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Perspective is important. I was just chatting with my Husky cousin about the "rivalry"? How Oregon has dominated the last 20 years; he brought up that if you took out that 12 game winning streak by Oregon it would be a lot closer. It's going to be interesting watching which team improves the most under their new coach, USC or UW. They don't play each other this season; UW doesn't play Utah either. They start with a home game against the Golden Flashes from Kent State, where Don James started, then PSU, Portland State, not Penn State, then the Spartans, while USC starts with Rice, Stanford, and DeBoer's old school, Fresno State.

I agree, but I give DL credit for not saying something like, "There's a No.1 QB and he's it until his arm falls off." The idea that the QB could change is refreshing.

This is as good an outlook as one could get from a Duck fan with serious kool-aid mouth.

Please let this be so! I am Optimistic to the nth degree. Everything works out for the Ducks in this one, Georgia is the defending Champ, that puts the pressure directly on them, the collar will get tight around their necks. Of course, the Ducks want to win, so there will be pressure on Oregon. But I expect that Lanning is looking at this game the same way it came to oral reports in high school, best to get it done as quick as possible, game 1 is perfect for Oregon here.

The crew of the Nimitz loved this:

I wouldn't have predicted it with all the hand wringing over Mari and Prevent Offense that it would be the defense that has me most excited about this season. Of course, I love seeing all the news coming out about Dillingham and explosive plays, but it is the defense, and "Guys are attacking" that I've been slurping since Lupoi got to Oregon!

I disagree.

OK, so you really thought we’d start with anyone else? No, there was absolutely no chance this article would start with any other coach.

Hard to find Scully's Dodgers call of Bobby Thompson's home run in 1951, as it was eclipsed by Russ Hodges's, "The Giants win the pennant, the Giants win the pennant! He did get to call all of Sany Koufax's great games, "3 and 2 to Harvey Kuenn" The "Voice of Beaver Nation", Mike Parker is very much in the Vin Scully mode. "

They'd be even more candid if they weren't anonymous, but then they wouldn't say anything.

I expect an offense that will be designed to gain yards and score points! Not that clock management isn't important. Many teams script out the opening plays, but they aren't etched in stone, so that will be different.

They are indeed, and also physically gifted. A cheerleader can be standing still and then just decide to do a complete backflip!!! That's amazing, and then when the male cheerleader is holding the female cheerleader up in the air, holding onto her feet? The strength and agility each are demonstrating in that "simple" cheer maneuver is nothing short of amazing.

I agree completely. I'm going into this season overflowing with optimism. but until reading this article I really hadn't given much thought to how Nix would do. That looks bad reading it back. But I think I was just so thankful that the Ducks would be running a new O, with an experienced QB, that with the D I'm expecting, the W's will come. I know I don't want Manziel 2.0, I didn't like the original.

Great news indeed. Villanova has not been loaded with 5 star one and done's, and won the championship, but that's a hard model to follow, and now Jay Wright isn't coaching there. The Zags have been very successful under Few, but no ring. I will never be anything but thrilled when the Ducks bring in a great recruiting class. Keep Just doing it, Dana!

Good news this is.

You have every right to be happy and proud of the team you have built, Charles. There is no finer place for a Duck fan to be.

Although he can't spell.

At least the author can count. This is where Seattle can help. The Seattle-Tacoma market is 14th in the nation. This is more than 100 sports higher than Eugene’s, which ranks 117th.

RR

Precisely this: Riley and UCLA's Chip Kelly will probably put on a smile and recite the official company lines about how great of an opportunity it is to join the Big Ten. We might even hear about how wonderfully enriching it'll be for the student-athletes to experience the cultural ambiance of Piscataway, New Jersey, while visiting Rutgers.

Include BYU at home too

I think is a clear + for Smart over Ryan Day. I don't think Ohio State took Oregon seriously last year. Georgia has handled Lanning to Oregon with class from Day 1. It's very likely that another team would have tossed Lanning under the bus and said that the game against Oregon will be a laugher with their hand me down coach.