Sitemap - 2025 - Bald Faced Truth by John Canzano
Canzano: Losing hurts like a broken leg
Canzano: The skinny on Oregon State's hiring committee
Photo Gallery: Reser Stadium scene for Oregon State-Lafayette
Photo Gallery: Behind the scenes as Oregon Ducks slam Rutgers
Canzano: Chaos, travel, and trash talk in the wake of a college football week
Canzano: Oregon State storms to first win
Canzano: Oregon Ducks run over Rutgers
Canzano: Larry Williams made an impact
Canzano: Week 8 picks, thoughts, and predictions
Canzano: Tark spoke truth about the NCAA, didn't he?
Canzano: What happens next at Oregon State
Canzano: Monday Mailbag is a doozy... Ducks, Beavers, Rolo, WSU, Jedd Fisch, alien life, and more
Photo Gallery: Indiana tops Oregon Ducks
Canzano: Oregon State AD Scott Barnes sounds off on firing of Trent Bray
Canzano: Oregon State fires Trent Bray
Canzano: Indiana throws wrench in Oregon Ducks' season
Canzano: 1-on-1 talk with Oregon Ducks AD Rob Mullens
Canzano: Week 7 picks, opinions, and projections
Canzano: Fresno? Pac-12?? Brace for the battle cry of uninvited guests
Canzano: Who remembers the star athletes, anyway?
Canzano: 'And miles to go before I sleep'
Canzano: Oregon State is 0-6 and soul-searching
Canzano: Wading into the smoke at Oregon State
Canzano: Week 6 picks, predictions, and can't-miss thoughts
Canzano: Pac-12 v. MW is an elimination game
Canzano: Pac-12 strikes a big victory
Canzano: Shutting the gate on Penn State
Photo Gallery: Oregon Ducks beat Penn State
Canzano: Oregon Ducks paint masterpiece on Penn State's canvas
Canzano: Oregon State kicks another one away
Canzano: Boots on the ground in Happy Valley
Canzano: Week 5 picks, thoughts, and predictions
Canzano: Pac-12 plotting for 2026 football season
Photo Gallery: Oregon Ducks beat Oregon State in Civil War
Canzano: Looking the Civil War in the eyes
Canzano: Platypus Trophy gets ESPN College GameDay stage
Canzano: Week 4 picks, thoughts, and predictions
Canzano: Is UCLA's answer under its nose?
Canzano: How you buy the Trail Blazers for $4.25 billion
Photo Gallery: Oregon beats Northwestern
Canzano: Civil War... could be a Civil Bore
Canzano: Oregon Ducks strike a pose -- again
Canzano: Bill Walton -- and Chip Kelly -- weren't wrong about UCLA
Canzano: A race to the Friday finish line
Canzano: Week 3 picks, thoughts, and predictions
Canzano: Saint Mary's plots, while Pac-12 thinks
Canzano: Nike vs. Adidas -- who ends up right about Penn State?
Photo Gallery: Fresno State beats Oregon State
Photo Gallery: Oregon Ducks ambush Oklahoma State
Canzano: Do not poke the Ducks
Canzano: Focus turns to Oregon State's Trent Bray
Canzano: Football provides education
Canzano: Week 2 picks, predictions, and thoughts
Canzano: College football's billion-dollar question
Canzano: Setting a date with destiny
Photo Gallery: Oregon State's season-opening loss to Cal
Photo Gallery: Oregon Ducks beat Montana State
Canzano: Was Cal that sharp? ... or Oregon State that shaky?
Canzano: Oregon Ducks played loose and free
Canzano: Week 1 picks, predictions, and thoughts
Canzano: UNLV's slap at the Pac-12 raises eyebrows
Canzano: The CW and Pac-12 make TV deal official
Canzano: Monday Mailbag is filled with football... and football... and football
Canzano: College football kicks off with a big hit
Canzano: Addressing a blind spot... or three
Canzano: The CW lined up for new-world Pac-12 football
Canzano: Who's at the wheel of the Trail Blazers sale?
Canzano: Oregon's sports-wagering business booms
Canzano: Billionaire makes plans... Pac-12, Oregon, crime, punishment, a secret caddy, and more
Canzano: Rose Zhang hits PDX with a lesson to teach
Canzano: Trail Blazers under new ownership
Canzano: Mountain West exit-fee mediation "ended up on different planets"
Canzano: Civil War wrangling behind the scenes
Canzano: Empty seats make some noise at Stanford
Canzano: Ding-dong... it's controversy at the door
Canzano: Age is just a number, isn't it?
