Typically, — with my column being named “the Turner Power Index” — this is where I would put together a top-five list of something sports related. Two weeks ago it was school colors, last week it was pump-up songs, but something has been all over the Internet and even TV that I felt the need to address.

This has been an interesting week for me. I’ve been flooded with e-mails and text messages about one thing in particular, and although it’s not necessarily a local focus here in Newton, it does represent a bigger issue. So, this being my opportunity to share my feeling with the reading public, I’m going to take it.

First off, I need to expose my bias. I am and always will be a University of Oregon Duck. That is my alma mater. It’s where I have some of my fondest memories, and Eugene, Ore. will always be a special place to me. With that aside, I feel the need to say something about the recently released photos of my proud university’s extravagant, gluttonous new football complex.