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This is what I want to see - more quality and athletic edge rushers. They make a huge difference. Most important position, in my opinion. Quarterbacks can't throw when these guys put them on the ground.

I believe Oregon is out on stokes at this point, just KU and UK bidding for him now

Cig not only won a title at Indiana, but he also stomped on the champ-only Blue Chip roster paradigm. Indiana, on the way to a title last season without a Blue Chip roster, defeated Alabama, Oregon, and Miami teams with Blue Chip rosters. And Cig took a good but not great QB from Cal and turned him into a Heisman Trophy winner, the likely No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL draft. Indiana's sum was much greater than the parts. In the 2026 Preseason Sporting News Composite Top 25, Oregon is ranked No. 5. Oregon's schedule is ranked as the 6th most difficult in CFB 7th-ranked Texas Tech's schedule is ranked No. 65 in the 68-team Power 4. Texas Tech does not play BYU and Utah. The only ranked team TT plays is No. 23 Houston at home in Lubbock. In Week 4, Oregon travels to LA to play No. 13 USC. On 11/7 2026, Oregon travels to Columbus, Ohio, to play No. 1 Ohio State. Then returns home to play No. 14 Michigan. Then, a trip to East Lansing, Michigan, to play Michigan State, and then finishes with No. 21 UW. In its last four games, Texas Tech plays West Virginia, Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Baylor in Waco, and TCU. The Red Raiders have one Top 25 team on the schedule, No.23 Houston in Lubbock. Is this a fair fight? Thanks for the terrific post. The Jimmies and the Joes matter. But the folks doing the coaching matter. And the quality of the opposition and where and when your team plays its games matters. Especially when the PO committee savants count the number of a team's losses above all else. Beat Boise!

My two cents are Oregon's linebackers are a horrible weakness. Ironically, I believe they outplayed their talent level last year, and I hope this year is similar. Look at Georgia's talent composite at LB. THAT is why the Bear Defense works there. It is not appropriate for Oregon. Not one bit. But I am a hack, will always be a hack so my opinion will never matter in coaching circles. I do know this, OBD linebackers need as much support as they got last year. This group is slow, covers terribly (looking at that damn QB absolutely hurts), and they are best suited for plugging gaps (as in run blitzes with absolute edge lockdown). It is truly a wonder what Lupoi did last year. I still believe Indiana went to town on his schemes in Atlanta, but the offense really didn't help. Every other unit on OBD is elite. If I'm a title contender, I am going all out on those LBs. And I mean isolate them in pass situations, and attack regular formations when running. OBD safeties will have their hands full against the elite programs. If I didn't say it loud enough last year, I will say it now: an explosive pass offense is the only path to a title for OBD. As in Ohio State November 24' attack mode. That is the only path I see to a title. My hack opinion of course. We know the coaches don't pay attention to us hacks. Screen schemes will not win a title (the WR blocking is too inconsistent anyway).

Wow! Thanks for the in-depth research. This puts things in perspective. To think that our Ducks are mentioned in the same sentence as Ohio State and Georgia shows how far Oregon is committed to a winning tradition.

That was a very entertaining game to watch. Although I was pulling for our B1G conference Badgers to win, I was happy to see that Kyle Chyzowski scored the game-winning goal. For those who don't follow hockey, his name is familiar to Portland Winterhawk fans. He played five season in Portland, amassing 273 regular season and 56 playoff games. Congratulations to the Pioneers and Kyle.

On Wisconsin! Sorry, No Wisconsin - Denver Pioneers 2 - Badgers 1 Denver increases its all-time hockey champ lead from 10 to 11 titles.

"Fortunately, we've got some people who want to see us get back to where we've been. And we've got to make those figures match and get guys we need". - Coach Dana Altman This is a promising start. Besides Stewart and Riley IV, the Ducks have Ariza, Harrison (basketball and football) and Seven Spurlock. According to ESPN, these are four **** players. The most sought after player is Tyran Stokes. He has narrowed his choices to Kansas, Kentucky and Oregon. I don't believe the Ducks can afford him unless they get into a bidding war.

Like a playoff-contending football team without a championship QB. A baseball team can have a lineup of all-stars, but without decent pitching. Good luck.

There we go! 6’6” double figure scorer that shoots almost 50% from the floor and 37% from three? That seems very, very solid start. Go get them Altman!!

