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Ouch. Losing Davison is massive in this game. He had good success running between the tackles in the first game. What a bummer!

Let's see how long it takes him to sign at another school and for how much money. The House settlement was STUPID. Players being paid are EMPLOYEES! Acknowledge this, allow a union to be formed, bargain with the union, and adopt common-sense salary and transfer restrictions as we see in the NFL. Without these guardrails, the NFL would crater. College football has morphed into Billionaire Bingo. I understand why UW fans are frustrated and upset. It will be one thing if Dante goes pro, another if he decides to transfer for $XXX more.

After watching highlights from the FCS Championship game last night (Congrats to Montana State), I'm convinced that great effort and "want to" can overcome an awful lot of bad breaks. It was surprising the number of great plays that were made on both sides of the ball by athletes counted by most as not good enough to play Division 1. The Davison loss is a bummer for sure, but I am confident someone(s) are going to fill in the gap and wow us with their passion to play for OBD and get us a win Friday. Go Ducks!

I hate to say it, but that grieving-loser UW fan is somewhat right.

Their fans are somewhat stunned.

https://x.com/ChristianCaple/status/2008720782739038621 Just a couple days earlier it was "reported" he was signing a new deal with UW.

That’s really surprising, he showed quite a bit of improvement this season from last. What would be hilarious is if Dante opted for the draft and he transferred to Eugene. The Fusky fans would lose their minds.

Among several other players recently… On3Demond Williams makes stunning decision on future at Wash....

The Davison update is an extreme bummer but I see two possible upsides. Maybe Lanning will be more inclined to just take the dang points and punt from midfield as gambles could be even more fatale. The offense may be forced to throw in some unpredictable alternatives that Indy won't be able to prepare for. I'm not happy about this. Just trying to look on the bright side of life.

My guess is that as soon as these ridiculous window dates are resolved that every NIL contract will include the provision that you play every game. .. or what games you are required to play with this contract.

How do NIL contracts not already cover the entirety of the season?

Thank you for the ponder points! I too will put me prediction in the correct thread for it. Since we don’t have JD, the RB room will need to step it up in his absence. It will be imperative that DM has the time to hit our TE tandem over the middle for 6 and 8 yard gains early and often. That should soften the Hoosier run defense enough that we can rush for 150 yards or more. If that happens, DM can air it out to the WRs for 3 to 5 explosion plays. OBD needs to put together one of their best games in every aspect, O, D, ST, and coaching. If ALL Ducks (including coaching staff) play the game to OBD standard we have a chance to blow them out of the Peach Bowl. If not, we fans need to prepare for a long and uncomfortable day.

Davison's loss is immeasurable in terms of hard running, pass protection, and perimeter blocking. Damn.

I did not include the video, but in each case--Dante could have thrown to the space before the receiver gets there as he has done tons of times, and those plays were without defensive pressure. I can't show everything, but I have to show where the receivers were and how they could have been "thrown open" as Mike referred to above. Or we will disagree about what we see.

Harris isn't on that report, maybe he was offered NIL money to play until were done

And let's face it, the health of the RB room means diddly squat if the O-line loses in the trenches. That is where the game will be won.

No word yet on who was at practice today for the RBs. Da'Juan Riggs was out for the Orange Bowl, so it's unlikely he'll be available Friday. That Harris was present yesterday, after declaring he would enter the portal, is encouraging. He may not have the burst of Davison but is a bruiser and even if he only plays in the Peach Bowl before officially hitting the portal, he helps the Ducks. Maybe we see an expanded role for Grace as a blocker or even a decoy who can carry the ball for short yardage. Ditto lining Sadiq up in the backfield or putting him in the slot and bringing him back in. We already know that Platt has practiced with the RBs, he carried the rock in HS and that he is 230 lbs with an 11.0 sec 100m. Ditto for Kamar Mothudi, who likely has a higher upside at 6'3" 240, track speed, and rushed for 1400 yds as a junior before concentrating his senior year on the LB position. Neither burn their redshirt with bowl appearances. There is no doubt that losing Davison will be a significant loss, but WS undoubtedly has schemed something up. I doubt there will be any full house 3-1 formations but there is a lot of talent to work with using one RB and a host of other position players. Hell's bells, go jumbo, give the rock to Boettcher, stick him on Pregnon's fanny and let 'er rip.

Only Davison is a major loss at this point. If Whittington runs like he did against Iowa and Minnesota I don't have as many concerns. But he needs to run mean.

Well at least in his presser today he said he went through his progressions too quick in the first game...and film shows exactly that

Been an Oregon fan for a very long time and it's hard not to feel like we're snake-bit on stuff like this. But someone who knows better correct me if I'm wrong--but it's my understanding that Limar entering the portal doesn't mean he can't play (if he and the team want him to). Is that right?

This sucks but seriously if Hill and Whittington can't get it done Davison wouldn't make that much of a difference. On the bright side Hill can now run between the tackles.

And here I thought the forum didn't allow profanity!

That's my take as well, but air raid doesn't work if we don't have running game. FWIW, Oregonian says Jay Harris participated n the Monday practice. So maybe he will play...

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