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Washington claimed a Pac-12 (at least North) Championship in 2020. They didn't play Oregon so they counted that "no-contest" as a win for them even though they couldn't field a squad.

Ha! You made me laugh out loud with the beautiful logic that you used. But we don’t determine a regular season champion in football, it is determined by the top two who then play thus I cannot call it a regular season and tournament separately. In fact, I do not recall anybody declaring a regular season champion, unless you prefer to Rick Neuheisel and his Pacific Northwest championship? Great ponder point!

Charles, Charles, Charles. I think you need to re-do your chart. You forgot one of our championships. We won the regular season in football going 9 - 0 and then won the 1 game tournament vs Penn St. to "win" the BIG Football Championship. Apples to apples my friend.

You can go to Canzano's podcast list and just listen to the Tosh interview without the other 2 hours. Tosh also said he wouldn't recruit himself; he wants better athletes. He said some coaches try and recruit who they were and that just doesn't work. Also, when asked about balance in a coaches life these days. Tosh said there isn't balance and that is the job.

Instead of 118 pages, try "wax on . . . wax off"

118 pages…not too daunting for a summer assignment. I suppose you never know who will be inspired to make a concerted effort to apply the lessons learned. I have never heard anyone say that reading less is good for our youth. Knock yourself out Acorns.

Especially when Oregon didn't have Evan Stewart as a deep threat to stretch the Ohio State secondary. That really hurt the Duck's offense in the Rose Bowl. Last year I feel the Ducks were shockingly thin at Wide Receiver. The starters were Holden, Stewart and Johnson. Lowe got some run with an injured Johnson but wasn't remotely the same caliber. Big drop off from 2023 where the Ducks had Franklin, Johnson, Holden and Bryant (who is returning in 2025 injury free). And big contributions from Tight Ends in 2023 that just weren't there for a long time in 2024. I went over much of this in these articles. https://fishduck.com/2025/01/rebuilding-oregons-offense-for-2025-the-passing-game/ https://fishduck.com/2025/01/rebuilding-oregons-offense-for-2025-running-back/ Here's hoping for greater depth out of the 2025 team which it already sounds like that may just be the case!

Sounds like a good read to me. https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/ohio-state-football-chop-wood-book-375bc2ad?st=zwVUSq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

So, when Ohio State came to the LOS in a particular formation--we countered. Then by studying us, Chip came back with a "counter-to-the-counter," and that is just great coaching. Did we continue to blunder into those same errors in the second half? No. Keep in mind that the damage was done in the first half....those three touchdowns referred to. In the second half, Oregon outscored Ohio State, and as lame as that sounds--it is true. So we did do some adjustments, but not enough, as the Buckeyes were a good team.

If only we didn’t start the playoff with a rematch. As to the PAC media deal. I think there’s a ton of fuzzy math and we’re seeing a lot of distortion. One big one, I believe the conference is responsible for producing games on the CW. Not an insignificant cost. There’s a reason they’re being tight lipped, if it was a “clean” $9m per team I think they’d be bragging more. They’re trying to kill shot the MWC with every breath, if the deal was almost double what the MWC is getting, it feels like we’d hear about it, loudly.

Thank you, Charles. Nice opening gambit by Chip, but where was the response? IMO, this no-show is on the entire coaching staff from the Chief on down. In addition to Chip's adjustments, equally important IMO was the adjustments Jim Knowles made on defense. Caleb Downs moved up from safety and was a wrecking ball. The O-line that played well against TOSU in Autzen was manhandled in Pasadena. I don't think this happened as a result of strength and conditioning training post-Michigan. It will be fascinating to watch the White Out chess match. Next (Nest?) case. Onward and upward!

He might want to text Atlanta media: rhymes with fedex.

6 PM Pacific tonight, the BTN crew visits Eugene. Based on program visits to date, this is well worth watching. Go Ducks!

Walking onto the field anywhere knowing you can. Huge.

