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The 2015 season, always a good year to find some interesting historical numbers. That year, Oregon's defense gave up 742 yards and 37 first downs to 6-7 ASU (in a win). In Oregon's two OT games, it's defense faced 108 and 105 snaps (the most faced so far this year has been 69). 6 of the 13 games the defense gave up 500+ yards (including 742 and 641). That Cal game was Jared Goff's first game at Cal after going over 10,000 career passing yards. Oregon rushed for 477 yards, 180 for Royce (6.2), 101 for Brooks-James (14.4), and 94 for Benoit (11.8). VA had 300 yards passing and 4 TDs (but had the odd stat of having two passes intercepted in the endzone).

The visit to the Doctor seems to have resulted in a discharge from the hospital and a healthy dose of go kick some butt. Yes, Rutgers is not a top 25 team. But they have had their moments with good teams and a more than competent passing attack. Oregon came out with a fire lit up under their heinies and even with a crappy first series, they opened up a three quarter long can of whoopa**. Three time zones away in Piscataway. DL doesn't spare the rod when correction is needed, nor does he excuse himself and his staff when they fail to put the team in a position to succeed. I keep going back to the humiliating defeat that tOSU took at the hands of Michigan last year. At home. To a team that had no business beating the ultimate national champion. To lose to Wolverine is the worst thing that can happen to Bucknutt. The long knives were out for Day. Something turned them into the juggernaut that buzz sawed through the CFP. Something had to happen in the locker room to flip that switch. A boat ton of talent is not a guarantee that you end up on top. You need humility and an understanding that talent may get you in the door but it's drive, heart, desire and accountability to the person standing next to you that leave you the ones standing at the end. This may not have been the most entertaining and inspirational Ducks vs Them ever, but it displayed the process of overcoming adversity and righting the ship.

Pro Football Focus Posts Great Week 8 Grades for Jordan Davison and Kenyon Sadiq - https://athlonsports.com/college-football/pff-highlights-oregon-offensive-duo-after-win-over-rutgers

It was a good "get right" game. But remember Rutgers has a pretty bad defense but their offense has been pretty good. Producing 300 yards through the air and a QB who has been throwing at close to 70% was reduced to sub 100 passing and only a 30% completion. So yes their defense sucks but their offense has kept them in games. So don't completely write this one off. But it's a stepping stone.

They're Mad 🤬in Mad City 😁Everybody not named Fickell, into the lifeboats! https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/dan-big-cat-katz-reeling-wisconsin-badgers-it-titanic-going-down

Wasn’t that Canzano in a recent Portland protest photo dressed up and dancing around in an inflatable beaver costume?

Perhaps the Cal QB is enjoying his 1 year, UC study exchange program but will rejoin us next year 😂

Was great to see the defense in sync this game, but sadly, I don't put much stock into it given the opponent. Hope the same carries into the more challenging opponents.

Are we even allowed walk-ons now? Aren't we at 105 scholarships and no walk-ons?

It’s the visibility. It’s ability to attract and retain players and coaches. As they say at In-N-Out, "double-double." My guess...if Texas, Oklahoma, USC, UCLA...were in the Pac, it would not have prevented a raid by the SEC/B1G. And, in that event, UO/UW would not have been on the list headed East.

Crazy thing, as you know, is that Oregon takes walk ons from in State that could be on scholarship elsewhere. The NIL basically makes them scholarship without the scholarship.

And they did it earning a partial media share and a fraction of the budget as an Ohio State, Texas, et al!

The benefits goes way beyond financial though. It’s the respect/prestige of the conference. It’s the visibility. It’s ability to attract and retain players and coaches. It’s the seat at the “grown up” table. My biggest fear, before Oregon joined the B1G, was not being at the table and potentially being left behind. I still believe eventually there will be 2 super conferences and they will control everything about college football from the playoff format, rules, etc. If you are not a part of those conferences, you will get the scraps. We are starting to see that with the B1G/SEC discussions. Anyone think that the ACC will survive past the expiration of their media rights deal? Hopefully the two super conferences also look at the existing members became there are a couple of programs who don’t belong based solely on merit. I do miss the traditional rivalries of the PAC-8/10 and the regional nature of the conference but, unfortunately, that is in the past and you have to look towards the future.

Our Beloved Ducks won more outright championships/tournaments than any other B1G team with 8 outright championships. The second team was Ohio State with seven, consisting of four outright championships and three tournament championships. Last year Oregon had the undisputed No. 1 Athletic Department in the Big-10...one of two Super-Conferences.

