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Bill Oram at Oregonlive gives us the rundown on the Liberty Flames... Bill Oram: Everything Oregon Ducks fans need to know about the undefeated Liberty Flames, a football team from a university in Virginia WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM Oregon's reward for an 11-2 season? Learning how many former FCS schools now play in Conference USA.

Theoretically the game should be over by halftime. That means TT and maybe even Austin Novasad will get the entire 2nd half to run the 1st/2nd string offense.

What happened in that room? I'm picturing a bunch of monkeys standing around a table flinging poop at each other.

I think DL respects Bo enough to let him make his own decisions and not force him towards any particular way. He's very much an ultra-competitive gamer like Bo so I just don't see a benching happening.

I see where you're coming from. But my sense is that Bo's pride and self-respect won't allow him to go out on a bad note, even with NFL dollars on the line. He just loves football that much, which I commend him for. P.S. I will also surmise that he's talked to and gotten support from his wife on this...which tells me that he has married well

Snippet from the article NJDuck posted above: Sounds like there are definitely other starters/seniors that are going to play in the bowl, so it won't be a skeleton crew on the field New Year's Day.

Exactly! He's not a spoiled, arrogant Caleb Williams or Shedeur Sanders. Bo loves football, period. This is just the latest example.

This is the Bo we know all too well. The de-facto team leader and hyper competitive gamer! Frankly, I would have thought it would've been a bit out of character if he decided to skip the bowl game. Most likely the way the Pac12 season ended really sticks in his craw and he wants to go out on a high note. In this situation, no better place to do that than a NY6 bowl game on national TV!

There's definite hope now that Bo announced he's playing!

One more note, Oregon is still in the hunt for some high end recruits, you can bet they’ll be watching the game.

My stance is that it is what it is. It’s still an NY6 bowl, not the Holiday or Alamo. Many of us predicted a 1-2 loss season and that’s where we ended up. This is a significant improvement over last season. Sure it’s a disappointment that OBD didn’t make the CFP (losing to the Fuskies twice by a combined 6 points doesn’t help). But this is still a high level, highly visible game that is worth playing. I hope Bo’s competitive spirit will have him play so they can wipe the floor with Liberty and show the nation how horrendously biased the CFP committee is. Don't be like USC!

This is why I hate the 4 team format. It was always a begrudging half measure from the conferences and teams that wanted the best and only access to the top BCS bowl games. Personally I think it should have been an 8 team format from the beginning.

Booooooo Steven! Lol

I'd like to see Alabama or Texas. That would give Bo Nix incentive to come back for the bowl game and perform against a top SEC team.

Getting up and playing to your full potential for only one particular opponent isn't a great recipe for success. I predict the Fuskies will get boat raced if they play Michigan or Georgia.

I always thought it would be tough to hold onto 2 talented QBs in the same recruiting cycle.

DeBoer caught lightning in a bottle with Pennix and 3 NFL receivers. I don’t think that will be the case next season.

Defensive line couldn’t get consistent pressure on Pennix. Losing Jordan Burch definitely hurt.

Wow they finally call holding on Washington?

Great now I have to get some backup pants ready because I may poop myself in a minute.

Defense really needs a stop here.

Back to offense, come on Bo!

Blarg!

NICE PLAY!!!

They just punched UW in the mouth, now they need to follow it up with a left hook and an uppercut. Go defense!!!