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I'm just going off the top of my head when I say this: Oregon has a better starting roster than any other team left. Also, Indiana does NOT know how to have an off day, off quarter, or anything else other than their best every time out. Oregon could beat all three teams left or lose to them all, depending on what kind of Oregon team that shows up. Miami does not have a great offense. Ole Miss does not have a great defense. Indiana does not have the athletes that Oregon has. Ducks just need to put it together for 4 quarters, both offense and defense vs Indiana. Then figure out the rest later. If Oregon can put out an offense like vs JMU in the first half and a defense like vs Tech, they will be unstoppable. Every year that Oregon is good, the media buys into the hype and then gets egg on their faces. Last year in the playoffs was a prime example. So this year, the media is not buying in. Which is OK. Games are won on the field, not on sports talk shows anyway.

4 teams left, 2 from north and 2 from south. And I think the north is better. Of all the teams in the playoffs from the SEC, only Ole Miss is left. When you factor in that Texas and Oklahoma are now part of the SEC, that is pretty amazing. Just 5 years ago, the final 4 would have been mostly if not all SEC teams (had they been doing the 12 team playoffs)

When you analyze the premise of the article the writer is saying a college football player develops by being a starter. Start at a lesser school and transfer. True in lots of sports. Baseball players move up to the majors from the minors. In football, the college game is the NFL minor leagues. You don’t get the necessary skills sitting on the bench. Lanning says that you improve by playing football. Practice helps, but without game experience a QB is unlikely to start for the 10-12 teams at the top and be successful. Nix and Gabriel both improved as Duck starters, but they were good when they arrived. Moore needs another year.

NCAA.comTrack which conferences are winning the 2025-26 college f...Follow along here to track the records of conferences during the FBS bowl season. As it stands right now, the B1G is 9-4 will all 9 wins against other conferences. The SEC is 4-9 and 2 of those 4 wins are against other SEC teams. For once I'll agree with a fan base that says they beat themselves. That's pretty much all they can beat are themselves. One can dream about AP polls and coaches polls coming down to earth before next season and not ranking every SEC team with such high rankings, but I'll believe it when I see it.

Leavitt or Hoover yes. Riola no thanks, seems like a nutcase.

I love the New Years Day bowl tradition as much as anyone else (especially the Rose Bowl), but I’d also love to see the top heavy strangle hold the deep south has be broken by a $$ offer from Las Vegas that the CFP and the NCAA can’t refuse. Figuring Lanning has no intention of lifting his foot off the gas, it’d be nice not to have to travel for every play-off game we’ve earned into the heart of Dixie.

I have to agree that “River Boat” Dan should send in the field goal unit, or kick the extra point, until the score dictates otherwise in these games. Momentum is gained, or lost, by coaching decisions. In a defensive battle, take the points. When you are playing with house money, roll the dice. As for Indiana, they don’t respect Oregon, they already handled us, and we are simply in their way again. OBD can choose to be a speed bump, or get their act together as a team, and go warrior mode, and fight. I am thinking a good old street fight.

I agree with you on Riola, but not on Sam Leavitt. Leavitt is from West Linn, Oregon. When healthy in 2025, Leavitt threw for 319 yards and led a late TD drive in the win over Texas Tech. In last season's PO, if a targeting call that should have been made late in the game against Texas was called, Leavitt would have led ASU back from a big deficit in an upset of the Longhorns and played Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. When healthy, Leavitt played very well for ASU. Dilly thought Leavitt was worthy of the ASU starting spot when he transferred in from Michigan State. Leavitt missed five games this season and also missed ASU's Sun Bowl loss to Duke. In two seasons, he threw for 4,513 yards, 34 TDs, and ran for 10 TDs. He consistently earned high grades from PFF. If Dan pursues Leavitt, it will only be with Dillingham's recommendation. Cincinnati QB Sorsby tailed off significantly late in the season. I think there could be more hype than substance with Sorsby.

Jay Harris and Daylen Austen and Kyler Kasper All supposedly stepping into the vortex.

The Hoosiers' Defense is stout and may well be the determining factor in Round 2. I suspect the Duck Offensive Line is motivated to rewrite the outcome this time.

Indiana sacked Dante six times, I believe. That should not be allowed to happen this time around.

When next Friday rolls around, the Ducks will join a short list of programs which have appeared in 5 or more of the Big 6 bowls: Rose, Fiesta, Cotton, Sugar, Peach, Orange. The Ducks will be at 5...with only the Sugar not on their list. Bowl participation has changed over the years. Some bowls were an exclusive opportunity for the SEC, Big8, Big Ten, or Pac12 for years. How many years was the Rose Bowl just Pac vs B1G? Those of us with more gray hair can remember when the Big10 only had the Rose Bowl as an option, and there was a consecutive year no-repeat rule. When Penn State was independent status, that benefited their bowl possibilities. And, so on. Now, with more bowls bowl participation is not as rare. That being said, even with conference tie-in's, what are we looking at? Participation in all 6 major bowls: Ohio State, Penn State, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Miami. Participation in 5 of the six: Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington, Clemson, Florida St, Georgia Tech, Syracuse. Others? Don't know. USC? Never in the Peach or Sugar. I'm sure the Toejams would say, "all those Rose Bowls limited our availability." Haarumph. Appears Texas may be the only one with a W in all six.