The sign of a good coach is the ability to keep on learning and adjusting. Some may consider Tosh not an elite DC which may be fair but he's far, far above average and Oregon would be hard pressed to find a better replacement. He helped with a national championship under Saban, I think he can do the same under DL.

Great info, thanks. Chip would have the eyes to pick up on that - the guy who put the ‘read’ in zone read.

First of all, I got this from Canzano today. I continue to subscribe because he does give us good takes on Oregon, but I have to live with his bootlicking of Beavis and his fans. His newsletter/email today was mostly nonsense about the "New-World Pac-12" (New is not always better!) and legal mashinations. He did confirm that the Pac-12 members expect 8-9 million a year from their media contract. Whew! Below is what he offered from his long interview with Tosh Lupoi, and I have to hand it to John...he got information we did not know for certain until now. JH: Lupoi’s defense was outstanding for most of last season. In nine of 13 games last season, Oregon’s opponents scored 18 or fewer points. But Penn State put up more than 500 yards and scored 37 points in the Big Ten title game (an Oregon win), and Ohio State scored 41 in the Rose Bowl (an Oregon loss). I asked Lupoi what he learned in those two postseason games. He said that Ohio State Offensive Coordinator Chip Kelly figured some things out after the regular-season matchup in Eugene. The Buckeyes noticed that the Ducks’ defense made pre-snap “checks” that were advantageous in Oregon’s 32-31 win in Eugene. In the second meeting, Ohio State baited UO’s defense into those pre-snap “checks” but were ready with on-the-fly adjustments that resulted in big plays. “They did a great job of getting us into those checks and then really game-planning those checks,” Lupoi said. “And three touchdowns alone were within those checks.” How does Oregon (and Lupoi) grow from that? “Well, we can still have a defense that’s made up of those checks that helped us win and attack and play really well,” he said, “but also have come up with some new calls where you can just play out the integrity of the defense and not get in a check.” Lupoi said “self-scouting” was a big piece of the offseason for him.

I would guess a version of Clownzano’s dream will eventually happen, but not as he fantasizes. There will probably be a formal break away with a new division/super league/whatever you want to call it. Whoever doesn’t become part of that new world order will probably reorganize with other non top tier schools, which could/should include some geographic realignment. What this shift won’t include imo, is arbitrarily elevating current G6 programs based on geography. Quite the opposite.

"....nation is going to come to an understanding of how challenging the Pac-12 really was" Every time I read one of "those" columns (looking at your Canzano) about how college football will revert to regional divisions (to include OSU/WSU) I think what impact that would have. It would mean, once again, the West would be an afterthought. Poor publicity. Poor kickoff times, etc. It is a fantasy to think there would be equal divisions across the nation.

Once Oregon got the support needed they built sports facilities that as a whole are second to none. The AD and supporting alumni then hired coaching staffs that are capable to recruit and compete at the highest levels. As a graduate of 1982, when I take the time to stroll around the campus, and enter the various sports venues, I am in awe of what has been accomplished. Can’t wait to see the new football facility… Oregon is here to stay.

So glad you left the Beavs, Atty!

USC, due to volume, has the No. 1, to date, 2026 recruiting ranking. But what team is mining recruiting gold? OBD, of course! 😍 On3 - The ten teams with the highest percentage of 2026 Blue Chip recruits - 1. OREGON - 88% 2. LSU - 78% / A&M - 78% 4. Georgia - 77% 5. Notre Dame - 74% / Florida 74% 7. Miami - 73% 8. Texas - 71% 9. USC - 69% 😁 10. the Ohio State University - 67% It's nice that a mainstream CFB site recognizes Coach Lanning and friends ' recruiting prowess. How many CFB fans would know that Oregon has the highest number of Blue-Chip recruits to date? The media is all over Oregon commits who decommit, but not when top recruits commit. Win a Natty! Beginning with a roundup of Bob's Cats.

If UCLA was better at football I'd say they still get to go to Pasadena to get their butts kicked. But they don't have to wait till January anymore.

Who in the 🤬invited these guys to the party? Before 2024, we had to go to Pasadena to get our B1G butts kicked 😁.

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