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Go Ducks! It's gameday baby....

My concern pre-season is showing up in B1G conference play.....soft and unathletic in the paint. That used to work in the Pac-12 well enough to get a berth or make a conference tourney run. Dan Lanning came to the Ducks and he preached physicality. Dana needs to do the same. Get some East Coast wide body bangers to set screens, box out, deny the block and hammer driving guards that dare enter the paint. Like Boeheim used to build Syracuse back in the day. A couple of bangers and a couple of pogo-stick elastic types to rotate and counter opponent bigs.

Amen, everything from here on out is gravy.

Nick Saban is a human toothache.

Just this past week I have started to hear a rumor about the B1G Championship game. Supposedly, multiple defensive starters had norovirus during game week. Obviously, Coach Dan's progrum doesn't allow excuses, right? But, if true would explain the less-than-peak performance we witnessed.

Wiley's compadre.....Filbert

Wiley in his happy place.

The first crack in the Heisman Trophy aura for me was Gino Toretta. The logic then was best player on best team. Garrison Hearst, Marshall Faulk, or hell, Drew Bledsoe were better. Hunter is the current era Tebow.....most-hyped player on any team, regardless of W-L record or team ranking.

Championship pedigree

I love this award....congrats Bryce!

I think PSU will have a lot of incentive to keep a new kid on the block from winning their inaugural B1G championship. Franklin will bring the tradition angle as motivation.....our PR savvy, snazzy unis and the "gimmicky offense" meme will be employed to wind up the Nittany Lions. That, plus a big crowd and the time difference will keep it close early. The Ducks need to be offensively efficient in the first half, limit turnovers and penalties, turn yards into points. The second half is when the Ducks will pull away.

Apparently, according to the local Portland AM sports talk cognoscenti, EB is kind of a jerk and difficult to work with and around. Over the years, he has been overlooked for NFL HC positions for this same reason, though speculation in the press often assumed discrimination in the past. I am paraphrasing the above....the tone was much more emphatic live on air.

He's loud and goofy....the only skills needed for modern sports talk. Sense-making? Not so much.

How big was Kevin Mitchell back in the day? Michael Clay? They were undersized and kicked butt

Still the greatest call ever..."The Most Improbable Finish to a Football Game!!" Bookended with the Civil War 2010 call...."Your Oregon Ducks are going to the National Championship Game" These two calls, for me, are the perfect encapsulation of the Ducks' 15 year journey to prominence. But, like Mac Court, some nostalgic totems are meant to be outlived.

Someone once said: A Giraffe is a Horse, designed by a Committee.

Washington is known for apples Oregon is known for berries The rivalry game should be called THE FRUIT CUP!

4-star on Rivals too

Shreveport....home of the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. I left my heart, and some frostbitten digits, in Shreveport.

One thing I miss about the Pac-12 Network (wash my mouth with soap) is Nick Alliotti's commentary on the Ducks defense. Would have loved to hear his impressions the season. The Danimal has officially excorcised the demons previously ensorcelled by Stubler, Hoke, and Pellum.

Now we're doomed. That guy has the Midas Touch in reverse.

Conference Champions....against all odds. Meaning 50%. One for the ages. Cletus will be telling his grandson Jasper about this when they are both toothless and sipping varmint slurpees in the Philomath trailer park.

Might we get a sniff of the Top 25 after these 2 wins?

I always wondered what happened to Ruthie.....retired, huh? Interesting.....that dawg was as rabid as they come.

I think Jim Harbaugh needs one more offseason to assemble the quality roster he envisions to make the Chargers a serious contender.