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Bo looks just like he did at Oregon and the announcers were absolutely gushing over him. I'm really proud of the UO QBs in the league. Honestly, can you think of any more talent and wholesome people in the NFL than Nix, Herbert, and Mariota? Such wonderful people and ambassadors for our program.

Having watched Will Howard play the RPO/option at KState, with OSU's RB talent, I would not be surprised one bit to see a near copy of the Offense Chip ran with Mariota. It makes too much sense.

Lanning is already 100 times the game manager Cristobal was. Certainly there is room for improvement in scheming for opponents instead of patronizing recruits during game weeks. However everyone that is so confident he made multiple poor decisions in the past to go for it, may actually be wrong. Given the limitations of the team (bad fg kicker and a defense that wasn't going to stop the opposing offense) his decision making was pretty reasonable. Of course now we have great fg kickers and a top shelf defense, so when he chooses to punt or kick a field goal everyone will say DL is maturing as a coach. I'll be saying, "Just shut up."

I believe it. Look, it took a few years for Riley to destroy Grinch, I expect the same for the new DC. We will see immediate significant improvement from the WOAT defense. Whether it last or not is what I'll wait to see.

Yes, rotational depth prevents injuries which gives you even less injuries by the end of the year. And as the quality of our depth increases I would expect to see rotation increase even more. Definitely more important to give QB #2, 3 experience, and minimize opportunity for Gabriel to get hurt than him winning a Heisman. Once the game is firmly in hand, get him out.

Fun article, thank you. That being said I don't agree with Michigan and Ohio State being separated by 5 percent. I think Ohio State should be at 50% and if I'm really being honest it's more like 55-60% even as a home game. But hey predictions aren't wrong unless you give zero chance and it goes against you, so we will both be right, haha. Can't wait to watch the games be played.

We're relevant out of the gate this year. Can't ask for more than that.

That will be much easier to do when you can trust your defense and field goal kicker. Given what he had to work with in prior seasons I think he made good decisions going for it on offense. That was the team's strength.

Yeah, even the non starters are getting a lot of experience in garbage time in prior seasons getting them more ready than other teams' non starters.

Man, at least they aren't in the B1G. If they were, their season would be over already, or so B1G cavemen fans tell us. It hurts, but Texas should still be fine.

I haven't seen any comparison of weights back to last year yet, but the media reports from those watching practices have commented on the significant size increases over last year. Edit, if anything weights are down on the whole for the offense with a few exceptions on the line, D doesn't show too much increase. Maybe the reporters just forgot how big our guys are, or a lot of the smaller individuals have moved on and the noobs are bigger.

I'm not sure what you are getting at. None of us were even born born when this stupid trust/monopoly was set up in jest of the Sherman act over 100 years ago overriding it's initial reason for society's original request for its existence, which was to prevent football players from dying as had been occurring too frequently. Most of us have also never worked for colleges universities or voted on any laws that would impact the NCAA or university alignment with it. Merely watching games does not presume our agreement with how the funds are distributed. Saying the NCAA was necessary for a level playing field is very different than agreeing individuals cannot be compensated for their efforts. I've always struggled internally with the status quo mores handed down from one generation to the next that amateurism has value beyond those that enjoy exploiting it for monetary gain. My indignation towards the NCAA violating the Sherman Act for more than a century without being called to account is righteous. No straw man required.

That caught my ear too. Lanning's vision is that there aren't any bell cows outside of QB. The basic concept is multiple great players playing at 100% every snap yields better results than playing one best player at 95% on average due to the extra work load. What is faster a 4x100 team or the fastest 400 meter runner in the world? The factual answer is the former. So I can't disagree with the approach especially when we are able to acquire the depth we have were the individuals agree that the quality of each snap played is more important than total production stats to NFL scouts. The secondary effect of this strategy is the redundancy makes the position more resilient to injuries that knock out a single individual, AND since sports science has come to the conclusion that most injuries occur when the body is overworked, so the probability of injury goes down for everyone when they aren't pushed to that point in a game.

His most impressive plays have been getting to the ball carrier and bringing them down moreso than rushing the QB successfully. I'd be just fine with them giving him more of an inside bias and let other speedsters come off the edge to get to the QB.

It came from that discussion that we got the TE to commit to us because of a higher NIL offer even though his heart was with Tennessee, which ultimately made him flip. That being the case his comments were wholly unsubstantiated libel against DL and the Ducks program, but as we know this was a serious case of projecting Tennessee's historical flaws on another program.

That was not a smart career move to be so flippant as a reporter.

To the mid, even late 2010's the SEC was the League of Defense. After Tua won the NC with his arm in 2018, the transition to a League of Offense began in earnest. I think the B1G has been in dinosaur mode using bad weather as a crutch to refuse to change (I just saw an amateur YouTube video where a group of guys rated Ohio State as the best offense for 2024 primarily because of their "two amazing running backs), which culminated in them being the League of Defense (it takes 2 to tango, meaning they had bad offenses help make their defenses look better). Ohio State has been the lone driver of high powered offenses for a decade, but other teams just dismissed it as a talent advantage, not worth trying to replicate it. I think the addition of the West Coast teams' offensive aggression, the changes taking place at Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska, that 2024 will be the year the B1G begins changing to a League of Offense. If you can't score, you can't win against offenses that can't be stopped. This is the year those that haven't learned that will certainly learn it, and those that have seen the writing on the wall will be implementing necessary changes.

Best away game uni ever.

The stupid part about portal ranking is they really weigh how many years you have left. Since Dillon only has one year left he was rated lower than Dante Moore.

Stewart has 2.4M followers?! Looks like that is worth a million in NIL all by itself, compared to Tez who is arguably going to be more popular to Ducks fans.

I think the primary goal of the regular season for the Ducks is to play in the conference championship as that will get you through the first round one way or the other.

I understand your perspective, but I'm with Charles that I think the cup is half full. Nothing wrong with maximizing your current value after all the other boxes are checked.

I remember the home and home with Nebraska was fantastic for both fan bases, with them appreciating each other and wishing they could do it again. Now they get their wish.

I still feel like our 2019 Avalos defense was better than last years D. Maybe it wasn't and last year was offset by incredible QB play. I just remembered that in 2019 if it was 3rd and long it wàs a guarantee the opponent's offense wouldn't get a 1st down. Avalos was an impeccable play caller, with an amazing scheme, although too complex for noobs. I really miss him. Levitt was overrated and DeRyuter was hot garbage leftovers from Cal.

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