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  2. OBD, Ohio State, and Penn State are three of the top eight teams with returning NFL-draft quality players. Texas, Clemson among eight college football teams entering upcoming season boasting most 2026 NFL Draft talent - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM What the early 2026 NFL Draft mock drafts can tell us about top college football teams for 2025
  3. The B1G has six of the top 10 players who returned instead of going pro (seven players with two PSU RBs ranked at the same spot). Evan Stewart is in the top 10, along with three Penn State players. College Football Playoff impact: Players who stuck around - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM The portal has closed, the draft is over, so who are the best players who stuck around even though they had options? The Nits open the NIL wallet in an attempt to duplicate the process that led to Michigan and Ohio State's back-to-back titles.
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  5. Sean McVay: ‘I steal plays from (Oregon) and vice versa’ WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM Sean McVay had found inspiration for plays from Oregon’s offense. Interesting that the Rams are stealing plays from the Ducks and vice versa (according to Terrence Ferguson).
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  6. OBD's Transfer Makhi Hughes is the Most Underrated Portal Pickup. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/longformarticle/college-football-transfer-portals-25-most-underrated-players-in-2025-249388717/#2643149
  7. 2025-26 B1G Basketball Opponents https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/big-ten-releases-matchups-for-oregon-mens-basketballs-league-schedule-in-2025-26-249430656/ Some B1G time games at The Matt.
  8. Some Spring Clean Up to be Done. Dan Lanning details the order of business for the Duck football program post-spring football
  9. Ruth: A coverage experience as unique as the game itself - Daily Emerald DAILYEMERALD.COM No press box seat? No problem! I was still able to attend and cover the No. 6 Ducks’ 8-4 win over No. 7 Oregon State in Corvallis...
  10. As Sgt. Schultz said so often and so well, , except whatever the Ducks' scheme was in the Rose Bowl was severely flawed. I can recognize talent, and people who know stuff say the talent is there, So, DL and TL have to "go to school" for next season to playout the way everybody wants it to. It's like baking. All the ingredients are there. But they have to be mixed just right, or it falls, or gets burned. Before you taste something, the aroma catches you. Sweet, sour either one. But never bitter, the aftertaste that never leaves. It's all there this season.
  11. Everything is BIGGER in Texas, including the payroll! Report: Texas to spend 'between $35 million to $40 million' on 2025 roster WWW.ON3.COM . How B1G is the opener between The Ohio State University and the Longhorns in Columbus, Ohio? Viewership of this game has been projected as high as 20 to 22 million viewers. Imagine a Super Conference where these kinds of matchups are the norm and not the exception, with an NFL model playoff.
  12. And On3 continues to hire talent from The Athletic, with Ari Wasserman joining Andy Staples. IMO, The Athletic, since being acquired by the New York Times holding company, has gone downhill. On3 hires Ari Wasserman as national college football reporter - On3 WWW.ON3.COM On3 announces the hiring of Ari Wasserman as national college football reporter.
  13. More consolidation in the CFB world. Charles' favorite recruiting evaluator is being purchased by On3 from Yahoo Sports. The ownership group behind On3 acquires Rivals and forges partnership with Yahoo Sports - On3 WWW.ON3.COM On3 has acquired Rivals and forms partnership with Yahoo Sports.
  14. Nick Abrams II Trims List, Oregon a Frontrunner for Touted Linebacker 4-Star LB Nick Abrams II Places Oregon in Final Four Schools WWW.ON3.COM 2026 Owings Mills (MD) McDonough linebacker Nick Abrams II has placed Oregon in his top group ahead of a summer commitment.
