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Tracking key recruiting visits made by Oregon head coach Dan Lanning and staff DuckTerritory.com reviews key on-location recruiting visits made by Oregon head football coach Dan Lanning and staff this week.

Oregon Ducks Eye Exciting California Recruit From Class of 2027The Oregon Ducks have been active on the recruiting trail for 2027 prospects. One of their top offensive linemen targets, three-star tackle Avery Michael, has already locked in a visit to Eugene on the heels of a home visit from the Ducks' staff. Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Ducks Eye Exciting California Recruit From Class o...After racing out to a hot start in the 2027 recruiting cycle, the Oregon Ducks have stayed hot on the recruiting trail and are locking in dates for unofficial v

A brutal non-call. Ole Miss should have had one more play, 15 yards closer to the end zone. One more Hail Mary attempt. In the champ game, the B12 refs allowed the Miami DBs to mug the Indiana receivers. I like the idea of letting the players play, but not to the point where grabbing a receiver's jersey, arm, etc., isn't called.

Throughout the season, I repeatedly brought up the topic of “peaking” at the right time. After last season’s blowout loss to Ohio State in the quarterfinal Rose Bowl game, reports surfaced that Dan Lanning put in a concerted effort to make the 2025 Ducks peak at the right time. And, they did. But, we were hoping there was another level ... Read More Source Read the full article here...

Better than many of Mari-0-No's not so timely moves, eh?

JDuck beat me to it. OBD win the NC!

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Ready for 1 more? Are we in The Twilight Zone? Is it only a movie? The Hoosiers' Jamari Sharpe's 4th quarter interception of Carson Beck with 44 seconds left in the 4th quarter on Monday night sealed the deal for Indiana. Jamari Sharpe graduated from Miami's Northwest High School and, like Fernando, did not get a scholly offer from the U, the team he loved. Sharpe is the nephew of Miami player Glenn Sharpe, who was called for interference late in the 4th quarter of the BCS champ game, played in 2002-23 in the Fiesta Bowl. Ohio State took advantage and defeated Miami for the national championship in 2002. Cannot make this stuff up!

Penn St should have learned that lesson. They lost to the Ducks for their first loss and their whole season imploded and then they fired their head coach. They went 'all in' on that white out and flamed out after that. Then a whole lot of their team and recruiting class disappeared. It may take them a very long time to bounce back. And they all went nuts because they lost in overtime. When they played Indiana, it was close but by that time, the program was in the toilet. Some Oregon fans lose their minds when bad things happen, but the Oregon football ecosystem puts it in perspective and keeps chugging along. That first half vs Indiana in the playoffs was about as bad as bad can get. Gear up and get ready for next season. Ducks had some very good wins this season.

OOOOOOhhhhhh, that's different! Great Point! And you know what? If nobody is open then instead of throwing it away, run a few steps and go down, or a path might be avail to the endzone. Play calling to mix up what they think is coming is a good way to gain an advantage. Another option on 3rd down could have been a zone read to keep it and go outside if the DE crashes. Nobody deep in the playoffs is going to smash it thru a loaded box when everyone knows it is coming.

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I could not have said it better myself. Thank You.

Williams and the Williams family retreated when UW promised to sue to uphold the contract he signed, and after his agent dumped him. The Judge in the Duke case ruled that Duke had to put the QB in the portal, but has yet to rule on whether he will grant another preliminary injunction to allow him to sign with another team, or if he does sign, whether his NIL money is his or Duke's property. The excerpts from the contract he signed with Duke are clear that, in return for the consideration paid to him by Duke, he assigned his NIL rights to Duke for two seasons and agreed not to enter the portal in 2025 or 2026. He is, under the laws of North Carolina, an adult who entered willingly into a contract as so advised by his agents. Like Wisconsin and UW, I'm pleased to see Duke stepping up to enforce the deal the QB signed. Without any guardrails, what's to stop players from transferring in-season? The NCAA says a player can only play for one team in a given season, but when was the last time an NCAA rule was upheld in favor of a player's opportunity to make more money? Like Williams, after the requisite mea culpas, he'll be welcomed back. I'd love to be a fly on the wall the next time the Duke and Miami ADs meet up. Miami is working its way out of a Super Conference invite.

Joel is VERY high on Oregon next year. The returners on offense, the returners on defense, the portal additions (he believes Koi is better than Thieneman), and the evolution of Dan Lanning. It's a good listen. You can skip ahead to the Oregon section if you don't want to see the rest. https://youtu.be/6OwwniGMvGA?si=vvB6bzOvAN2fmqQg

These guys want to get to the NFL, not just ruin a school. If someone is forced to stay and take the millions, they will ball out the best they can to get the best deal they can at the next level. That´s what they do at the next level. They ball out the best they can before they turn free agent to get the best contract they can somewhere else. Might as well learn the tactic in college. (After all, you are a STUDENT- athlete.)

Decent, if not in depth article. Bachman quoting KC Keeler that people may now discover college football requires a CEO seems pretty far behind the times. Seems we’ve known that ever since the Sabin/Alabama era. What did seem to shed some light on Cignetti’s approach was her connecting of his detailed control of every phase to the smaller world of lower division coaching where hands on learning of all aspects of the game can still be developed.

The play I questioned was on 3rd down (and 5). You still get the field goal on 4th down to go up by 6 if you don't get the first down. The point is that you do everything you can to win the game on 3rd down instead of handing the ball off into a loaded box. Play action with the ball in Mendoza's hands to win the title vs handing the ball to Miami with plenty of time to steal your championship. The last Miami drive could have ended very differently for Indiana - don't give them that chance.

Absolutely. And the way the corner and saftey sandwiched the receiver, it would’ve required a dime. Pressure situations can make you try a little too hard? Dunno, something went wrong for him.

What happens if Duke wins? What happens if Duke wins and this QB is forced to stick around? Do you start a QB whom you just clubbed with a lawsuit and does that QB choose to perform or poison the entire locker room? What a mess. It will be interesting to see what happens at UW this year with a similar situation.

I wonder if the time out effected Beck? Only he will know

One suit from Wisconsin for Miami tampering with Xavier Lucas is not enough for Mario and Miami. Wisconsin - EX: A - Video of Miami in the champ game with the poached Xavier Lucas out for the first half and in for the 2nd half. Why not tick off a conference member? Why not tick off a conference standard-bearer in academics and basketball? BTW, playing behind the QB you are trying to steal, a QB who signed a two-season contract, Duke was this season's ACC football champ, and defeated ASU in the Sun Bowl, 42-39. Rouges then and rogues now.

It worked for UW up north...

This Wall Street Journal article appears to be locked but it is an unlocked article https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/darian-mensah-duke-lawsuit-transfer-portal-miami-694121fa?st=wFgwDS&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

I didn't realize how bad this year's portal has gone. I knew we lost critical 2 deep contributors, but only 2 of the top 25 incoming players are in the top 25 of what DL portalled in his time here and one of them is not even going to play next year. I really hope we've worked some better magic on our HS recruiting, because that is where the attrition backfill is going to have to come from. I REALLY hope we aren't rhyming with Clemson's fall: new coordinators not as good as old coordinators and insufficient amount of portal contributors. That would be a glass completely empty take, but still, it's a fine line between success and failure. Glass half full, maybe the lack of quality portal additions left us with enough cash to snag Seaton.