Unfortunately, the Ducks 'Achilles Heel' is their pitching. Besides that, they have a solid team.

Oregon football’s spring standouts: 6-7 TE and 6-5 safety turning heads https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2026/04/oregon-footballs-spring-standouts-6-7-te-and-6-5-safety-turning-heads.html

Stewart news: Oregon Receiver Evan Stewart Shares Emotional Injury Moment With Dante Moore Oregon Fans Will Love What Dan Lanning Said About Receiver Evan Stewart

Nebraska wins 10-8 after Luke Morgan kept them scoreless in the 9th. Maddox Molony hit a line drive for a hit, and Burke-Lee Mabeus nailed a pitch to the wall to score Molony...but that was it.

10-7 Nebraska after eight innings. Toby Twist was doing fine...until he gave up a two-run homer. Luke Morgan came in to finish the side... On offense...nothing when we needed it.

8-7 Nebraska after seven innings. Toby Twist came in to relieve for Oregon, and kept them scoreless for the inning. RS freshman Naulivou Lauaki Jr. continues to amaze with another solo homer over CF!

Why would Coach 'Was' keep Clarke in the game when he was being pummeled. He's got 23 pitchers on the roster. The way I read this is that he is not confident in his relievers. Not a good look.

8-6 Nebraska after six innings. Oregon's Michael Meckna gave up a walk and hit, but kept them scoreless in this inning. Ducks strand two on base...

8-6 Nebraska after five innings. I have no idea why...but they brought Collin Clarke back out--who gave up two more runs before being replaced by Michael Meckna. RS freshman Naulivou Lauaki Jr. is replacing Dominic Hellman as DH for Oregon...and continues to earn it as he blasted a solo HR over CF.

6-5 Nebraska after four innings. Good gosh...they figured out Collin Clarke big-time, and just carved him up. He gave up two solo HRs, and 2-run HR, and a ton of hits that scored another. What a nightmare inning... In this inning...Oregon strands bases-loaded.

