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Herbert, post-season

Yep....

That was SO good, and you have to turn the sound up!

CFN looks at the (was 'The' after 2024-25, but not in 2026 😁) Ohio State schedule - Many Vegas sportsbooks have tOSU odds-on to win the 2026-27 championship - https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/ohio-state-football-2026-schedule-breakdown

This article title says 2025, they meant it to be 2026. Seeing as Oregon signed the No. 2-ranked class in the nation with a record number of 5-star players, the answer is likely to be "yes." Here's who we think the instant-impact players will be: https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2026/02/01/oregon-football-true-freshmen-contributors-2026/88419695007/

Dylan Raiola At Oregon Is Already Changing The Quarterback ConversationWhen Oregon star quarterback Dante Moore departs Eugene after the 2026 season, Nebraska transfer Dylan Raiola is likely to step in to lead the Ducks' offense. Why Raiola's development and playing backup to Moore will benefit Oregon's future offense? Oregon Ducks On SIDylan Raiola At Oregon Is Already Changing The Quarterbac...While many Oregon fans are excited about the return of Ducks star quarterback Dante Moore next season, the addition of Nebraska transfer Dylan Raiola has many o

https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2026/01/31/oregon-football-big-ten-champs-2026/88440677007/ There's a growing national expectation that 2026 will be the year for the Oregon Ducks. After all, they're set to return quarterback Dante Moore, a talented core of running backs and wide receivers, the entire defensive line and added top-ranked safety Koi Perich via the transfer portal.

Oregon fans face heartbreak as experts predict 2026 national championshipThey've come close four times, only to get manhandled, jobbed, or blown out in the end. The script has been repeated so many times that another prediction of success elicits not anticipation but fatalism and dread. Earlier this week the college football writers from The Athletic and The New York Timespredicted the 2026 National Champion. Brace yourselves, Duck fans: Nine members of the panel picked Dan Lanning and Oregon. No other program got more than five votes. Autzen ZooOregon fans face heartbreak as experts predict 2026 natio...They've come close four times, only to get manhandled, jobbed, or blown out in the end.

Not yet a pro but Boettcher is improving his draft position at the Senior Bowl practices. Oregon Ducks On SIOregon's Bryce Boettcher Turns Heads Again At Senior BowlOregon Ducks linebacker Bryce Boettcher is participating in the Senior Bowl, where he is gaining attention and boosting his 2026 NFL Draft stock. Louis Riddick

The program with an entirely new roster, including a QB who led the nation in passing last season, that I am concerned about is Oklahoma State. North Texas played for an American Conference title last season, and 17 players, including 2025's leading passer with 4,379 yards passing, QB Mestermaker and his top receivers, are following coach Eric Morris to OK State. RB Caleb Hawkins led the nation last season with 25 rushing TDs. In Week 2 in Stillwater, OK., in front of a boisterous crowd, OBD will face a different team than last season's Gundy-led Cowboys team. OBD opens with Boise State, last season's MW champ. QB Madsen is back for another season, and Boise has been ranked in a few preseason polls. OBD's Week 3 game is against Portland State. I wish the Vikings were coming to Autzen for a Week 1 scrimmage. I'll take this opening threesome over Kiffin's triumvirate of Clemson, La Tech, and on the road at Ole Miss.

Well, looks like stuff is already hitting the fan there. https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/lsu-college-sports-commission-investigation

Love how this group is learning what it takes, and evolving into the team they know they have the pieces to be.

Way to play Lady Ducks!!!

I am really loving this team.

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | JANUARY 31, 2026 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | @OregonWBB COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The first road game of January for the Oregon women's basketball team was an upset of a ranked opponent, and the month ended in the same fashion. The Ducks went across the country and knocked off No. 16 Maryland on Saturday, 68-61, taking the lead midway through the fourth quarter on a trio of three-pointers by junior Sofia Bell. That capped an 11-0 run that put the Ducks up 61-54, a run sparked by two of Ehis Etute's career-high 26 points before Bell caught fire from behind the arc. The UO women won their first road game of January at No. 21 USC, and capped the month with another ranked win Saturday. The Ducks (17-7, 5-6 Big Ten) ended the month with a season-best three-game win streak in conference play, and play three of their next four at home beginning Wednesday against Illinois. "I think this means that we've finally pieced it together, we finally found each other," said Etute, whose team endured a four-game losing streak in the middle of January before winning their last three in a row. "We have finally worked on our team chemistry and got way better, and now we've finally translated that into our games and are finally winning the hard ones." Etute's 26 points came on 10-of-15 shooting, and she grabbed 11 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season. Bell added 16 points on four made three-pointers, including the three in a row that gave the Ducks the lead. "I think we're playing really well together," Bell said. "We know our strengths at this point, and we've kind of identified ways that we need to improve. And I think we're doing those things, and that's going to help us in March." The Ducks shot 45 percent and held Maryland to 37 percent shooting Saturday, and Oregon had a 39-35 advantage on the boards. The UO women also had 17 assists on 25 made field goals, and improved to 3-5 this season in games decided by single digits. "We've been in games like this before, and we haven't always finished them," UO coach Kelly Graves said. "It was great to finally finish one tonight. … This was a really great win — certainly one of my most memorable." How It Happened: The Ducks misfired on their first three shots of the day, while Maryland hit its first three – all coming from Oluchi Okananwa – as the Terrapins built an early 7-1 lead. Mia Jacobs connected a triple for UO's first bucket and later converted a layin to cap a 6-0 run that handed Oregon its first lead at 10-9, as the Ducks held the Terps scoreless over a four-minute stretch. As the quarter closed, an Amina Muhammad layup put the Ducks in front after 10 minutes, 14-13. Oregon's lead grew to eight after hitting on its first three field goals in the second, including a three-pointer by Avary Cain. Astera Tuhina later knocked down a triple, putting the score at 25-19 in favor of the Ducks. After Maryland converted an and-one, Bell pushed the lead up to eight with her team's third three-pointer of the quarter, followed by a floater to put the score at 30-22 with 3:41 remaining in the half. "I thought our kids executed really well," Graves said. "Our turnovers were a little high (19); when we struggled, it's because we were trying to do too much. But when we settled down and tried to run something in the halfcourt — and usually that something ended up trying to get the ball inside to Ehis — we made it work. We executed it." The Terrapins held the Ducks scoreless the rest of the quarter, however, as they proceeded to score the half's final 14 points to take a 36-30 lead into the locker room. Okananwa accounted for nine of her team's points during the spurt to lead all scorers with 23 first-half points. Etute paced the Ducks with 10 points and six rebounds. After a Maryland bucket, Oregon scored 10 straight points to begin the third quarter to reclaim the lead at 40-38, getting eight points from Etute in that stretch. Etute finished the quarter with eight points, five rebounds and two steals, but the Ducks trailed 50-44 headed into the fourth quarter. With UO leading 40-38, the Terps ended the frame on a 12-4 run. "I appreciated the trust my teammates showed in me, and how they kept giving me the ball," Etute said. "Obviously, I wanted to show up for them, and they needed me in that moment, so I delivered." Etute got the fourth quarter started with back-to-back layups, her first of four layins in the quarter's first four minutes, to inch the Ducks within two at 54-52. From there, Bell knocked down three consecutive three-pointers over a three-minute span to give Oregon a 61-54 lead with under three minutes to go. "I was pretty open, and my teammates found me," Bell said. "So all that was going through my mind was just knock it down." The Ducks then went scoreless for the next two minutes, and Maryland crawled back within 63-61 with 27 seconds left. But Katie Fiso, Jacobs and Bell all knocked down free throws down the stretch and Oregon got the win. Up Next: The Ducks return to Matthew Knight Arena to host Illinois on Wednesday (6 p.m., B1G+).

