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And none of the finger-pointing is at the prior athletic ADs at OSU and WSU who did not build their brand, and in fact were massively overpaid in their revenue share when looking at what they brought to the conference.

More Fun Facts about Our Beloved Ducks... Never mind...we have a tech issue going on that I have to work on...

I mean... Yeah... Oregon is the program that has made the transition to a new conference the easiest and is thriving. Not just in football but other sports as well. But I'd also like to say ... Oregon was fine staying in the Pac-12 if everything were to align to stay. uSC and UCLA jumped ship... Then Colorado... And then the rest of the four corners schools had offers from the Big 12. Washington said they'd leave and they'd need to take us... And we went with it. We were 5th out the door. So if we are finger pointing. Sure we'll take some blame but only what we're due.

I think it really is better. The problems for the defense have often come when the offense has failed to set them up for success. Just think if two more of Oregon's drives ended in touchdowns? They certainly has a couple drives that felt like they should have resulted in points if not for a penalty followed by a third down drop and that third down play that resulted in Dante falling down. Those two drives score touchdowns... And the defense looks even better. That final drive by Iowa should have been stopped for sure. But holding an opponent to 16 points is darn good.

Poor Beavis...

A ton of great information to give us updated perspective. I love one of the comments..."Oregon out-Iowa'ed Iowa." So true, and it is another rite-of-B1G-passage for Our Beloved Ducks. Oregon had three offensive linemen with good grades: Emmanuel Pregnon 82.2 Isaiah World 73.0 Poncho 71.2 Going into the week--Iowa had the best run-blocking grade in the nation, and as PFF said, "Iowa is the best, by far, offensive line in the nation and likely to win the Joe Moore Award." Three best offensive linemen averaged better grades than the Ducks: OG Bean Stevens 90.8 C Logan Jones 80.0 OT Trevor Lauck 77.7 Yet Iowa only averaged 3.5 yards per rushing play, while Oregon averaged a mind-bending 7.2 yards per rushing play. Insane! In the freezing rain, at Iowa, and against a Hawkeye defense? To put this in even better perspective, Iowa was No. 1 in the nation going into this game for the lowest amount per carry given up, only 3.3 yards per carry, yet Oregon averaged 7.2? Whew! The Oregon offensive line averaged 2.9 yards per rush before contact, and 4.4 yards after contact. The Iowa offensive line averaged only .8 yards per rush before contact, and 2.7 yards after contact. Perhaps our offensive line is better than we fans have felt? They reported that Oregon had the most efficient offense in the nation in terms of EPA per play going into this game. On Defense: Brandon Finney Jr. has the highest overall grade for the season of any freshman corner in the nation, and he created the crucial fumble that stopped a Hawkeye drive. Oregon only had four missed tackles the entire game and continues to lead the nation in fewest missed tackles. The job that the Duck defensive line did to stop the offensive line of the Iowa was....amazing. A low yards-after-contact number (2.7) points to superb linebacker and secondary response, and tackling. Perhaps our defense is better than fans are giving credit for? Lots to ponder...

One other thing I don't understand....USC played 3 road games in Central and Eastern time zones in 2024, and are also playing 3 in 2025. That total of 6 is less CT/ET road games than the other 3 West Coast teams must play. Their last CT/ET zone road trip was Oct. 19 in 2024, and Nov. 1 in 2025. Ducks was Nov. 16 and Nov. 8. UCLA is Nov. 2 and Nov. 15 in those two seasons. UW is Nov. 9 and Nov. 8. So, why is USC "special" in scheduling?

CBS's Tom Fornelli's Week 11-12 PO Take - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-rankings-projections-fornelli-acc-champion-sec-big-ten-big-12/

That jump to add Texas State may have been a bit too premature? Since 2015, Texas State is: 3-9 - 2015 2-10 2-10 3-9 3-9 2-10 4-8 4-8 8-5 8-5 3-6 this season Should they have added North Texas? New Mexico? Wyoming?

Week 11 - SP+ 1. Ohio State/ 2. Indiana/ 3. Oregon/ 12. USC/ 15. Iowa/ 18. Michigan/ 20. Penn State/ 21 UW/ 23 Illinois/ 25 Nebraska

Would that be the Texas state program, aka Sam Houston State, that just beat the front runner of the Pac what-the-heck conference?

This is a seriously BIG club (pun intended). Give a quiz to all the Ad's for an explanation. Or, maybe hire Larry Scott to negotiate a deal that exceeds all expectations until the next round of media deals in a couple of years.

I understand why the deal raises some concerns. A $2.4 billion deal is not an under the radar transaction. It could make political waters somewhat choppy for collegiate sports. To over simplify, it is a high interest loan. The deal looks to sell an “estimated 10% of assets” to a pension fund. The pension fund now shares media revenue for twenty years. Including participating in any future increases/decreases as media contracts are renegotiated. My guess is that the fund is expecting the revenue share returns the original 2.4 billion in capital, with another 2 to 3 billion profit. If capital is needed, this is one way to acquire it. But, it is not the only way.

I do not put much stock into this due to the inclement weather the past two games, but interesting nonetheless. This was the Ducks lowest 2-game point total (39) in consecutive games since a 32-47 bowl loss to Oklahoma on 12/29/21 followed by the 3-49 loss to Georgia in the season opener on 9/3/22. We also combined for only 17 points in two non-consecutive Utah blowouts in ‘21. In the same season, you have to go back to 2019 in consecutive wins against Stanford (21-6 on 9/21/19) and Cal (17-7 on 10/5/19). I don’t miss Mario-ball one bit.

Hey, isn't that an insult to Spam? Just kidding. But excellent point!

I'll take the Big 10 hazing over fighting for respect in the old Pac 12...

Canzano is to journalism as Spam is to charcuterie.

A Texas, country mile! 😉

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.