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As it stands now, best coach in Oregon history is Chip Kelly. Once Lanning makes it to a CFP Championship, then I'll anoint him. Also waiting to see the Ducks' defense become consistently dominate. If he neutralizes Indiana's offense, that will go a long way to proving it.

Spartan, in your favor, MIA plays 8 home games this season. Here's what's left for Mario to conquer: Louisville, Stanford, at SMU, NC State, at VA Tech, and at Pitt. Perhaps there will be snow in Pittsburgh? ACC Champ Game - Against UVA? The Cavaliers are undefeated in the ACC. The loss at NC State was a non-conference loss. 🤬 Perhaps another shot to lose late to FSU? IMO, the opponent that should worry Mari-oh-oh the most is Georgia Tech and tough-as-nails QB, Haynes King.

Thanks for an awesome history of Oregon football and their coaches. I, too, go back to watching Cas's teams with Bob Berry. We'd listen to the games on a scratchy radio station in Eastern Washington when we couldn't get tv. It's been a fun ride.

The Browns receive the Bengals 8th-round draft pick and a used whirlpool bath. 🤪

Big Ten Basketball Media Days - Women - Wednesday 10/8/25 - Big Ten Network - 9 AM Men - Thursday 10/9/25 - Big Ten Network - 9 AM

Jackson Shelstad and Nate Bittle Two Oregon Ducks named to the preseason All-Big Ten team

Four commits make watchlist = Receivers Jalen Lott and Kendre Harrison, along with lineman Immanuel Iheanacho and safety Jett Washington Four Duck football commits make 2025 All-USA Football Team Watchlist

Bengals acquire QB Joe Flacco in trade with rival Browns - ESPN Bengals trade for Browns QB Joe Flacco in wake of Joe Burrow injury - Yahoo Sports Why Dillon Gabriel Is The Biggest Winner of Joe Flacco Trade

The Browns did DG no favors by also drafting Sanders. It’s a complete circus in Cleveland. There is a reason that they are always drafting in the top 5. Clown show.

I can’t recall if it was Jonathan Stewart or Kenjon Barner (both know a thing or two about the position), who said that Dierre Hill, Jr. was the best running back on the field after the Penn State game and he deserves more touches. I’m also really high on Davison. Some fans are focusing on his yards per carries, which are artificially lower because he is being used in short yardage and goaline situations. He is more than capable of gashing a defense all day long.

OBDF this is a great opportunity for Dillion to grow thru his rookie contract and prove himself. Hopefully, the Browns will put a few more pieces together for him to thrive. Like skill position players and continue to strengthen the O Line. Not many have thrived or survived as a Brown QB for a number of years. Dillion just needs to stay healthy and get to a 5th year deal($25 million) or the 2nd contract. (Generational money) Go Dillion........

