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Jalil abruptly announced that he is not taking any more OVs as of now. He was scheduled to visit Miami this weekend and planned a couple more this month. Maybe this is a good sign for Oregon? At the very least this sounds like he's cut down his list to USC and Oregon given that he's previously visited both.

The "bend-not-break" defense really works best if paired with a high octane offense, allowing the defense hang back and take risks on creating turnovers. Cristobal's mediocre offense allowed the defense to get worn down and exposed all the time. Remember Andy Avalos' defense? It was predicated more on aggressive pressure, in some ways like what we saw in Lanning's defense tonight.

Utah, Arizona, and Nevada has been producing good talent for Oregon. Colorado as well sometimes.

Seems like a complete lack of awareness on the part of the Chargers HC when he called timeout on that last play. Why wouldn't he want the tie?

Let's hope he realizes the benefit of having a defensive-minded HC is a good thing for his development in the college ranks. Crossing my fingers!

Shots fired! #SorryNotSorryLincoln

As with any completely new coaching regime at a football program, it's going to take 3-4 years before anyone can make a judgement as to how well they do.

No reason why we shouldn't. Depth is thin at WR and probably won't be addressed completely in the 2022 class. Picking up at least one experienced WR can only help imo.

I think they do but not on the field during games, someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

It also sounds a little weird on the surface. I'm not familiar with his career but right now he's a running backs coach, moving to be a QB analyst? Only thing that makes sense is that he might be a good recruiter.

I like the article, thanks Darren! Overall I agree with most of the points, though I do differ on the subject of expansion. While I'm hopeful about the "alliance", I do think the Pac12 would have benefitted from pulling in a couple teams like Texas Tech and Houston. I understand quality concerns but I think the recruiting exposure in that area of the country outweighs that risk. Plus both those teams did win their bowl games against SEC opponents, Houston is notably a top 25 ranked team.

I had my money on Ashford transferring. While he's got a ton of athletic talent, it feels like his development was further behind TT and Butters because he was splitting time between 2 sports. I hope he does well wherever he lands.

Exactly. Whoever listed the Georgia game location as "neutral" is seriously smoking something. The BYU game will also be tough, it's not inconceivable that Oregon starts 1-2 going into Pac-12 play.

I think this is overly optimistic. Dan Lanning and the coaching staff he's put together are young and hungry so I have no doubt they will make Oregon competitive but it's a sea of change going on...new offensive/defensive schemes, new QB (whomever wins QB1), young WR room, etc. Plus on top of that they have to play Georgia the very first game of the upcoming season. If they're able to create a 9 or 10 win season I would consider that an enormous success for year one.

Oregon can certainly use the depth at CB. Only concern I have is that he's rather undersized at 5'10".

Well this is a very interesting development. Taki Taimani is a 6'2" 330 lb DT with starting experience. More size up front is never a bad thing. Of course Huskies fans lost it when he put up that Twitter pic.

Yeah I thought Walk did better at C as well. Remember all those horrible snaps Lockie had to deal with in the 2nd half of the TCU Alamo Bowl? As if it weren't hard enough for him...

Not disparaging Moore but I viewed him as the least talented of the starting group. He did much better when he was moved to the interior.

I certainly hope not. Graham seems like a really damaged, angry person and we haven't seen any rumors of similar behavior from Lanning and Dillingham out of their respective careers so far. That being said, the Oregon staff do have the advantage of youth which often is accompanied by the capacity or enthusiasm to learn and change.

Gotta give Cincy's defense credit, they came to play and it showed. Unfortunately for them the offense got smashed by a good SEC defense.

I also might be in the minority in saying Butterfield would be a better choice. He's the only pro-style QB Oregon has. Given the fact that there's a lot of talent in the RB room, the QB needing the ability to to run becomes secondary. He just needs the ability to scramble for 10 yards on occasion to keep the defense guessing. I'd rather have a QB who can throw the rock and occasionally run than vice versa. Justin Herbert was such a player.

Nice of the offense to finally wake up but it's far too little, far too late.

To be fair, not a lot of teams out there like Alabama.