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Drink is from Alma, AR (Go Airedales!). I don’t think we’re going to see him making the jump to Arkansas just because he was a Razorbacks fan growing up. Believe me, if they could coerce him or The Gus Bus to come to Fayetteville they would. However, for Drinkwitz, jumping ship from an established program to go rebuild a program is the definition of insanity. As for Gus, I’m not sure he wants the headache of dealing with NIL.

Im sure he is loyal to Indiana but Im also sure he is loyal to 11.6 mil.

BTW, My family harkens from Monroe City and Hannibal M0. They couldn't wait to get out.

Good for Cignetti, double good for Indiana and there fans. I respect Cignetti for being loyal and for the AD stepping up to keep him. The AD got out front of his coach being poached. . Now that Indiana settled this issue, can we now get back to the real task at hand? Getting the Duck O Ferrari back on the track? LOL Go Ducks.....

Im sure the poster was referring to Portland-that guy has probably never heard of EUGENE

Columbia, in the middle of the Show Me State, is not Saint Louis. The population is 130,000 or so, slightly over 250,000 if you include the capital, Jefferson City. There is crime there, of course, but nowhere close to the rate in St. Louis. Coach Eli Drinkwitz's job at Mizzou is secure. FWIW, he has said he is not a candidate for the Penn State job. He would not even be a lateral hire for Penn State. The only firing I can think of, akin to Franklin's firing, was Georgia firing Mark Richt. A guy who won a lot of games but could not score a championship for the Dawgs. It was risky hiring alum Kirby Smart, a guy without head coaching experience, but the risk certainly paid off in Athens. Nevertheless, the Tomfoolery on social media is always worthy of a good laugh. Every child growing up in Eugene will become an addict. Thank goodness Justin Herbert and Bryce Boettcher managed to stay straight, right? 🤪 BTW, Curt Cignetti just signed an eighth-year extension of his contract with Indiana. Curt and his agent want to thank Penn State AD Pat Kraft for the assist. 🤑

LOL -Apparently that poster hasn't visited St Louis lately.

The original post... (You can't make this stuff up!) Some narratives never change...

Thanks to our friends at Message Board Geniuses who capture the best trolls, rants and wild stuff. He is suggesting the next replacement for the current Missouri coach....

Autzen could be even louder, if EVERYONE would make noise. I don't know about other sections. But in 35, which is loud, I see a good number of people who do not yell, cheer, clap (except after a touchdown), and I imagine how loud it could be if all of them made some noise when the Ducks are on defense.

For coaches who remain loyal to the school who gave them a chance...I salute it. Dan Lanning has stated many times his loyalty to Oregon for giving him, a coach with NO head-coaching experience, a chance. Two Loyal Men...

For some reason this does not surprise me. If he likes it there (and I would assume he does) why leave for somewhere else? Showing that he can get the job done at Indiana (again, assuming he does continue to do so), he doesn't need to prove anything by going somewhere else.

Third highest salary in the nation...just as his Hoosiers are No. 3.

Always love any references to ‘Shout!’ and ‘Animal House’. My favorite line in the song is, “you’ve been so good to me”, because that’s how it feels the Ducks have been to their fans. And as for the rest of the season? “FOOD FIGHT!!!”

The Big Ten Network's B1G Today show is repeated during the day. Today's show is well worth watching. 'You're Going to Make Your Bunk the Marine Way!' After a Corporal calls you to attention, these are the first words out of the Drill Instructor's mouth. The first words, interim HC Tim Skipper to the UCLA team: 'Clean Up the Locker Room by Midnight Tomorrow! Here's a photograph of what our Locker Room will look like from here on out.' Ashley Adamson's interview with Coach Skipper is fantastic, as is the coverage of Saturday's B1G games, including PO must-win games for Washington and Michigan, USC and Notre Dame, and for Nebraska at Minnesota. Also, good coverage of the Ducks at Rutgers and the other B1G games. The Cornhuskers play the Gophers on Friday at 5 PM on Fox. Also worth watching while cheering for the Cardinals on Friday is Louisville at Miami. 4 PM ESPN. This will be Miami's 6th game of the season. The 5th home game with the one away game played in Tallahassee, Florida. If Miami wins the ACC title, its first PO game will be a 2nd round game played in Miami's home stadium. This season's PO Championship game will also be played in Miami's home stadium. 🤪 Get Right at Rutgers!

but if the Ducks come out flat against Rutgers I'm going to be a bit concerned. If they come out flat on Saturday, I will be more than just a bit concerned. I need to see them come out with some US Forces like shock-n-awe, and some Ricky Bobbie shake-n-bake 😄.

