Oregon: A powerhouse... of economics

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I don't think you need a great business model to succeed when you have a billionaire giving you money hand over fist.
 
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yont sum iss? said:
I don't think you need a great business model to succeed when you have a billionaire giving you money hand over fist.
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The money and connection to Nike are obviously important aspects of their success, but the marketing strategy with the multiple uniforms was actually a very intelligent move on their part. They don't have any football tradition, so it's not like they ran the possibility of offending their traditional fanbase, and some players coming out of high school care more about style and hype than they care about what a school did in prior decades (The target audience is, after all, 17-18 years old on average). They saw an opportunity and used the resources that were available to create a distinct competitive advantage in branding and recruiting. That's pretty much business strategy 101.
 
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A lot of different things. Plenty of people have donated more money than Knight has to Oregon and their football teams pretty much suck. Just knowing that it's in connection with Nike does a lot I think. They know their gonna be taken care of. Not to mention, Oregon's green light approach to extreme weirdness lol. The jersey's, the basketball court etc! Plus, Kelly runs an offense that attracts kids. It's fast pace and they score a ton of points. Would be hard to turn that down if they called!
 
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milohimself said:
Incorrect and ridiculous, but good effort.
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I'm not completely sold on Stanford after Harbaugh's departure and losing half their starters (most notably their top 2 receivers and most of their OL) they could be in for a world of hurt.

USC could be on pure talent alone.

After LSU... that's pretty much it.


Last year they played 2 not including the BCSNCG. In 2009 they played 3. So saying "they play 1 or 2 Top 25 teams a year" isn't that far off base and it's definitely not "ridiculous".
 
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First&Tenn said:
The money and connection to Nike are obviously important aspects of their success, but the marketing strategy with the multiple uniforms was actually a very intelligent move on their part. They don't have any football tradition, so it's not like they ran the possibility of offending their traditional fanbase, and some players coming out of high school care more about style and hype than they care about what a school did in prior decades (The target audience is, after all, 17-18 years old on average). They saw an opportunity and used the resources that were available to create a distinct competitive advantage in branding and recruiting. That's pretty much business strategy 101.
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They can have all those uniforms because Nike is bankrolling their program. Doubt they were the first ones to think of it. They just have the connections to make it happen.
 
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DC Vol said:
I'm not completely sold on Stanford after Harbaugh's departure and losing half their starters (most notably their top 2 receivers and most of their OL) they could be in for a world of hurt.

USC could be on pure talent alone.

After LSU... that's pretty much it.


Last year they played 2 not including the BCSNCG. In 2009 they played 3. So saying "they play 1 or 2 Top 25 teams a year" isn't that far off base and it's definitely not "ridiculous".
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It's not ridiculous, it's the truth. Oregon only played ONE team last year in the regular season that had more than 8 wins. That was Stanford who was the ONLY team they beat that finished ranked in the top 25. And Stanford didn't even earn that top 25 ranking, they beat ZERO ranked teams in the regular season.
 
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