Canzano: ESPNification of sports world is a somber study
Canzano: Pac-12 strives to close loop on membership, media rights
Canzano: Careful, it's a cut-throat world out there
Canzano: New-look Pac-12 plans to play 18 sports
Canzano: Things overheard in Las Vegas
Canzano: Evolution of Oregon's Dan Lanning on display in Vegas (and his iPhone)
Canzano: Big Ten boss isn't selling Kool-Aid
Canzano: Big questions for Big Ten
Canzano: The Summer of Brotherly Love
Canzano: Rip City gets Damian Lillard back
Canzano: Pac-12 vs. Mountain West poker game takes a turn
Canzano: Monday Mailbag deals with Superman, the Pac-12, Washington, Oregon, and Mountain West
Canzano: A Sunday reminder -- keep your eye on the ball
Canzano: Go to the rodeo? Or have the rodeo come to you?
Canzano: Anti-Duck bias? Or anti-Beaver bias? Or something else?
Canzano: Texas State President and AD talk Pac-12
Five best photos from 50th Prefontaine Classic
Canzano: Lucy was never 'just' a face in the crowd
Canzano: Will the Pac-12 stop at Texas State or keep going?
Canzano: Texas State joins Pac-12 -- what's next?
Canzano: Yang Hansen won the week
Canzano: Pac-12 invites Texas State to join
Canzano: The truth about the Trail Blazers draft-day reach
Canzano: Pac-12 hoops... Oregon recruiting... Big Sky expansion... provide a bounce
Canzano: CBS goes first -- signs on with the Pac-12
Canzano: Cost of die-hard sports fandom is skyrocketing
Canzano: Emptying my notebook on football, basketball, Pac-12, and a four-minute feat
Canzano: Pac-12 remains in a Texas State of mind
Canzano: Pac-12 focus, OSU baseball grit, UNLV's mindset, and a graduation
Canzano: What I learned while my daughter was in college
Canzano: Pac-12 gets down to business
Canzano: Monday Mailbag deals with Oregon State in Omaha, Pac-12 v. MW, P4 power play... and more
Canzano: Mount Rushmore comes into focus
Canzano: This Jack keeps giving back
Canzano: Grown-ups ruin everything, don't they?
Canzano: "Forget just going to Omaha — go win it.”
Canzano: Collisions, dirt balls, and difficult times
Canzano: Mike Leach gets another win
Canzano: Who will stand up to the Big Ten and SEC?
Canzano: A sit down with Oregon Ducks Athletic Director Rob Mullens
Canzano: Sometimes the sports world is for the birds
Canzano: Waiting for smoke as Pac-12 and Mountain West hash it out
Canzano: Loss of college football tradition is a sad casualty
Canzano: Monday Mailbag deals with Pac-12, Oregon's Big Ten baptism, Beavers, Cougars, and more
Canzano: Two truths -- and a lie -- about Trail Blazers sale
Canzano: Sins and ghosts aside... Pac-12 shuts fiscal door on past
Canzano: The umpire hit a home run
Canzano: Trail Blazers on the block -- is Phil Knight a buyer?
Canzano: It's ugly when youth sports coaches fall short
Canzano: Monday Mailbag deals with Pac-12 expansion, MW settlement, baseball, football, and more
Canzano: My Italian grandmother... and her red meat sauce
Canzano: Five 'most important' figures
Canzano: UNLV or Texas State? Amid that, Pac-12 and Mountain West squabble on
Canzano: Will USC and UCLA have Big Ten remorse?
Canzano: America is worried about Bill Belichick
Canzano: Is the smoke lifting for Pac-12?
Canzano: ESPN, CBS, The CW partner with Pac-12
Canzano: Truth about Shedeur Sanders slide in the NFL Draft
Canzano: Oregon's first-world problem on display in spring game
Canzano: NFL Draft reminds that it's good to dream
Canzano: Football for love or the money?
Canzano: Is this the coolest thing you've heard this week?
Canzano: A team. A season. A tragedy.
Canzano: Maalik Murphy raises the ceiling for Oregon State
Canzano: “If we don’t believe in our future, why would they?”
Canzano: Emptying the notebook on media deals, portal traffic, space travel, recruiting, NFL Draft
Canzano: The madness didn't stop in March
Canzano: What are the Trail Blazers and Chauncey Billups thinking?!?
