David Marsh

TT defense is legit probably the best defense in college football. Oregon has found running room against many other good rush defenses, including Indiana who we let off the run when we shouldn't have. But we had nothing against TT all day.

and I kinda feel like they are going to pull it off right now. But then again I felt like Oregon was going to completely embarrass themselves today in the Orange Bowl but we didn't so who knows.

Well the SEC was guaranteed one team in the semis.

I think we stand the best chance of the remaining teams to take down Indiana. If we don't do it I think they win it all. I really don't want to live in a reality where Indiana does a two year rebuild with a coach and gets a championship and we have been building for a couple decades and still in pursuit. So... Lanning and Co get it done!

So the curse of the bye is kinda alive... Indiana is the only one that doesn't go down for having a bye so far. But Indiana seems to break all the "rules" and get away with it.

Lane Kiffin is really going to look dumb for leaving if Ole Miss pulls it off.

In fairness to our defense on this... They got into the TT QBs head big time. Early pick from Finny and the. A bunch of tipped passes and some sacks coming from the pass rush really sped up his internal clock. So yeah a lot of incompletions because the ball was out too early and off target. I think quite a few of those throws were also predetermined in that he was going to pass there because that's the play and Oregon blew it up.

If not for Moore's two picks in like 3 minutes and putting the defense in a real bad position the Ducks weren't doing terribly. I don't think they'd get 6 sacks again that's for sure.

Probably that we are low class for scoring that last touchdown. Which I don't blame the Ducks for at all because taking a knee just gives them the ball with time on the clock and they weren't going to take a knee in the end zone.... So what were we supposed to do? Not run straight ahead? It was field position and time and down. If it was 3rd with that much time on the clock Lanning would have taken the knee.

Maybe DeBoer should have taken the Michigan job. His seat is going to get HOT after this game.

Or an offensive line built on Chris Petersen recruits who are in their 5th or 6th year. And the same would go for a defense built on Petersen and Lake (Lake was actually good on defense for UW) and DeBoer benefited greatly from those 5th and 6th years.

Curse is probably over... Indiana looks focused and Bama looks lost. Probably the Oregon v Indiana rematch.

Texas Tech's Defense is legit. Texas Tech's offense is a fraud and benefited from a weaker schedule and their defense being elite.

It's also the holidays in there as well. Those are some massive distractions because they are distractions for everyone.

Does this game feel a bit like the Penn State game or what?

Ugghhh yeah it's been a long time.

They can look ahead all they want now!

And just like that... Bye week teams still remain DEFEATED!

Small astroid hits the stadium. I usually wish for this whenever UW2 and USC play.

One thing that your post Mike had me thinking about is when you said that most receivers get open by pushing off the defenders against Oregon... Basically offensive PI. What we haven't seen for the vast majority of the season are officials throwing flags on that and we haven't seen many flags on opposing teams, especially when it comes to holding. Iowa had one penalty for zero yards against us and if you rewatch the lien of scrimmage play I saw Bear Alexander being dragged from behind multiple times away from the ball. Textbook holding... But no flags. Against JMU flags were thrown for two offensive PIs and a bunch of offensive line holding. Will see see the officials actually throw flags in favor of our Ducks this game? If we do I think it's a sign that our stats may have been deflated because of so many missing flags throughout the year.

Unlikely money. I think it's more likely that he is obsessed with football and doesn't know or want to live without it. I'm sure he loves coaches and what he does. After his time in the NFL as a HC ended as it did I thought he'd sit out for awhile and evaluate his options but he turned around and took the HC job at UCLA real fast. I get the feeling that he will be one of those coaches forced to retire because no one will hire him when the time comes.

The time zone difference isn't going to play a factor this game. Both teams will have plenty of time to acclimatize and both have played in the east coast time zone, Oregon has done it more. The bigger question is does TT suffer the round one bye slump?

I also love how the poptart mascots are basically eaten by players or other mascots. Or at least they did last year. It's a really wacky bowl game. Last year Miami and MC in that game was hilarious because he didn't want to lean into the wackiness of the bowl game.

Still in the stop gap range. He's in his 70s does he want to coach beyond 5 years? Probably not... But he has enough time to right the ship and make a run of it.

This feels like a stop gap hire. Without seeing the contract and being in the room I'm not sure how long they are anticipating Whittingham to be there. I kinda think 2-3 seasons. Enough time to get Michigan on track and make the playoff a time or two before looking for a younger coach. Or ... Not. More resources makes some elements of coaching easier and others a whole lot more difficult... Namely the expectations. Whittingham has always been a coach to get more from less but as we've seen that doesn't always translate to higher level programs.