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Dear Mr. Football: Not counting Nike's recent $100 million pledge to the Oregon athletic department, do the Ducks make more money than all Pac-10 schools?

A: The U.S. Department of Education this week revealed athletic department revenue figures for the 2006-07 school year. The Ducks are not No. 1 in the Pac-10; in fact they are not close.

Here are the Pac-10 figures, which do not include private schools USC and Stanford, both of whom do their shopping without worrying about price tags.

1) UCLA, $61.3 million; 2) Washington, $59.6 million; 3) ASU, $53.5 million; 4) Cal, $52.7 million; 5) Oregon, $50.5 million; 6) Oregon State, $45.4 million; 7) Arizona, $45.3 million; 8) WSU, $31.9 million.

Dear Mr. Football: So why does everyone complain that Swoosh U., has an unfair financial advantage?

A: Because the Ducks spent $98 million to re-do Autzen Stadium in 2002 and because they spent roughly $40 million to build central athletic department offices, an indoor practice facility and the most notorious, over-the-top football locker room in college sports.

Then they hired a billionaire insurance salesman, sans college degree, to be their athletic director and had no difficulty giving the old AD — who built the above facilities — $2 million to go away and be quiet.

Dear Mr. Football: How cognizant are Oregon players about their Nike connection?

A: The Ducks' leading receiver, Jaison Williams, printed an expletive on one of his gloves for the Nov. 3 ASU game. Unfortunately, the bad word was readable, in focus, in a Nov. 4 photograph in the Eugene Register-Guard.

In his open apology to those who saw the photo, Williams told the newspaper, "I'd also like to apologize because I know that it puts a negative brand awareness on Nike.''

Dear Mr. Football: Are the Ducks trying to buy quarterback Dennis Dixon the Heisman?

A: They did purchase a $25,000 commercial on ESPN and are scheduled to run that spot each week until the Heisman balloting is complete. The ad is no longer necessary; in a sport hungry for a name that is not in a USC or Florida uniform, Dixon is a refreshing presence.

Dear Mr. Football: What are the chances Dixon struggles tonight, stage fright, perhaps, and loses rather than wins the Heisman in Tucson?

A: Arizona has played against five Heisman Trophy winners. Their numbers were astonishingly good.

Reggie Bush averaged 8 yards a carry, rushing for 110, in a 42-21 dismantling of Arizona in 2005; the Trojans gained (gasp) 724 yards. Matt Leinart threw for three touchdowns in a 49-9 win (and 585 more USC yards) in 2004.

More? USC's Marcus Allen rushed for 211 yards against Arizona in 1981, a shocking 13-10 Arizona victory over the No.1 Trojans. And USC's Charles White had 167 rushing yards and another 44 receiving in a 34-7 blowout in 1979.

In 1992 at the Orange Bowl, quarterback Gino Torretta passed for 289 yards as No. 1 Miami held on to beat Desert Swarm 8-7. But unlike Dixon, Torretta was immobile, sacked five times while playing against what was the nation's No. 1 defense.

Dear Mr. Football: Is Oregon's first-year offensive coordinator Chip Kelly any smarter than Arizona's Sonny Dykes?

A: If Willie Tuitama could run 40 yards in 4.5 seconds and put a move on a safety the way Vince Young puts a move on a safety, Dykes, not Kelly, would be this year's hot new name in college football.

Alas, Tuitama was blessed with an NFL-equipped throwing arm and is one-dimensional in a sport increasingly given over to the Dixons, Youngs and Jake Lockers.

Dear Mr. Football: Did Oregon really find Kelly in New Hampshire? Or is that a typo?

A: The entry-level jobs of Pac-10 offensive coordinators are fascinating. Kelly started at Johns Hopkins University, leading to his only other pre-Oregon job, at New Hampshire. Dykes' first football coaching job was at Pearce (Texas) High School.

More? Washington's Tim Lappano started at Ferris (Idaho) High School, Stanford's David Shaw began at small-school University of San Diego, USC's Steve Sarkisian opened at El Camino (Calif.) Junior College, UCLA's Jay Norvell was at Northern Iowa, Cal's Jim Michalczik at Montana State and Oregon State's Danny Langsdorf at Cal Lutheran.

Dear Mr. Football: Does Arizona have to score more than 30 points to win tonight?

A: Yes. Maybe 50.

Washington defensive coordinator Kent Baer, who has occupied the same role at Notre Dame, Cal, Stanford and ASU, last month told Seattle reporters, "that's maybe the most explosive offense I've ever seen. They take the spread offense to a different level; it's what everybody is going to go to.''

Baer said the only team that has the defensive personnel to "play Oregon well'' is USC because "they're physical up front and have good safties.''

USC lost to Oregon 24-17 and was unable to do any damage to Dixon. He carried 17 times for 80 yards and passed 25 times yet was sacked but once. That means, in 42 plays, USC was able to neutralize Dixon once.

Pray for rain.