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It will be an advantage, for them. But, with Gabriel at QB, and just the overall experience, confidence, OBD have, it won't destabilize them that much.

Joel Klatt predicts Oregon Ducks as national championship winners DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks are officially Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt’s pick to win the national championship this...

Going with Kirby is Smart. But I'll argue that Oregon's defense is closer to Georgia's D, than Georgia's offense, with Beck or the back-up, is to Oregon's, and I don't think playing in Atlanta will be that much of an advantage for the Dawgs.

Oregon Ducks Snubbed By AP All-American Team? Dillon Gabriel, Derrick Harmon WWW.SI.COM With the regular college football season over, the No. 1 Oregon Ducks are the last undefeated team standing with a 13-0 record...

Wow. I completely forgot about the automatic conference champion getting in. Excluding Georgia in that case because of Beck getting injured would have resulted in chaos, ESPN definitely wouldn't want, especially because Georgia is SEC. But, if Georgia wasn't guaranteed the slot by winning the conference, did they still deserve to get in? If so, was FSU really treated unfairly?

I treasure and respect the past of Oregon football as much as anyone, but that is the past. One thing Oregon is known for now is innovation, doing things a new way. Chip changed the way the game is played, isn't that right, Nick Saban? If a coach is really good, he'll get offered jobs. But if they look down, they'll see the grass is really green here. Dillingham took a gamble, and it paid off, but Stein jumped in and has done a great job. Coaching staffs aren't going to stay intact for20-30 years anymore. To Portal or not to Portal? We can't say it won't work, with the success of Nix and Gabriel. But having a revolving QBs probably isn't sustainable, Nix and Gabriel were perfect fits. The Ducks are still recruiting high level QB's. Lanning and the staff will make it work. Oregon has a stocked QB room, high level recruits set for the future; the Portal will be there.

We all remember the big story last year. FSU was going great, until their quarterback went down. The argument wasn't whether it affected the team or not, everybody agreed it would. The argument was did that make any difference. The answer ultimately was that FSU without their quarterback was not the team that had played so well all season, so they were out. This year, Georgia lost their quarterback before the Playoffs started. Not only was Georgia not dropped from the Playoffs, they moved up to No.2, that was mainly due to Oregon beating previous No,2, Penn State, but still, the biggest discussion was whether Alabama or SMU should get the last spot. There was no thought that Georgia, who had not had nearly as dominant a season as FSU had, should still be in, without their quarterback. Why was there no questioning about Georgia's viability?

It will be hard, but I don't see a team more likely to do it, especially not the 4 teams that will have to win 4 straight games.

Go with the Master, Zacharia!

My takeaway regarding Oregon, Three of the first 5 games are against power conference opponents and a 5th against rival Oregon State, still a quality opponent at this juncture. They are Conference Champion.

That is unfortunate for the QB, the upside is that Franklin isn't happy about it.

This guy will be there, won't he?

Osu2 fans aren't even travelling that well to a homefield Playoff game. Tennessee fans set to invade Ohio State for CFP home game, ticket data shows WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM Tennessee fans are looking to make The Horseshoe feel like Neyland come Saturday.

I'm thinking of the Olympics, the 100 meters. Usain Bolt statistically had the same chance of winning than any of the other racers. Of course that didn't take into account how much faster Bolt was, he'd be looking over his head at everybody else with 10 meters to go. The Ducks aren't Bolt, but they've separated themselves from the field.

Very true, how's Indiana's SOS or SOR look compared to other teams in the CFP, or left out? How many Quad 1 wins did the Hoosiers rack up? Alabama did lose to Vandy and Oklahoma & Tennessee, but their SOS, SOR and Quad 1 wins were all superior to Indiana's.

I think it's more likely that this, "emerging superpower" is more likely to finish 4-8 than 8-4.

And this is what's wrong with statistics. Whatever the odds are, I don't think it's Homer-speak to say that the probability of OBD winning the Natty are a lot higher than at least 8 of the other teams, and better than the other 3, The statistical percentages, without weighing in the relative strengths of the teams, is pointless.

I think this is Bo's most impressive act.

The weekly Reveal Show has to go. It's emblematic of the E in ESPN standing for Entertainment, that is if that many people are really entertained by Booger McFarland, Joey Galloway and Greg McElroy arguing, Herbie doesn't do the show anymore, or Rece Davis asking the Committee Chairman questions that are answered always in the vaguest way possible. Besides being only money makers, I think the CCG's should be eliminated because at best they're redundant, at worst they devalue the success of the regular season. Oregon went through the B1G regular season undefeated. Penn State had a loss. Oregon is the conference champion. The model for a Playoff is right there to see in "March Madness" and it works with 68 teams. The No. 8 or 9 team No.1 plays really is an 8 or 9 team. Conference champions all get in, but sometimes they're a No.12 or 13 or 14. They're in, but their value isn't over inflated. It really shouldn't be that hard.

This could be why Colorado finished out of contention in the big 12, they didn't have anybody better to play WR or Corner.

I understand the thought, and there is no "I in this team". But we saw how vital Tez was when he wasn't there. A little obvious now, but OBD don't beat Penn State without him.

Prime and Colorado got more attention last year than the Ducks did. I'll stick with ironic that Sanders was offended with Lanning's, "We play for wins, they play for clicks". This season, Lanning has made his case for being the best coach in the country, but "I win, Google me" got more attention. Unless you were a Duck fan, you probably didn't know who the QB of the undefeated Oregon team was. I wouldn't have traded Tez for any receiver in the country. If the All America voters actually watched him play, and didn't just look at the stats, he'd have been higher. How about Harmon, the play against osu2 wasn't alone for him, he was disruptive all season. It was easy for the talking heads to chortle on about the "Finesse Ducks" on Pac-12 After Dark. But now? They just steamrolled the B1G and there's nothing to say?

I know the hype isn't his fault, Prime is his coach after all, but the Heisman pose pic I used in the post wasn't the only one, there were a lot to choose from. Playing 2 positions is impressive, but as Steven A pointed out, look at what Warren did at Penn State! Warren is an incredible talent, at multiple positions, but until Oregon played Penn State, I had barely heard of him. That is ridiculous. Hunter was on a team that finished out of contention for the Big 12, we've all noticed that Oregon, the most dominant team all year is pretty much anonymous. Dillon Gabriel had to do a lot more to get noticed than lead Oregon to a unanimous No.1?

Two if's...if I'd been a Heisman voter, my Votes would have been Gabriel, Warren, Jeanty. Warren scared me every time Penn State had the ball, yes, they had him line up everywhere!

That really is a statement. Mahomes sells!! If Dillon Gabriel was on the cover, not many would give it a thought, nuch less buy the magazine. It's just another note that as dominant OBD has been this season, and I definitely take the glass half full on this, it's not news that Oregon won again. The Ducks have been on the cover though.