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I understand why college players have opted out of bowl games in the past. I wonder if NIL will result in more guys playing? And, does potential opponent motivate some guys to want to play?

The 8 Playoff contenders How they fared against teams currently in AP Top 25 What might the Playoff Committee do? Georgia W’s: (9) Mizzou, (11) Ole Miss Next: (8) Alabama Michigan W’s: (6) Ohio St, (10) Penn St Next: (18) Iowa Washington W’s: (5) Oregon, (14) Arizona, (21) OSU Next: (5) Oregon Florida St W’s: (13) LSU Next: (15) Louisville Oregon W’s: (21) OSU L: at (3) Washington Next: (3) Washington Ohio St W’s: (10) Penn St, (16) Notre Dame L: at (2) Michigan Next: done Texas: W’s: (8) Alabama L: (12) Oklahoma Next: (19) Okie State Alabama W’s: (11) Ole Miss, (13) LSU L: (7) Texas Next: (1) Georgia

Priorities: Reach Selection Sunday with one or fewer losses (100% of Playoff teams have done this). Beat at least three teams in the committee’s Final Selection Sunday top 25 Win at least six games, preferably more, against FBS teams that have .500-plus records on Selection Sunday Win a Power 5 conference Everything starts from scratch each week, which confuses a lot of fans. The committee doesn’t care where your opponent used to be ranked. The committee considers groups of six teams at a time for discussion, so obviously 4, 5, 6 are very important. But 1, 2, 3 also impacts opponent assignment. 7-12 will impact NY6 participation. My add...I do think the Final Top 25 approach could be a flaw. For example, what if Cam Rising had played for Utah this season but missed the last 2-3 games due to injury and Utah fell out of the top 25? Wins against Utah earlier would be discounted due to Utah's final ranking. What if you play in a very competitive conference, but your team's win caused strong 6-6 teams to become 5-7, thus affecting wins over .500? What if another conference has every team play a Softcup U the next to last weekend, and only 8 conference games, which results in your conference with several teams at 6-6 or 7-5 that you beat?

An interesting season in Oregon - OSU history. The Beavs will be the underdog from a betting odds standpoint for the first time this season. They are 8-3, and 7-4 vs "the spread." The Ducks were an underdog in Seattle. They are 10-1, and 8-2-1 vs "the spread." Wonder how long it has been, if ever, that Ducks and Beavs were favored 21 of 22 games entering the Civil War?

On the subject of positioning oneself, I will point to two nuggets in history, and the folks who share their opinions here could probably post dozens more to back up your assertions Charles. 1) Oregon AD Bill Byrne who imagined an Oregon that most fans thought would be impossible. Then, he acted on it. And, the Oregon donor base grew exponentially even before Knight started frosting the cake. 2) A series of poor coaching choices by Oregon State: Jim Anderson for too long, Eddie Payne, Ritchie McKay, Jay John...squandering what was a strong, deep, Beavers fans support for one of the two revenue generators for OSU. OSU basically owned Portland and they squandered it. Craig Fertig, Joe Avezzano, Dave Kragthorpe, Jerry Pettibone...then when they got it right with Erickson and Riley, they hired Andersen. The decisions of an OSU AD over the years have cost OSU dearly. These are self-inflicted deep wounds that were bandaged with conference money flowing into Corvallis from the association with USC, UCLA, UW and later UO. OSU should take pride in what it is to be a Beaver fan. The blueprint was available from schools across the nation if they had paid attention...not just fellow Pac8/10/12 schools. But, some self-reflection instead of pride is needed. The baseball program has also been a blueprint and for some reason widely ignored within the AD offices in Corvallis.

Georgia, Ohio St/Michigan Wins against currently USA Today Coaches top 25 ranked teams 4-Florida St – (14) LSU 5-UW – (6) Oregon, (15) Osewe, (16) Arizona 6-Oregon – none 7-Texas – (8) Alabama, (20) Kansas St 8-Alabama – (12) Ole Miss, (14) LSU, (23) Tennessee 9-Louisville – (17) Notre Dame, (24) NC State As a Ducks fan even I can't fathom Florida State in front of UW.

"I do not understand the rules...." A tie is created if both teams have the same conference record, such as 7-2. The rules then involve conference action before any overall W-L record is considered. For example, in this case, if UO and UA were tied, and since they didn't play each other, the first tiebreaker is their W-L against the next team in the standings. In this case, UA has beaten OSU, and the Ducks (if in a tie) would have lost. UA would get the nod. That is why Ducks need to beat OS, or UA needs to lose to ASU. If there were a different scenario where that doesn't resolve it, there are other rules about W-L against all common opponents, strength of schedule in conference games, before it ever gets to consideration of non-conference record.

Penix? It's the weather. It never rains in Seattle.

