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Speaking of Oregon and Mario....

Think the natives are restless?

Take note my Duck-Buddies, as this was a masterclass...

It is a good thing I never said I was noble, because there is too much good stuff to withhold about our favorite former coach.

There was a similar trend against Penn State. Penn State got a ton of generous ball placements that gave them first downs. Where Oregon got the opposite. I remember Dante running and clearly got the first down before he started his slide but the refs marked him short so the Ducks had it at 4th and 1.... Granted Davison ran it in for a TD next play but still. It does feel like th Ducks are getting the hard mode treatment when it comes to refs this season. I thought a couple of the holding calls on Saturday were a bit dubious. Not that they weren't legit holding but when things are for the most part getting ignored but flags flying at certain times it seems funny.

Many of you probably noticed this in earlier games, but I am not real swift.....Genorris Wilson playing right tackle with Harkey at right guard seems like a positive experiment

I saw the Grateful Dead more times than I can remember in different towns and venues....but the best shows were always in Eugene. Even when the show itself wasn't an all timer, the town before and after the show was turned on, tuned in and in-flow. Keep on dancin' through the daylight (daylight) Greet the mornin' air with song (greet the mornin' air with song) No one's noticed, but the band's all packed and gone (packed and gone) Was it ever here at all? (Was it ever here at all?) But they keep on dancin'

From what I saw, it was directed at OBD. They're last TD was pass interference. The WR pushed off. They also didn't earn that First Down at the 22 on that third down play. They should have been forced to go for it on 4th and 1. I was not pleased with the refs. It's like a conspiracy to prevent us becoming a blue blood. Something else though... ESPN noted we traveled back east twice before playing Indiana. Not sure that contributed, but OBD didn't look themselves against Indiana. I want pleased with the performance, but the two late INTs and said ref calls above decided the outcome. One thing I really appreciate about Lanning is we won't see many lethargic performances. You can tell he wants some more of Indiana. Not to mention Ohio State. There plenty to work on, but I'm hoping to see some major intensity against every team in the vicinity of our talent level. I have only seen that it Seattle. I want to see OBD play any elite team with that kind of intensity. I think OBD can stick with any of them if they play clean and hard.

MaybeI won't come home with the munchies, like the few times I managed a concession stand for GD converts.

Great take, but hopefully, it's a 16 or 17-game season? Yesterday, Whit was It!

By now I probably shouldn’t be, but I’m always surprised at how good the mottos are that Dan comes up with every week. Need a game day tee that says, ‘Time To Pay The Rent’.

As always, it’s what inside the uniform that counts, but they do look pretty cool. Just keep on truckin, like the Doo-Dan man!

Did Joni Mitchell have the domino-driven effect of firing college head football coaches in mind when she wrote ‘The Circle Game’?

I think Fisch would be the best choice. And I'm not just saying that for the Husky tears, though that too. But honestly, I think he is a great coach and he has connections and probably understands the environment better than most. He can also adapt to get it done. Kiffin would be fun. Franklin I think needs a year off. The difference in how Penn State played yesterday was starkly different from the games post Oregon loss. Like someone cleared the room of the toxicity. Franklin became toxic at PSU after the Oregon loss I'm sure. He's a good coach and will find a spot but I don't think Florida is going to go for someone who has a reputation of losing the big games. Just my takes. I bet they go for Kiffin or someone flashy don't snub Fisch... If I were to place a bet at this very moment.

I think guys like Luke Fickell or Scott Frost will serve as a cautionary tale going forward. But there will always be those programs that will always get a guy to pick up the phone and probably a raise. Penn State and Florida are two of those jobs. The resources and prestige that goes along with the recruiting base is going to tempt anyone. Oregon is now one of those jobs btw. Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Georgia, LSU, Texas and USC are in that category.

The minute the Gator AD heard Franklin say he was gonna win a National Champioship somewhere, i think HR and legal started drafting the termination papers for Billy. Franklin has all the ingredients to return to the SEC......why not at Florida? He is a step up from Napier for sure. Billy will land on his feet, afterall he is a good coach. Go Ducks! Beat the whiskers off Whisky.

I know most of us, most even too young to remember Steve Spurrier, have that as the "Florida Guy". We want offense, we want brashness. We want a guy that gets mad when he is up by thirty five and there is a field goal allowed. Steve was our first ever Heisman winner, and he's the one who led Florida to it's first ever National Title. Florida was kind of in the same boat Oregon is in now. Always good, sometimes great, but they just couldn't get over the hump until 1996. I was a kid and that team made me a Gator fan for life. It truly could've been FSU if it were them that smoked Florida in that Sugar Bowl. I had family and friends who went to both schools. Are we delusional in thinking you have to have a huge personality to win at Florida? Probably, but it's in our DNA. It's like the first car you owned, or the very first time you went on a date. The first sticks with you. Kids growing up today will remember the first time Oregon wins that first title. They will associate that coach and that system as the way it needs to be done going forward.

Surprised that Lanning still refuses to let Davidson and Hill run the show as lead backs for this team. They are so good.

Completely awesome, I actually want some merch.

I don’t think Brian Kelly is working out in Baton Rouge. FSU and USC could open up as well. There are going to be some traditionally good programs fighting over coaches. I think the days of taking their pick of coaches are over. I don’t see many of these guys moving from a good situation to a rebuilding job with impatient administrators, fans and boosters.