Khavanon
When he asked you where you wanted to go, were you thrilled or maybe a little scared since it was unexpected?
Same. Best non-vacation week of the year for me.
Bo Nix announced he will play in the Fiesta Bowl.
Scoot Henderson has a career winning record of 5-4 and has won five of his last six games. Without Scoot, Blazers are 1-8.
I don't think the committee could reward a team with a playoff spot for losing a H2H and then not playing in a conference title game the following week if the team that beat them lost said title game and was left out. That would be a terrible precident to set. Any scenario where Ohio State qualifies should also require Michigan to qualify.
I think FSU, Texas, and Alabama would have to lose, and maybe even Oregon to be safe, depending on how you rate a one-loss Washington against OSU.
And then the transfer portal will follow and deplete them further. Oregon State football is pretty much toast. I've had a lot of feelings about the Pac-12 saga, but now with 108 seasons of Pac-12 football as we knew it over with forever, and with what's to come for the Beavs and WSU, I'm sick to my stomach.
Yeah, the Pac have created their own mini circle of suck among the one-loss teams, so head-to-head "transitive wins/losses" no longer apply:
Oregon State > Utah > UCLA > WSU > Oregon State
Just using Oregon's schedule, we're playing every team in the conference within the first two years except Nebraska. Wisconsin and Washington twice, with Washington a protected rivalry, and then finally Nebraska the next two years. It'll be weird not playing almost all the same teams every year.
In 2024:
- Michigan vs Texas, Oregon, USC, OSU, Washington.
- USC vs LSU, Notre Dame, Michigan, Washington, Penn State.
The Blazers welcomed Brogdon on Twitter (they didn't welcome Jrue), so they might keep him for now. It seemed he was unhappy when the Celtics announced that Derrick White was going to start over him after Smart was traded, so I don't know why he'd want to backup Scoot. Unless he's not going to backup Scoot, then I'd have to ask what the hell the Blazers are doing. But if he turns out to be okay with it, I'd be more than happy to keep him.
(Edit): They just announced that he's wearing 92, so it looks like he's staying for now.
Portland needs a back up point guard to replace him and some forward depth. Right now they've got seven other rotation players not including him, not yet knowing what they have in Kris Murray or second year Jabari Walker:
- Scoot
- Sharpe
- Simons
- Thybulle
- Grant
- Time Lord
- Ayton
Everyone else is super raw except for Knox, who probably won't get much better than he is. But perhaps they're more concerned with developing that raw talent than with depth right now, since expectations aren't necessarily going to be measured in wins this year. I guess we'll know once they trade him.