1 hour ago, EastBayDuckDad said:

Not to wish ill on Cal (my alma mater) but might JKS be willing to transfer and serve as Dante's backup for a year before taking the reins? His talent ceiling is higher than Novosad, Moga, Smith and incoming Beaver and he could follow as the next in line to the NFL. He would have a far superior O-line and skill players in Eugene and better coaching even if WS moves on by that time.

I doubt it...

He didn't like that idea after a couple of practices with Oregon.

Now... he may change his mind but I think Dante Moore's decision to come to Oregon and sit a year is by far the outlier and not the rule. I would be shocked if Lanning pulls off that recruitment a second time this decade.

1 minute ago, WTD25 said:

Had a similar thought during the game, that it felt like the Chip Kelly era matchups where I would root really hard for a 2 TD lead before relaxing a little bit. You knew the opponent would score some, but with a 2 TD lead, that put pressure on the other team to change their approach, and you knew the Ducks would keep scoring.

Absolutely!

Pac-12 football was a completely different beast than the B1G. You always knew the other team had the ability to put up points with fantastic quarterback play and skill positions. I was under no illusions that we were going to keep the Trojans under 20 points going into the game, I didn't make a formal prediction but I thought they would get 21 which is still less than what they actually scored. Oregon's defense is good but good offenses always find a way.

1 minute ago, WTD25 said:

Oregon is favored by 6.5 against UW, while they were favored over USC by a range of 9.5 to 12.5.

It's the injuries right now and an away game that have set that line.

Unless / until we know who is out and who will play that line will stay lower. Even though our offensive line was mostly back-ups and we ran the ball well we still ran it less efficiently than if we had our starters in. It's little things like that which takes points off the betting line.

If we get word that Poncho and World are back at full strength I would imagine that that line ticks up.

If we get word that Dakorian Moore is going to play, I imagine that again the line goes up in our favor.

19 minutes ago, Santa Rosa Duck said:

If I am Lane Kiffen, I have to ask myself, will they honor my agreement?

Depends on the objective.

Maybe he didn't plan on leaving ole Miss and this is all about leverage.

Maybe he doesn't care as much about the end money but wants more resources.

Let's get real. The money all these coaches are getting paid is more than enough to live on and leave a substantial nest egg for multiple generations.

8 minutes ago, Jon Joseph said:

And how much more rope will SC give Riley

If they get less than 8 wins next season he's out. Otherwise.... 2 seasons. Let that recruiting class become sophomores.

He is going to have to kill it in the portal. But with Lanning and Cignetti around.... Portal hunting is even harder.

56 minutes ago, VegasDuck said:

ESPN.com

Cal fires Justin Wilcox: Top candidates, transfers and re...

Cal becomes the latest to join the coaching market. Leadership and financial issue make it tricky for candidates.

All comes down to ONE big question. Does Lupoi want to be a head coach?

I don't think he does, if he wanted a HC gig he could have had one by now and probably one that would at least be equal if not greater than Cal.

He might take it but I'd be absolutely shocked if he did.

13 minutes ago, Vanducky said:

Remember when Oregon inexplicably offered him the job?

Bullet dodged.

I don't think he was the right fit for the Oregon job.

But if he had the job he would have done far better than he did at Cal. The resources and support at Oregon is completely different. Just look at what happened to all our previous head coaches who left.... They did much worse.

Wilcox would have kept Oregon where we were and nor elevate the program. He'd probably be getting 8-10 win seasons (including bowl games) ... Which wouldn't cut it for where we want to go but would be far better than Cal.

Lanning has elevated the program.

On3

California fires head football coach Justin Wilcox

California has fired head football coach Justin Wilcox toward the end of his ninth season in charge of the program, On3's Pete Nakos has learned.

Not all that unexpected. Cal hasn't been terribly good under Wilcox and well they haven't been very good under any head coach in the last twenty years really.

Cal and Stanford are both looking for new coaches now. It will be interesting to see who they go after and if they decide to try and take football more seriously.

Wilcox will probably go off and be a DC somewhere again for a while and get another shot at a HC job. Cal just doesn't have the resources to be all that successful.

I don't think he was the right fit for Oregon but I don't harbor any ill feelings towards him.

Just another coaching vacancy to watch.

