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I agree with you that Georgia last year proved that you can still win it all with primarily defense within the offensive-oriented landscape nowadays. That being said, I think that's a tougher road to travel and that teams with both great offense and great defense generally win out more often than a team with a mediocre offense and spectacular defense. Georgia's defensive personnel last season was ridiculously stacked with NFL 1st and 2nd rounders and I think rather out of the norm, even for top 5 teams.

Given that lately it seems like our Ducks are fading in pursuit of Jaden Rashada, this is very good news for Oregon (at the moment). College football recruiting: Oregon a team to watch for 2023 5-star QB Dante Moore 247SPORTS.COM ...

You never know. Joe Burrow had that monster season once the right offense was put around him, before that he was relatively average.

Yeah I had to hold my nose as well but I limit it to just the questionable decision-making tendencies that seem to parallel the two. If Dillingham can get Nix to reduce his mistakes and think a little more clearly, he'll do well running the offense.

I'm also in agreement about Cota. He showed in the Spring game that his career at UCLA is not reflective of his actual talent, it feels like he just wasn't a good fit for their offense or just wasn't utilized properly. He'll be very interesting to watch under Dillingham's playcalling!

I was thinking about this the other day and one former Pac-12 QB came to mind that I feel has some legit comparison with Nix... Jake Browning College Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com WWW.SPORTS-REFERENCE.COM - Washington (QB) Yup, Jake Browning. I considered him an above-average college QB who could competently run the offense and make most throws but he had a consistent issue of panicking when under pressure, attempting ill-advised plays when being chased by the defense. He did that at least a few times when playing Oregon. If Nix could perform at a similar above-average level while reducing the amount of puzzling bad plays to just a handful, then Oregon had a good shot at winning the Pac12 champion and perhaps even sneak into the CFP.

Last I checked Jayson Jones easily weighed 330, giving him both the reach and the heft. I thought that kind of size would have done well on Georgia's DL.

Jayson Jones. Enormous DT and would have fit in very well with Dan Lanning's defensive philosophy.

I don't know if they're a package deal, though I would think that would factor in at least a little bit.

Oregon Recruiting: Ducks in tight race for 5-star QB Jaden Rashada DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Oregon Ducks are among the favorites to land 5-star QB Jaden Rashada, who will announce his... Looks like Oregon is in the #2 seat at the moment, nipping on the heels of Florida.

I remember that game well...USC for whatever reason, thought the way to win was to get into a shootout with Oregon 🤔

Wow that's a huge weekend...if Oregon snags even just 1/3rd of that list then that's a darn good day.

5-star RB Richard Young locks in his final official visit and its with Oregon 247SPORTS.COM Big news for Oregon football and its recruiting efforts of five-star running back Richard Young out of Lehigh Senior High School in the state of Florida. Young announced He ditched tOSU for Oregon with his last official visit. Coach Dillingham and Locklyn are mentioned as the reasons why he's seriously considering our Ducks, it would be huge to reel in this recruit!

Kid would have to add about 30 lbs to survive in the college ranks....not impossible but a tall ask for someone who's listed at only 6'2" (and is likely an inch shorter than that)

True, though my gut tells me that if he hadn't gotten injured and led Oregon to at minimum a Rose Bowl win then at least 1 or 2 NFL teams would have taken a flier at him in the later rounds of the draft. If Russell Wilson hadn't transferred to Wisconsin and had all that success there, he wouldn't have been drafted in the 3rd round (or maybe not at all).

Oregon has five transfers named inside the Top 247 Transfer Rankings 247SPORTS.COM 247Sports has released its first-ever Top 247 Rankings for the NCAA Transfer Portal class of 2022. New Oregon head football coach Dan Lanning and the Ducks are well RB Mar'Keise Iriving at #48 CB Christian Gonzalez at #64 QB Bo Nix at #182 DT Sam Taimani at #190 DL Casey Rogers at #242 What do you think?

My thoughts on the floor and ceiling for Oregon if VA hadn't gotten injured pretty much line up with David's article. The worst result would have been a Pac12 championship and a possible Rose Bowl win. Best result a CFP appearance but a loss given how atrocious the defense was.

Unfortunately for them, unless a miracle happens they will field a terrible defense as well.

Oregon picks up receiver Caleb Chapman out of the transfer portal DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Dan Lanning picks up another transfer in Caleb Chapman, a former Texas A&M receiver and four-star recruit.

I thought I read somewhere that his personal worth is somewhere north of $100 million...

Whoops, autocorrect strikes again! Haha

They were nice wins for Utah, taking advantage of a distracted Oregon team with Cristobal leaving. Won't be the case for the next season!

You'll notice that Fischer doesn't explicitly deny knowing exactly how much A&M's NIL collective has and whether he uses that in his recruiting.