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Let's hope the forecast holds true for the game! Autzen ZooJMU, Oregon fans get a weather break for College Football...December weather in Oregon can be unpredictable.

Yes, I have been enjoying your posts on Elon's stupid app.

Given the current playoff selection criteria, I would expect the top teams from the B1G and SEC to cancel games with top OOC teams, including ND. The benefit is not worth the risk. Texas might be in the playoff if they didn’t schedule Ohio State and lose.

Thanks Steven! I must admit you had me with the title. I was going WHAT?? I agree with Hampton taking the DC reins, but the jury is still out with Mehringer. I do trust in Dan Lanning’s process. He sees the potential with each coach I don’t. Congrats to both coaches, looking forward to great success they will provide. Go Ducks!

Texas Tech lit up BYU twice, and its only loss was at ASU when the red Raiders starting QB couldn't play. Tech also wrecked a good Utah team in Salt Lake City. Cody Campbell's money was well spent, especially on the DL and LB. LB Rogriguez won the Butkus Award. He started his college ball playing QB at Virginia. Pretty well known by now that his wife is an Air Force Blackhawk pilot. Joey McGuire is an experienced, savvy football coach who, in his selection show interview, mentioned the loss in Lubbock to Oregon with Bo Nix leading a comeback win. Eugene is twice as far from Miami as Lubbock is. This is new territory for fired-up Tech fans who will show up for the game. I expect attendance to be 60/40 in favor of TT at least. PO travel for OBD fans is brutal, and always will be when traditional bowl sites host the second round forward games. However, I do hope Oregon fans will have the opportunity to travel to Miami, Atlanta, and then back to Miami. There is a chance OBD could play a semifinal game in Phoenix instead of Atlanta. Everyone's gaga about Georgia because the Dawgs controlled the game vs a wounded Bama team. A week earlier, Georgia's O was stymied by Georgia Tech. I'm not saying I prefer UGA (DUH), but TT is legit. Noon Eastern Orange Bowl KO - 9 AM Pacific. 11 AM Central. OBD opened -7.5, bet down to -4.5. FIRST - Destroy the Dukes!

Bama played a much more difficult schedule and the 3rd loss was in a 13th game that ND does not play.

The ACC for every sport but football and ice hockey where ND plays in the Big Ten. Parasites!

I know many of you are going to do a double-take of the title that is obviously in error. HC Dan Lanning and his staff have killed it in recruiting portal transfers, whether we refer to quarterback, offensive line, defensive line or defensive backs. Oregon’s track record in the portal is not only one of the best for attracting them ... Lanning Sends a Strong Message by AVOIDING the Portal

Thanks for the post, and congratulations on a great season. You do wear purple better than that flea infested bunch up north.

Last week we thought Lane Kiffin, and his nonsense were going to be the stories of the off-season. Then it was Penn State bungling their coaching search. Then just a day or so ago, it was going to be about Notre Dame, and the CFP format likely changing. It's like being a Cowboys fan in the nineties. Imagine a world where Michigan hires DeBoer, and Lane Kiffin goes to Alabama. I don't know if I was at a big job making big money, if I'd want to take that job right now. It's a top ten , or five job. But, there's a lot of mess right now. None of us know who knew what, or if there's more. Michigan students were asked what the team should do. One said "Hire that guy with the glasses at Indiana, just give him a billion dollars". Another said "Defund the whole program". The students are split.

At some point I think it would be reasonable for the P4 conferences to tell Notre Dame to join a conference or face the very real prospect of not being scheduled by teams in the the P4 leagues. Probably ND would opt for the ACC--if I am not mistaken, they are already there in basketball and perhaps other sports as well. They could probably retain their private network, at least to some degree. I don't think the SEC required Texas to completely give theirs up. In so doing ND would have to poop or get off the pot and earn their way into the dance rather than relying on any preferential treatment which will become stale real quickly in the modern era.

Then don't read the "real-life" posts. People are just reporting the news...

Even more important, why would a player with a potential NFL future go to a school that will not provide TV exposure?

Last year, I was worried about Ohio St and for good reason. (and the 2014 national championship too) 2011, I was worried about LSU. Natty 2010, was worried about Auburn. 2022, Ducks got spanked by Georgia. In big games where they came out on top, Ducks beat Oklahoma and Michigan in 2006 and 2007. Also beat Fla st in the 2014 playoff first round. What I am NOT worried about this playoff season - is the Ducks getting physically dominated. This is what makes this year so much different than all the other years. Oregon has BEASTS for linemen and linebackers. And the skills players are as good as anybody else's if not better. From 2019 to 2024, Oregon was good, but not good all the way through as a total team. This year, they are good at every position, but the pass rush could be better. I think we will see the Ducks peak in the playoffs. We will see the Ducks do to teams what the good teams used to do to the Ducks. That is, control the line of scrimmage.

That is one hundred percent true, it's almost hard to conceive that the athletic director could be that foolish. Also, there is no written rule about their inclusion if they are top 12. It's a Notre Dame line of thinking, if it was in place, we all know Notre Dame would be taking everybody to court. What they are doing, is making the B1G and SEC rethink Notre Dame having a seat. We all know who controls the playoff. You know Sankey, or Petitti will gladly make additional space for one of their programs, and Notre Dame isn't the end all. Of the top 25 most viewed games in 2025, Notre Dame had one. It was against Miami. Turns out that people won't just turn in to see Notre Dame crush West Texas, Apple Tech, Moogerville, or ND Poly Tech. Maybe the Irish can get a deal with the new PAC Who. I'm sure people will tune in to see Notre Dame vs Boise State..... Well actually no, we got that matchup this past year. It didn't draw a top 100 ranked game this year. Utah vs UCLA had a better rating.

Dang it--Never said I was noble.

Mor like the creepy step-cousin bully whose nose I broke at my great uncle's funeral when I was 13... Andagain 2 years later, when he was suffering short term memory loss! And yes, he was a Beaver fan.

Oregon State are our brothers? No, we're NOT related....

Hate to see any injuries, but any reduction in the pass rusher could end up a huge benefit for the Ducks.

Speedy recovery Mr. Daley!

Lol, thank you. I won't be here after our game, so by all means, please deactivate it if you want! But yea, I was a sucker for that Nike deal. Without question the best sports colors are green and yellow (look no further than the now defunct Oakland Athletics). So I was a superficial Oregon fan from a distance and I've enjoyed seeing you all bust into the top tier of CFB the last 15+ years. And the handle was purely to try to convince you I wasn't here to troll. But also bastard huskies sounds about right, but I refuse to capitalize the b or the h.

Notre Dame has some brass maracas calling out the ACC for favoring their own teams. The ACC is the only conference keeping their strength of schedule afloat. Once the SEC goes to nine conference games they will cancel any future scheduled games with them. If they don’t have the ACC then they will be nothing more than a strong team who plays a G6 schedule. It’s going to be very difficult to break into the top 12 with no P4 opponents. Why on Earth would any P4 team schedule a game with them? The only ones I can see doing it are cash-poor teams at the bottom of their conferences who won’t move the SOS needle.

You are a new OBD forum member, and you noted in your bio your Oregon sympathies. But when I saw your handle name...while it is not something we usually condone--I thought it captured the spirit of how we love our school, and how we feel about the Bastard Huskies. Pretty clever! Welcome, and I look forward to your thoughts.

What a great first post! Welcome, and do post often...

Amen. In this case, he turned the wrong Paige. (😵)