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His size and smooth, evasive running ability reminds me of Byron Marshall. If develops into a versatile back like that then I'll take 5 more like him!

One thing that's interesting to think about is the equipment logistics. All the football team's stuff is carted by long haul trucks to the visitor destination (at least for Oregon). Within the Pac12 foot print currently, all those away games can be reached within 3 days or so. But to do that as a member of the Big10? What a nightmare to calculate those costs to move all that equipment to Columbus, Maryland, etc., especially for back to back road games. A team would have to double or triple their equipment to make sure there's a set ready to go for the team when they get to each destination.

One of them could be Rising since OBD picked up a crystall ball prediction for him a couple days ago.

This one's a trap game for OBD. TT is sneaky good. The biggest factor working in their favor is a ton of returning experience. Much easier to start off the season on the right foot not having to coach up so much and get a jump on teams in transition. The offense will need to get situated quickly with Will Stein running things, otherwise the game will go sideways in a hurry.

McRoy is a mountain of a human being. 6'8" and 360+ lbs?? I'd hate to face off against him every down!

That was the best part of the article lol Thanks David!

Hilarious how some commenters keep comparing UW with Alabama. As if UW has had a long and storied history of pulling large groups of 5* players year after year. 🤣😂😆

SMU interest in the Dallas market should pick up significantly when they join the Pac12. Having teams like Oregon visiting regularly should pack their stadium easily as well.

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect two. Baker and Rushing are the most realistic chances to grab. That's a really good day IMO. Getting a third would be a fantastic day (maybe Williams?). Overall, my gut tells me Oregon will finish with a 2024 recruiting class ranked somewhere between 6-9.

He is a Rivals 3-Star, but is a player coveted by both Washington and Oregon. “I love it here,” Lopa said. “Everything is all family here and that’s a big part of me , family and the connections you get here. I’m coming to win.” 4-star safety Kingston Lopa spurns the Dawgs and commits to Oregon DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Oregon’s gain is Washington’s loss as four-star safety Kingston Lopa commits to the Ducks via Twitter this Sunday morning.

When DeBoer was hired, I was pretty surprised. I knew he was a great X's and O's coach but his career is littered with stops at smaller schools at the FCS and Group of Five level, which means he doesn't have any great recruiting connections. It's painfully showing right now.

Definitely the case where a lot of UCLA fans and alumini did not like this move. Bill Walton certainly was against it. It'd be great to see UCLA come back with its tail between its legs. That being said, I'm sure Chip Kelly would prefer to compete in the Pac12 than the Big10 any day. https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/bill-walton-condemns-ucla-move

Really like this pickup. Local kid with college ready size. I can see him redshirting his 1st year, play into the rotation 2nd year, then start in his 3rd year.

Every time I see the name Oral Roberts I think it's a dental school lol

Trying to...muster a shred...of sympath-nope not happening. USC is not at the level of Michigan and tOSU, more like Penn St or Wisconsin. That means they will be a perennial 2nd tier team in the B10 with at least 2 conference losses each season.

https://www.si.com/college/oregon/football/ducks-boast-pffs-highest-graded-returning-offensive-linemen-in-pac-12 Ajani Cornelius and Jackson Powers-Johnson lead the way in the rankings. OL turnover, particularly at the center position is always a point of trepidation for me (especially losing a good one like Alex Forsyth). But it sounds like we should be that the OL should be pretty stable and pick up where they left off last season.

Sounds like herding a bunch of crazy cats 😛

Loved reading this article. It makes you wonder if Lanning is slowly building a staff of both quality and longevity similar to the golden Oregon past of the Mike Bellioti years and before with coaches staying for a decade or more.

Ah in that case it's a hard no lol

It wouldn't be a surprise if he were to manage a top 5 pac12 offense this upcoming season given the amount of roster turnover he's orchestrated so far. That being said, he doesn't have anywhere near the talent he walked into here at Oregon so it also wouldn't be surprising if it didn't happen the first season or two. A lot of things have to fall into place and that's tough to do even under the best circumstances, let alone ASU which his predecessor left in a dumpster fire.

The media deal was supposed to go into effect on July 1st. Wow.

First reported by Pete Thamel at ESPN but I like Josh Pate's take on it.

I give TT 2 games of garbage time this season. If he doesn't show us anything like last season it's time to move on. He's honestly had all the time in the world to show some kind of improvement.

I wonder how much more whining there will be tomorrow now that this happened today... Oregon welcomes a slew of prospects from Washington and FSP 247SPORTS.COM

This might be the reason for the abrupt departure. https://deadline.com/2023/05/usc-athletic-director-mike-bohn-resigns-after-department-investigation-1235373763/amp/