kirklandduck

Spotting the other team 4 tds isn't a good game plan. Even when the offense runs well it's not a fast high scoring one, plus the defense is having all kinds of issues stopping Utah. I'm not expecting an optimistic outcome at this point...

If I were Cristobal I'd be tearing into Moorhead and DeRyeuter in the locker room right now.

Un-freaking-believable. Complete incompetence in every aspect by Oregon.

The offense is completely and utterly disjointed right now.

There's a reason why George Moore wasn't playing much his first few years. He's big but not really that talented.

I don't see any adjustments being made by either coordinator. They're not earning their paychecks today.

What were the right guard and right tackle doing? They let that guy right through into the backfield!

The injuries in the secondary are finally taking their toll. I mean come on, we're starting Jordan Happle with a freaking club on his hand. Losses to the WR group aren't helping. Having Jaylon Redd and JJIII would help immensely right now.

I think Whittingham will plan for this as well. However AB has shown that he can absolutely pass when he needs to (UCLA and Colorado)...I think what'll happen is that Oregon will pass around 175-200 yards, which is just enough to open up the run game for another 200 on the ground. Edit: While I respect Whittingham's ability to plan, Utah is still a middling team when it comes to rush defense. They just don't have the people for it this year to be really good in that regard.

Certainly size does matter in the trenches but so does technique and mobility. Their left and right tackles are huge but I surmise very slow, that makes it open season on the QB when KT lines up opposite either one of them.

That's just nuts but then again the market is dictating the demand for HCs right now. Is he worth it? That remains to be seen but there's both pros and cons to that contract. The pressure on him will be immense to keep MSU a top 5 team and CFP contender for most of those 10 years. If he has consecutive underperforming years he might just get the boot.

If Ty Thompson earns the starting nod next season expect one of the two to transfer.

It's a shame he couldn't be patient for one more season. Silver lining is that that opens up more opportunities for Troy Franklin, Devon Williams, and Donte Thornton.

I remember just a couple days later a Taiwanese news outlet released an animated video describing the events of that game. It was both weird and hilarious. I don't think they got Joe Walker's likeness quite right lol

Chip is finally having some success at UCLA, there's no way he'd want to go to the dumpster fire up North and start all over. Plus he's smack in the middle of the best recruiting area in the Pac12...makes it easier for him to do his most detested task.

However it shakes out I hope Oregon stays at #3. Just getting into the CFP is a step forward but a win would be even bigger...that's more likely against a team other than Georgia.

It drove me nuts that they showed the game with the equivalent of CSPAN cameras used in 2002.

Personally I don't like the 12 team playoff idea. It's deliberately slanted towards SEC having more teams in the top 6, thereby giving them a higher likelihood of getting a 1st round pass. 8 or 16 team playoff, where everyone plays the 1st round is best. Football version of March Madness!

I don't think so either. The sledding is obviously tougher in a place like Corvallis but he's done a good job navigating the program to better levels of success. Plus home is home, that's a tough thing to give up.

If Oregon stays in the top 4 at the end of the season then I like their chances better against Alabama than Georgia.....but not by much.

Both recruits would be huge gets. Another 5 star WR to pair with Troy Franklin would be awesome. However plucking a 5 star DL from the Huskies' backyard would be the perfect poke in Lake's eye...you know...since they're so much into "academically prowess"...

I feel like 50% was for the CFP style points, the other 50% was to needle Lake.

Wow, that's some serious house cleaning done all at one time.

Stranger things have happened. I'd be shocked and pleasantly surprised if AB gets Oregon to the championship game. Right now I'd be more than happy if the Ducks just make it to the CFP...even if they lose that 1st CFP game it's the next logical step in progression as a program under MC.

They worship Peterson (as they should) because he elevated the Huskies from mediocre to above average. I do respect him substantially as he's a former Duck and a good coach but I always thought that was his ceiling....above average as a P5 HC.