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With a practically brand new offensive depth chart, that says a lot about Stein's perceived prowess.

Austin Novosad: "For us, I mean, it's just competing."

Dillon Thieneman Talks about the Upcoming Season at Oregon On3Dillon Thieneman Talks about the Upcoming Season at OregonOregon safety Dillon Thieneman talks about the upcoming season at Oregon and the safety room.

Stein is included in a list that has the likes of Notre Dame's Mike Denbrock, Miami Shannon Dawson, Clemson's Garrett Riley, among others. Will Stein Nation’s Top OC

Moore 2023 at UCLA: 9 games, 114 completions (53%), 213 attempts, 9 interceptions, 1610 yards; 42 rushes, minus 84 yds 9 games, five starts (at San Diego State, North Carolina Central, at Utah, Washington State, at Oregon State) – (W, W, L, W, L) SDSU: 17 of 27, 290, 3 TD NCC: 8 of 12, 182, 2 TD Utah: 15 of 35, 234, 1 TD, 1 INts WSU: didn’t play much OSU: 14 of 33, 165, 1TD, 3 INTs, 10rushes, 18net I think Fall 2025 practices are going to be interesting. Novosad has a reputation for throwing a nice ball in practice. He finished his high school career with 8,983 yards passing, 114 touchdowns and just 18 interceptions. https://www.registerguard.com/story/sports/college/football/2025/06/28/austin-novosad-oregon-ducks-football-quarterback/84194894007/

I totally agree with this assessment. QB1 can go down on the first snap. How many snaps would you want QB2 to have had then?? Like everyone else here, I trust the coaches to spread the snaps around with all the variables taken into account.

From Oct. 2023, NY Times: 61 of the 133 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the top tier of N.C.A.A. football, have Aussie punters on their rosters, according to Prokick Australia, a Melbourne-based academy that converts Australian rules football players and some rugby players into punters (and a smaller number of kickers) for the American game. The N.C.A.A. does not keep a single database on the birthplace of punters. But Australians have made a pronounced impact with the distance and placement of their punts, which can produce tricky curves and crafty bounces and rolls. Eight times in the past 13 seasons, Australians have won the Ray Guy Award, given to the nation’s most outstanding collegiate punter. 2023: Tory Taylor, Melbourne – Iowa 2022: Adam Korsak, Melbourne – Rutgers 2019: Max Duffy, Perth – Kentucky 2016: Michael Dickson, Sydney – Texas 2015: Mitchell Wishnowsky, Perth – Utah 2013-14: Tom Hackett, Melbourne – Utah 2012: Tom Hornsey, Geelong – Memphis Entrance into ProKick requires at least a 40-yard punt, 4.5-second hang time and an invitation. According to Chapman and Smith, about 90 percent of the program’s “graduates” get NCAA scholarships. James Ferguson-Reynolds has transferred from Boise State to Oregon. Hometown Geelong. Played in 12 games in 2024 as the Broncos’ punter and holder…punted eight times at No. 7 Oregon, recording a season-long 68-yard punt (Sept. 7)… averaged 56.0 yards per punt in a win over Oregon State, placing a 64-yard punt inside the 20 (Nov. 29)….In 2023, played in all 14 games…averaged a nation-best 49.7 yards per punt, with 29 punts traveling 50+ yards and 23 punts landing inside the 20…punted seven times for 365 yards at Washington, averaging 52.1 yards per punt and tallying five that traveled over 50 yards (Sept. 2) Since he is now in the Big Ten, the Ducks are going to have to focus a bit more on rush protection, but at those distances maybe he can set up a yard or two deeper?

I like this young man! Oregon Ducks' Austin Novosad Reveals Strong Connection with Bo Nix, Dillon Gabriel

Keep 'em coming, Danno. Oregon Ducks To Land 5-Star Athlete Recruit Over Penn State, Ohio State?

Will Michigan and others break on through to the other side in 2025? Will ASU and others maintain excellence? In the conference, Michigan has one of the easier schedules. In 2024, the B1G teams the Wolverines play this season went 27 and 54. 🤣 No less, no (Sherrone) Moore. ESPN.comWhich teams take the next step in 2025? We have 11 candid...FSU has nowhere to go but up, Michigan can get way better, and Arizona State is building on its CFP berth. Which other teams are primed for bigger things in 2025?

Terrific take. In 2025-26, I want the Ducks to play 16 or 17 games. Whatever it takes to get to the champ game.

Pretty sure the punter we stole from Boise is Australian

The real benefit of 1st team vs second team reps is building chemistry between QB 's and WRs. So the timing of deciding who is the starting QB as well as the 1st team rotation of WRs is equally important.

Coach Prime’s brash bravado rubs many the wrong way but he does provide entertainment while displaying true passion for the game. Best wishes Coach.

