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Jigs first Indiana portal group were experienced former players of his JMU team, were they not... There is a huge gulf between familiarity and massive talent, in a completely un familiar system, with no cohesion. Better get "the team" together for some massive KUMBAYA gatherings.

I think Cignetti answered that --Time and experience are better. Kiffin will take at least 3 years at LSU.

With that many new players all at once, I wonder how well they will play together in a system that is new to them.

I would guess LSU goes 9-3, I think that first game could turn into a nightmare where Clemson comes away with an upset, so many players to integrate in There is going to a ton of pressure on Kiffin to win right away Tennesssee, USC, Ole Miss none of these places was expecting 10, 11, or 12 wins right out of the chute

My thinking is that Kiffin has accumulated a gosh-awful amount of bad karma on his whirlwind tour of NCAA CFB. Being an old Viking, I'm counting on Loki to have something to do with depositing all that unfavorable karma on Kiffin and causing all his misdeeds to this point to come into play in a disastrous sort of way 😁 Sending un-happy thoughts Kiffin's way!! 😁😂🤣 Go Ducks!! 🦆🦆🦆🦆 OlCodgerDuck

I predict another Jimbo Fisher/ TAM fiasco.

Par for the Lame Kitten course. Kiffin has never been a great recruiter. He buys players from the portal. Trinidad Chambliss was discovered and brought to Ole Miss by Charlie Weiss, Jr. LSU also went large in the portal in 2025 and fired Brian Kelly before the end of the season. This Pink Slip only cost LSU $54 million. In 2026, LSU is on the road for five SEC games: Ole Miss 😁, Kentucky, Auburn, Tennessee, and Arkansas. In 2026's 13-week season, LSU finishes with back-to-back road games. Week 12 at Tennessee and Week 13 at Arkansas. Not the best way to finish a season. The five SEC road games will be a new experience for LSU and the other seven SEC teams doing the same in 2026. Home opener against Clemson. Then, LSU welcomes Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Alabama, and Texas to Baton Rouge. This is a far more difficult SEC schedule than Old Miss played in 2025. Good luck (yuck, yuck.) LSU is paying QB Sam Leavitt a lot of money to transfer in from ASU. Leavitt has a history of being injured. He's a good dual-threat QB, but he has nowhere near the ability and athleticism of Trinidad Chambliss. O-line was LSU's weakest link last season. Seaton's coming in, but will he be a fit and play well with his new teammates? Seaton played well at CU, but the overall line play was Buffalo chips. I look at the schedule, and I can see three or more losses and no invitation to the playoffs. If so, entering year two Kiffin's seat will be scalding hot. The man won a conference championship in the G6 with FAU; that is all he's accomplished.

Either ends up on top, or epic mis-fire. Most expensive class to date?

Senior Bowl - Saturday - 1/31/26 - 2:30 PM Eastern, 11:30 AM Pacific - NFL Network Also beginning tomorrow, 1/27, you can watch practices on the NFL Network Ducks at the Senior Bowl - Long Snapper - Jeffery Basso O-line - Alex Harkey, Emmanuel Pregnon, Isaiah World LB - Bryce Boettcher And many other players from the Big Ten. ENJOY!

SEC Program Has Landed 9 of College Football’s Top 100 Tr...After a disappointing 2025 and a change in leadership, a SEC powerhouse might be back in full force next season.

I like that they are trending more athletic at linebacker. I think Sonny Styles from Ohio St is the prototype. Mario was bringing in bigger, bulkier guys. Modern defenses are like: 2 beasts at DT, 2 strong and fast guys at edge who can beat the OTs, and the rest who can run, cover and tackle.

Check out the portal activity: https://247sports.com/college/oregon/season/2026-football/transferportal/?institutionkey=24102 Seems like they broke the piggy bank on the 2026 season. Maybe that is the 'new formula'? Put all your eggs in one basket and shoot for the top. How far do you think that is going to take them? I hate to say it, but with that kind of talent, they could go all the way.

Back in the 90s my best friend and I were on the football team and my friend hurt his ankle. Coaches didn't care back then, he still had to run the conditioning drill where you jog around the field with each person laying down at the next 5 yard line while everyone hops over them. I think we did 2 or 3 laps. He came to school the next day in crutches having actually done that drill on a broken ankle. I also once played half a football game with my thumb broken all the way through at the base next to my wrist, from tackling the biggest guy in our league on a kickoff return. Those were the days of being young with a high pain threshold.

The formula to stop the Ducks offense: Big aggressive, strong, fast front 7. Pressure on Dante. All receivers covered. Shut down run game. Load the box. Don't give Dante time. Athletic linebackers give the Ducks trouble. This past season, the O line was getting burned on pass rush. So they could get away with crowding the line of scrimmage. In this case, screens don't work. RPO won't work either unless there is a deep threat. And Dante was a non runner for the most part. Even when he did run, he was not very effective. I suspect that teams caught up to Stein's bag of tricks. I think Lanning hired from within so he could put in his changes. Dante has the best pure arm Oregon ever had. At least recently. And they have speed at receivers. Time to open it up. If all you do is run (or screen) on 1st and 2nd down, and then throw just to the sticks on 3rd, that is very predictable. Even more so when they watch film and know all your plays.