Interesting question, Alex. I would answer : “Who is the best coach in Oregon football history?” with a lawyerly question of my own: “What yardstick is used for measuring?” If we google the list of Oregon football coaches we can readily find each coach with their percentage of wins. We discover that way back in 1894 Cal Young had a winning percentage of 1.000 %. By that measure, Cal is undoubtedly the best of all Oregon football coaches. However, he coached only one game. Going on down the list, Hugo Bezdek’s win rate was 0.721% from 1913-1917. Hugo was also a great player for the Webfoots (the former Duck mascot name). Chip Kelly tops the win percentage at 0.868%. Dan Lanning is close behind at 0.854%. Based on your projections of what Lanning will do in the future, he will surpass Kelly in this category. So, Lanning will top the list, at least for a while. Because of my extremely advanced age I have an advantage over most others in evaluating more recent history in that I actually watched the team coached by Jim Aiken in 1950 and every Duck team since. Aiken moved OBD from the single wing to the “T” formation. He also took an end named Norman Van Brocklin and made him his quarterback. For those who don’t know who Norm was, Google him. I would argue that those two decisions have probably more to do with where the Ducks are today than any other coaching decision. I knew the next coach, Len Casanova, personally. Len led the Ducks from 1951 through 1966 and brought what most think is the West Coast offense to Oregon. Yes, before Bill Walsh’s Stanford teams the Ducks were already playing the offense Walsh is given credit for. It was really fun to watch back when the Ducks were running plays out of formations other teams were not running. But Cas coached in Hayward field and did not have Phil Knight’s shoulders to elevate him above the rest of college football. However, Cas’ teams planted the seeds for Autzen stadium. Rich Brooks wins the endurance trophy, 1977-1994. He gets credit for having the courage to hire Mike Bellotti away from a head coaching position at Chico State, and then to step up to AD so that Bellotti could become head coach. Bellotti was an offensive genius for his time. Mike brought with him Nick Aliotti for defense. Together they produced some great teams. Interestingly they were player teammates at Cal Davis. Like Brooks before him, Bellotti had the courage and foresight to hire Chip Kelly and then step aside so that Chip could take over and do his magic with a style of football other teams did not play or know how to defend. So, with all this history I find it impossible to say who the “best” Oregon coach is, because, it depends on too many factors that have changed through the years. Undoubtedly, right today, Lanning is the best at navigating the player transfer portal. I say that not to be farcical, because, obviously, no previous coach had the advantage of picking players from a farm team up the valley, for example. I say it to make a point. You simply cannot compare Dan Lanning to Jim Aiken because the coaching environment of today is totally different for Lanning from what it was for Aiken from 1947-50. This I know for sure. Oregon has had some great football innovators leading their teams over the years. Many of them, like Lanning, knew how to hire and manage a staff, Bellotti in particular. But, Mike was not very good at firing staff members who didn’t work out. Many Duck coaches could see what a player could become with good coaching. None of them had the advantages Lanning had from day one in terms of program recognition, facilities and financial support. And, none of them had the broad experience Lanning brought to Oregon, along with his notebook of the people he wanted to have around him. A notebook that I suspect is adding names like Will Stein all the time. Nobody does it by themself. Lanning is the best at assembling all the pieces it takes to win college football games in the ever-changing scene coaches face today.

That's great to hear. Good job Dillon.

It was just reported by The Athletic that the Browns traded veteran QB Joe Flacco to the Bengals, who need someone better than former Husky Jake Browning. So that leaves Sanders and Dillon Gabriel left for the Browns at QB--what an opportunity for him!

CBS with a look ahead and a look back at B1G games. The B1Ggest, Hoosiers at OBD. The best W last week. UCLA is the obvious call, but how about UW's comeback at Maryland? And bless Jedd Fisch for blaming nothing on and having no complaints about coast-to-coast travel. The article notes that PSU most certainly misses Tyler Warren. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/b1g-time-indiana-meets-oregon-for-early-leg-up-in-cfp-race-obvious-missing-link-limiting-penn-state/

CBS - It's B1G Time for OBD and Indiana - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/b1g-time-indiana-meets-oregon-for-early-leg-up-in-cfp-race-obvious-missing-link-limiting-penn-state/

Pat, is that ewe?

Be Our Guest, I Guess? Coach Corso will be missed. ☹️ https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2025/10/06/oregon-ducks-indiana-college-gameday-guest-pickers/86548111007/?utm_source=smg-duckswire-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SMGbaseline&

Well I guess you could say DL is OBD's "Diamond in the Rough". 😁

Without a doubt, Cignetti is playing games with DL. He is smart to not add bulletin board material or pour fuel on the fire. I just doubt his true sincerity! In one article he said that Oregon is a great team and that his Hoosiers are a very good team. I doubt DL, staff and players are buying that! Last season the Hoosiers struggled against elite opponents. Especially in the trenches. Cignetti worked to fix that during the off season. Those fixes will be put to the test against the Ducks. The Hoosiers are well coached and will bring their best effort this Saturday. However, no sugar coated talk will help them in the rain on Saturday. This Duck squad is bigger, stronger, faster and deeper. Extremely talented players working together to become elite. Cinderella's fantasy ball should land with a thud in Autzen. While i think PSU will rebound and return to the rankings by seasons end, the Hoosiers may be the last top ranked team the Ducks face until the title game. That fact is not lost on DL and this team. As UCLA proved that upsets can happen in any game, I just dont see that happening this Saturday Go Ducks!

