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With all due respect to each poster on this thread, and the one about Dakorian Moore, I humbly think we are all asking the wrong question. I think we should be asking “Did we underestimate Dan Lanning?” And “Expectations of Will Stein.” Coach Lanning has shown an obvious talent for learning from his mistakes, and coach Stein is one of the most innovative and dynamic coordinators in college football. Finally in year 4 Lanning has a full roster of “his guys”, who are familiar with his defensive scheme. On offense, he and coach Stein have a returning QB who is familiar with the system. With a dynamic WR who was here in the spring. All of these things are a 1st this year, which is why I believe we are seeing such great things so early. As a greybeard myself(52 and born and raised in Eugene) trusting a staff to have the best roster, have them prepared, and have them play to their dynamic potential is something I’ve never had the opportunity to do. The Kelly years were great, but we knew if we came up against the big boys, it was usually not gonna go our way. I’m trying not to care about the results and @trust the process” as coach says. I remember at his introductory press conference he said something like “Don’t judge us on what we say, but judge us on what we do. He’s done a whole lot from recruiting, to being a great spokesman for the university, to turning down Ala-freaking-bama!!! My friends the sky’s the limit and yes, I think even we have underestimated Coach Lanning!!! God bless you all, even if we disagree I know we agree on our beloved Ducks!!! Saturday can’t get here fast enough.

Pretty impressive, and to have both freshmen starting corners within an hour driving distance in Maryland, (how far is THAT from Oregon?) shows that Oregon's recruiting nationally is working due to the skills of this staff.

"In what capitalist enterprise does an entity that invests more money in its product and receives a better return than those that invest less agree to split its share equally with less successful competitors? Where and when this model has been tried out, entire economies have failed." I've always viewed team sports a bit differently. When you go full capitalism, you tend to end up with a few big winners capturing the market and maybe a few small niche or bargain brands gobbling the crumbs. Sports at its root is about competition and if that is nearly destroyed by allowing a few top schools have insurmountable resources, the other 120 schools will become the Washington Generals. With college sports people pay to enjoy that competition. With a stapler, no one is paying to enjoy the stapler manufacturing companies battle it out to see who can build the best stapler, they just want their papers stapled together dependably as cheaply as possible. Under Riley, Oregon State had some good teams. They actually were even decent as recent as 2022. Excessive media influence, NIL, and the portal have reduced Oregon State to a unwinnable game against Oregon next week. I mean, its nearly impossible to come up with a scenario Oregon loses this game. Just keep give more resources to the top teams and college football is going to be 8 Ohio States, 8 Miamis, and 120 Wake Forests. An alternative is recognizing top teams already have a huge advantage and work towards "a rising tide lifting all boats". NFL style. The top college football programs seem to be doing fine right now. Everyone else? Go check out the Oklahoma State forum and see what they are thinking their next decade is going to look like. With no balanced ownership, no true partnership with the players, or meaningful governing bodies, its easy to see the tendency for a money grab.

Change never occurs until someone proposes a new idea. Having a tiered payout where teams that play in bowl games, or the CFP, are rewarded makes sense to me. I could see trying to work out revenue sharing based on viewership being very messy.

Place your bets? Double Down with the Ducks! 😁 ESPN.comWeek 3 best bets: Lay the points with the Ducks at Northw...Pamela Maldonado breaks down her favorite bets for Week 3 of the college football season, including two for the Oregon-Northwestern game.

Oregon’s Dan Lanning Sends Telling Message on Assistant CoachesThe Oregon Ducks have raced out a blazing hot start to the season on the offensive side of the ball. Scoring over 50 points in consecutive games, Oregon coach Dan Lanning has credited his coaching staff for the fast start to begin the year. Oregon Ducks On SIOregon’s Dan Lanning Sends Telling Message on Assistant C...The Oregon Ducks have been nearly flawless on the offensive side of the ball to begin the season. After scoring 59 points in their season opener, the Ducks mana

Big 10 SQUAD - What did the Oregon Ducks do in Week Two?

What is tOSUs leverage? Leaving for the NFL? I’d politely tell them to sit and spin.

They can't go wrong if they stick to all one color: highlighter Yellow bright green that nearly black green oh hey, anything will be better than Penn State's choice. 😏

Maybe have it go to Dublin next year in the River Liffey to overshadow the TCU/NC game. What great publicity that would be!

We did try to trademark the word “THE”

I’d love a rubber match with the Ducks, although I have to admit, not playing in the B1G Championship game last year probably helped OSU.

Not sure North Western fans are that die hard....

It would be hilarious, but not so much for the local PD’s overtime budget when they have to place every available cop with binoculars looking to spot roof top shooters trying to deflate Puddles.

Oregon's colorful threads lead best Week 3 college football uniformsESPN.comOregon's colorful combo and Tennessee's classics lead top...The Tennessee Volunteers are sticking with their classically excellent combination of orange and white for a major SEC showdown with the Georgia Bulldogs.

Coaches address speculation about Oregon’s inflatable duck appearing in Chicago - oregonlive.com It would be great if he makes it there? Chicago river or the big lake though? 😀

Just read that on On3 too... If that's the case, good riddance. He was given plenty of chances to prove himself on the field and failed. Seems like worse than Ty Thompson who was at least hardworking and easy-going. Totally explains his transfer destination.

The first time I remember this combo was against UCLA at the Rose Bowl in 1998, a hard fought loss back when the Bruins still fielded contenders. No matter the outcome, it struck me then as the best away uniform ever, only sharing the stage with the storm trooper.

Some injuries are hard to come back from. Best of luck Jurrion. DL stated that players are expected to be on time for meetings, and practice when asked about Jurrion’s status. There were also rumors that he was fighting with teammates at practice.

I'm in favor of yellow pants, yellow jerseys and green helmet. But what do I know? I can barely dress myself and I wouldn't care if the Ducks wore burlap sacks, as long as they win!

Too bad he didn't pan out. Why was he suspended in August, I wonder? Good thing we got plenty of other talents. Wish him the best, although I doubt we will ever hear about him again...

His injury derailed his ability to perform like he did in high school. He isn't the same player. I do wish him the best. He comes from a very rough neighborhood, and it appears football is the route he chose to escape it. It always pays to have a backup plan. I absolutely hope Jurrion is planning for life after football. I have serious doubts he will play in the NFL.

I politely disagree, as I don't want to be the "bad-guys," but would rather stick to an Oregon color scheme. All Yellow?