With the storm settled here for the time being, Tyson and Shane regrouped to recap college football’s hurricane of a weekend. The Washington Huskies have a new coach, Arizona needs to find one and Dan Lanning’s stock continues to soar as the Big Ten era is officially upon us. The two discuss this, along with Oregon basketball’s win over Cal and the first episode of True Detective season four in this week’s Traffic Report.  For more, listen to this podcast in the player above or find us over on Apple or Spotify.The I-5 Corridor is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.i-5corridor.com/subscribe

Hope everyone is settling in for this storm. Then again, with no plans to hit I-5 for an interview with a Heisman hopeful this week, you can likely expect clear skies and moderate tempts. Now that was a trip. Some say he’s still stuck out there on the Corridor. Anyway, a little different podcast this week. Shane and I recorded a Traffic Report on Wednesday, right before the collective college football and NFL news cycles lost their minds. I had a few stories to write and quickly found that Shane and my efforts were a bit dated. It also didn’t help that I spent a fair amount of my Thursday afternoon taking advantage of a little creative energy. More on that Tuesday. Teaser: Your subscriptions are about to get better. So, podcast: We’re going to run this interview with Dusty Harrah from 1080 the Fan that was originally going to be exclusive for subscribers. Dusty shared some great insight into his year as Oregon’s sideline reporter in 2023, his interactions with Dan Lanning and his time as an assistant football coach at Banks High School. But things really get good when we start talking about Oregon’s burger wars. Dusty is the son of former Oregon running back Andy Harrah, who is also the former owner of Helvetia Tavern. Dusty literally came home from the hospital to one of Portland’s best burger bars and he shares some great stories about his dad’s battles with Steve Stanich for the best burger throne. Stay safe out there this weekend. — Tyson Alger, The I-5 CorridorThe I-5 Corridor is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.i-5corridor.com/subscribe

Turns out, Oregon might have been pretty good in 2023. Unfortunately, the cost of figuring the Ducks’ standing out among its national rivals is coming at the cost of Washington potentially winning the national championship. The Huskies are four days away from a day that not only could be program-changing up on Montlake, but will have ramifications all the way down the I-5 Corridor if the Huskies manage to pull off a win over Michigan. Tyson and Shane begin to explore the potential fallout of UW’s playoff run — plus some hoops — in this week’s Traffic Report. For more, listen to this podcast in the player above or find us over on Apple or Spotify. You can also watch The Traffic Report on YouTube.The I-5 Corridor is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.i-5corridor.com/subscribe

We got a doozy of a Traffic Report to close out 2023. Tyson and Shane begin with a review of the last week of transfer portal action, then it’s on to The Traffic Report’s Best of 2023 Awards. We give out our awards for Story of the Year, Duck of the year, Beaver of the year and more. For more, listen to this podcast in the player above or find us over on Apple or Spotify.You can also watch The Traffic Report on YouTube.— Tyson Alger, The I-5 Corridor Need a last minute Christmas gift? Show someone you really care by gifting The I-5 Corridor this holiday season. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.i-5corridor.com/subscribe

In this week’s Traffic Report, Tyson and Shane share their final thoughts on the Pac-12 Championship game, take an early look at Oregon’s movement in the transfer portal and review the hot start to the Oregon men’s basketball season. For more, listen to this podcast in the player above or find us over on Apple or Spotify.— Tyson Alger, The I-5 Corridor This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.i-5corridor.com/subscribe

The Ducks are 11-1. The Huskies are 12-0. On Friday, the two teams meet in Las Vegas with a (probable) spot in the College Football Playoff on the line. Tyson and Shane preview the Oregon/Washington rematch, review Friday’s win over Oregon State and talk about Jonathan Smith’s departure from Corvallis in this week’s Traffic Report. For more, listen to this podcast in the player above or find us over on Apple or Spotify.— Tyson Alger, The I-5 CorridorThe I-5 Corridor is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.i-5corridor.com/subscribe

Well, folks, we’ve avoided this long enough. For much of the season, as the Ducks and Beavers kept winning, it didn’t feel like the end would get here. The football was too good. Things were too fun. But on Friday, Oregon and Oregon State will meet for the final time on equal footing. Maybe they’ll play again in a distant September, but i’ll never be quite like this again. In this week’s Traffic Report, Tyson and Shane talk about the game, Jonathan Smith’s future and Oregon’s playoff chances before doing a check in with the Ducks men’s hoops team. For more, listen to this podcast in the player above or find us over on Apple or Spotify.As you consider your holiday shopping plans, consider gifting The I-5 Corridor. As we move into the postseason, every added subscription goes a long ways in helping this independent venture cover the expenses of telling the stories this type of season deserves to be told. — Tyson Alger, The I-5 Corridor This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.i-5corridor.com/subscribe

Well, what else could you want from Dan Lanning? The second-year Oregon coach’s name was brought up in rumors for other jobs, then he went out and did what no Oregon coach has been willing to do before. In long: “I think I’ve been really, really clear here since Day 1, everything I want exists right here. I’m not going anywhere. There’s zero chance that I would be coaching somewhere else. I’ve got unfinished business here; there’s a lot that I want to accomplish here at Oregon. My No. 1 priority is being elite here at Oregon and we have the resources, the tools — anybody that can’t understand why you would want to be here at this place does not understand exactly what exists here.“Like what I’ve said before, with a 13-year-old, a 12-year-old and a 10-year-old, to be able to raise your family in a community like this, to be able to compete for championships and have the ability to get the resources you need. A lot of coaches hang onto these moments and they don’t do anything or don’t say anything, No. 1 because they don’t want egg on their face when they decide to do something else, No. 2 because they’re concerned about things that I’m not concerned about, like getting a better contract. I’m taken care of extremely well here at Oregon. I have the resources I need here at Oregon to be really, really successful. I’m not motivated by that. I’m motivated by winning. I’m motivated by being elite here. Our players deserve my complete focus. Our fans deserve the best product on the field. It’s outside noise — it didn’t matter before; it doesn’t matter now. I’ll continue to say it until I’m blue in the face: I’m going to be here at Oregon. That hasn’t changed. That won’t change.”In short: The entire city of Eugene is about to run through a wall for the guy. Tyson and Shane share their thoughts on Lanning saying he’s all-in with the Ducks in this week’s Traffic Report. For more, listen to this podcast in the player above or find us over on Apple or Spotify.You can also watch The Traffic Report on YouTube.— The I-5 Corridor The I-5 Corridor is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.i-5corridor.com/subscribe

In this week’s I-5 Corridor Traffic Report, Tyson and Shane break down the surprisingly decent start to the men’s basketball season for the Oregon Ducks. Then, it’s on to football to preview USC week. For more, listen to this podcast in the player above or find us over on Apple or Spotify.You can also watch The Traffic Report on YouTube: — Tyson AlgerThe I-5 Corridor is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.i-5corridor.com/subscribe

A day after driving down and up the I-5 Corridor, Tyson and Shane recount their day at Oregon football practice and basketball media day in this week’s Traffic Report. Shane even shares what he believes is keeping Oregon quarterback Bo Nix away from the front of the Heisman race: It’s not East Coast bias, it’s Bo Nix Bias. “There are still media members to this day that can’t shake the Auburn Bo Nix,” Shane says. “He’s been doing this long enough, with a second OC at Oregon, I’m surprised it’s taken this long for people shed that perception of him at Oregon.” For more on Nix, the No. 6 Oregon Ducks and our thoughts from basketball media day, listen to this podcast in the player above or find us over on Apple or Spotify.You can also watch The Traffic Report on YouTube.The I-5 Corridor is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.i-5corridor.com/subscribe