I imagine most of us recall the post game after Dan Lanning's first game at Oregon on 9/3/2022, where Georgia whipped Oregon 49-3 and Kirby Smart remarked, "They'll bounce back from this, and he knows we have better players. He'll never say that, but he knows we've got better players." The thought at the time from Kirby for Oregon fans (I believe) was for them not to worry as Dan would eventually get his guys and close the talent gap (to be patient). So here we are on April 11, 2026, and I thought I would take a look and see where things stand? There of course are different ways to do this, such as blue-chip ratios and roster talent composition rankings; but, I was thinking about it and those usually use all commits (usually about 85 out of 105 which most schools seem to roughly be sticking to so far). Not a bad way, but really using 85 includes nearly 40 players (no kickers included) who likely mostly won't impact the upcoming season. A close look at talent composition that mostly impacts the season should probably be the 44 players in the two-deep. So, I took a look at rough best guesses for Oregon and Georgia, and threw in Ohio State for another comparison point. I think I have a pretty good best guess on Oregon. Ohio State I follow somewhat closely. Georgia not so much so I took a Spring two deep from a pretty good Georgia site and compared it to a second Georgia site (all 3 teams in a 5 DB base defense). What did I find? All 3 teams arguably are now nearly about even in talent, at least on paper. In each two-deeps: Oregon: 9 five stars 18 top 100 players 37 Blue Chips Ohio State: 6 five stars 17 top 100 players 39 Blue Chips Georgia: 9 five stars 20 top 100 players 38 Blue Chips The Spring rosters. Not the highest rated roster one could put together, but a best guess on the actual two-deep. National ranking 247 Composite. OREGON TWO DEEP QB: Moore (#4) / Raiola (#7) RB: Davison (#172) / Hill (#230) WR: Stewart (#6) / Bair (#27) WR: Moore (#9) / Lott (#33) WR: McClellen (#86) / Hooks (#1875) TE: Johnson (#190) / Dixon (#655) OL: Crader (#247) / Addison (#102) OL: Iuli (#191) / Rogers (#821) OC: Laloulu (#344) / Brooks (#445) OL: Utu (#161) / Iheanacho (#29) OL: Wilson (#388) / Ferguson (#962) DE: Uiagalelei (#47) / Rushing (#26) DL: Washington (#246) / Breland (#36) DL: Alexander (#101) / Robinson (#262) DE: Tuioti (#213) / Wyatt (#202) LB: Jackson (#109) ) Williams (#199) LB: Mixon (#718) / Platt (#178) CB: Finney (#47) / Offord (#17) CB: Iffy (#55) / Scott (#51) S: Perich (#72) / McNutt (#73) S: Flowers (#102) / Woodyard (#116) S: Williams (#600) / Brew (#98) OHIO STATE TWO DEEP QB: Sayin (#20) / St. Clair (#4) RB: Jackson (#213) / Rogers (#97) WR: Smith (#1) / Guilford (#75) WR: Innis (#35) / Parker (#53) WR: Henry (#24) / McCuin (#922) TE: Christian (#408) / Roberts (#203) OL: Sierveld (#300) / Lowe (#74) OL: Montgomery (#120) / Van Sickle (#283) OC: Hinzman (#188) / Cook (#378) OL: Daniels (#771) / Padilla (#228) OL: Moore (#168) / Armsteong (#388) DE: Jackson (#60) / Atkinson (#249) DT: Houston (#26) / Smith Jr. (#245) DT: Smith (#41) / Walker (#96) DE: Grady (#114) / Russaw (#64) LB: Pierce (#204) / Alliegro (#1271) LB: Pettijohn (#101) / Alford (#144) CB: Matthews Jr. (#148) / Calhoun (#397) CB: Sanchez (#5) / Kelly (#374) S: McClain (#375) / Rocker (#841) S: Moore (#1116) / Bing (#208) S: Little Jr. (#84) / Timmons (#47) GEORGIA TWO DEEP QB: Stockton (#124) / Puglisi (#114) RB: Frazier (#49) / Bowens (#225) WR: Canion (#194) / Wiley (#91) WR: Humphreys (#487) / Taylor (#20) WR: White-Helton (#444) / Roldan (#306) TE: Luckie (#145) / Williams (#455) OL: Greene (#45) / E.Oghoko (#72) OL: Uini (#94) / Calhoun (#113) OC: Bobo (#664) / Tolliver (#1102) OL: Glover (#321) / Short (#250) OL: Gaston (#52) / Jackson (#990) DE: Griffin (#3) / McLeod (#117) DT: Hall (#40) / N.Oghoko (#757) DT: Harris (#66) / Williams (#62) DE: Q.Johnson (#368) / Gibson (#9) LB: Williams (#5) / Kruah (#340) LB: Wilson (#28) / Cole (#29) CB: Robinson (#2) / Conley (#592) CB: D.Jones (#50) / Williams (#93) S: Bolden (#13) / Morgan (#274) S: K.Jones (#668) / Branch (#58) S: Dinkins (#363) / Barnes (#399)

5-0 Ducks after three innings. Collin Clarke is very emotional, and can be a hot-head to other teams. He caught a line-drive right at him, and then had a stare-down with the batter that did not go over well with the Nebraska dugout, nor the umpires. Everyone was warned, and then Clarke kept them scoreless again. Angel Laya hits deep off the CF wall for a double, and then RS freshman Naulivou Lauaki Jr. sent a missile to LF to score Laya!

4-0 Ducks after two innings. This is a promising start for Collin Clarke as it appears he has good control today of his changeup pitch...which is hard to hit. Add his fastball and curve-drop, and he has a nice combo of pitches. He gave up a double, but dispensed with the rest of the Nebraska side easily. Jax Gimenez was plinked, and true freshman Brayden Jaksa continues his hot hitting streak with a hit to shallow LF, while Gimenez jets to 3rd! Jaksa steals second, so OUR BELOVED DUCKS have two in scoring position. The Pride of Portland, Ryan Cooney hits his second double to score two runs, as his rifled hit zips to the LF corner. Whew!

2-0 Ducks after one inning. Collin Clarke is the usual Saturday starter for Oregon with a 2.72 ERA, and he put them down in the first inning 1-2-3. The starter for the Cornhuskers, Carson Jasa, is an imposing presence at 6'6" (3.63 ERA) and routinely throws over 95 mph, and can touch 100 mph. Ducks have their hands full! Jasa is prone to walks, and walked Jax Gimenez, and then Brayden Jaksa hit a screamer down the 3rd baseline for a good start. Then Ryan Cooney knocked a big hit to the CF/RF gap to the wall the scored both Gimenez and Jaksa!