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OL is probably the group that will have the most inconsistency the first half of the season while the new starters settle into their roles and develop chemistry.

He's apparently visiting Dillingham and ASU this weekend: Source: 5-star QB Jaden Rashada visiting Arizona State this weekend 247SPORTS.COM Five-star quarterback Jaden Rashada will visit Arizona State this weekend for an unofficial visit after being released from his NLI with Florida...

Expect a lot of mistakes on the field in year 2 of the Lanning era but it should be interesting to see how they improve over the course of the season.

The ADs absolutely let USC and UCLA off the hook. Chip Kelly gets to avoid Oregon and the Fuskies while the Condoms get two bye weeks (the second right before the Pac12 championship).

Nope. Associate HC and run game coordinator are the highest positions Klemm has had so far.

As someone who works in tech (software engineer) and also uses Amazon's cloud services, one thing you can always count on is technology adoption will always progress forward. Tons of people are already taking that extra step of moving to streaming-only services for their media, I know at least several of us here on the forum have ditched Comcast/Xfinity long ago for subscriptions to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Apple+ etc. The key is, as with most things with it comes to retail services, is selection. The more sports broadcasting becomes available to streaming services, the faster the adoption will happen. Amazon Prime Video is already doing NFL and World Cup soccer while Apple+ has MLB. That's happened only in the last couple years. After 10 years we should see most sports available with large audiences to stream them. Remember, 10-15 years is basically a generation...younger folks are more likely to embrace technological innovation...that same innovation makes reaching these services easier to do each year. Smart TVs now make it possible to watch shows and sports on those same streaming providers in just a couple of clicks on your remote, not a lot more effort than flipping a channel on old cable.

You can definitely see the kind of LB's that Lanning is trying to recruit. Kids that are 6'2-6'3" and around 210 lbs...put them in UO's training program and they get up to 225-230 lbs, he basically wants big safeties backing up the DL.

I like Oregon's first half schedule. 5 games + bye week, toughest opponent would be Texas Tech. That will give the team some breathing room to get used to the new OC and figure out the defense. Plus the bye week comes right before playing the Fuskies so that extra prep time will come in handy.

The author also seems to completely discount the growth of streaming as a media delivery platform. In 10-15 years sports are going to be provided by just about every streaming provider, cutting into traditional channels in a big way.

Given the really tough schedule OBD has next season, I'm glad the 3 OOC games are relative cupcakes. With all the new players coming in and a new OC, they'll need every one of those games to iron out wrinkles in the offense and defense before Pac12 play.

I think he hurt his draft value some going to USC. If he stayed at Pitt he could have put up another season of ridiculous numbers and be a top 10 or top 5 pick.

Wow. How do you lose a game where the other team gifts you 4 INTs? By sidelining your best player for the entire 2nd half. Absolutely unbelievable. There are going to be some hard questions asked of the head coach by ownership.

Feels like Brandon Streeter got screwed at Clemson. Only on the job as OC for 1 season and they had a significant improvement in offense during that year. Impatience is the key to failure.

He sounds like a commissioner version of Willie Taggart.

If DL and TL bring out his full potential, then Matayo and Dorlus should stand to benefit. Imagine lining up all 3 of them to pressure the opposing QB??

Wow the defensive line is getting rebuilt in a hurry!

It was pretty obvious that the defensive linemen and linebackers, for the most part, were ill-suited for the kind of defense DL and TL wanted to run. Given the sheer number of recruits and transfers on defense coming in, they're looking to address it very quickly.

Well that was slightly less than competitive.

Great article Charles! I agree that DL is probably taking this route but taking it slow since he's only going into his 2nd year. First obvious play I think we'll start seeing this "de-recruitment" method is at defensive line given the sheer number of high school recruits and transfers he has coming in at those positions. The end result will be at least 2 layers of quality depth and a string of transfers out by the time Fall practice starts.

I think even if TCU plays a perfect game again it won't win against the Dawgs. Georgia is a better team than Michigan and won't make the same kind of mistakes Jim Harbaugh's team did. I agree with you, TCU will put up a good fight but Georgia covers the spread.

Congrats to coach Figg, big step up!

I don't know, OBD played well enough to beat UW if it weren't for a few bad play calls. If the play calling gets a little more rational and the defense improves from bad to just mediocre, I like Oregon's chances of beating the Puppies and even USC.

True. But remember the majority of new players are high school recruits with some transfers. It'll take a while before the freshman are properly developed to provide real depth.

While this certainly speeds up DL's ability to improve the team, it still takes time for transfers and high school recruits to learn new systems. I'm preaching patience on this one.

Love these analysis articles, thanks Coach Boles! I'm sure Ferguson and McCormick are licking their chops at the prospect of running this play...being able to rumble through a big gap for big yards.