Canzano: Oregon State and Washington State close to TV deal for 2025
Canzano: All eyes on the college QBs in the Pacific Northwest
Canzano: A meeting of the Cams that makes me wonder
Canzano: Emptying the notebook on college football, a big debut, and ending the NCAA
Canzano: A boy, a boat, and a race against time
Canzano: Diving into a bowl of lobster bisque
Canzano: Next Pac-12 expansion bite getting a little clarity
Canzano: Madness unfolds before our eyes
Canzano: Sizing up USC's race with Oregon
Canzano: A sensei never stops teaching
Canzano: "Gonzaga is deeper than one or two people -- it’s a place."
Photo Gallery: Oregon Ducks beat Liberty in NCAA Tournament
Canzano: A win -- and a walk -- for Oregon and Dana Altman
Canzano: Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge may help foot bill for Portland MLB stadium
Canzano: Let the madness begin
Canzano: Sorting out Pac-12 expansion
Canzano: Ritchie McKay says he got 'over' himself
Canzano: Mountain West plays on with UNLV question in the air
Canzano: John Feinstein kept it real
Canzano: Are Dana Altman and the Ducks about to steal the Big Ten Tournament?
Canzano: Oregon State never stopped believing
Canzano: Here's to another year working for you
Canzano: Monday Mailbag deals with Pac-12's next move, UNLV, Ducks, Beavers, Fresno State, and more
Canzano: 'Ride-or-Die' looked like a blast
Canzano: Oregon State stands by Wayne Tinkle
Canzano: March is Saint Mary's time to shine... for Pac-12?
Canzano: Pac-12 expansion debate goes on field trip to Las Vegas
Canzano: Legend of Payton Pritchard grows
Canzano: Mud slinging (just a little) in the MW vs. Pac-12 battle
Canzano: All Portland needs is a nod from MLB
Canzano: Dana Altman's words are music
Canzano: Pac-12 media rights, MW mediation play, and WCC fires a shot
Canzano: Are we talking about the same Larry Scott?
Canzano: Oregon State and Washington State hold final nod on Pac-12 moves
Canzano: Gambling, wild news, and bad timing
Canzano: There's no quit in Dana Altman
Canzano: Boise State making no small plans
Canzano: Boise State is the first stop
Canzano: Monday Mailbag deals with Pac-12 road trips, expansion, Ducks-Huskies, NBA, and more
Canzano: The legend of Wilbur Huckle
Canzano: Will the Pac-12 take a private investment plunge?
Canzano: There's no day like a snow day
Canzano: Saint Mary's plays big... while Pac-12 plots
Canzano: Monday Mailbag deals with Pac-12 options, Dana Altman, Blazers... and Las Vegas
Canzano: America loves a winner (but not as much as China)
Canzano: Washington State's mission starts at the top
Canzano: A last dance worth watching
Canzano: Sunday thoughts, facts, and opinions
Canzano: Pac-12 expansion options interchangeable?
Canzano: “Why would I want to play for these idiots?”
Canzano: New-world Pac-12 ADs plot at headquarters
Canzano: Monday Mailbag deals with blind spots, warming seats, UNLV, and the Pac-12's thinking
Canzano: Swinging a stick at a youth sports myth
Canzano: 'Power Four' proposal is madness
Canzano: Utah State AD talks about joining Pac-12
Photo Gallery: Ohio State beats Notre Dame in CFP title game
Canzano: Ohio State's title win gives Chip Kelly a full-circle moment
Canzano: Monday Mailbag delivered from the CFP igloo in Atlanta
Canzano: A peek behind the College Football Playoff curtain
Canzano: Chip Kelly back in form -- throwing barbs
Canzano: Oregon State makes noise against Gonzaga
Canzano: CFP title-game pick... and way-too-early 2025 predictions
Canzano: Pac-12 punches back in legal clash vs. Mountain West
Canzano: Monday Mailbag deals with Oregon football, WSU, OSU baseball, Pac-12, and more
Canzano: Oregon State dug ($1.5 million) deep to get Maalik Murphy
Canzano: Pac-12 windfall details... and looming expansion bite
Canzano: Thoughts, picks, and opinions on the College Football Playoff semifinals
Canzano: A teachable moment -- and a reader survey
Canzano: "Kids do not care" ... and a dozen other college football views
Photo Gallery: Ohio State beats Oregon Ducks in Rose Bowl
Canzano: Oregon Ducks knocked out by Ohio State -- work to do