29 minutes ago, Utki said:

usc fans saying UO played disciplined is kind of hilarious. We played sloppy and still won by 15. But anyhoo, on to the Montlake Bundys.

Or maybe they recognized that the refs were letting their offensive PI's go uncalled and instead called defensive PI's?

Hahahhahahahha no they would never admit that the refs called something in their favor and it be the wrong call.

Speaking of Oregon's defensive backs though they did a pretty good job. They kept USC receivers in front of them and there were few yards after catch. I don't know how Oregon's defensive backs could have covered some of those receivers much better or those PI calls any better as USC receivers were pushing off against them.

Loads of slop to go around but the better team still won.

I don't want to get in the conference championship game. Right now we only get in if Ohio State loses which would mean a rematch with Indiana which I think would be fine as I think we could cook something up for a rematch.

But I would rather have time for the team to get healthy for a playoff game at Autzen.

Well... I think the curse was passed on to Harvard. They all called Harvard to beat Yale and Yale won.

2 minutes ago, oregon123 said:

They need to coach some new techniques, since some of those PI calls looked like not much interference at times.

Felt like the Pac-12 where breathing on a receiver resulted in a flag. I think several of those PIs the coaching staff looks at and will shrug off because those flags haven't been thrown for the majority of the season.

I think it was just this ref crew.

We will have to wait and see on the injury front.

Pickard played well enough that risking Poncho probably wasn't worth it. Looked like Poncho was seeing if he could make a go of it at one point.

World I think had a few snaps but they didn't want to risk him.

Harkey went out and came back in.

I think we'll see many players back next week.

The refs were definitely calling things like we were on the Pac-12 that's for sure.

Hoping all these injuries are minor for next week.

The coaching staff is cautious.

1 hour ago, MikeJ said:

The good news on the other side is USC is without safety Fitzgerald (one of the top in the nation) and also possibly Ramsey (another star safety) who is questionable. With us not getting any receivers back, maybe the soft spot in USC's secondary with those safeties out with strengthen our passing attack a bit.

Battle of the backups... So who has better back ups in that matchup?

All will be ok... As long as we run the darn ball!

On 11/20/2025 at 9:08 PM, Charles Fischer said:

"Since Lanning came into the Pac-12 and walked into the cupboard of talent that Cristobal left, he has underachieved with the most talent in the Pac-12. Let’s not forget that Oregon has been ahead of the NIL game too. He’s a young coach so I’m not going to write him off yet but it’s getting close. Oregon has recruited really well the last couple of years, and that includes with Cristobal who took Helton’s lunch money. They have no more excuses why they’re a championship-less program."

I didn't realize Cristobal was THAT good.

I think Dak is the only one that is a maybe to play.

Pretty sure Stewart is out ... might get him for a playoff game if we are lucky.

Gary Bryant is probably out for another week at least.

7 hours ago, Jon Joseph said:

How about the Horse -💩💩💩Trophy?

That seems more like a trophy that is forced upon the loser.

I can get behind that too.

1 hour ago, oregon123 said:

"I see Franklin as very similar to Cristobal."

Interesting point. Certainly as far as results are concerned. Both will mess it up when it counts.

But Franklin is very mediocre - will beat down lesser teams but NEVER beat a better team.

Cristobal can make a team look like it has a title shot - and then lose to inferior competition.

As a fan, I really cannot decide which would be more frustrating.

Here is another comparison for ya: Willie the Snake as very similar to Prime Time!

Cristobal and Franklin are two sides of the same coin.

Cristobal has shown he can win those big top 10 match ups. Think Oregon v Ohio State and then lose to an unranked team in the most embarrassing way possible... Think Oregon losing to Stanford in the same season.

You can make the same comparisons with this year's Miami team I just don't remember the wins and losses off the top of my head.

Franklin wins the games he's supposed to and loses the top 10 big games.

If they could put the two together they'd have a darn good coach.

3 hours ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

However, they've already broken out the special event uniform for the year against Beavis.

And we had a semi special uniform for the Grateful Dead tribute.

As a stand alone.... Yeah they look cool.

But this is game 6 we have worn black with only green or yellow as an accent color and not the main event.

In exhausted of it.

37 minutes ago, WTD25 said:

No thanks.

I don’t want to give USC the dignity.

They won't get to hold it.... It'll just make them angry.

I saw this coming... And it's fine.

Making the playoff is clear and easy. Just win.