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Definitely petty. It’s akin to the "but our academics are better" argument often brought out by grumpy fans of old. The NIL era is what it is. Don't hate the playa; Hate the game. But...happy to see Dan take the high road. Well done sir.

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Gave up the shutout... Burn your season tickets now. :)

Looks like Hughes is on the sideline without pads.

There have definitely been a few misses, but it could have been worse...

Tyler Shough > Shedeur Sanders...? Wow

Yes! I also have two girls, and we relate to Bluey in a way unlike any other show. It's as much for parents as it is for kids. Sometimes we laugh out loud and tear up in the same episode. Such an amazing show.

This thread seems to have gotten a bit contentious, at least by our standards. But somehow I find myself largely agreeing with most sentiments expressed on here, by all sides. WS has been great, and I'm very happy we have him. All of the coaches deserve some fault for the debacle that shall not be named. Lots of blame to go around there, including WS, IMO. It is what it is. Sh...stuff happens. Doesn't make him a bad coach. It was just the perfect storm of a bad game in all phases. But in regards to WS potentially leaving: I don't want that to happen by any means, but I also have a lot of confidence in DL's ability to hire great people. Because of that, the idea of any one coach or coordinator leaving isn't as scary for me as it once was. The funny thing is that WS is a large reason that I have that confidence, as we watched Dilly leave and then saw DL immediately bring in an awesome replacement. So it's actually the hiring of WS that makes me less worried about losing WS...if that makes any sense. Maybe I'm over confident in DL's ability to reload. But for now that's how I feel, and it allows me to rest easy (as if there would be anything I could do about it anyway). Go Ducks! Looking forward to seeing Moore to Moore next year. I think WS will make good use of that new weapon.

Definitely a worthy champion. But what they overcame most of all was their own fanbase,

@Mike West Great post. I'm curious about your thoughts on a Savage/Thieneman safety tandem. Both great players, but both also excel at making the big hit and tackling well, rather than coverage. And while it's exciting to think of having both of those guys hunting in the defensive backfield, I wonder how that plays out in terms of pass coverage. Your posts seem to be extremely knowledgeable, so I'd love your 2 cents on this.

Also cause for leaving soon... 🙂 Dan's seat, meanwhile, is comfortably room temperature.

A buddy of mine often asks, when OBD are getting ready to play in a big bowl game, the following question: If you could take any past Duck and put them on this team for this game, who would it be? The answer, for both of us, is often Ngata. Dude not only occupied multiple O-lineman, but still disrupted things all by himself.

Yeah, I just don't see it happening. ND is too 1-dimensional on offense...though the same could be said about that team up north, so I suppose you never know.

While that game seemed relatively even until the end, I think if Henderson doesn't lose his cool and pick up that drive-killing penalty late in Q1, OSU goes up 14 and the rout might have been on. Obviously, we'll never know. But in Q1 OSU looked to be picking up right where they left off until that happened. If they immediately go up 14, on the heals of their last two dominating performances, there might have been some panic on the other sideline.

It was easy, for me at least, to root for OSU tonight. Much different than watching UW last year... I imagine time in the B1G will change that eventually. 😆 But at least for now, I'm pulling for OSU all the way, and I think they will run ND off the field. It's their year. Well deserved.