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These late kickoff times for Eastern teams like Penn State traveling to the West Coast can be problematic....

His brother, freshman Na'eem Offord, is on the roster too and has played in all 5 games.

"...move the concrete perimeter wall further back?" My recollection is the stadium wall hasn't changed. However, there use to be concrete traffic barriers behind the end zones when there was more freedom of movement of fans using the field for ingress/egress. Those were removed when it became apparent, they caused potential for injury for players running into them on pass reception plays.

"...pooling the product thus negating conferences from competing with each other for TV revenues. It would be a massive money maker and thus the increasing competition would almost certainly drive up the cost for the networks." Or, the networks might look at it as competing against each other for NFL (SEC/B1G) rights vs USFL (Big12/ACC) rights?

"Top 10 games of all time" And, it was a regular season game. Probably good the Ducks have a bye to "come down" from the emotions. Indiana did have a tough game with Iowa, also has a bye. But, that's Iowa. Pull 'em into the gutter. Lean on 'em, Wear on 'em. But, Indiana got the one big play to pull it out.

Section 4, Article 5, Paragraph 3 of the NCAA Football Rule Book, the NCAA prohibits the home team from wearing "away" whites at home. 2. The visiting team shall wear white jerseys; however, the home team may wear white jerseys if the teams have agreed in writing before the season 3. If the home team wears colored jerseys, the visiting team may also wear colored jerseys, if and only if the following two conditions have been satisfied: The home team has agreed in writing prior to the game; and The conference of the home team certifies that the jersey of the visiting team is of a contrasting color Coach Franklin in 2019: "First of all, part of the White Out is the contrast. It helps us if everybody else is in white, it makes our players stand out on the field for our quarterback and those types of things. That's the first thing," Franklin said.. "The other thing is, we can't wear white at home. There's NCAA rules. We can't show up and wear whatever we want to wear. We would have to get permission from the opposing team to allow us (to) wear white, and I would never do that for anybody else, so we haven't even kind of gone that route." When Penn St hosted SMU in the opening round CFP game, SMU wore all white - jersey, pants, helmet. It was a daylight game. It was PSU's second white-out game of the 2024 season.

Oregon ever played that far east at night? Last season the Ducks kickoff at Purdue was 8:00 pm local. This week Penn State is 7:30 pm local. Both are in the Eastern Time Zone. Though PSU is approx 500 miles east of Purdue. Longest surface travel trip? Miami, likely followed by a game at Army, as the two longest trips. Both games in the afternoon. Miami was a 2-0 loss. Yes, a safety. Army was a 22-22 tie. Ducks at Maryland in 2027, and back to Penn St in 2028.

There have been 21 such white-out games dating back to 2004 (2024 had both Washington and SMU). Penn State is: 13-8 (5 of the 8 to OSU or Michigan) 9-7 vs ranked 4-1 vs unranked 3-5 vs teams ranked top ten Coach Franklin is 8-3 with 6-0 in last 6. He is 2-1 vs teams in top ten in the white-out. The white-outs are definitely games that PSU fans look forward to. And, Franklin is 6-0 in the last six.

One thought about Cignetti is that his turn around for Indiana is so impressive he will be hired elsewhere. But, will he? He doesn't look it, but he is 64. Other than Belichick and Herm Edwards, I can't remember a college coach whose first FBS level head job was older. Cignetti was 63 when he was hired by Indiana. Belichick and Edwards had been NFL head coaches. Current FBS Power 4 conference level coaches 73 – Belichick – N. Carolina 70 – Ferentz – Iowa 65 – Whittingham – Utah 65 – Fritz – Houston 64 – Cignetti – Indiana 63 – Kelly – LSU 63 – Pittman - Arkansas

IF the CFP was based on today's AP Top 12, then No. 11 Indiana would be out. No. 12 Tex Tech would be in as Big12 rep, and No. 27 USF would be in as Non-Power 4 rep. USF would take the No. 12 spot, and Tex Tech would move up to No. 11. At No. 6, Oregon would host Tex Tech.

"Indiana is going to be a very tough game if we don't step up our game, I'm very glad that one is after a bye." Indiana also has a bye before traveling to Oregon. Given the total points they've scored in the last three games it appears Coach Cig has them on a mission to impress folks that they weren't a one-time aberration last season. I'm sure they heard a lot of crap after the way last season ended. Cignetti's contract with Indiana, signed last November, is an 8-year deal worth $72 million, with an average salary of $8 million, plus $1 million per year retention bonus. Starts at $7.3 and goes to $8.7 at 8th year. If Cignetti were to leave on his accord, he would have to pay damages at the school starting at $13 million in the first year of the deal and that amount goes down on an annual basis. THAT ($13) is something to watch in today's competitive environment.