Rent, what is rent . . signed Squatter Steve

An Arctic Blast from the Past. When the puck was dropped in Beaver Stadium at 1 ET, with the wind chill factor, it was 8 degrees. 🤢 The HS where I played hockey now has a beautiful indoor rink. When I played, the rink was outdoors. It was a quarter-mile-plus walk back to the locker room. I learned that you should take a cold shower before a hot shower. The cold removed the icicles from your face without the stinging pain from a hot shower. Rookies had to learn this on their own, to the laughter of the older guys. 🤬 BTW, as is often said in Boston, "I've been married 20 years, but it feels like 30 with the wind chill factor." 😁 On Netflix tonight, you can catch the movie Miracle on Ice. A great take on the USA hockey team upsetting the Russians on the way to a Gold Medal in Lake Placid, NY, in 1980. Also, wax your boards. The lifts in South Carolina will be opening soon. 😶‍🌫️ It's a winter wonderland in Dixie.

ABSOLUTELY. Make the block and we crush ND in the Natty.

The problem in that game was not Dyer or Sham Cam. Auburn: 265 pass, 254 rush Oregon: 374 pass, 75 rush The problem was defenders Nick Fairley and Mike Mcneil. LaMike and Barner combined for 81 yds rushing. The Auburn D-coordinator was Ted Roof. He has had 10 different jobs in 15 seasons since. Yes, 10. Auburn finished 14-0 and this list is their 3-point wins: Mississippi State Clemson - FG in OT Kentucky - FG at the gun Oregon - FG at the gun Auburn also beat Alabama by 1 point, 28-27. Auburn trailed 0-21 before it even picked up a first down, and Alabama had a 314-2 lead in total yards before the second half comeback. As an undefeated team in the 2010 season, their close wins rival Indiana in 2025. I know, I know. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. But sometimes it is simply luck.

Vegas Insider 2026 CFB Win Totals - Vegas takes everything into account with the focus on a team's schedule, home and away games, when games will be played, and the strength of the roster. At 10.5 wins, OBD, Ohio State, and Penn State tie for the Big Ten lead. At 9.5 wins, Georgia, LSU, and Texas top the SEC. ACC - Clemson and Miami (not Duke) are on top at 9.5. B12 - K State, ASU, and Texas Tech lead the conference at 8.5. (My betting group has placed a bet on Texas Tech going Over 8.5.) Be prudent. Never Bet the Rent! https://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/win-totals/

Make No Misstate - The Big Ten welcomes Matt Campbell to Penn State, not with a bowl of gumbo soup but with a bowl of cherries. https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/penn-state-football-2026-schedule-breakdown This is a friendly welcome, better than the one Cig received at Indiana.

FWIW, CFN's take on OBD's schedule - https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/oregon-football-2026-schedule-breakdown

Same SEC Stuff, Different Day - When AP Poll Pavlov's Dog Pollsters again have more than half of the SEC in their preseason top 25, what do you expect to happen? SEC sycophants will use the poll to promote the idea that SEC teams have to play a gauntlet like no other. 🤪 The B1G could win ten titles in a row and dominate the SEC in the bowl games, and it won't matter. And people wonder why Tony Petitti wants a PO with automatic qualifiers? SMH. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-tens-top-teams-tougher-2026-schedules-gauntlet/

How can THE Ohio State have the toughest schedule when they don’t have to play THE Ohio State?

I always thought the issue was that 3 times Oregon had the opportunity to kick a short field goal, but CK instead went for the touchdown each time--and each time we didn't make it. If we'd gone for and made 1, 2, or 3 of those FGs, the game's outcome might have been in the Ducks favor.