Great topic. Decisions like this is why Lanning is one of the best coaches in the country and I’m just another internet guy with an opinion. I’ll trust his judgement for what’s best. This QB1 QB2 situation reminds me of Joey Harrington vs AJ Feeley. Can’t go wrong either way.

Having your bladder removed is a life changing event. I have first hand knowledge. I wear an ostomy pouch and never travel too far from a toilet. If that's Dion's situation it will take some getting used to. The clothes you wear, how you sleep, intimacy, all are affected. Good news is that usually the cancer is all contained within the bladder. Wish him well.

I know in years past Lanning hasn't done a strict first team, second team, third team until about halfway through fall camp. They tend to like to look at how different groups and players work together and build connection beyond just the ones and twos. The goal is to find the best players and encourage competition and leadership opportunities. So they'll be doing plenty of mixing and matching between all involved for the first two weeks for sure. I think by week 3 we have a pretty solidified ones and twos and by the week before the first game it will be set. But even then this coaching staff tends not to set everything in stone because sometimes players put it all together a little later and work their way into the rotation. And speaking of the rotation... I think the goal this year is to rotate 7 linemen around on offense. Keeping fresh legs in there is important when they can and keeping an extended unit together also helps smooth out injuries. But my guess is they'll know who the starter is in a week and will start to solidify things in two weeks with the projected starters working together more regularly after that.

The way football is now it is amazing that Novosad is still a Duck. He's been around longer, has looked good every time he's been on the field, but Dante Moore, who was here, then wasn't, then is back again, is the presumptive starter. The best way to look at this, I believe, is to trust that Lanning and Stein know what they're doing and that Moore and Novosad have a good, yet competitive, eye on the prize. This is tricky, if you have 2 starters, you don't have any, is true. One of them has to be named the starter, and be able to function without being afraid that one mistake gets him sent to the bench. Meanwhile, No.2 has to be ready. standing in that strange way QB's do, with their hands stuck under their collar, ready to go in the game. Or OBD could just make Arch Manning an offer he can't refuse.

Ther is a school down in Australia called Prokick Australia. It's where many of the NCAA football programs go to recruit their punters. The benefit of recruiting punters out of this program is they focus their training exclusively on kicking and punting. Also, their balls spin the opposite direction as American punters because they're from the southern hemisphere which makes their punts bounce backward instead of rolling into the end zone.

So many angles on this one. While competing for the starting QB position is an asset, you cannot underestimate the impact of being (and knowing) that you are the guy. IMHO it changes the way you lead, play, and turn adversity into accomplishment. While Bo & Dillon came in with a lot more experience (not all good), they didn't have "the benefit" of competing for the quarterback position through camp, yet managed to hit the field ready to win games. For what it's worth, I too trust the DL & WS process, but I can't help but lean towards naming the guy who is going to take the reins ASAP.

As a fan, I would always like the inside information on battles for starting position, but I trust the process. I think there are plenty of reps available in practice for two players. The pressure of competing for a position is nothing new, and you want a young QB to practice under pressure, while demonstrating that they are also a leader, when they have the field. They always will need to have at least 2 QB’s ready to go on any given game day.

CBS ranks the 2025 SEC SOS - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/sec-strength-of-schedule-rankings-2025-georgia-catches-favorable-draw-oklahoma-staring-down-rough-road/ SEC teams predicted 1st loss - Saturday Down SouthPredicting every SEC team’s first loss in 2025No one made it through the SEC unscathed during the 2024 season. Here’s where each program will stumble first in 2025.

OBD is finally 24 hours from the start of fall camp! Lanning stated in the Ducks media day that he still considers the QB position an open battle. As camp begins this likely means the majority of first team reps will be split between Moore and Novosad. With 25 practices allotted over the 29 days leading into the season; how long do we want to see this battle play out before we see a singular guy getting all of the #1 reps. With so much untested talent on this years team, I feel like early continuity will be vital to the teams success. We will be tested early in the season with Penn State in Happy Valley. This is ,quite possibly, as tough a game as last year's tOSU in Autzen. We need our defense to be stifling but we need our offense to be humming by Sept 27. Whoever wins the job needs to be getting as many reps as possible with a mostly new offensive line and skill pieces. Sure there will be warm up games. But Montana State isn't a slouch, Oklahoma State will try hard for an upset, and little brother to the north will try to get at the new QB early and often. My question again is, how long do we want to see this battle play out before a guy is getting all the first team reps? I say a starter should be named (publicly or not) by the second scrimmage.

Luke Altmyer deserved a higher ranking. He won 10 games last season. to date, Sayin has won Zip. Writing IlliniLuke Altmyer keeps building his Illinois football legendHonestly, you can count the number of legendary Illinois football quarterbacks on one hand, that is how few and far between they have been. As the Illini enter

Australia is known for producing good to great punters. I was thinking the joke was about recruiting at the bottom of the world, sort of like Bugs Bunny cartoons, where the traveling rabbit ends up hanging from the underside of the Earth... "musta tooka wrong turn at Albuquerque"!