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Yeah.....the problem with Miami's offense was with the OC, the prior year's Broyles Award winner!

Thanks for the article, David. Given the fact that OBD have brought in 16 new DL/Edge guys and now have 50 total Defensive players on the roster, it seems Coach thinks our defensive deficit was primarily upfront and that the lack of pressure exposed the secondary. The play-calling question is one I don't have an answer for, but your conclusions regarding the strengths of Lupoi and Hampton ring true to me. Could one posit that the personnel was the larger issue last season which caused play calls to have the additional burden of trying to mask a huge roster weakness in addition to countering opponent sets and down/distance concerns? I'll leave it to the site gurus to parse those distinctions. Again, thanks for a great read and ponder point!

It's hard to explain how meaningful this guy was to me as a 12-year old listening to the 77 championship run. Not only was he a huge fan of the game and team but he was a true radio broadcasting story-teller. Going into the Western Conference Finals against Kareem, et al., The Schonz captured all the drama of the David vs. Goliath storyline, possession by possession and game by game. As the Blazers slowly asserted themselves, then gained confidence, then puffed their chests out and blew the doors off the Laker machine in a 4-0 sweep.....The Schonz, an audible Bob Ross, painted a picture of the Blazer unit as a amalgam of faith, grit, resolve and cunning that was the pinnacle of team ball of that era, the begining of the NBA superstar growth cycle. Getting to the Finals was nearly enough for most of us after 6 years of mundacity. We were the youngest squad, with the best coach and a team system set up to dominate for a decade. We would be the next NBA western conference legacy franchise, replacing the worn out Lakers. So, the Finals was the proverbial 'gravy' on the meal. But then, Darryl Dawkins, poked the Bear. Chocolate Thunder picked the wrong guy to provoke, The Enforcer....Maurice Lucas....LUUUUUKKKKKKE! Bobby Gross took the Dr. J challenge head on and Larry Steele vise-gripped George McGinnis...of course the Big Redhead was always there to clean up the mess if needed. Walton's rebounding and defensive and outlet passing unlocked The Train and Johnny Davis on the break and Gene Shue still doesn't know what hit him. Only The NBA Finals series was all televised. Up until then it was only The Schonz on most nights. After the Blazers went down to the Sixers 0-2, I was convinced it was my fault because I had switched on the Volkswagen Beetle sized color tv in the living room and abandoned The Schonz. Game 3, the TV stayed off, and the tide turned. I didn't watch the TV broadcast again until I broke down in the 4th quarter of Game 6. Going back to Philly for Game 7 was a deathwish. The Blazers had to pull it out and I had to see it. McGinnis clanked a jumper off the front of the rim at 109-107.....Walton skied above all one last time and tapped the rebound out to JD who dribbled out the final seconds. CBS immediately shifted to the Western Open golf tournament. Back to the radio where The Schonz narrated the locker room drama and the Trophy presentation. We all knowhow things turned out. What we thought was the birth of a dynasty was instead its Zenith. The Schonz was the final tie to that *poof* of a dream season. Now, like the fledgling dynasty, he is resolved to the Ethereal World. Thanks Bill Schonely.....you painted your masterpiece for this young Blazer fan. RIP....city.

Geez...what could go wrong?

Oregon Ducks receiver Caleb Chapman enters transfer portal WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM Caleb Chapman, who had one catch for 15 yards and one tackle while appearing in nine games this season, announced he has entered the transfer portal. I hope this hasn't been posted already.....I haven't encountered it yet. Starting to get some answers to the scholarship allotment question.

I listened to this podcast and will offer a tidbit as another way to evaluate Mr. Marcello's acumen. He has the Huskies winning the Pac-12 next year and DeBoer as the conference's best coach.

This is why Justin needs a new franchise come 2025.....Spanos and LAC are not Championship focused, they are bottom-line focused exclusively.

I was sorry to hear of the tragic incident, Nevada Dawg, my condolences to the Georgia football family.

