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I agree with all the comments. It's great to have the most capable rushing attack in the country, but you have to be careful about how you use it. I think we all agree it should be used more than it was against Indiana and not as much as it had to be against Iowa. I think we should try to marry it with more tempo and create rushing sets where we don't sub to keep beating a defense back on their heels.

Fisch didn't do himself any favors with Florida with yesterday's loss to Wisconsin. Two guys who won't be headline hires but could be in the mix for 'lesser' openings are Jim Mora, who never should have been fired by UCLA AD train wreck Dan Guerro, and Jack Dickert, who caught a plane out from Wazzu to Wake Forest. In the 2024 and 2025 seasons to date, Mora at Independent in football, UConn has two more ACC wins than Mike Norvell at Florida State. More conference wins in 2025 than Dabo Swinney. Dickert, with the lowest budget in the conference, has Wake at 6-3 with upset wins over SMU and UVA. Jason Eck, who led Idaho to many FCS wins, has New Mexico at 6-3, and the Lobos put up a fight against Michigan in Ann Arbor. Ken Niumatalolo has done a good job at San Jose State without running a triple option offense. I'm not sure that guys with no head coaching experience will be a sure thing hire.

If Stein leaves and MSU cans Smith, let's hire him for our OC.

"It seemed like he went to MSU because he had to. Not because he wanted to." Coach Smith unequivocally left Corvallis because he wanted to. There's no question about this. Ask any woodrat, including some of my own family, he left them in the middle of the night, leaving some of his Beaver gear at a local thrift shop as well (the story goes).

Never a discouraging word regarding OSU and WSU's spendthrift waste of millions of dollars in a futile attempt to have a reconfigured, so-called Pac-12 qualify as a Power conference. Or whatever the goal may have been. Nothing about the two Pac left behinds destroying the Mountain West conference, only to end up with a Mountain West minus Las Vegas, plus Gonzo as CBB partner, and a Texas State program two time zones away. Journalism is about the search for truth and justice without concern for money, right?

Ooops. I prematurely articulated here. My bad!

A country mile, to be exact.

This is way over my head! 🤔

I think he is playing both sides beautifully; he reports really well on Oregon, but does so also for Beavis. The way he brings out how Oregon is the only former Pac-12 team doing so well....which implies conspiracy, and feeds into the insecurities of Beavis at this time? Oregon doing well is bad?

To me, the fact that a conference leading showdown between Texas and Oregon on ESPN (via partnership with Pac 12 network) never happened is a huge part of the Pac's demise. Also, just look at all the major media markets that kept hitting the snooze button since the Pete Carol era. LA (SUC, UCLA) Phoenix (ASU), Denver (CU), San Francisco (Cal) and Seattle (fuskies) were all mostly no shows the entire time in football. Only OBD (Portland), Stanford (San Jose) and Utah (Salt Lake City) were competitive for any long stretches of time. The Pac spent way too much time squandering viewership in it's biggest local markets while thumbing it's nose at a national one (ESPN) while relishing in badminton and tiddlywinks championships. The Pac got what it deserved and sometimes the truth hurts.

I've been confused on how will this affect realignment, I've seen some say it will stop it completely and other say that there's new members being considered but that they will come alongside the deal. Either way this is hella controversial

Pardon my French, but 🤡 is such a knob. Gaslighting pranks feeding into victimhood. He’s hitched his wagon to the new PAC and should be trying to pivot. IMO, the PAC was dying a slow death as soon as it didn’t scoop up Texas and Oklahoma to expand, we just didn’t fully realize it until the last media deal expired.

By a mile...

This smells on so many levels, kind of the college football equivalent of a payday loan.

Pro market, have to be relevant to get peoples attention no matter where you play. That being said, it’d be an upgrade for fan access and probably for recruiting. Does make me think back to the 80s when people thought doming Autzen was the answer.

We were warned of this by longtime B1G fans when we joined the conference, that traditional B1G powers would be protected. This is a rough November stretch to be sure as Indiana and tOSU cruise while we play three ranked teams, two on the road (caveat the fuskies might not be ranked on Tuesday). That said, we're getting more respect nationally than when we were in the P-12 and we still control our own playoff destiny, so I'd call that a net gain.