Nothing quite like a mid-season kick in the teeth to help a team recalibrate. But hey, that IU team looks like the real deal... very impressive. Nevertheless, with some corrections and improvement (both players and coaches), which OBD is totally capable of, we can absolutely beat those guys. Regarding Rutgers, although I haven't followed them closely, I did notice that the three losses they had were all by an average of about 7 points. On paper anyway, they look like they could be competitive. So this looks like it could be a great follow-up game to a loss, on the road, allowing us to find out who we really are. And I'm very glad that we don't have a 9:30 AM PST start. Playing Northwestern at that time was just utterly ridiculous.

Thanks for this excellent information. Looking good, Billy Ray! Feeling good, Louis!

Dale Bliss did not give proper attribution credit; the article clearly states Mike Ostrom as the author.

There are still a number of players who are expected to be questionable for this weekend, and a new addition to the report over the weekend is Kyler Kasper, who has been ruled out for the year following another foot surgery. Here's a look at where we think things stand on the injury front going into Week 8. +Oregon Ducks injury report for Week 8 clash with Rutgers Scarlet Knights

The following partial description of committee procedure is from the NCAA website: "What will the committee use to rank teams? From the CFP website: "The selection committee ranks the teams based on the members’ evaluation of the teams’ performance on the field, using conference championships won, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, and comparison of results against common opponents to decide among teams that are comparable." How does the voting process work?According to the CFP website, it begins like this: "Each committee member will create a list of the 30 teams he or she believes to be the best in the country, in no particular order. Teams listed by three or more members will remain under consideration. At the conclusion of any round, other teams can be added to the group of teams under consideration by a vote of three or more members." You can read about each step here. There's more. If you're interested search "College football playoff committee rules."

A shout out to Jon Joseph! Another unexpected blessing from the loss to IndianaJon Joseph at Fish Duck does a great job of reviewing the history. In the Dan Lanning era when the Ducks have lost, the team typically responds with a surge of focused play and big wins. Autzen ZooAnother unexpected blessing from the loss to IndianaNo one likes to lose, but sometimes losing clarifies the mission.

I would prefer the fans wear whatever the heck they want. Too many choices and it is never uniform. Let's just be fans without a uniform, just like our team. Google Webster's definition of uniform!

War Room: Oregon at Rutgers PreviewDuck Sports CentralWednesday War Room: Oregon at Rutgers PreviewOregon Ducks football, Dan Lanning, Oregon recruiting, college football, NIL, Big Ten, Pac-12, Scott Reed, Duck Sports Central, recruiting news

TURN THOSE MACHINES BACK ON! In the outstanding comedy, Trading Places, Mortimer Duke may have foreshadowed SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. The SEC's move to nine regular-season conference games beginning in 2026 was, according to Sankey, based in part on the Playoff Committee agreeing to use 'advanced metrics' to determine a team's strength of schedule (SOS) and Strength of Record (SOR), and to rely upon both calculations when determining the 12-team Playoff field. In other words, 2024's 3-loss Alabama, Ole Miss, and South Carolina would be in the Playoff, instead of 11-1 Indiana and a second ACC team, SMU. To wit - How Strength of Schedule and Record Strength Will Impact CFP Rankings in the New CFP Metric The system used by the Committee in determining SOS and SOR is the product of SportsSource Analytics and is proprietary. The programming the Committee will use to determine SOS and SOR is not disclosed or available to the general public. So, SEC Commissioner Sankey was apparently given the inside scoop? If so, I do not know if the same information was provided to the other conference commissioners and the Notre Dame athletic director. To get a handle on 'The Machines,' I referred to the Massey Ratings, a widely referred to computer ranking, owned by Dr. Kenneth Massey and On3, and available to the public, to determine a putative Playoff field at the regular season's halfway mark. You can search 'Understanding the Massey Ratings on On3,' or search 'Massey Ratings' for the up-to-date ranking of the Power 4, Group of 6, and Notre Dame. The Massey Playoff Predicter through Week Seven, with a team's current SOS and estimated future SOS. 1. 6-0 Ohio State - 33/55 2. 6-0 Indiana - 20/43 3. 5-1 Alabama - 2/9 4. 6-0 Ole Miss - 32/29 5. 5-1 Georgia - 4/11 6. 6-0 Texas A&M - 9/7 7. 5-1 OREGON - 12/18 8. 5-0 Miami - 15/45 9. 4-2 Notre Dame - 6/36 10. 6-0 Texas Tech - 56/56 11. 4-2 Texas - 11/12 12. 6-0 Memphis - 105/86 (actual rank - 28) Memphis knocks out No. 12-ranked LSU. Sorry, Sankey 😁. I am not surprised by the SEC's current and future SOS rankings. I'm not surprised by B12 Texas Tech's low ranking. I am pleasantly surprised by Indiana and OBD's SOS ranking. In this Playoff forecast, Oregon would host Texas Tech in a 1st round game. The ranking for OBD's future opponents: 16. USC, 17. Washington, 24. Iowa, 51. Minnesota, 61. Wisconsin, 62. Rutgers. On Selection Sunday, December 7, 2025, which teams and conference commissioners will be shouting out - TURN THOSE MACHINES BACK ON!