The only game scheduled with Northwestern through 2028 is a Wildcats visit to Autzen in 2026.

First 4 seasons as a first-time head coach and doing it at a NW school 49-4 – Chris Petersen - BSU 48-7 – Dan Lanning - Oregon 46-7 – Chip Kelly - Oregon 47-10 - Brent Vigen - Montana State Didn't check small colleges like Linfield for a first-time head coach. No. 4 does make one wonder if Beavis made their hiring decision too quickly? On a separate note, Beavis now has 23 guys in the exit portal and counting. On the other hand, saw a report that next year opponent Oklahoma St has 45 and counting.

Good thought. But you can bring in experience, as Oregon did with Bo Nix and Dillon Gabriel, Miami did with Cam Ward and Carson Beck, and Indiana did with Kurtis Rourke and Fernando Menzoza. One of the four Final 4 transfer QBs will win a title this season. Transfer Will Howard won a title last season. Tom Brady won a Super Bowl with Tampa Bay. Experienced faces in new places is true today for every position. You have to make sure you bring in high-character, coachable guys who love to play football to accompany solid recruiting. I think a playoff-quality O-line is as difficult to develop as any position, including QB. Dan and his assistants did a fantastic job this season of getting many new starters on both sides of the ball to play together. Dante goes pro, and I expect a transfer to start for OBD next season. BTW, the Kentucky starting QB is in the portal. Novo to Lexington?

I'm waiting on a post submitted to this site about who is projected to transfer to Oregon if Dante Moore declares. I was just on ESPN.com and their second leading story is that Brenden Sorsby (Cincinatti QB) is visiting Texas Tech today, and then he flies to LSU on Sunday or some time in the coming days. I had hoped that if we beat TT that it might sway Sorsby to come here. It would be a 2 for 1. A win and a new QB. Hopefully, Sorsby can wait until after the National Championship to make a decision- and immediately book a flight to Eugene for a visit. If you google who is likely to transfer to Oregon, Google AI points to a CBS Sports article from a few days ago written by Cory Nagel: "If Moore exits, Oregon would be aggressive but selective in targeting its next quarterback. Names like Dylan Raiola, Sam Leavitt, and Josh Hoover would immediately surface as potential fits. The Ducks offer something few programs can: a proven pathway to statistical production and NFL credibility." Raiola or Leavitt? Are you kidding me?!?! No. This is Oregon we're talking about. Not Washington or UCLA. Come on.

Dante balanced his Indiana and Texas Tech issues with his performances at Penn State and Iowa. If there’s one thing that may bring him back for another year is to grow out of his inconsistency issue.

If it wasn’t for the unfolding quarter final pattern of 1st round byes losing to 1st round winners (4 out of 4 in 2024, 3 out of 4 in 2025), I’d tend to agree. That basketball doesn’t allow higher ranked byes not only levels the playing field, but makes upsets feel genuine. Football’s CFP quarter final “upsets” not only now appear as a disadvantage for the higher ranked bye team, but are beginning to taint otherwise great wins for the lower ranked 1st round winners. To get all teams involved in the 1st round, the answer seems to be to either to shrink the format back to eight teams, or (sigh) expand it to sixteen. Either way allows for seeded 1st round games without the odd number outcome of a 12 team format. However this issue eventually resolves, it’s getting harder to ignore how the “one and done” intensity of CFP games seems to give the advantage to the team that is allowed to better sustain its game ready fitness and attitude.

Cignetti has coached a long time. It must be the overall win/loss record.

Jerry that is. Seems he was with him at UCLA Beloved ex-UCLA coach Jerry Neuheisel lands an interesting new job I wish them both well except maybe once a year.

'It motivated us;' How Oregon used Texas Tech hype to fuel CFP shutout “It motivated us a lot," defensive line coach Tony Tuioti said after the game. "You know, at the end of the day, we always want to prove to everybody that we're the best in the country. And so anytime we can, we feel a challenge, we want to step up to the challenge."

Oregon TE Kade Caton declares for transfer portal Oregon Ducks walk-on tight end Kade Caton announced for the NCAA Transfer Portal as the official window opened

I'd like a requirement for "winningest head coach" of 4 years, and as head coach at the same school. I wasn't sure we'd ever have another Oregon coach with a good shot of exceeding Chip Kelly's 4 year winning record of 86.8%. But Lanning is certainly going for it. After 3 years, 87.3% is just crazy nuts.

Great article. Here are my three things learned. Lanning still has a gambling problem. Situational awareness and risk/ reward need much more scrutiny. Up 13-0 near mid field going for it again on 4th down and fail. Why? Just pin them back deep. Let the D keep dominating and get the ball back around mid field. Poor decisions like this could become huge momentum swings for no reason. OBD can ride the D. Watching the team squander scoring opportunities with sloppy red zone plays and 4th down gambles instead of taking points was made much less stressful by a defense that absolutely controlled the game. Finney is the man! The Ducks have the highest remaining ceiling and the lowest floor. If the O and D put together two complete games, the Ducks will be national champions. If domination doesn’t match the scoreboard like the TT first half or the first 3 quarters against PSU, they won’t survive. This teams history will be determined by their growth in the next seven days.

Thanks, funny things is by the time I saw the contest there were mostly high scores perdicted so I just went the other way.