This week on The I-5 Corridor’s Traffic Report, Tyson and Justin revisit some dorm horror stories, wonder why The Athletic doesn’t find much value in Oregon’s football rivalries, outline trophy etiquette, discuss the Pre Classic and dive deep into Justin’s disdain for backup cameras.

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Programming note: As I mention in the podcast, I’ll be teaching at the High School Journalism Institute camp next week on the Oregon State campus. I have a few stories in the can for while I’m away, but just a heads up that things may be on the lighter side for a few days.

Not to worry: I have my tickets booked for Big Ten Media Days in Vegas the week I return, then we’ll be off to the races with training camp coming in hot.

— Tyson Alger, The I-5 Corridor

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It’s the Fourth, but allow us to take you back to Halloween of 2009 on today’s episode of The I-5 Corridor Traffic Report’s Replayables.

It’s a Saturday night. After a dismal start to the Chip Kelly era in Boise, the Ducks have rattled off six straight wins to climb to No. 10 in the nation with No. 4 USC and its seven consecutive Pac-10 titles in town. It’s not the strongest team of the Pete Carrol era, but it’s still USC talent and the Trojans feature the No. 1 overall recruit in the country, Matt Barkley, at quarterback. An early-season shocker to Washington gave the Trojans a limp, but they’ve won four in a row coming into Eugene and might just be a win against these upstart Ducks away from reestablishing the status quo and rejoining the title hunt.

Sure, the Ducks are averaging 38 points per game during their win streak, but there’s no way that fast-paced, gimmicky offense they’re running can hold up against the athletes the Trojans are bringing to town.

Right?

Tyson and Justin look back on today’s episode, plus thoughts on Oregon’s bounce-back week on the recruiting trail.

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(And if you want to watch the game before you listen, here you go.)

— Tyson Alger, The I-5 Corridor

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First, the news: The Portland Trail Blazers selected….Yang Hansen with the No. 16 pick in Wednesday night’s NBA Draft.

No, that’s not the guy from Duke. Hansen is a 7-foot-1 center, dubbed the “Chinese Jokic” on social media and very much a project for a Portland team coming off a 36-46 season.

“Yeah, it might take him a little time, but as he figures o…

This week, Justin and Tyson talk about Oklahoma City hate, what the Lakers’ $10 billion sale means for the Blazers and whether or not the Ducks have developed any rivals in the Big Ten other than Ohio State.

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We’re still a little more than two months away from the start of the 2025 college football season, but we’ve hit the part of the offseason where folks are feeling a bit celebratory.

For Oregon, that means it’s Hall of Fame season. Nationally, former Oregon running back Jonathan Stewart has been selected to be on the 2025 National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame ballot.

Locally, Oregon has released its own list of honorees, with Marcus Mariota and Hroniss Grasu leading the class of athletes to be inducted into the Oregon Hall of Fame this fall.

And while in this week’s episode of The I-5 Corridor’s Traffic Report, Tyson wants to focus in on which players from the last 10 years have a shot to be enshrined as an Oregon immortal, Justin wanted to focus on a coach.

Mark Helfrich, to be specific.

Oh yeah, it’s a take. And you’ll have to listen to the episode to find out just how well it’s supported.

Plus: Oregon vs. the Heat Wave, the Beavers are heading to Omaha and the concern level for Oregon’s WRs post-Evan Stewart injury.

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The beauty of baseball and softball is that, when you’re good, you get to enjoy it for quite a while. The Oregon baseball team played 58 regular-season games. The Oregon softball team played 64 games.

The folly of those two sports is that one can be that good, for that many games, and still watch it end in the blink of an eye. For the Ducks baseball team, it was two-and-out at the Eugene Regional. For the softball team, which reached the Women’s College World Series for the first time in seven years, the Ducks lasted three games in Oklahoma before coming home.

On this week’s Traffic Report, Tyson and Justin put the two programs’ seasons into context, marvel at the year Cal Raleigh is having for the Mariners and share a surprising change of opinion on one of Oregon’s most famous tourist traps.

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Richard Wesley will not be an Oregon Duck.

But don’t expect his commitment video to disappear anytime soon. You may remember Wesley as the 5-star EDGE player who signaled his commitment to Oregon earlier this month by jumping into a pool with a shirtless Dan Lanning.

As it turns out, Lanning taking the shirt off his back doesn’t mean anything in today’s college football world, as Wesley decommitted from the Ducks earlier this week.

Are the Ducks left in the wake of a cannonball gone wrong? Tyson and Justin discuss this, along with postseason baseball and softball, on today’s episode of The I-5 Corridor’s Traffic Report.

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On this week’s episode of The I-5 Corridor’s Traffic Report, I needed a little help from Justin Myers.

See, it’s 2025, which means there’s a lot of “Best 25 [insert noun] of the first 25 years of the century” lists going around. Notably, over at The Athletic they’ve put together lists of the top 25 coaches, players and college football teams of the 2000s.

They have Chip Kelly at No. 24.

They have Marcus Mariota at No. 15.

And, well, I wanted to go a little deeper. So in the spirit of ‘25, I’m putting together The I-5 Corridor’s list of the best 25 Oregon football players since 2000. While the list will come out next week, I needed Justin’s help to figure out where to start.

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It’s happening.

The Portland Trail Blazers are up for sale. And no, Phil Knight isn’t interested.

In this week’s Traffic Report, Tyson and Justin dive into what this means for the franchise and the city. They also recap Sabrina’s return to Eugene, talk far too long about the merits of In-N-Out versus Burgerville and finish up with the one thing Justin just can’t stand about modern television.

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The Oregon Ducks are on a bit of a cold streak. Yes, here on May 8, UO’s 2026 football recruiting class is ranked 21st in the country. And yes, the Ducks have recently watched other schools like Georgia, USC, Ohio State and Washington reel in fish Oregon thought it had on the line.

Is the sky falling in Eugene?

On this week’s episode of The I-5 Corridor’s Traffic Report, Tyson and Justin are here to tell you, no, we’ve all just gone a little mad about modern-day recruiting.

Plus: Our thoughts on the Open Cup format, acceptable pricing for chips and salsa, Oregon baseball’s power surge and Justin’s sleeping college football giant in Tempe.

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