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I wouldn't change our situation in this college football environment for anything. We are in the right conference for the health of our program. Looking at little brother is depressing enough to make me be grateful for where we are.

When Utah and Colorado joined the Pac-12 most fans felt the same way on the west coast. It took about 10 years of rather frequent games to build up a relationship between Oregon and Utah to make that game feel exciting. Oregon and Colorado got a supercharged relationship and rivalry with the Lanning v Sanders narrative but that only lasted a year. I know it will take years to get more excited about the games against B1G opponents. It will happen but it will take even longer for me to get interested enough to watch non-Oregon B1G games. With the Pac-12 I would watch a bad Washington State team and a bad Cal team throw the ball at each other for like 700 yards combined passing. I cared about those teams, not as much as Oregon but I cared enough to tune in. I know it will all take time and rivalries aren't built in a day, week, month or even a year. They take a good decade to form and longer if those games are every other year.

Three Reasons Why Iowa is a Trap Game for the Oregon DucksThe Oregon Ducks face the final four games of their season, and coming off a bye week, coach Dan Lanning and crew face a potential dark horse for the College Football Playoff on the road: the Iowa Hawkeyes. Here's three reasons Iowa might be a tougher test than fans think Oregon Ducks On SIThree Reasons Why Iowa is a Trap Game for the Oregon DucksWith just four games left on the No. 6 Oregon Ducks regular season schedule, coach Dan Lanning and crew won't have a cake walk to wrap up the final stretch. In

It also showed me the value that the very best coaching can bring to a team. The quality of our roster is 5th and Indiana's is 77th. Yet they competed with a fury and a precision that I have not seen out of an Oregon team yet. That D was always in the right place, tackled like professionals and always had a second tackler immediately there. That precision and intentionality overcomes a lot.

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My hope is the football super conference arrives sooner than later and Oregon gets to go back to facing mostly teams in the west.

Oh, wow, just goes to show how different people can feel about it. I never watch any games that started after 7:00 pm, except for Duck away games (I usually, but not always attend the late home games), and then I was in my jammies and ready for the 20-seconds walk to bed after. :)

This is a great read. Robby Ashford and Mario Cristobal are featured in this article, so there is some interest for Oregon fans. I was surprised what Ashford went through at Auburn. They are an absolute abomination of a program from the coaches all the ay to the fan base. Tyler Van Dyke tells an all-to-familiar tale of being a QB under Mario Cristobal. From the hot starts to the cold finishes and all of the broken promises in between. ESPN.com'Wouldn't necessarily say I'm trash': A tale of four jour...Chandler Morris, Robby Ashford, Drew Pyne and Tyler Van Dyke are still chasing glory in Year 6.

It’s ironic that you are questioning a guy who evaluated and developed two current NFL QBs, who were both 3-star high school football recruits. One won the Heisman trophy and led Oregon to the national championship game and the other won the Rose Bowl and may be a future NFL Hall of Famer. QB was not the problem under Coach Helfrich at Oregon.

Those are good names to keep an eye on. I wonder if Ross Douglas, Oregon’s WR and passing game coordinator, would get a look or if Lanning would want someone with experience calling plays. Ross seems to be an up and coming coach…

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Why couldn’t the PAC-12 have had a top heavy conference with national title contenders just like the B1G? Oregon has more than held its own over the past 10+ years. Where has USC been since Pete Carroll left for the NFL? Why hasn’t Washington been consistently good ala Penn State? There were more than enough quality brands in the PAC-12 but for whatever reason they continuously under performed which affected the national perception and ultimately the TV value.

Great article and I agree. I have no interest in watching Maryland vs Rutgers or Illinois vs Iowa. However, I would have absolutely sat down and watched two Pac-12 teams play each other, especially on Saturday night. I really miss those Pac-12 after dark games. 7:30pm start after dinner and two teams that could impact the conference standings kicking it off and playing late into the night. Crack a beer and relax until bedtime. Stanford at San Jose State at 7:30pm. No offense to SJSU, but gross. I’m not watching that.

There is a big difference between humbling/teaching and humiliating a player (or subordinate).

If I had to guess I would say he has the following OC's on his list. Jordan Davis from UNT has the nation's sixth best offense. Landon Koepple from Texas St. has the nation's 15th best offense and John David Baker leads the nation's 13th best offense for East Carolina. Baker is an interesting prospect because he was co-OC at Ole Miss from 2021-2023 and was a 2024 Broyles Award nominee in his first season with ECU. All of these guys fit the mold of young and energetic coaches that Dan Lanning likes. Now, the guy who leads the top offense in the nation could be jobless by season's end if Mike Norvell gets fired, but I doubt Gus Malzahn would come out west nor do I think DL would consider him.

Is there a better offensive coordinator position in college football than at Oregon? We are known for high scoring offensives, dynamic skill players and have as good of a track record developing QBs for the NFL as anyone. Just look at some of Oregon’s recent offensive coordinator’s who went on to get head coaching jobs: • Bob Toledo (UCLA) • Mike Bellotti (Oregon) • Dirk Koetter (Boise State/Arizona State) • Jeff Tedford (Cal) • Chip Kelly (Oregon) • Scott Frost (UCF/Nebraska/UCF) • Kenny Dillingham (ASU) It’s just a matter of time before Coach Stein gets that opportunity and I’ll be rooting for him, except when his team plays the Ducks. Hopefully, Coach Lanning is keeping the list of potential OCs updated in his notebook but I don’t think he’ll need to make too many calls since it’s one of the best coordinator positions in all of college football.

