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Hey... they could get lower... they could hite Mario when he's eventually canned from Miami. 😂

Hey... They'll raise another pac-12 champs banner.

AUBURN PUTS THE DEEP FREEZE ON HUGH FREEZE - Where will the coaches come from to replace the fired P4 coaches, plus Stanford? What's that, Beavis? No one other than Canzano and the bartender at the Peacock cares. 🙃

WEEK 10 AP Poll - 6-2 UW is in. 6-2 Iowa is No. 26. Cincy, with a loss to Nebraska and a beatdown at Utah, is No. 25? Why? No. 23, 3-Loss Tennessee still has many Volunteers voting in the AP. Miami drops to No. 18. But, losing to Miami must still be a 'Good Loss.' Or, did the No. 10 Golden Domers' 25-10 win over the 1-8 BC Eagles really impress the voters? Tuesday night, we'll see how this poll stacks up against the PO Committee's 1st ranking release. I won't be surprised if Texas A&M is No. 1. AP NewsNCAA College Football Rankings: AP Top 25 Football PollThe official page for the AP Top 25 college football poll, a tradition since 1936. Keep up to date and view the latest ranking updates each week.

Here's where OBD ranks nationally in defensive stats. Points per game: 6th 13.5 Yards per game: 4th 239.4 Passing yards: 1st 124.6 Rushing yards: 30th 114.9

Excellent assessment Don. Kaden Wetjen is a BEAST! He has deceptive speed, and he is explosive. Is he a WR for Iowa? He should be. Right on target concerning QB Gronowski. I personally believe he is playing better than he did at South Dakota State, and his accuracy is improving downfield. As for their defense-they aren't elite, but you have to beat them. They make few mistakes, and they are ferocious when they blitz. QB Moore will have to demonstrate he can read what they throw at him (does Stein have a full session in practice dedicated solely to recognizing blitz packages and his perceived weakness at reading zone coverage? I wonder). I'm all over Ducks -2 if that is the point spread. I recognize many Duck fans are truly concerned about OBD, but the talent advantage is far too much to ignore. I've been sunshine and buttercups lately for a reason. Let's see how things pan out. Thanks Don, you presented a fairly accurate picture of an improved Iowa team that is deadly if you don't match their intensity and effort (as far as I have studied).

Our defense has come to this in my opinion: if you can't pass on them, you won't win. In fact, the only time a team ran on us effectively in the Lanning era was little brother. Indiana did a very good job passing on OBD. I was pleased however because it wasn't the blitzkrieg we have faced from Ohio State and the Fuskies. If there is anything that will be an indicator of how elite our defense is, watch how we defend the pass this month.

Oregon remains at No. 6 in US LBM Coaches Poll Oregon Ducks stay put in US LBM Coaches Poll ahead of Week 11 showdown vs. Iowa

It is pretty darn good but I would love more pressure on the QBs.

Yahoo Sports says it best: In a town brimming with the illusion of wealth and surgically altered body parts, where it sometimes seems like only the tans are real, Miami has perpetrated yet another scam on the American people. Pretending to be an elite program isn’t exactly a crime, but goodness gracious are the Hurricanes good at making their fans feel swindled.

We do need to avoid the 8 - 9 seed as the second round would be against No. 1.

Field rushing when beating a team that was at .500. I guess they are trying hard for a resume to attract a good JC coach.

Mr. Massey's computers also have OBD holding steady - https://masseyratings.com/cf/fbs/ratings USC, Iowa, and UW are all in the Top 25.

Mario's the Titanic in search of a berg.

It's bye weekend and without an actual game to ponder, I've been thinking about how good the Ducks actually are. Statistically, the Oregon D is very good but lurking just below the stats is some info they may make them elite. In the category of points allowed per game in the BIG, OBD find themselves in fourth place behind tOSU, Indy and Iowa. Oregon has given up 85 points in the BIG and 108 over all. If you brake that down between qtrs 1-3 and the 4th separately, some interesting info emerges. Below, I've done just that. Team Qtrs 1-3 4 Total Mon St 6 7 13 Ok St 0 3 3 NW 0 14 14 OSU 7 0 7 PSU 3 14 17 excludes OT points IU 20 10 30 Rut 3 7 10 Wis 0 7 7 Total 39 62 101 BIG Totals 26 52 78 Some conclusions. OBD have given up only 26 points in 15 quarters (5 games quarters 1-3) against BIG competition. That's less than 2 points per quarter. Two thirds of the total points given up against the BIG have been in the 4th quarter. Of the 52 fourth quarter points given up, only 24 were with the game still in doubt (Indy and PSU). I've never seen defensive numbers like these for the Ducks. If the offense can find more consistency and the D holds steady, this may be a championship caliber team.

Death, taxes and tanking. Mari at Miami is 4 - 11 after Nov 1, including 1 -3 when ranked in the top 10.

The Coaches (Sports Information Director) Poll. OBD stays at No. 6 - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/miami-georgia-tech-suffer-drops-in-week-11-college-football-coaches-poll-top-25-rankings/ Iowa is ranked; UW at No. 26.

The AP Poll will soon be out. Below is ESPN's final PO prediction before the PO Committee's 1st ranking release on Tuesday - No. 8 OBD projected to host No. 9 Texas Tech in a Battle of Big (B1G) Donors. ESPN.comCFP top 12: One last projection before the first committe...We assess how the committee could stack the top teams in the country after Week 10.

The Ducks have the hardest B1G row left to hoe. Oregon's next four B1G opponents are a combined 24-9: at Iowa, Minnesota, USC, and at UW. USC - Northwestern, Iowa, at Oregon, UCLA Michigan - Bye, at NW, at Maryland, Ohio State Ohio State - at Purdue, UCLA, Rutgers, and at Michigan Indiana - at Penn State, Wisconsin, Bye, and at Purdue Iowa - Oregon, at USC, Michigan State, and at Nebraska UW - at Wisconsin, Purdue, at UCLA, and Oregon Oregon has road games left at Iowa and UW. Tuesday night, both teams could and should be in the PO committee's top 25. Fortunately, Indiana has a Bye before facing the Boilermakers on the road. 😁 Go Ducks!

With the game on CBS, this is an interesting location. Fox will broadcast Iowa State at TCU at 3:30 p.m. Eastern. Fox will broadcast Northwestern at USC on Friday, 11/7, at 6 PM Pacific. The broadcast of this game is not USC at Northwestern on 11/8 at 9 AM Pacific, as shown in error on a number of sites. I do not see a B1G game being broadcast this Saturday at 9 AM Pacific.

The Pride pf the Pack--LOL