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Oregon's Playoff Path is Set - How Difficult Could it Be?On3Oregon's Playoff Path is Set - How Difficult Could it Be?Oregon's playoff path is set. They face James Madison on December 20th. How difficult is this draw for Dan Lanning and the Ducks?

Listening to sports radio talk this morning. It is dominated by Notre Dame‘s decision to refuse to participate in any bowl games. Let them pout and stay home. No need to keep giving them airtime. All they had to do was not lose two games on their crappy schedule and they would be in. We have 12 teams that are in. I would rather hear about them than the losers in South Bend. P.s. Sorry for the Title Charles. 🫣🙄 Stolen from Will Ferrell from the movie “ Daddy’s Home.”

I was always a bit surprised Neuheisel never found another coaching stop somewhere after UCLA but, at this point, he has now been gone 14 years and I think turns 65 in February. Jerry is now 33, so maybe he is thinking coach 3-5 years and hope to hand it off to his son? Chip is 62 and must not be ready to get out of the game. I took a look at available sources and it looks like since coming to Oregon, Chip has earned about $82 million. I would hope he only jumps back into college head coaching if he is over whatever that exit at UCLA was. Has that happened? It would be a concern I think in hiring him. 6 colleges had head coaches 64+ this year: Belichick (73), Ferentz (70), Keeler (66), Whittingham (66), Fritz (65), Cignetti (64), and Mora (64); and, 2/6 have been their schools 27 and 22 years. Overall only 11 coaches were 60+. Given those ages and all the recent changes to the college game, as an AD, I don't think I could pull the trigger on either; but, I think both could probably fill some seats. Last year, WSU only averaged about 24,300 in attendance, behind several of its new conference foes (Fresno State 41k, Boise State 37k, Oregon State 36k, Colorado State 33k, San Diego State 25k). I guess after good numbers to start the year, attendance tailed off and ended up lower (about 23,200). I think FCS Montana averaged over 26k a game (so it almost has to be a bit of a concern).

Everything Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning said about the Ducks playoff matchup against James Madison Oregon head coach Dan Lanning met with the media on Sunday afternoon to go over Oregon's first-round matchup against James Madison in two weeks' time. Here is a full recap of what he said. Dan Lanning expects lively Autzen experience for CFP game: 'Our fans are going to be unbelievable' Oregon coach Dan Lanning told reporters on Sunday afternoon that he anticipates Autzen Stadium will be rocking for the opening round College Football Playoff game with James Madison.

I live in the Harrisonburg area and several of my co-workers are JMU-alum, so it's sure to be an interesting couple of weeks, but I'm here for it! It's been plenty cold and nasty for the better part of the last month, including during their conference championship game Friday night. The weather won't be a factor, but the environment and the Autzen crowd will 100% affect them.

Coach talks about more than J MU. Oregon Ducks On SIWhat Dan Lanning Said About Oregon Ducks' Playoff Game Ag...The No. 5 Oregon Ducks are set to host their first College Football Playoff (CFP) game at Autzen Stadium. The Ducks learned during the 2025 bracket reveal that

JMU Coach talks up his team. I didn't know he will be leading UCLA next year. Oregon Ducks On SIJames Madison's Bob Chesney Reveals What Fans Should Expe...The Oregon Ducks learned during Sunday’s selection show who their first opponent is on their College Football Playoff (CFP) journey. Oregon is set to host the J

Tell me preseason rankings don’t factor into a skewed perception of year end rankings. This is a perfect example of why any rankings should be thrown out the window. Play the games. Top 3-4 from each major conference. Then all the rest of conference winners get in as well. Just win and you’re in. Prove it on the field not with someone else’s eyeballs.

Let 'em cage fight for it!

