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It just means more: stretch run this Saturday: Georgia 45-1/2 vs Charlotte Auburn vs Mercer Alabama vs Eastern Illinois Tex A&M vs Samford

2025 opponents 9-2 Montana State 1-9 Oklahoma St 5-5 Northwestern 2-9 Oregon State 4-6 Penn State 11-0 Indiana 5-5 Rutgers 3-7 Wisconsin 6-4 Iowa 6-4 Minnesota 8-2 USC - next at Oregon 7-3 Washington - next at UCLA Indiana and USC are currently ranked. The Ducks have very little margin for error relative to the CFP.

I read this morning that Iowa lost 3 of its 5 o-line starters by very early second half. That probably made some difference in how they weren't able to move the line of scrimmage in the second half. The replacements were pretty inexperienced. Iowa's coach called Lemon the best receiver he's seen in 20 years.

Single Game completion percentage, Oregon top 4 games .900 (27/30) Dante Moore – 11/14/2025 vs Minnesota .870 (20/23) Marcus Mariota – 11/3/2012 vs USC .857 (18/21) Dillon Gabriel – 9/7/2024 vs Boise State .852 (23/27) Bo Nix – 9/2/2023 vs Portland State I suppose an argument could be made that 3 of these 4 were in dink and dunk offense. But, Moore had some throws today that were not dink. Hard to remember those other games. After watching the two monsoon games, and having a couple receivers out, I wasn't sure what we would see in the passing game.

that catch - you have to click on the link for the full view

NFL scouts in attendance: Arizona Cardinals (x2), Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns (x2), Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks (x2), Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sadiq is gonna need a bigger wallet.

Kudos to everyone who showed up on a Friday night. Looks like a pretty full crowd.

Fourth consecutive year the Ducks have been a semi-finalist. The only program with the last four consecutive. 10 semi-finalists for 2025. That number can vary, but has never been below 8 since the first award in 2015. Ducks have not been the recipient of the award...yet. Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Oregon are four of the ten semi-finalists.

"I don't get no respect." What? Rodney is the Beavers' mascot? LiveAboutRodney Dangerfield Was the King of One LinersRodney Dangerfield had captured the minds of his audience with his ribald, in-your-face humor. Read some of his best funny jokes.

Before last Saturday's game I suggested that one difference you would see would be the physical nature of Iowa DB's in covering receivers. They seem to body-up on receivers then dare the refs to call pass interference. Feeling, the refs won't call them all, so take the chance. Due to the weather, there were not a lot of passes thrown, especially into coverage, so that didn't really materialize. I do believe they missed holding calls. In both cases, I think there is a philosophy within conferences with an emphasis of what will be called, and what will be "let them play." I believe we also saw it with Pac12 basketball which was more attuned to calling fouls (except in McKale Arena) in comparison to other conferences. I believe it hurt Pac12 teams when they got to the tournament to try to adapt to rougher play.

It's an aspect of playing in the Big Ten, and preparing to play physical. 2025 season total plays/games – national rank 6-Rutgers 726 in 10 15-Indiana 694 in 10 41-Purdue 643 in 10 46-Nebraska 635 in 10 84-USC 595 in 9 98-Maryland 587 in 9 101-Oregon 583 in 9 (64.8/game) There are 11 B1G teams located between Oregon and No. 133

One other thing I don't understand....USC played 3 road games in Central and Eastern time zones in 2024, and are also playing 3 in 2025. That total of 6 is less CT/ET road games than the other 3 West Coast teams must play. Their last CT/ET zone road trip was Oct. 19 in 2024, and Nov. 1 in 2025. Ducks was Nov. 16 and Nov. 8. UCLA is Nov. 2 and Nov. 15 in those two seasons. UW is Nov. 9 and Nov. 8. So, why is USC "special" in scheduling?

That jump to add Texas State may have been a bit too premature? Since 2015, Texas State is: 3-9 - 2015 2-10 2-10 3-9 3-9 2-10 4-8 4-8 8-5 8-5 3-6 this season Should they have added North Texas? New Mexico? Wyoming?

Yep, as if the whole state is rainy. Annual rainfall: Eugene: 40-41 inches Medford: 20 inches Bend: 12 inches

For the third time this year, Iowa lost a close game to a really good opponent. First at Iowa State by three; then Indiana by five; then Oregon by two. In all three, the opponent took the lead in the final two minutes.

I would just add to Happy that Iowa in November is not exactly facing rice pudding. Iowa had its third close November loss in its last 24 November games today. 11-8-25: 16-18 vs Oregon 11-8-24: 17-20 at UCLA 11-25-22: 17-24 vs Nebraska the last loss earlier… 11-0-19: 22-24 at Wisconsin - that's 3 games on this list of 3-pt loss or less Whittingham’s 118 yds rushing was just the second 100-yd rusher allowed by the Iowa defense this season. The other was Kaytron Allen who had 145 for Penn State. Iowa beat Penn St. Iowa QB Mark Gronowski set a single season Big Ten quarterback record with his ninth straight game in which he has rushed for a TD. The 9 consecutive matched Indiana’s Antwan Randle El, but those 9 bridged two seasons, 1998-99.