  15. Thanks for the post, Solar, and the terrific comments from you, Mike West, and others. A young group with split squads and with Coach Alliotti and Coach Brooks calling plays in the 3rd quarter, and with mix and match O-lines giving up 11 sacks, in my less than solid X and O knowledge, I find it difficult to project spring game results into the season. But it sure seemed like everyone on the field and in the stands had FUN. It's a game, it's supposed to be fun. My concern is when folks with more knowledge about the game than I, especially Mike West, continue to have questions about the systems being run on D and O. Especially on D, where Mike and others have doubts about OBD's athletes having the talent to fit into the system? As noted above and as discussed elsewhere on the Forum, OBD could not have asked for a more favorable conference schedule in 2025, other than swapping the venues for the Penn State and Indiana games. Having but two opponents, Penn State and USC, on the schedule in one of the two Power 2 conferences, with a Blue Chip Roster, is fortunate, especially with all of the roster turnover. Compare OBD's schedule to Wisconsin's in 2025 and breathe a sigh of relief. And our UGA friends play Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas at home, with road games at Tennessee, Auburn, Georgia Tech, and the annual neutral site game versus Florida. The Ducks D in 2024 could not stop the Ohio State O on two occasions, and the Penn State O in the championship game. Both Penn State RBs went for over 100 yards vs a Ducks D with the NFL's draft 21st pick, Harmon, and the 84th pick, Chadwell, playing on the D-line. Without a systemic change to the D, will the OBD defense be able to stop the teams it will have to defeat to win a national title? With OBD's roster advantage and Dan's motivational moves, I see 10-2 as the floor in 2025. This means another trip to the playoffs, where there will not be any easy outs. And with another year of Wheel of Fortune-like seeding. Again, thank you all for the terrific comments and Go Ducks!
  16. FANTASTIC! After the sweep in Eugene, OSU is still projected to host a regional, with OBD still the second seed in Irvine. This was before the 4th straight Beavis beatdown. With four straight wins over a top-10-ranked team, is there a shot for OBD to host a regional, especially if the Ducks win the B1G Baseball Tournament? Thank you, Charles, and 30 Duck, for the complete coverage of the Diamond Ducks.
  17. Good take... I think we have that magic in abundance offensively especially with receivers and running backs. We have as good a qb room of any other team in the big. I hope the OC dials it up more with the long ball this year as he has the weapons. Thats how OSU got us good in playoff. Also, the top four teams that got bye's lost because the magic at home wasn't their and 31/2 weeks between games is ridiculous.
  18. Oregon Ducks Trending For 5-Star Recruit Jackson Cantwell? $2 Million NIL Rumor The Oregon Ducks are gaining momentum for 5-star offensive lineman recruit Jackson Cantwell over the Georgia Bulldogs and the Miami Hurricanes before he commits May 13th. Cantwell's agent is looking for more than $2 million NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) for Cantwell's college commitment, according to 247 Sports. Oregon Ducks Trending For 5-Star Recruit Jackson Cantwell? $2 Million NIL Rumor WWW.SI.COM With the Oregon Ducks coming off a successful NFL Draft and Spring Game weekend, recruiting news continues to pour out. Most recently, the No. 1 ranked offensiv
  19. 2 Mil NIL??? Oregon Ducks Trending For 5-Star Recruit Jackson Cantwell? $2 Million NIL Rumor WWW.SI.COM With the Oregon Ducks coming off a successful NFL Draft and Spring Game weekend, recruiting news continues to pour out. Most recently, the No. 1 ranked offensiv If so, this is getting to be crazier.
  20. Here is a take on Moga and Gresham Tuesday Ted Talk: Luke Moga, Dillon Gresham could play vital roles for Ducks - On3 WWW.ON3.COM An interesting connection took place late in Saturday's Spring game leaving some of us wondering if we could see it again this season.
  21. The Ducks toyed with the Beavs in this one. Around the middle of the game, the Beavs announcing squad noticed that there were some Duck fans spread out the crowd. It was hard to miss them, as besides the orange and black, there were a bunch of empty seats...more as the game went along. As the game is going, and the previous 3, I couldn't help thinking, "The Beavs were No.3?" In a top 6 match-up, if you made a team out of the starters, it would be a split. Not here. The first team, all 9 positions, would be Ducks! In this game in particular, I give the PoG to Jacob Walsh. But, the Play of the Game goes to Carter Garate for his amazing catch of the line drive, with the bases loaded in the 3rd.