I cannot copy the whole article, but some interesting tidbits about the position that Oregon currently has. My "CF" references are my comments to his thoughts. "The move to the Big Ten has been a resounding success for the Ducks. They’re a well-funded and highly ranked contender. The UO brand has never been healthier. But Oregon creates its own ecosystem, and that makes me wonder how much regret there will be someday in the Pac-12 footprint. The new-world finances pencil out on paper for some. It’s why the Los Angeles schools bolted to the Big Ten, after all. Those two schools were chasing larger media rights distributions and more TV exposure on FOX, but I wonder if USC and UCLA would have been better off leveraging their large TV market and negotiating a lopsided ($50 million? $55 million) media rights share in the Pac-12. Those two schools might have thrived with that advantage, but they may never be viewed as upper-echelon schools in the Big Ten. CF: Sure they will...when they WIN! Oregon and Washington are only getting partial Big Ten media rights distributions in the current agreement. The Ducks don’t seem to mind. They’re well-positioned, but they’ve got Phil Knight, the great equalizer." CF: We didn't have Phil when we went to the Rose Bowl and Cotton Bowl on our own. Winners want to work with winners, and you have to prove-it first. Has Beavis? Oregon is expected to earn 54 million this year in a partial media payout, with the excess coming from B1G portions of the Playoffs, March Madness, etc. John...it was all the idiot Pac-12 Presidents that put us all into this position, and now you are taking a side-swipe at Oregon because we are flourishing in the Big-10? You lament about not taking 30 million from ESPN...who decided that? And Apple's offer of 22 million with severe stipulations? Oregon had a financial gun-to-their-head with those options, and our subsequent success has been EARNED.

SoFi is in Inglewood, can’t blame them wanting the change. It would be quite an upgrade in facilities. But still, fan base support is subpar. Would that change? By Alex Byington, On3: UCLA football is reportedly finalizing a deal to play its home games at SoFi Stadium, the home of the NFL‘s Los Angeles Chargers and Rams located in Inglewood, according to 247 Sports’ Bruin Report Online. This would be a major change for the Bruins football program, which has played its home games inside the iconic Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena since 1982. The city of Pasadena and the Rose Bowl Operating Company have already filed suit against UCLA to halt the move, according to the Los Angeles Times, but UCLA athletic department sources reportedly told Bruin Report Online that the move to SoFi Stadium is a “near-done deal,” according to the 247 Sports site. On3Major update emerges on UCLA, potential move from Rose Bo....

It also feels like the refs are a bit in on it too. I said feels like ... I'm not promoting a conspiracy. Bear Alexander was held for so much of the game without a flag. There were some non flag PIs Iowa got away with. Meanwhile... Oregon got dinged on a PI call that was a non call. We did probably get away with a PI in there too but still. Did Iowa really play zero penalty football? Yes, they had one with kicking the ball out the end zone for the safety but the safety would have potentially happened anyways... So I'm not counting that one. But Iowa didn't play a zero penalty yards game. Make no mistake we are not welcome in the B1G still.

🤔 Interesting…like eminent domain. Agree to the deal or else! Sources: Big Ten execs pressing to make $2.4 billion investment deal — without Michigan and USC if needed In messages sent to Michigan and USC, the Big Ten has signaled that it is moving forward with the deal, even delivering to each program a proposed deadline for their decision. If they don’t agree to the deal, the schools may lose the additional capital as part of the landmark proposal and risk their future within the conference beyond 2036, the current end of the existing grant-of-rights agreement. League officials are socializing a specific date — Nov. 21 — for a vote on the capital investment proposal. Administrators and board members at both Michigan and USC were informed earlier this week that, if a 16-school agreement is reached, the two programs would be granted a grace period — three to six months — to agree to join the deal if they wish to reap the full financial benefits. That period is only a proposal for now.

Completely believe this. At some level a newb coming in from the PAC and winning at everything is somewhat embarrassing.

Is Smith a desirable hire for anyone looking in the P4? He’s tanking pretty hard and on at least a warm-seat. 0-6 in conference and giving up almost double what they’ve scored (in conference) doesn’t exactly scream “lure me away.”

AP voters always just look at the actual official playoff rankings once they hit, I’m surprised we aren’t 9th.

Trust the process. Win out and we're in.

🤔 Between BIG scheduling and Referee issues of one sidedness calls, you start believing it! After a gritty win against Iowa the Ducks have to play 6-3 Minnesota on Friday night with the Gophers coming off a bye. Oregon beat Iowa 18-16, marching 54 yards in the last two minutes, Atticus Sappington drilling a 36-yard field goal in swirling winds and driving rain with :07 to play. They beat the No. 20 Hawkeyes in Kinnick Stadium but the Big Ten schedulers don't seem to think that's enough. Now 8-1, the Ducks play in six days. Minnesota enjoys a full 14 days to prepare, having last played at home November 1st against Michigan State, a game they won 23-20 in overtime. That's absurd scheduling that handicaps the defending conference champions. You couldn't hand P.J. Fleck's team a bigger scheduling advantage, unless the game was moved to Bloomington. Autzen ZooBig Ten schedulers don't seem to want Oregon to repeat, o...After a gritty win against Iowa the Ducks have to play 6-3 Minnesota on Friday night with the Gophers coming off a bye.