Oregon State rushing offense 67 yds - (42 yds - 1st quarter) Oregon 36 yds - total vs Tex Tech 140 yds - total vs Fresno St 68 yds - total vs Cal Oregon rushing defense 67 - Oregon St 178 - Northwestern 144 - OK State 46 - Montana St

Clemson drops to 1-3 with the loss to Syracuse at home. Clemson was No. 4 pre-season AP poll.

Why the Beavs called time out before the last TD play? 6-5, 318, Duck, Gernorris Wilson was in as eligible No. 35 and Oregon State calls timeout with the Ducks in a full set. Ducks then adjusted the play and Davidson scored.

Oregon State rushing offense 42 yds - 1st quarter Oregon 36 yds - total vs Tex Tech 140 yds - total vs Fresno St 68 yds - total vs Cal Oregon rushing defense 178 - Northwestern 144 - OK State 46 - Montana St

Kesean Bowman, a five-star 2027 receiver from Brentwood Academy, has decommitted from Oregon football, Bowman's mom, Moe, confirmed to The Tennessean. Bowman, who is being pursued by Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel, had been committed to the Ducks since July. Bowman, a 6-foot, 174-pound junior, was teammates at Brentwood Academy last season with former four-star quarterback and Tennessee freshman George MacIntyre. Bowman visited Knoxville for the Georgia game on Sept. 13 and told The Tennessean this week that he was planning other visits to Texas, LSU, Miami and Vanderbilt this fall. Bowman initially picked the Ducks over Tennessee, Ohio State and LSU. He is the No. 2 player in Tennessee from the 2027 class, No. 6 receiver nationally

Dec. 7 - Oregon vs Penn St Dec. 21 - Ohio State vs Tennessee Jan. 1 - Oregon vs Ohio St

Bemidji and Minot will face each other on Sept. 27. Even if both lose Sept. 20, the 0-fer Beavers would come to an end.

I believe Haloti and his wife have 3 sons. Ages 16 (TE and OLB), 13 and 11. The 16 year old has offers from Utah, BYU, SDSU, Colorado St and Osewe.

"...if any conference is known for tough offensive lines that bull for rush yards...it is the B1G, because they have to in order to compete. Even weak teams will move the ball on the ground.." Let me provide an example. In Iowa's first two games they had 46 first down attempts. Could have been after a kickoff, after receiving a punt, after a turnover, after stopping the opponent, after being successful on the prior 2nd or 3rd down, whatever. On those 46 first downs, they ran the ball 34 times. I don't know what Northwestern's ratio was on Saturday but it seemed to me they were trying to grind out sequential short-yardage runs to maintain possession by starting with a run. I suspect the Ducks are going to see that from most opponents as the season progresses. It is the Big Ten DNA. And, if game video makes it look successful, opponents will revert to DNA. It becomes very tiring for a D-line. And, as the clock winds frustrating for fans of the defense to watch. It is one reason why there are relatively few high scoring conference games...peck, peck, peck, first down, peck, peck, peck, first down, peck, peck, peck...

"...last time these players would have played at 9am was peewee football" I believe the West Coast Four are 2-3 in 9:00 am games so far starting in 2024. 1-1 UCLA 0-2 UW 1-0 Oregon

"66 players participated. I think 74 traveled" In addition to the 6 RBs with touches, I believe Whittington was on the sideline.

Most recent travel estimate: 2:40 pm PT wheels up in Chicago 6:40 wheels down in Eugene The Beavers are still in a weather delay in Lubbock which will mean a later arrival back in Oregon than they planned. Next game for them isn't at home, but down the road about 43 miles.

Hughes? The box score has him with 1 carry for 5 yds. If I counted correctly, 66 players participated. I think 74 traveled. 5-96 Hill 11-39 Limar 3-25 Harris 4-8 Davison 1-5 Hughes 2-1 Riggs 2-5 D. Moore 1-2 Moga

166 yds of NW’s 313 came on NW’s last two drives In the last 11:27 of the game: 9 plays 75 yds, 3 plays 91 yds With a 34-14 final, Ducks do not cover the spread. Would have at 34-7,