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Carly Eidam is seen in an undated selfie she took at the grave of her brother, former Oregon Ducks tight end Spencer Webb. A year after Webb's death, Eidam continues to search for items that belonged to her brother and do what she can to forge any relationship she still can, even in his memory.

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It all starts with the quarterback, and unless something abnormal takes place, it usually ends with the quarterback as well. The 2023 season in the Pac-12 is going to be defined by quarterback play, with some of the best passers in the nation getting set out west to try and end the conference drought in the College Football Playoff.

There are three sure-fire Heisman Trophy contenders, with a fourth or fifth hanging around the fringes. There are offensive masterminds scattered throughout the landscape ready to dial up shots down the field. There’s a chance that, in the final year of the Pac-12 as we know it, we are going to see a better display of quarterback play than we ever have before.

So who are the guys that you need to pay attention to and keep on your radar as we get set for fall camp to begin in a couple of weeks? Here’s who we are looking at:

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CDL to bring Nixs and Bassa

My favorite part is the person that claims that Mario was brought for his gameday/ on- the- field capabilities and not his ability to bring in big time cruits.

Nice to see the O in there with the premium brands in college football for these recruits. Truly a national program.

Haven't heard much about him on the boards. Looks to be a Utah/U$C thing.

Hythloday1's film review of OL Transfer Nishad Strother’s three seasons as a starting guard at East Carolina before transferring to Oregon.

“They see me playing inside linebacker and want to use me how they used Noah Sewell. It’s called their ‘money’ backer and I like the fit a lot. You get to move around, play in space, blitz, you’re not just sitting inside the box so I like the fit a lot.”

Oregon landed a commitment from 4-star linebacker Kamar Mothudi. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Los Alamitos (Calif.) standout is the No. 246 overall prospect in the ’24 class and the No. 25 linebacker.

Bulldogs and Ducks in it for J.Williams

Coach Eric Boyles breakdown of Will Stein's schemes. This is one of a series of articles on Fishduck by Boyles about Stein's Oregon offence.

Hythloday1's fantastic breakdown of the 2023 football roster from ATQ (it's a website).