If the PAC had survived it would have turned into the ACC and played second fiddle to the B1G and SEC. One, or at the most two, teams would have made the CFP each year. One loss would perenially put OBD on the edge of elimination. Now they at least get consideration for the playoffs even with two losses in the B1G. It certainly happens for the SEC and the ESPN/Finebaum honks that carry their water. Maybe the evolution of NIL and player reimbursement would level the field amongst the 'haves', of which Oregon is a card carrying member. But witness that a two loss Miami is on CFP life support, and this year it looks like only the ACC champ is guaranteed a spot. Is there any reason to believe a reincarnated PAC would be any different?

I haven’t seen one person saying that the Indiana loss was a season killer. However, IMO, it did 2 things: It showed EVERYONE Oregon’s flaws, which DCs have continued to attack. Hopefully the coaches and team continue to focus on their weaknesses (aka go to the doctor) and get better as the season progresses. This is our first bye since that loss so it should give our coaches and team more time to address them. With a playoff, the best team doesn’t always win the championship, a team can win it by getting hot and playing its best at the end of the year. Oregon still has the talent to compete and win a national championship, if they can put it all together. It shrunk Oregon’s margin of error. At the beginning of the season, I believed that a 2-loss Oregon team would be a lock for the playoffs but right now, I’m not as certain. The media LOVES the SEC and I could see a 2 loss Notre Dame getting in over Oregon. Same with USC or UW, if they beat us and win out. How many teams will the ACC and Big XII get in (e.g., will there be any huge upsets in their conference championship games giving a team outside the top 12 a playoff spot)? Crazy things happen down the stretch. Oregon fans should be rooting against all of the contenders for those at large playoffs spots (and rooting for Indiana to win out?).

David, thank you for your thoughts and feelings on OBD's move to the BIG. The PAC was truly unpredictable and at times crazy. However, this old Duck fan does not miss after dark in the desert! That trip was more than a speed bump for the Ducks. With one loss in most seasons the Ducks would not be ranked #6. Pollsters are showing the Ducks respect because they earned it on the field in the BIG. They beat Michigan in the BIG house, split with tOSU, beat PSU twice and are in a conference with the $1 and #2 teams in the nation. RESPECT! Last year tOSU and OBD's were #1 and #2 for most of the season. And the conference has won the last 2 Natty's and may get a threepeat this season. When was the last PAC team to win a Natty? Just usuck...... I will take that narrative over the fun and crazy of the PAC anytime. As you do, I find myself checking scores and flipping channels to watch parts of the many SEC games of the century every week. Very few BIG game match ups are compelling. I think GAT is correct, it will take some time and we will develope rivalries. Can't wait for a rematch with IU or tOSU. My biggest complaint is the travel miles. It is disproportionate for West Coast teams. First of all, the west teams should play each other every season to cut out 1 Saturday of time zone change. And rotate one season with 2 trips east then the next season with 3 east trips or add one or 2 teams out west. More BIG teams need to travel west. Looking closely to see how well OBD's play down the stretch and into the CFP. This Ducks do multiple trips Back east during football season and, at least for me, jet lag recovery is real. Go Ducks! Lets make some new rivalries with Iowa and Minnesota...

I wish Jahlil Florence the best and believe that he is talented enough to start and thrive at another program. Hopefully, it’s not a conference school (unless it’s UCLA). Oregon is absolutely loaded at CB.

Great article. I feel the same way. I realize that the PAC-12 was a “dead man walkin’” and that Oregon had to make a change to survive as a perennial national title contender. However, I don’t understand why the Pac (the only major conference West of the Rockies) could not survive. I miss playing at Stanford and at the Arizona schools (hopefully we can start scheduling these teams OOC). I still find myself rooting for our old PAC-12 conference foes (except for Oregon State or Colorado). The ironic thing is, if the LA schools invested in and had more success on the football field, I believe that the TV money would have been there (perhaps not quite at the B1G or SEC levels but enough). Instead they took their underperforming program and the LA media market to the B1G for the payday. Now they are just part of the mediocre group that you mentioned in your article.

‘He’s doing great’: Oregon quarterback Dante Moore ready to return at Iowa Oregon quarterback Dante Moore will be back as the primary quarterback for this weekend's game at Iowa. Moore suffered a facial injury in the win over Wisconsin prior to the bye week.

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New Analytics Rankings Should Excite Oregon Ducks FansIn the latest power rankings from ESPN's Football Power Index, the Oregon Ducks still sit at No. 3 behind the Ohio State Buckeyes and Indiana Hoosiers, giving Oregon fans some reassurance as the calendar turns to November. Oregon Ducks On SINew Analytics Rankings Should Excite Oregon Ducks FansESPN's Football Power Index (FPI) has the Oregon Ducks ranked as the No. 3 team in the country, as the advanced analytics suggest that Oregon is still one of th

Head Coach Dan Lanning meets with the media ahead of #6 Oregon Football's road matchup at Iowa on Saturday, November 8 (12:30pm PST | TV: CBS).