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Good points. Marrying great talent with great coaching is the goal. Conversely, TCU in 2022 and UW in 2023 were not elite in talent, but made it to the big game. There's always exceptions either way.

Mario's strategy on boring the other team into dull play might not work this time.

Thanks, Mike. Yes, time will tell...

Was he expecting to start this year? I mean I doubt he was thinking that. So why not stay a year and develop and see if you stand a good chance at starting the next season? You'll know where you stand by the time the portal opens up in a year. It what it is... I won't get too worked up about it.

Too many QBs in the room ahead of him. I agree that Kentucky is a likely destination.

Athlon's Take on Dante - Another site that says this is good for Dante and the Ducks - https://athlonsports.com/college-football/dante-moores-return-has-oregon-primed-for-a-national-championship-run-in-2026

If Dan Lanning has been honest, and I believe he has, Dante will have to earn his position as the starting QB once again. I don't see who would beat him out, but I sure wouldn't have predicted Brock Thomas as the #2, either.

Yeah with Moore and Raiola here now we may see others leave as well playtime likely locked up for 2 to possibly 3 years, cant blame them at all

USA Today on more Moore in Eugene - https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/01/14/dante-moore-dylan-raiola-oregon-transfer-portal-football-nfl-draft-miami-tennessee/88183344007/

College Football News on the return of Dante - https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/dante-moore-returns-to-oregon-2026-nfl-draft

The $$$ is headed the way of the Hoosiers. All of this pregame love for the Gigs does not mean Indiana won't get smoked. But I don't see a veteran team coached by Cig coming into the game without focus and eyes on the prize. https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/college-football-playoff-early-bettors-are-heavily-backing-indiana-to-win-the-national-championship-game-155911510.html

Doctor J, 25 coaches predict Monday night's winner. I love the timing and location of the football and basketball coaches' meetings. Nothing better than a free ticket to the title game.😁 https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/college-football-coaches-cfp-national-champion-picks-miami-indiana-poll

Be interesting to see the unintended consequences. At first blush, I think this lessens the importance of the portal a smidge. You can now legitimately use first year frosh as depth, which should make it tougher for relative second tier portal players to find a landing spot…which might reduce the number of players entering the portal. We shall see

I wonder how you could have come up with this conclusion!?!!?

I wonder if we'll see him in a Kentucky uniform.

Sorry to see him go, better for AS Jr. Wonder if DR is next having seen the way his inital recruiting went?

Second one in two years. He likely knows it’s best to go get some film and stats at a place where he can play, so he can transfer to a better school later. That’s how it works these days.

Humm, common sense prevails in BBall. New transfer windows approved in basketball, other sports - ESPN

This is crazy, I think I need a drink to keep my sanity!

Gui...the game you remember... 1968 USC entered Autzen No. 1. Ducks were 3-3 including losses at Colorado and at Ohio State. It was USC’s first ever trip to Eugene. All prior games had been in Portland. Autzen had opened in 1967. There were 33,500 in Autzen for the game. OJ had rushed for 980 yds in his first 5 games, but Ducks held him to 67 yds on 25 carries. He won the Heisman at the end of the season. He averaged 171 yds in 10-regular-season games, then rushed for 171 in the Rose Bowl. The game was 13-13 when Trojan Steve Sogge fired a 3 yd pass for the TD: 20-13 The play you remember that set up USC for the winning TD drive was a 61-yd completion to Duck Greg Lindsey that started with Olson fading back into his own end zone after a USC punt was downed on the Duck 1-yd line. Lindsey was chased down from behind by Trojan Ron Ayala who forced Lindsey’s fumble – which the Trojans recovered on their own 38. With little more than 2 minutes left, USC went on a 62 yd drive for the winning TD helped by a 4th down conversion and later a Duck pass interference. There was 1:12 left when USC scored. Oregon responded with Olson passing the Ducks to the USC 8 yd line, but Duck Eric Olson had 3 incomplete passes in the last 28 seconds to end the game. QB John Harrington had been injured earlier during the game. The Ducks outgained USC 359 to 196. Coach Frei indicated in the post-game that if the Ducks had scored they would have gone for a 2-pt conversion to attempt the win. The Trojans went 9-1-1 with some incredibly close winning scores: 3, 7, 7, 4, the 21-21 tie with Notre Dame, and 11-pt loss to Ohio St in the Rose Bowl.

He’ll replace this guy.

I can't remember one season since our Final Four run where we have not had to deal with a significant amount of injuries to at least one key player. We have also lacked "grown men" who can put the team on their shoulders and deliver when it matters most. The lone exception and outlier to this was Payton Pritchard during the last half of the 2018-19 campaign and the 2019-20 season that was cut short, robbing all of us of what could have been an epic run. Couisnard came close, but was still inconsistent and didn't have enough veterans around him.

Where does Brock Thomas fit in here? It's funny how he is not at all popular with OBD fans here, but he was #2... I think more outbound QB transfers will continue.

Absolute GREAT talk between these two former Ducks who played a lot of years in the NFL and were both on the sidelines during the game. GREAT insights on the game and the season. Find it here.

True. But there is much improvement to be had.