I find 247sports recruiting rankings to be geared mainly to selling subscriptions, not objectively rating prospects.

The 1st round draft pick Left Tackle was injured all year. They put the starting LG out to tackle and he played pretty well much of the season....I think he went down in the 2nd quarter. And, on defense, they lost Bosa and a starting CB int he second half. The second string CB was a rookie, I believe. But, all they needed was another first down to hold them off, and two more first downs to seal it away. The play calling was conservative. Earlier in the year, Staley channeled Mark Helfrich with predictable 4th down and 2 pt conversions play calls.....only to become Cristobal in the playoff game.

If Justin went to the SeaChickens, I would actually recant my vow and become a fan of a Puget Sound franchise.

'Once a Duck, Always a Duck' is an axiom that can test your resolve from time to time.

After the ASU game, I was preparing to post the obituary for this season with a positive nod toward next season and the incoming recruits. I am especially psyched about Shelstad's skill set and leadership that I feel has been lacking since PP laced up for the Celts. But then I remembered that Dana Altman is a Witch/Wizard/Warlock and thought to myself "They'll probably go out and beat the Wildcats next game" so I held back. Dana Strikes Again

I hope Herbert doesn't extend with LAC. The franchise is not Super Bowl caliber. They have a 5th year option they can pick up for 2025. If the O line doesn't get him killed by then, he can refuse an extension and sign elsewhere for 2026 and beyond. I don't speak Greek but "spanos" must translate to "snatch defeat from jaws of victory"

Staley going full Cristobal in second half....running to eat clock, punting, missed field goal. Joey Bosa has a ten cent head. Melting down after 4 Jag TO's in first half. Textbook malfeasance. Forgive me, I'm not processing this loss rationally. And I am typing this before the last play....so even if the field goal is a shank, I stand by my opinion.

I wonder how many NFL 3rd string QB's with remaining eligibility are looking at this and wondering if they should go back to playing on Saturdays?

Thanks, DZNC, for another thoughtful conjecture. I agree with your conclusion but may have arrived at it from a less thoughtful approach. My assessment of DL tends to be one based on wearing green-tinted glasses in one big sense.....I think we beat OSU and UW if Bo isn't hurt, and that isn't DL's fault. True, we should have had more competent back-up options, and the defense should have been better given the talent, but it wasn't his roster entirely either. Plus, we played Georgia. Now, that doesn't qualify as a matrix, because it is not a consistent set of criteria....those caveats won't apply next year: it's Dan's roster now. So, I need a different set of evaluative criteria for next year. I will be looking at W-L record naturally, but also, game decisions, special teams performance and talent development. But I am willing to give DL the Kirby Smart 6-year window based just on what I saw this season. Namely because I am glad he is here and not the last guy plus, I don't see a lot of better realistic options out there and I think the progrum needs some coaching stability again.

It's not about the X's and O's.....it's about the Jimmy's and Joe's

As excited as I am for this upcoming season. Year 3 of Coach Dan should be the first full realization of his progrum vision. Thanks, Charles, DZNC, Darren, Joshua, Alex and Drex for another great season of articles and ponder points. Apologies for any contributors I have accidentally omitted.... Oh, and the mods and editors, too!

And I thought that Sewell and Flowe would be the linebacking unit I had been waiting for since the 80's. The older I get the less I know.

I forgot about the COVID year, so some of the R.FR and Sophs are also on year 3 without seeing the field.

Check ChileDucks depth chart for guys who are juniors and seniors and haven't seen the field

The market sets the price for value.....the marginal revolution comes to NCAA athletics. Hayek and von Mises are smiling in their tombs.

This is why he hired Marschall Malchow (sp?) and some of us thought it might be the biggest hire of the entire staff. Roster engineering is one of the key pillars in the new era of strategic progrum administration, alongside empirical talent evaluation, branding NIL management and opposition research. The balanced scorecard of NIL-era football programs would be a fascinating case study.