kirklandduck

My sincerest condolences. My dogs passed away years ago and I still miss seeing them everyday.

If OBD wins out they'll be either 6 or 7 with the possibility of sneaking in at 5 depending on how the chips fall.

I need to lay down… 🥵

It all started with both safeties were caught staring at the QB and not their surroundings.

That was a garbage interference call.

Too many DBs staring at the QB. Someone should have been following that receiver on the long pass.

Tosh has the defense dialed in. Pulling the DBs up and daring Iowa to pass the ball.

There we go! Excellent run blocking, go Hill!

Jamari Johnson might be the key for the offense. He can both block and receive.

Dante completely missed the open receiver in the far corner of the end zone.

I’m ok with that as long as OBD guts out a win. Winning ugly is far better than losing.

Ugh we really can’t lose another receiver like Gary.

And just like that, the run game set up a great pass play.

Looks like Stein is adjusting to use the run. If the RB room averages 5-6 yards a carry (perfectly reasonable) then they can control the entire game.

Probably. They used Wilson at RT last time they moved Harkey over to RG when he was struggling.

I think this is going to be a messy game. Ducks 24-17 2 2 178

Oregon's right at where I thought it would be before the season started. I was expecting a 2 loss season and a spot in the CFP so they're on schedule. Most of the inconsistency comes from new starters (young or old) that either hadn't started before or are starting for the first time in Oregon's systems. Consistency comes from experience in one place....that's why the OL is good but not great, 4 out of 5 guys are new and haven't really had that much time as a collective. Most of them will be gone after this season so the next will likely also be inconsistent. Multiple years in the same positions on the same team is the biggest factor for consistent performance.

That definitely is a boon to play at a time that is easier on the players' body clock, especially after flying across the country.

Carson Beck is getting fed up with the Miami coaching staff. You can read between the lines that the offense is being run the same as when Mario was at Oregon, no room for players to create just do as you're told. Saturday Down SouthCarson Beck throws shade at Miami coaching staff after lo...The Hurricanes' quarterback clearly believes his team held itself back during Saturday's defeat against the Mustangs.

Post game media articles are getting brutal for Mario: https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/misery-index-how-much-more-disappointing-can-it-get-for-miami-044109451.html

Mario giving yet another reminder that Oregon does not miss him.

Yeah that's the question mark. When Dante first committed I was pretty stoked because I felt he was the most "experienced" of the top 5 QBs in that class since he had started all 4 years of high school. So maybe he would've been ready after a year of sitting behind Bo or maybe not. The only benefit of that time in UCLA was that it forced Dante to realize that he needed to re-evaluate the way he was making choices and that holding a clipboard for the first year wasn't a bad thing. Probably a touch of hubris that caused him to think he deserved a starter role right out of high school, which obviously isn't uncommon among blue chips.

One has to wonder about the hypothetical scenario of if he had followed through with his original commitment to Oregon. He would've sat behind and learned from Bo his freshman year and possibly Gabriel for his second, how much more prepared would he have been coming into this season? Probably quite a bit, I think we can all agree that excursion to UCLA was a complete waste of time for him.

Oregon 45-10 2 3 245

I certainly hope so. But players coming off of major injuries tend to take quite a while to get back to where they were. It took Noah Wittington months before he was more or less performing pre-leg injury and I'm inclined to say it's this season where he's playing like his old self. Whether he had lingering physical issues or maybe recovering mentally (to where he can trust his legs again), it did take a lot of time.