"A TE who will be drafted in the 1st round, as well as OBD's best WR, who will also go early in the NFL draft, were not able to suit up. Another receiver who will be drafted in April left the game in the first series on offense." And, another WR who has missed most of the season, and one who did miss. Kenyon Sadiq, Dakorien Moore, Gary Bryant Jr., Evan Stewart, Kyler Kasper. Also out, freshman Jack Ressler. Harkey being out wasn't great for depth either. 3 guys who normally start missing. Ducks met the gut check scenario.

I believe these numbers are correct. W-L vs B1G teams on their home fields in the Central and Eastern time zones. 7-0 - Oregon (plus 1 more for last year's B1G Championship game) 3-3 - UCLA (plus will visit OSU this season) 2-4 - USC (why will they have 6 trips instead of 7 in two seasons?) 1-6 - Mighty Fisch Fighters Read the UW boards tonight and there are a bunch of ticked off Dawg fans based on that 1-6 number.

It's also a shame that WR Kyler Kasper is injured this season. His father Kevin is a storied Iowa receiver: 1st single season receptions, 1st single game receptions, 4th all-time career receptions (3 have more since Kevin graduated. I'm sure both his immediate family, and extended family in the Midwest, have had the game penciled in as must-attend for a couple years.

Aug. 24, 2023….Big Ten schools will be required to submit availability reports at least two hours before kickoff to the conference office. Each program's reports will be released on the conference's website and on X (formerly Twitter). If a school doesn't send in its injury report within two hours of the start of the game, it could be disciplined. "The well-being of our students, coaches, and staff, as well as the integrity of our competitions are of paramount importance," Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said in a statement. "Enhanced transparency through availability reporting and partnering with U.S. Integrity (USI) strengthens our efforts to protect those who participate in our games as well as the integrity of the games themselves. I'm grateful for the collaboration of our schools, coaches, and administrators." Today...just before 10:30 am

Ducks get 18 more points on free throws. Rice gets 14 more points on field goals. That's the 67-63 difference. That margin on free throws reminds of watching Lute Olson harass the refs at games in Tucson.

Weather forecast: high 47 degrees, showers morning, rain in afternoon, wind from north end of stadium 10-20 mph In the 60's on Friday, in the 30's on Sunday, as cold front moves in Friday night. Ground and pound weather for the Hawkeyes.

To me, the nostalgia for the Old Pac is akin to Friday night football. Well, we're going to stay loyal and attend most of our Friday night high school games, before we spend Saturday watching the SEC, B1G and Big12. The viewership for Pac12 After Dark across the country reflected that. It was only going to become more of an afterthought in the public consciousness. And, Friday night high school games are showing dwindling interest too. Was UCLA in Pullman - 67-63 and 44-41 entertaining? How many people saw those as televised games? Did they get voluminous post-game coverage? Were they worthy of keeping a conference together because those games tickled our fickle bone? Perhaps it's akin to watching some entertaining 4A Oregon high school games, while the real powers are playing 6A? Listen, I'm a nostalgia guy and post here periodically about games and stats from across the history of college football. I'm sympathetic to nostalgia. But, I also like 60's and 70's popular music while understanding the world have moved on and commercialized a much different genre of music while my age group's interests are waning as we die off. USC recognizing the changing landscape was assisted suicide to a conference that was dying. The "doctors" at ESPN, Fox, etc. had told Kliavkoff in the waiting room, that even with USC/UCLA the chances for survival were slim. You can entertain removing life support, or "enjoy" a slow death. Joining the B1G was making oneself eligible for the Mayo Clinic.

I suspect the preference of which games to watch is largely based on where you spent your younger adult life. If you grew up in the Midwest, and moved to the West Coast, I imagine you would rather watch Minnesota vs Wisconsin than Cal vs UCLA. The unsolvable problem for the Pac: the national population east of the Rockies was more attuned to the former than the latter. The Pac, regardless of USC's periodic success, was always going to have short shrift of network and viewer interest. USC clearly saw that when evaluating their financial future. Fortunately both UW and UO did as well. I'm not sure which West games I might wish for? Cal? Utah? It's a very short list. And, because of that, it is still possible for non-conference. I would rather have some rotation schedule of a couple old Pac12 teams than play Oregon State very season. But, that is more about OSU than about nostalgia for the old Pac.

Cristobal may be the Robert De Niro of the coaching fraternity. Can attract the money for his role plays, but dumb as a rock when the chips are down.