Ducks remain one of top contenders for 2027 4-star CB Josiah MoldenAfter a visit last weekend, the Oregon Ducks are reportedly among the top contenders to land 2027 4-star cornerback Josiah Molden. The West Linn, Ore., native has strong family ties to the Oregon program. His father, Alex Molden was a star in the Oregon Ducks secondary during his time as a Duck. A four-year starter, Molden helped lead Oregon to Rose and Cotton Bowl appearances in 1994 and 1995. He left Oregon as the program leader with 60 passes broken up and eighth in interceptions (11) while being named a first-team All-American in 1995. Molden went on to be selected 11th overall in the 1996 NFL draft, spending eight season in the NFL and intercepting 12 passes and tallying 252 tackles. He was inducted into the Oregon Hall of Fame in 2008. Now, head coach Dan Lanning and Oregon are surging in his sons recruitment, per Rivals' Adam Gorney.

Good thoughts David. The attempt to redefine the psychology of post-season college football through the lens of basketball’s bracketed play-off system is going to run into some big walls on the road to any satisfying conclusion. Assuming some form of an expanded CFP is only a matter of time, BB’s focus on using the excitement of regular season games to build towards the highest possible tournament seed seems almost inevitable. The problem is football will never have the luxury of a 35 game season to overcome slumps. One or two bad games and you’re likely out of it. But, the challenge remains. Football - for both teams and fans - is going to have to adapt some form of basketball’s realistic attitude towards the post season in order to feel success at the end - win or lose. If you see yourself there, and the odds are you won’t get past the 2nd round - and that’s what happens - having BB’s mindset that already accepts that reality creates a sense of success and becomes a positive building block towards the next year. The over-riding-psychology is it has very little to do with the present moment, and more about always building towards tomorrow. That’s going to be a tough pill for football to swallow, but what other option is there if you want to feel good about yourself at the end, and you’re not the one left standing?

Right now, it’s good to be west of the Rockies

Marines in 1966 - 2-year 'time out?' My Forum Friend, I am happy you are alive to witness Oregon's success. On behalf of my brother, a Marine who slogged through rice paddies and the jungle in 1967 and 1968, Semper Fi!

I'm waiting for tomorrow's schedule review to make my prediction. Hate to do it, but I have to agree with the Men of Troy - Notre Dame has done NOTHING to deserve this PO perk. https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/trojans/football/2026/01/26/new-college-football-playoff-format-notre-dame-advantage/88344740007/?utm_source=smg-trojanswire-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SMGb

2025 season competitor byes...it was really a UO/UW issue: Byes before playing Oregon Penn State Indiana – Ducks also had a bye Iowa – Ducks also had a bye Minnesota (and, Oklahoma State played Thursday prior week) Byes before playing the Huskies Ohio State Maryland Rutgers Illinois Wisconsin – Huskies also had a bye Byes before playing USC & UCLA? One each. Both were Northwestern.

Wilner Commissioner Tony Petitti and his lieutenants heard loudly and clearly the frustrations expressed over imbalances in preparation time — specifically, the frequency with which Washington, Oregon, UCLA and USC played opponents coming off byes. For the West Coast quartet, byes were atop the list. Oregon coach Dan Lanning addressed the unequal preparation time on several occasions last season. Washington, which faced five opponents that had extra time, was known to be irked, as well. The issue should be largely, if not entirely resolved with the 2026 conference schedule — not because the Big Ten overhauled its approach but because of the same issue that caused the problem in the first place: the competition calendar. Because Week 1 is hooked to Labor Day weekend and the holiday comes late this year (Sept. 7), the regular season covers just 13 Saturdays, whereas the 2024 and 2025 seasons spanned 14. That slight change makes all the difference when it comes to the number of times a given team will face opponents coming off byes. In a 14-week season, there are two byes per team. In a 13-week season, there is one. There are 36 instances in which teams are coming off byes in a 14-week season and only 18 instances in a 13-week season. The 50 percent reduction should limit the instances in which Washington, Oregon, USC and UCLA face far-flung, well-rested opponents.

A couple will get slotted in pretty early. Most won't until a week or two before the game itself. Butt here are always a few marque games in the first half of the season that get some early scheduled time slots. I think Oregon v Penn State had a time slot pretty quickly. Michigan and Ohio State will be at noon. That sort of thing.

Based on the opponent rotation created three years ago, USC plays each of the other West Coast schools in 2026. Same for Oregon. Washington and UCLA miss each other, but both play the Trojans and Ducks.

On Tuesday, the date of games will be revealed. It is unlikely there will be any kickoff times revealed this early.

Warm up for the B1G Reveal with this Preseason Composite top 25 from On3-Rivals - 8 B1G teams are ranked, and Illinois should also be ranked. On3Way-Too-Early Top 25 Composite: Sports outlets, experts p....