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Everything posted by kirklandduck
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Time to see Thompson
Absolutely could be a psychological thing, Camden Lewis had a similar issue his freshman year. For the life of me I can't find it but I remember reading an article that interviewed a college football scout commenting about Ty Thompson when he was being recruited. The scout said the 5* rating was primarily because TT had fantastic physical tools but was technically very raw, so he was more of a project than a polished player. Essentially he was railroading the high school level because he was just that physically superior but to succeed at the college level he needed a ton of development. Perhaps after 3 years TT is finally showing the potential that scout was seeing back then.
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Time to see Thompson
If Oregon blows out Texas Tech by halftime or 3rd quarter then TT could get some run against actual FBS players. If he performs about the same against them as he did against PSU then I'd feel better.
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GameDay Thread versus Portland State: Join Us!
I'm betting the coaching staff is already gathering to watch and scout them out.
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GameDay Thread versus Portland State: Join Us!
Jayden Limar and Dante Dowell will fill in real well for Bucky and Noah when they move on after this season.
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Week 1 Thread for Non-Oregon games
BSU mounting a come back, back to back scores right out of halftime. UW's offense is all Michael Pennix, if he goes down with an injury they're toast.
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GameDay Thread versus Portland State: Join Us!
Austin Novasad getting some play time, that's good to see.
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GameDay Thread versus Portland State: Join Us!
True but he's an FCS qb, no reason the DL or LB's can't get him by now.
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GameDay Thread versus Portland State: Join Us!
One thing that bugs me is that the Oregon defense doesn't have a single sack. That's very concerning to me.
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GameDay Thread versus Portland State: Join Us!
Encouraging first drive for TT. Obviously you take it with a grain of salt with a deflated PSU defense but this should be a confidence booster for him to continue improving.
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GameDay Thread versus Portland State: Join Us!
TT is now in. Let's see if he does anything besides hand the ball off or go backwards.
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Utah vs. Florida Game Thread…
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Prime Experiment Working?
Let's see what happens after a few games. TCU has early season 2022 BYU vibes right now.
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GameDay Thread versus Portland State: Join Us!
Meanwhile the vaunted Fuskies offense has a whooping 9 points in the 2nd quarter.
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Week 1 Portland State @ Ducks: Game Day News, Interviews, Etc. (Sep 2, 12:00 PM PT, Pac-12 Networks)
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Willie Taggart Update:
I wonder if he regrets leaving such a plum situation at Oregon?
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GameDay Thread versus Portland State: Join Us!
Could Oregon score over 80 by the end of the game?
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GameDay Thread versus Portland State: Join Us!
Bassa got burned hard by the PSU QB. Made a big mistake by leaving his feet like that.
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GameDay Thread versus Portland State: Join Us!
Offense is just fine though
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GameDay Thread versus Portland State: Join Us!
Defense inconsistent so far.
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Prime Experiment Working?
CU is showing some improvement on offense but that's about it. Their defense and special teams are still terrible. Plus it's obvious TCU is a shell of it's former self, this is not the team from last year. They lost too many players and it shows.
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Utah vs. Florida Game Thread…
Considering they didn't have Cam Rising this was a solid win for Utah!
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It's Final: Cal & Stanford to the ACC
Well when you think about it, OSU generally recruits classes ranked somewhere in the 50's year to year (at least during Jonathan Smith's tenure) and consists of primarily a bunch of 3* kids with a blue chip or two (they had 2 solid ones committed for 2023). That's with having a Pac12 revenue share of $30-$35 million a year (with a record $37 million last season). MWC gets $4 million a year on its current deal that runs through 2026 and I doubt the next deal will clear double digits even after OSU and WSU join. Whatever recruiting budge the Beavers have now will be decimated after 2024 so I expect it to plummet, no more occasional blue chips anymore through high school....maybe the occasional one through the transfer portal.
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OBD Prediction Contest vs. Portland State!
Oregon 49-14 3 TOs 5 Sacks 305 yards passing I kept it under 50 because it's Will Stein's first game and I think it'll take a little while for the players and new OC's play calling to mesh properly.
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It's Final: Cal & Stanford to the ACC
I think they should dominate for the first 2-3 years...then the significantly reduced revenue will hit hard because they won't be able to recruit like they used to.
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Ducks Season Predictions
Team results W-L: 12-2 (10-2 regular season) Conf title: win P12 Bowl prediction: NY6 (win) Offensive results Ppg: 42.0 Ypg: 480 TOs: 7 Defensive results Ppg: 24 Ypg: 365 Take aways: 21 I'm thinking a 2 loss regular season is good enough to get into the P12 championship game, all the top 6 P12 teams are going to take turns beating each other up. That being said, Oregon should be able to beat at least 4 of them then win the conference championship and the subsequent NY6 bowl game. Still a good season and a sign of continued improvement by DL.