This is the answer. If we want to look back wistfully, then the answer is poaching Texas and Oklahoma when we might have had the chance. We should have done whatever we needed to do to make that happen. With those two we are better conference than what the B1G was and almost is now. Our TV deal would have been competitive with the B1G and SEC I believe with those two. We would have had substantially more teams in the old 4 team playoff, and most likely a couple national titles. In some ways I do miss the old Pac-12, I miss more consistent schedule for the non-football sports, I miss having a variety of start times for football games instead of the constant 12 or 9 start times. I certainly don't think anyone should wish the league had survived on the 30 million that was offered (at least from Oregon's perspective). I don't like what has happened in a lot of ways, I don't like that OSU and WSU were left behind, I don't like the idea of Cal and Stanford being in the ACC, those 4 university deserved better than what happened to them, you might disagree, but each had their history that deserved better respect, there is no reason Rutgers, Northwestern, Vandy, or Mississippi St. somehow deserve more than those institutions when it comes to sports. It's of course just the way things have turned out, but it isn't right in my view, especially when you consider what college sports can mean to a community.

Heading Into Week 9 - A CBS Look at the B1G - Don't Sleep on Minny - Minnesota self-destructed at Cal, or the Gophers would be ranked. 9 sacks of Nebraska's Dylan Raiola on Friday Night! OBD predicted to cover -34.5! WOW! Looks like the game will be played in the rain? Ohio State blasted Wisconsin in Madison last week, but QB Sayin was on fire, 80% + completions, and was helped out by some terrific catches by the nation's best group of receivers. Heading into its 2nd Off Week of the season, Brock Thomas needs more snaps, right?😁 https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/b1g-time-overlook-p-j-fleck-and-minnesota-at-your-own-peril-its-even-worse-than-it-looks-at-wisconsin/

I try to eliminate irritable noise in my life. Therefore, I stopped listening to Canzano long ago. Financially, we are definitely better off. The BIG is viewed as more valuable by the media(population based reasoning). Then in our inaugural year the Ducks win 8 conference titles. Football is the main source of revenue for all of our sports programs. Having successful collegiate sports programs benefits the University, but also businesses in the State of Oregon. Money is one way to measure success. Nostalgia doesn’t pay the bills. Oregon hit a home run by being in the position to be invited to a wealthier conference.

I did not know Thomas was a 3-Star and recruited by other programs. I figured he was the typical walk-on, but he clearly has skills, and earned his time. Glad they cleared it up...

Brock, for not even being in the assumed 3 deep rotation, looked extremely comfortable on the field. It's clear that Will Stein and company are pulling the best out of the entire room. It appears they are giving all of the QBs the autonomy to get the play into the right read if necessary. While I didn't see him changing the play at the line like Dante, Dillon, and Bo all do, I did see him getting them into mostly favorable run reads and going through his progressions on passing plays. Whether or not he is truly ahead of Austin or Luke is irrelevant at this point. What is relevant is that a guy that no one had their eye on looks like he can genuinely operate in Dante's stead should the need arise. Will Stein is clearly a great QB coach and our depth is proof.

Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde's Update on Conference Champ Games. No B1G Surprise - Indiana vs. Ohio State on 12/6/25 in Indianapolis. Good luck getting tickets. 😁 Error - OBD has two, not one, road games remaining. At Iowa and at UW. Good thing Pat Forde is an Expert, right? 🤪 SIForde-Yard Dash: Sorting Out the Chaos in College Footbal...Predicting the most likely and freshest conference championship games with five weeks left in the regular season.

The Good, The Rank, and the Ranker. Ranking OBD's next 5 B1G Opponents - https://247sports.com/college/oregon/longformarticle/-ranking-oregons-remaining-big-ten-games-from-easiest-to-toughest--257853525/?source=column&lctg=26140&eid=c7d8647c6247db8d08c59fe44bc30380 Every game matters, especially for a team's PO seeding. Notre Dame has Donut Holes left to play and will take one of the 7 at-large spots. Count on Navy being a Top 25 team before being sunk by the Irish. Notre Dame defeats No. 20 USC in a driving rainstorm on its home field and moves up into the top 12. Michigan, a team SC shut down in LA two weeks ago, defeats UW and moves up to No. 25 in the rankings. Two-loss USC falls out of the AP Poll, while G6 USF, with its best win over a Florida team that just fired its coach, is ranked 18th. 🤪 B1G PO eliminating games this weekend will impact OBD's season-ending SOS and Strength of Record. 5-2 Illinois at 5-2 Washington - 12:30 Big Ten Network 5-2 Minnesota at 5-2 Iowa - 12:30 CBS 5-2 Northwestern (!) at 5-2 Nebraska - 9 AM FS1 5-2 Michigan at 3-4 Michigan State - 4:30 Big Ten Network 5-2 USC - Off 😁WAX WISCONSIN! Make Fickell One of the (un) Grateful (Coaching) Dead.

How many QBs did the Ducks go through the season Dixon was injured? Oregon was down to a kid who was essentially a 5th stringer or something like that. . The following season went pretty far down the bench as well. Oregon needs serviceable depth at both Quarterback and center.

I remember being at an Utah game awhile back and the Ducks had a comfortable but not dominant lead. An injured Bo had to come out for a play and in comes TT. In his only play of the game he bungles a hand off that turns into a scoop and score and all of a sudden OBD are in a dogfight. No matter who ends up being QB2 or whoever enters the portal, I'm just glad those days are long behind us. I have confidence that QB2-4 would be capable of coming in and at least looking like they belong on the field.