Not a good matchup for a guy who doesn’t like to recruit…

Well I would sure as hell hope that if Dante declares he won't go to the Raiders. With Tom Brady as a Raiders minority owner, you can be sure that he would want to select whomever he thinks is best qualified to run a pro set offense. But I also think he is smart enough to recommend signing a decent free agent under whom a high draft choice QB could learn under for a year or two. I don't know the back-up QBs, but I do know in the event of a Dante injury Lanning will go with whomever gives the Ducks the best chance to win. That as always Kirby's rationale and the Dawgs were lucky to have a talented (but game inexperienced) QB in Gunner Stockton to plug in and rally the team, which was behind Texas, to a win in the 24 SEC Championship game. That worked because the rest of the team loved Gunner and played their butts off for him in that game in a way they didn't for Carson Beck (that's a long story). I am sure CDL knows the guy the Ducks would be most likely to rally around and that's who would get the nod. True, Gunner didn't pull off a playoff win against Notre Dame last year, but he was hardly the reason Georgia lost that game. And hey, the quarterfinals of the CFP is a tough challenge for ANYONE who is making their first start in college football. So let's hope that Dante remains healthy. Go Ducks!

9 games will help to clear up the current mess in SEC rankings there's just to many teams in the conference to only play 8.

All down hill since Mike Leach

I wonder what he's been doing in terms of football practice while being away for 2 years?

Well, if either get hired by WSU it's a guaranteed low pressure job with a few million a year salary and not a lot of press spotlight. I bet that's what Chip would prefer right now.

There is only ONE team from out west in the Playoff...guess who?

Ooof... Chip it's a sign that you should just retire when you're looking at WSU. Or go do TV for a few years.

I know a Stanford had it rough. They need to find players who could theoretically get into Stanford on their own outside of football and recruit those kids. Then to make matters worse if a player graduates early and wants to get a master's degree they have to apply and be accept r to the master's program without football in consideration. In short... If a Stanford football grad wants to use some of their eligibility to get a master's degree degree they are going else where. It also means their portal use is highly restricted to those who meet their academics. Granted... I am just all around jealous of those who automatically, or effectively automatically, get auto enrolled in grad programs. I applied for four schools to get into a grad program... And then I had to pay for that degree out of pocket. But i will say this about Stanford... They do seem to walk thr walk when it comes to heir academics in their programs. Now Washington should take note.. because that's academic prowess.

As reported by John Canzano...both have feelers taking place with the WSU Athletic Department for coaching. At what point do coaches pass the "retread" label? Sometimes reality is.... Too Unbelievable.

Jeremiah Smith of Ohio State has enormous vertical reach, and is also 6’3”. Imagine adding 4.36 speed to it…

Usually the guy with the 42" vertical for OBD ends up being a 5'8" CB. What a luxury as a 6'3" WR!

Is admission requirements still something? I've always heard that the head coach at Notre Dame has a tough job, because he needs to find five star players with five star study habits. A rule that some......um... Miami....umm... probably don't follow. That place is a private institution, one that has people named Reginald, Archibald, Thelonias, and last names that have words like the third, attached to them. I imagine it's likely the same at USC. Also a private place of higher education, but I might be wrong. After all, I went to a public University with a terrible football team, and even worse academic admissions record for said football team. ( Said football team may have some history that I'm biased against. My comments may not be entirely true, as I grew up disliking said team. My comments are not to be taken too seriously, you can't sue me or anyone around me for my emotional takes. Plus your law program is second rate to the program I support. Remember I am an alumnus 🥸. That is all)

The Semi-Automatic Annual Notre beDamned Love Fest drives me nuts, especially at playoff/bowl season. I'm prejudiced, I know. Everyone has their vices.

That SEC game was non competitive. The B1G wasn't, it was hard hitting, and it went down to the wire. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't Ohio State play their tenth B1G game last night? How about Indiana? Didn't Ohio State have to play "The Game" last week? Didn't they beat The Texas on opening week? Didn't both squads have injuries, yet didn't rest 13 of their players like Alabama did? I don't recall hearing Curt Cignetti complaining. Al I heard was celebrating. I didn't hear Ryan Day making excuses about playing Michigan, and Indiana back to back weeks. Ole Miss is going to go a full month plus before their last competitive game. After playing Citadel, getting a bye, and beating the mighty five win Mississippi State, a team Billy Napier could beat while already knowing he was going to be canned the next day. The SEC have been smelling it's own farts for too long, they've convinced themselves that whatever comes out of them isn't crap. It's unfiltered genius. It isn't.