Some odds and ends ...
-- Word continues to filter out about the size and scale of the Hayward Field renovation project, the cost of which I'm hearing now tops $200 million.
That is a long way from an original estimate I saw of $60 million. And it's probably in line with the apparent decision to tear down completely the existing stadium and replace it with something University of Oregon Foundation president and CEO Paul Weinhold calls "spectacular."
There is some angst in Oregon's track and field community about the loss of the historic east grandstand, and some concern about replacing a stadium that now has about 8,500 permanent seats with one that might have as many as 14,000.