Lanning is special, and could end up as best if he remains at Oregon long enough, and continues to find and recruit extraordinary assistants. Think of it....many feel Will Stein is one of the best OCs in the college game right now, he was coaching at UTSA, and at a high school before that? Talk about finding a-diamond-in-the-rough! Nice article Alex...

Of course, you could be right, but Miami was in the same place last season with Cam Ward at QB and lost 2 of its last 3 games to miss the ACC champ game and the playoff. Miami has another home game this Saturday vs. Louisville. This will be Miami's 5th home game out of six games. One of Miami's wins is against a G5 team, another against an FCS team. Nice win against two-loss Notre Dame and its freshman QB starting on the road for the first time. But if the program was not named Notre Dame, would the team with two losses be No. 16 in the nation with a win over an SEC opponent who fired its coach the day after the game? Miami's other two ranked wins are against No. 24 USF and No. 25 FSU. QB Castellanos, as was the case at BC last season, started strong before tapering off. Cristobal almost pulled off a Mari-oh-oh 4th quarter in Tallahassee. Florida did not have Dallas Wilson (SIGH) healthy against Miami; nevertheless, the Gators shut down Beck and the Miami offense. Hats off to Mario and Miami, but there is more than half a season to play. In theory, 2-loss Texas and 2-loss Penn State are still in the PO hunt. Both have upcoming games against highly ranked opponents with a chance to prove their PO worth. Clemson is 2-3, with two home losses, and its P4 win came against the 33rd NFL team that should be ranked the 133rd college team. All three of these teams were hyped to the moon by today's hive mind hype machines, competing to see which bees in the hive can spew forth the most hyperbole. Clemson lost 4 games last season with the same guys on defense who were now sure thing All-Americans and first round draft picks. Klubnik had a good PO game against Texas in Austin, but his stats were padded in games against crummy ACC opponents, like an SMU team that Penn State embarrassed. Penn State lost one of the best 'jack-knifes' to ever play the game in Tyler Warren. The team was still to be coached by James Franklin, and Jim Knowles didn't have Caleb Downs to play with. The PSU offense put up more than enough points to defeat UCLA on Saturday, but the defense was terrible. Texas? Arch had started against and defeated two G5 opponents and a 2024 Mississippi State team nowhere near as good as this season's team. All of the Longhorns' top receivers left after 2024. One starter returned on the O-line. And hats off to Sark as a person fighting addiction, but what in his head coaching career has Sark ever won? One B12 title. Largely at the urging of one member who pointed out all of the above, our small change gaming group bet the Under on all three team's 2025 win totals. Which is nice. 😎 The team that has not disappointed to date with massive turnover from 2024 is OBD, with four starters back from last year's team. That's coaching, and equally important in today's pay-for-play and unrestricted free agency, it's great roster management. And, I have to give the same tip of the hat to Ohio State. To date, four teams are in the top 15 nationally in yards per play gained and fewest yards per play allowed: Oregon, Ohio State, Indiana, and Texas Tech. (Texas Tech not only bought a very good roster, but it looks like the Red Raiders bought the easiest schedule in the B12.) Indiana is another well-coached team with very good roster management since Cig showed up. I think Saturday will be a close game before OBD's LOS superiority shows up. You can bet that with a better QB and WRs than Penn State, the young Oregon CBs will be tested. And Indiana has 2024 All-B1G talent at all three levels of its defense. PUT OUT THAT CIG!

Everything Oregon's Dan Lanning said in his Monday press conference ahead of Indiana

Injury update and Coach Lanning's comments pre-game. Oregon Ducks On SIOregon's Dan Lanning Gives Brief Injury Update Before Mas...EUGENE – Major implications on the Big Ten standings and the Heisman Trophy race are on the line, as the No. 3 Oregon Ducks are set to play their second-straigh

Mario tried to blow it against FSU. It just didn’t work. He was up Three scores in the fourth quarter and three and outed in under two minutes with incomplete passes. Then up only two scores, he basically did it again. Only FSU’s horrible on side kicks kept the collapse from being completed. The beautiful thing about the classic Mario face plant is the loss doesn’t have to be on the schedule.