21 minutes ago, JabbaNoBargain said:

conference's viability.

This viability?

Taking "Tank" right out of Mobile would be a huge feather in Lanning's cap!

Gee, I don't either, but I don't have a future Hall of Fame QB for a brother, so what do I know, and PAWL says Arch is "the greatest!"

Relative of four-time NFL MVP questions Arch Manning hype | Yardbarker

13 minutes ago, David Marsh said:

I do believe Helfrich had a culture problem within the program developing and it manifested in 2016. If he was save his job he was going to need to revamp the Oregon culture, which obviously didn't happen.

This is why I think he had to go, from stories about that time the team had turned on MH. Kelly created a culture, and whatever shortcomings he had as a coach, "The Blur" and 46-7, covered them up

Yeah, Greg should watch out for the "guy in the know" who told him this or he might sell him a bridge. Saban's already the GOAT, he saw what the sport was turning into and got out.

Greg McElroy: Insider says Nick Saban isn't done coaching

Great for Neville and Lurch. Some team is going to get a great pick in Jacob Walsh and what about Grinsell?

I'm intrigued about "the kit that will be discussed, like, a lot" Hopefully it won't be for the game on Peacock that I don't have anymore.

My lasting image of Helfrich is that the chair he sat in for their post game interviews was too big for him. He wasn't hired because Oregon thought he was a great head coach; he was just as close to Chip as there was going to be. It was unfair but Helfrich took the job, and it worked for a while, but the gas ran out and was running on fumes. He might have been able to get it going but I think it was the right decision to move on.

13 minutes ago, Mike West said:

Now part of this to me is I believe Ohio State didn’t want to play us three times, so they played possum the entire year after they lost in Eugene. They had way more talent than they featured against Michigan, and I believe they did that on purpose. I’m not sure they wanted to lose, and they missed two FGs, but they definitely masked what they had intended for OBD, and I’m not sure they wanted to show it in more than once.

Match that with the fact OBD really shouldn’t have gone undefeated. In fact losing to Penn State would have been the perfect wake up call

I can definitely get behind Ohio State not wanting to play OBD 3 times, they didn't WANT to lose to Michigan, but they were more interested in the end game. OBD would definitely have been better off if they had lost the CCG and traded places in the CFP with PSU.

18 minutes ago, Mike West said:

That’s what I’m talking about. I believe DL must take on more direct supervision of both coordinators. Especially Lupoi, because I don’t think Lupoi understands what it takes to shut down elite talent. Lanning does.

Really can't have a worse shortcoming in a DC than not grasping the concept of shutting down the opposition. can't have talent like Matayo, Bear, Thieneman ...not utilized properly.

1 hour ago, Jon Joseph said:

The only thing Chad Bowden is managing is recruiting, where he is doing a stellar job to date.

Much of Bowden's success is due to Cohen getting SC's NIL collectives organized and stepping up with NIL money, although it seems that SC is overpaying for untested talent.

"Stellar!"

I say that USC's NIL collectives are organized like the contestants in "Supermarket Sweep" just picking up and filling their carts, not looking so much at the contents.

All 40 of those observations have more resonance than PAWL's echo chamber screech about Arch.

Posts from the network about the mascots are still ongoing and will likely continue to prominently feature The Duck. Since joining the conference, The Duck has made a splash.

Of course.

Okay, I don't even know if Manning is the best QB this season, and Tebow? There have been a lot of great QB's since 2006. Andrew Luck. Joe Burrow, RG Smith. Marcus Mariota, Jaden Daniels, Tebow is better than all of them, and Arch is better than he is?

Paul Finebaum Claims Arch Manning Is Best College QB Since Tim Tebow

3 minutes ago, Jon Joseph said:

BTW, if you know it's a trap, can you be trapped?

This is up to the coach, the signs are there for the Ducks -Beavers clash. If Lanning doesn't point all of them out to the players. it's self-induced.

8 minutes ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

think they lost to OU because they were looking ahead

I think a game can't be called a "Trap Game" after it's been played. At this time last year, a lot of us were calling the game at Wisconsin a TG. Oregon avoided it

24 minutes ago, Porter said:

We all know it never rains in Autzen Stadium.

3 hours ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

It happens all the time.

I don't think those Alabama games were "Trap" games, all upsets aren't. Wisconsin was supposed to be a "trap" game for Oregon last season. I am much more concerned about the Ducks losing the game to PSU at Beaver Stadium, than I am of the Beavers beating the Ducks at Autzen.

3 hours ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

I’m more worried about the Beavis game before this one. It’s a classic trap game.

Call me a " looking through green and yellow tinted glasses, total Homer", Beavis isn't beating OBD in this one. How many times does a team fall into a trap anyway?

39 minutes ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

I clicked on the link and just found a story about Dan Lanning. I was expecting a story about Frost or Taggart.

Thanks for noticing, fixed now.

I agree with Urban, and I never thought I'd ever say that, but I have Lanning at No.2 right now, behind Smart. I wouldn't trade Lanning for any other coach out there. The "white noise" I'll associate with Lanning now is what comes up whenever a high profile coaching job appears. Lanning has made it as clear as he can, he isn't going anywhere, but that won't stop it.

1 hour ago, Jon Joseph said:

I like Mighty RJ Young's OBD Prediction! There is a vote for Not-A-Lot's Clemson and one for Penn State.

I do too, and by the end of the season, Thieneman will be the No.1 safety in the country! I appreciate the comment that Penn State is a team Oregon, "knows it can beat", but that was last season. 11-1 is a nice floor.

The title is great. Mudslide! The article is also right on point. We remember Frost all but describing Oregon as a "bad" job because "you can't recruit there". He may not have been able to recruit at Oregon, nor it seems, at Nebraska. But UCF is where it will work?

Ohio State's fatal flaw all but confirmed by preseason All-Big Ten teams

2 hours ago, Mike West said:

Heck, I'm worried Indiana is going to drop 35 on our defense. And they don't have an elite OL, or three elite WRs.

This I can't go with, no elite OL or WR's? If that can put up 35 than OBD will be fighting for their lives against Northwestern,

2 hours ago, Mike West said:

I'm beginning to wonder if Lupoi and Stein go full blown timid in big games.

The Rose Bowl showed how important a Coordinator is.

2 hours ago, Mike West said:

That Ohio State win is the only time I've seen DL actually be aggressive (well he actually did the same thing in Seattle, but Nix just happened to whiff three times in that game). He actually called out exactly what to do against Ohio State in the Ducks v Them video (which they promptly dropped as a strategy in the Rose Bowl).

Yes. The decisions against UW was Lanning playing his game, the way he wanted to. Decisions aren't bad because they didn't work.

2 hours ago, Mike West said:

Teams need to fear us like they did when Chip was HC.

I guess there was fear, but with Chip it was more just total bewilderment. 2019 LSU created fear, and I don't know if any passing attack is coming close to that one, but close will win games.