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Great to see Big Play VA making a living off his talent even if it isn't the NFL.

I kind of had the same hohum response. we are entering the getting spoiled phase.

I hate private equity that typically seems to strip mine everything it can at everyone's expense. In this case it appears the B1G is getting: $2B Outsourced Business Management Outsourced Business development, with incentives to drive growth The entity is getting 5% of the profits going forward. It seems like a reasonable deal. My concerns lie in strip mining fans which the B1G governance has to limit, but they will be under a lot more incentive and pressure from the entity to do bad things for the fans that increase profits (i.e. corruption). I'm also nervous about how this affects the flexibility of the league and it's compounded by extending the grant of right to TWO DECADES which as another poster commented sounds extremely foolish in light of the ACC experience. Is conference realignment frozen by this? Are distributions to the equity holders frozen by this? Are the media deals frozen by this? Bottom line, anytime private equity gets involved the public's pockets are going to get picked. This will be no different. The inflation of prices for everything the B1G gets a cut of will be huge as the find the pricing pain point where hardcore fans tap out. Jerseys, game and tailgating tickets, B1G network subscriptions, longer commercial breaks, etc. And who knows what the future holds and how the lack of flexibility could leave the B1G out in the cold as the industry innovates, resulting in hollowing out the league.

Yeah, the WSU DC Grinch that came to USC was one of the best DCs WSU ever had. Gave USC a good D for one year, then it was all downhill after that to the basement and USC fans swore he was a horrible DC. It appears to be happening all over again with the former UCLA DC that was the best thing since sliced bread for UCLA.

Thanks for checking me. I thought Shough was starting somewhere, but apparently he's still backing up Rattler at the Saints. I've corrected the article to 4. Still seems like a lot.

If Daniels stays out for one more week and Gabriel starts for the Browns it would be 4 Duck QBs starting on Sunday.ld that be a record for a single college to have 4 QBs starting? oregonliveFormer Ducks star quarterback expected to see first NFL s...Three other former Ducks quarterbacks already have started for their NFL teams this season.

And there it is.

The article reads like a boy girl breakup story. Give me a break. It's embarrassing for their program to even publish that. Why would you?

I agree. He's a fantastic coach for a mid school like IU. Maybe he can do more with more but right now you have to respect the results considering the resources. With 2 weeks to game plan against IU who is the best remaining team on our schedule, I expect our coaches to have solutions to the things IU wants to do, especially after seeing Iowa having success shutting down their offense and Illinois showing what not to do.

If we don't win the Natty, is there enough NIL money and gratitude for Oregon for him to come back even as a top 5 draft pick?

It wont be Big Noon, but yeah, depending on how Indy does this week maybe we get a second Game Day in as many games for us.

The other reason this could have been no called is the unspoken make up call rule. It was near that same spot on they ruled Whittington not down due to contacting blades of grass which resulted in a major swing. This targeting call would have given us first down at the 1 yardline instead of it being 4th and 1. It was perhaps a bridge too far to give us two major calls to keep our drive alive and cost them one of their starters. A separate note, is targeting was intended to take the head out of tackling, but PSU defenders didn't get the memo. The consistently were making significant contact with their helmets all through the game. I really would prefer not to play them again for that reason.

I feel like they are our new Stanford, where every season we are capable of ruining each other season. Honestly coming into the B1G I thought our best comparison was PSU, not Michigan or Ohio State, but Dan Lanning's performance has me questioning that.

#1 Because the player made a football move he wasn't defenseless, despite the fact he was been restricted by another tackler. This is a major oversight of the rule that can and should be fixed. #2. The region of his helmet that made contact was just outside of what is considered the crown of the helmet per the current rule. On a reddit game thread evn the PSU fans were asking about why it wasn't targeting. The rule is still a work in progress and I expect the Ducks football program is going give the B1G offices heck for fixing the rules so players don't get hurt in this situation that clearly meets the intent of what the rule is trying to prevent, yet rules it acceptable.

Every year we can dream, but this year we can really ponder. We need to keep improving and adapting to our strengths through the rest of the season.

More thoughts: Dan Lanning's reaction to winning was priceless, and his comment was notable: " These players have an elite level of focus". Bookmark that. Dante's reaction after winning was very interesting, he wasn't happy as much as it was pure relief and exhaustion. I think he final put those UCLA demons in the rear view mirror. I haven't seen so many plays with an RB lead blocking since the death of the I - formation. Davidson saw the most snaps of any RB for this purpose. Hill is our best running back with the ball in his hands, and everyone knows it. As soon as he gets to be reliable in pass blocking he'll be RB #1. Raise your hands if you didn't know that the top of the blades of grass are considered "down". I sure as heck didn't. Prior to ultra high definition tv slow motion replay it wasn't relevant either. Maybe Dwyer was actually down and technology wasn't good enough to capture it I also didn't know kicking someone's foot to make them trip over themselves was a 15 yard penalty. The yard duties strike again. I could do just fine without playing a Knowles' led defense ever again. 17 points at the end of regulation and I thought our offense played great. That defense is up there with the prior Ohio State and Michigan defense.

I guess I was primarily paying attention to the ends, backers and safeties.

I agree. I think this was the best coached game Lanning and company have ever had.

I agree. It seemed like we didn't sub anyone the defense for nearly the entire game. They didn't need to pass the ball again after their last drive in regulation, but they did and it cost them.

Northwestern in the fight of their lives against UCLA.near the end of the game. How many mistakes did they have to make for that to happen?

Husky don't have the horses on the lines to complete with the big dogs. They are still a puppy.

Oregon 27-23 2 to 2 sacks 247 yards I'm hoping PSU has to settle for one more field goal than we do. I almost never am close to the under, but I think PSU's offense isn't good enough this year, and their defense is better enough for a no Tez Johnson Ducks offense to get us off the field more often.

We appreciate the support. With a little luck, Jedd Fisch and Demond Williams will be Gators next year, something we'd all be happy about.

It's a real mixed bag of opinions. Some analysts and fans from other teams think it is one of the most intimidating environments in college football. I'm of the opinion that only predators in the great rift valley find the color white intimidating. White is a light, bright airy happy color, appropriate for Happy Valley. As I've said before, white is literally the away team's color, so they are dressed up in solidarity with the away team. Not exactly intimidating. It will be exciting, it will be 120+ dB loud, but the white out part is not intimidating. Virginia Tech's entrance to Metallica's Enter Sandman with the fans jumping in a frenzy, THAT'S intimidating. An then there is Dan Lanning and his sidekick sports psychologist's led team that can convert any aggressive atmosphere into motivational energy to play their best, like some kind of alchemy. The real impact of a white out is PSU's players showing up hyper motivated and playing up to the occasion (something everyone agrees they have to do since they've sucked to this point in the season).

The PSU OL to this point has been like a stationary wall. They don't get much push (low yards before contact), but don't let much get past them (low negative yardage plays) against poor competition. I take that to mean they are fundamentally sound, but not very athletic, or the running scheme has been a Mario Cristobal special. It's a bit of a conundrum to this point. I think PSU will want to run outside more against us like they did last year, but Oregon is much better at setting the edge this year than prior years. I wonder if we don't just put 5 down linemen and play single high safety and man coverage. Bottle up the run and make the QB beat us with his arm or scrambling.