  22. Excellent analysis Solar. I really like the talent in the room. Like you, I’m looking at the team from the perspective of playing elite games. 11-1 is possible, and so is 12-0. That will take some cleaning up from the entire team. It seems to me that Moore is focused on explosive playmaking and not drilling down to efficiency. Novo tries to be what Moore and Smith have naturally-a big arm that can complete all the throws. Moga needs to work on setting his feet properly-it affects his accuracy. Smith just needs experience, and more footwork basics also. So the task is tamper their desires and show them how they each can unleash a beast of an offense. I also believe the WR is the most complete- can be better than last year. But…that will require using the strengths of each player, as in my opinion the room is ten deep. Yes I said TEN DEEP. Benson should be used on fade routes exclusively. He has that kind of speed. Dickey is a ‘window’ receiver-his knee injury killed his burst-so he gets open most in combo routes. Bryant, Moore, Perry, Mclellan, Stewart, and Moore are complete receivers-you can give them everything in the offense. Kasper will help clear space for receivers and a package needs to set him up for easy catches. Gresham is the joker. Not sure what he really is yet. But of course, Sadiq is Mr. Fabulous. I’d make every team focus so hard on him, they can’t cover anyone. Which brings me to Will Stein. My opinion is he will take steps to grow this offense, but he needs to use his analysts more to carve out the most lethal offense Oregon has seen since the Gulf Coast Offense. The talent is that solid. My question to Stein is did he learn from the Rose Bowl, because Ohio State took away every aspect of what he likes to do. I think he has the chops, but now it’s time to develop sets of plays for each individual, and compose a beautiful symphony. Some of this comes from my priorities and my philosophy, so that part really doesn’t matter. I think Stein was given more latitude his first year, and I hope DL lets him loose again. My take on the Defense is the talent along the Front 7 is spectacular. And I believe the secondary matches that talent. But the scheme lends itself to obliteration because too often scheme or formation nullifies that talent. I hope DL and Lupoi go to more of a hybrid defense. The talent is too good to waste. Why do I say that? Because I don’t see solid coverage rules, and elite offenses are finding glaring gaps in coverage. Ironically, the secondary is perhaps the most talented group that Lanning has ever fielded. Now mind you, the way the Hash marks are situated makes covering the wide side of the field extremely difficult because you can’t use the sideline on the wide side of the field to your advantage. But Ohio State did just that in the Rose Bowl. They ran a scheme that basically dared Stein to throw mostly fade routes and simplified curl routes. I don’t think Lupoi has that kind of vision, but he has the talent to execute that same strategy. Elite Coordinators will have a field day until DL and Lupoi fix their coverage rules, and utilize the linebackers in coverage more often. I hate express the above, because this defense is very, very talented. But talent alone will not stop elite talent, or elite coaching. And while I still believe the playoff format produced a lag impossible to overcome, Ohio State took every weakness we have and basically went to town at our expense. Fortunately, secondary coverage will be much tighter this year, so if Lupoi can alternate strategy and become less predictable, he will pull off a coup of epic proportions. The defense has the kind of talent to slow some very elite teams down, but the Bear Defense is not the kind of scheme to handle the open side of the field without Olympic track speed throughout the entire back seven. That goes for every football team in America. My opinion of course, but I am going to take more time to display exactly why I feel this way. I saw Georgia struggle last year, I saw Bama fall behind several times because their schemes require elite NFL talent to cover the wide range of schemes that can attack that philosophy. So this isn’t exclusive to DL and Lupoi. That said, I believe Lanning has the most talented group of players he’s ever had. They are raw, and will require experience. But OBD will only face one elite team in the regular season. Lanning’s job is to prepare his team over the course of the entire season to be prepared for the group of elite teams. And he has an elite bunch to accomplish that exact task. How? By using his analysts to actually install a practice routine to deal with elite schemes. That’s how I would do it. Lanning showed in ‘Us against them” that he knows how to attack elite teams. He didn’t elevate that to how to attack elite coaching. That’s his next step. I hope he makes that happen this year. As I’ve said before, in Dan I trust.
  23. Justin Herbert gets good news in the Draft! Los Angeles Chargers' Justin Herbert Gets Potential No. 1 Receiver In Tre Harris WWW.SI.COM The Los Angeles Chargers drafted nine players during the 2025 NFL Draft. Five of them were on offense, and five of the first seven picks were on offense. The fi
  24. No. 6 Oregon secures season sweep over No. 7 Oregon State with midweek victory With a 8-4 victory on Tuesday night, Oregon has swept the four-game season series over rival Oregon State https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-ducks-baseball-secures-season-sweep-over-oregon-state-baseball-with-midweek-victory-249458066/
  25. Oregon Ducks Spring Game REACTION
  26. Added notes from 247 Coverage.... "The Oregon bullpen allowed only one run over seven innings in this game in Corvallis, and for the fourth straight game, Oregon's bullpen was effective against a potent offense. Over the four-game series, Oregon's bullpen allowed only two earned runs." (!!!) "For the first time since the program was reinstated and began playing games in 2009, Oregon has swept the season series over Oregon State."
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