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Yep. The numbers dictate that he is just the first of several that will have to go. The only way around it would be if a bunch of players are willing to give up their scholarships for NIL money. I really hope schools don't start overly abusing that loophole as a way to circumvent the scholarship limits, however. Having some sort of limits that maintain some semblance of competitive balance is a good thing.

Whenever I start to feel a little sorry for Beavis fans, I think of this guy and order is restored...

It will be interesting to see how much Laulea actually plays this season. There is some stiff competition for playing time at DB, if everyone stays healthy. I believe he is a 3 to play 2 guy, so there is some flexibility depending on his progress.

Some key injuries on defense didn't help the cause in that matchup also.

I didn't even realize you were the one that wrote the article, which goes to show my comments are never personal. I just thought it was funny someone would praise a post for being a "great call" on Couisnard when you were talking about the Ducks being "doomed" if he tries to be an offensive force, rather than simply facilitating everybody else. Obviously, hindsight is always 20-20. He could get those exact same looks next game and go 7-31 from the floor, rather than 19-31, and that likely would doom the Ducks. In this particular game, however, many of the comments turned out to be quite different than what actually took place.

Eh, that was a mixed prediction at best. The post indicated that Couisnard shouldn't try to hunt shots and be an offensive force. Needless to say, he did and was.

This is more likely to benefit Washington than the Ducks, unfortunately.

Agreed. The Ducks need to complete the sweep of the Northwest the rest of the way (amongst other things).

If this article is correct, then your only option would be rooting for Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu on the Ravens. NFL postseason will be full of ProDucks for the next month DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM NFL fans watching the postseason is going to see many ProDucks trying to go to the Super Bowl.

If you are willing to use a streaming service, you can watch it on Fubo from anywhere in the world.

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Given the clueless nature of the article in general, I doubt she did any research whatsoever into how a 55.6% fair catch rate compares to the average. I don't know what the average fair catch rate on punts was for this past season, but I read an article written in 2020 that revealed the average was 34.7%. Unless that average has risen dramatically over the past few seasons, Ross was way ahead of the curve in that category as well. The fact she just throws out statistics, implying they are somehow negative without providing any context of how they rank nationally, is really strange.

He also ranked in the Top 10 of college football in NET punting, so her implication that he hurt the team by failing to induce more fair catches isn't supported by any sort of statistical analysis. Ross also only had 1 touchback the entire season (one of the top marks in the country). By virtually any measure, Ross was one of the top 10 or so punters in the country (at worst).

Unfortunately, the lady that wrote this article obviously does not follow the team very closely, nor does she have very much football knowledge in general. Sorry to those this may offend, but that is just the truth. 1. She obviously has absolutely no idea that Florence didn't even play in the Pac-12 Championship game (thus the mind-boggling omission in her "article") while blaming him for the struggles against the Washington passing attack. At least part of the reason the Ducks had so many issues with the Washington passing attack is a result of Florence only being able to play in 2 1/2 of the possible 8 quarters. He had 1 interception and 3 tackles in the limited time he was able to play against the Mutts. 2. Including Boettcher on this list is just strange. She seems completely unaware that he had a larger role to begin to the season due to injuries. She is calling for him to get less playing time, something that already happened as players got healthy, while seemingly being completely unaware that he is one of the top special teams players. 3. Ross James??? She says he "only averaged 48.4 yards" per punt. Uhhh, Sam, there is only one other punter in college football that averaged more yards per punt. Ending the "article" by calling out Ross James (of all players) is a fitting, facepalm worthy finale to this ill-fated foray into football analysis.

"Last Ride" invokes a different type of imagery when it comes to Cam.