I've already seen Chip mentioned on a couple chat boards as a potential offensive coordinator if he is in fact terminated at UCLA. For fans of other programs who would like to see him on their staff I would just reiterate that Chip is not enthusiastic about recruiting and he is not a schmoozer with fans/boosters. That might work at some programs if their HC clearly understood that when hiring him. Several years ago Oregon had a journeyman OC named Al Borges who has floated among several programs. Borges could be creative on offense, but had the same negatives as Chip. At Oregon, Chip benefited from inheriting an established staff and some damn good skill players on offense. Which he combined with a fast pace offense that was foreign to most opponents in that era. It is kind of akin to a high school that runs a spin-T offense that their opponents only see once a season. That advantage has dissipated. Contributors here could list a litany of interpersonal negative experiences they had with Chip. In the "heat of the season" most of those things were overlooked because of the W-L record. They are not overlooked when the W-L's don't flow properly. Could Chip be a head coach again if he and UCLA part company? Yes. But, both parties would have to have their eyes open going in, and I think perhaps Chip needs to suppress his ego a bit to analyze a situation where he could be successful. My own thought on this is, what would he be like as the HC of a military service academy? While in total my remarks sound negative, the reality is that Oregon fans owe a lot to Chip, and most recognize that and are still fond of him. But, his last season was 2012 and there has been a lot happen to both Chip and Oregon since those days.

Stein's old boss at UTSA interviewed with Tex A&M yesterday. He has a lot of background in the state of Texas football culture. He may not be a "big enough" name to be offered that job, but doesn't mean some other program might not offer him. If so, the UTSA job would be open. Don't know whom UTSA has on their promotable list, but one probably spent this current season coaching in Eugene.

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OSU at home - Beavs are favored 55-7 – UC Davis 26-9 – San Diego St 21-7 – Utah 36-24 – UCLA 62-17 – Stanford Fuskies on the road 41-7 – Michigan St 31-24 – Arizona 42-33 – Stanford 52-42 - USC

Dillingham's out-of-the-box thinking.... https://footballscoop.com/news/kenny-dillingham-and-asu-beat-ucla-utilizing-swinging-gate-and-numerous-creative-offensive-sets-you-cant-be-scared-to-be-different

Whomever takes the A&M job needs to understand first that he will have about 50 AD's instead of just one. A&M is probably the unchallenged champion of booster meddling. Too many guys, with too much money, who think their opinion should hold sway over anyone else.

Here's a video overview of Eugene. For Midwesterners I always recommend the short trip west to the coast as noted above by an earlier contributor. Or, in summer a trip east to the mountains. But, this video may help you get your bearings.

Wins against one team with a winning record (Utah).... --uh, Oregon also has wins against three teams that are 4-5. Except for the Oregon loss, they would be 5-4. McElroy did lead Alabama to the 2009 title. He then went on to play in 2 total NFL games, and started 1. He is part of the legacy that Alabama has had to overcome with poor transition to NFL QBs....AJ McCarron, Mac Jones, Jay Barker...there was a long dry spell between Bart Starr, Joe Namath, Ken Stabler and the more recent Jalen Hurts and Tua. McElroy was part of that dry spell.

Monday, 1:30 PT start in Las Vegas. On TruTV if you have that on your cable or satellite. DISH is Ch 242, I believe.

"There was talk about the Texas QB, who I believe played for Will Stein in high school?" Well, it's been a few years since Stein was at Lake Travis, but I believe you may be thinking of Hudson Card? He signed with Texas, then transferred to Purdue. He is still at Purdue, is a junior. Purdue is 2-7 and not sure what his supporting cast is like. At Travis, he ran Stein's offense which was called the FTS Offense. (Feed the Studs) Purdue hosts Minnesota, 12:30, NBC, this Saturday. Lake Travis has a QB history: Baker Mayfield, Garrett Gilbert, Charlie Brewer among them.

USC at Oregon: 7:30 pm, Fox

CBS, Fox, NBC....and FS1, BTN and Peacock. Paramount+ ? Today 1 - CBS 1 - Fox 1 - FS1 1 - NBC 1 - Peacock 2 - BTN Pacific Time for games today 3 - 9:00 am 3 - 12:30 pm 1 - 4:30 pm

In latest filing, 10 departing Pac-12 schools suggest WSU, OSU want 2023-24 revenue for themselves WWW.SPOKESMAN.COM Washington filed a motion of opposition to a preliminary injunction on Thursday.

"Why would he leave?" For a location where the time that has to be devoted to recruiting, and traveling to recruit, and time and distance for assistants to recruit, is more moderate. It was a factor in Kelly, Taggart and Cristobal leaving. Not implying that Oregon is an unattractive recruiting destination, just that the effort of coaches and effects on their families, often wears on coaches to a degree unappreciated by us fans. Building a program that attracts recruits helps. Recruits recruiting other players helps. But doesn't eliminate the time and travel equation for coaching staff.

I always temper my reading of Ken Woody's analysis with the knowledge he was 3-16 in his last head coaching job. I do enjoy Aliotti's analysis on Pac12 Network.