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Man I think a lot of these scores are too high. Oregon wins 29-8 2 4 265

It really sucks watching two teams with identical colors. White and dark red. Even the head coaches are nearly indistinguishable.

Unbelievable. The kicker missed his first and last field goals for the year and made every other one in between. Oklahoma deserves to lose this game. Too many mistakes. I really hope Indiana wipes the floor with Bama next week.

Alabama's starting running back would be in the transfer portal at Oregon. He's crazy slow and bad vision. And the announcers are talking like he's playing with so much burst now that he's rested. And Oklahoma's passing scheme is doodoo. Half the time there is nobody on side of the field Mateer is trying to throw to.

Psychologically, the previous year is always the baseline for determining success, and we always want to do better the next time. So par for the course is losing in the quarterfinals AGAIN, and I'd be really disappointed. So success to me is winning a quarterfinalists game or better. It won't be enough to stop other fans from calling us the zeros, but I don't really care.

Mateer is finally back to 100%. The OC will adapt the play calling to that reality and Mateer wil be slinging the ball to his NFL wide receivers suddenly giving Oklahoma an offense to match their defense, making them a contender to win it all. This game is going to look like a repeat of the SEC championship with Alabama not looking like they belong on the field.

Moore is not ready to go to the NFL. He hasn't demonstrated the ability to manage the pass rush consistently, and he's playing behind one of the best OLines in the country. If he goes to the Raiders that has one of the worst OLs in the country, he'll be a disaster at best and injured at worst. I'd love for Dante to prove me wrong though, especially in the playoffs against some teams with a great pass rush like TTU, Indiana, OU, etc.

I said WIDE receivers. Agreed, Johnson is a great option as a tight end. It would sure be nice to put 3 WRs out there that are all legitimate threats, rather than have one of the 3 that Moore rarely is comfortable throwing to as a tendency defenses can scheme against. With regards to TTU, they have been phenomenal, but are the least tested team in the playoffs outside the G5 teams and has a 3 week break to get soft before getting hit by an offensive line significantly better than any they've seen to date. I do agree that if they shut down our running game like they did against BYU it's going to be really important that Dante can handle the pressure they bring and get off good passes to our receivers, or else to could be trouble. Washington shut down our run game but was poor at generating pressure on Dante, which has been their weakness. TTU like Indiana can bring solid pressure on the QB, and is probably better at stopping the run. Could be a low scoring game.

Agreed, it feels like we only have 2 wide receivers on the field since Wisconsin.

Thank you. If they are taking punt return reps that's a good sign. Should be really ready to go by TTU. Stewart is probably not going to be available this year even if we make the Natty, given that he's been rehabing for so long and is still not doing drills, let alone contact activities. That's a little disappointing, but getting Moore back on the field will be a significant improvement.

Timing on all these could be an issue if we make a deep run in the playoffs and Moore doesn't decide until later than these guys need to find their next landing spot. I'm sure Lanning will have that discussion with Moore.

Well 10 million at 8% for 40 years is $217 million, so... And like I said, he's from Detroit, he doesn't know how to spend money, and if he goes in the 2nd round he's still making millions a year that he can't figure out how to spend. He's got generational wealth coming without being a first rounder next year, or the year after that.

Benson taking over for Bryant has been the difference for punt return. If Bryant comes back, I think Benson continues to be the guy. And these days kick returners are your speediest running backs not WRs for durability reasons.

"participating" We'll what part of practice? A lot of times the media is only allowed to see warm ups and a drill or two. Still, it's a great sign, and hopefully at least 2 of the 3 will be ready to contribute at a high playoff level once by the Texas Tech game.

He's arguably the most respected coach in all of college football. He'd be a fantastic get for Michigan, if indeed he's open to being a head coach.