David Marsh

Not that I recall... I think Taggart is going to be at a G5 school for a very very long time. Also I think with his one year at Oregon it showed that he doesn't want to leave the state of Florida out of his 5 head coaching jobs 3 have been in Florida. He needs to rehab his reputation and that will take a long time with his lack of loyalty to Oregon and his failure at FSU.

I think it is because Harsin has more of a track record of finding diamond in the rough recruits and making them competitive. For that reason I felt he wasn't going to be good in the SEC because they must win at a high level both in recruiting and on the field. Harsin would be more suited towards ASU or even a G5 school where the fan base would tolerate lower recruiting rankings.

Growing pains for a first year head coach! I think the coaches all sat around and watched the film and agree with you and all of us that the end of the 3rd quarter is too early to put in the reserves. This coaching staff has already shown changes made from lessons learned.

The Pac-12's greatest problem. I do believe the Pac-12 is the most competitive conference in the country. Now that doesn't mean best... just that we haven't been able to establish a super power team or two that devour everyone else without a problem. We don't have an Alabama or Georgia or Clemson or Ohio State or even an Oklahoma that all have monopolized their conferences. Instead on any week anything can happen in the Pac-12. Pac-12 After Dark means something because it's wild and crazy and anything can happen. It makes us probably one of the most interesting conferences to watch, or it should, but it usually means we end up killing our own chances of making the playoff because we beat each other up too much.

It was painful to write in the article as well. Though we do need those purple puppies to not completely suck. On another side note... I think it will also help the conference's football profile is the LA teams are shutout of the conference championship game. It's the best two teams now and the north looks a bit stronger than the south. Keep those LA teams out and we have good footing in saying we aren't dependent on them from a on field product stand point. The money side of things would still hurt though.

Georgia had a mixture of a strong OL and getting passes out rather quick against a squishy secondary. Eastern Washington was all about quick passes and never gave our pash rush enough time to develop. BYU held the ball longer but there was some weakness in the secondary for some easier passes. Both BYU and Eastern Washington had some throws that were off because the pass rush was coming and they had to get the ball out quick. So those incompletes aren't sacks but they are a result of the pass rush. We need our secondary to hold up longer in coverage and we'll see more sacks. I'm not worried... Yet.

Yes and we know it... they just would like us to not pay attention to their meddling.

I'm not sure about that... If lets say Oregon and Washington were to join the B1G why wouldn't Fox consider putting Oregon v UCLA on a late night start time, especially if one team isn't ranked and not looking too competitive (that would be UCLA for those wondering). Oregon v Stanford starts at 8pm this year because Stanford doesn't look so good and we are on the west coast.

I'm pretty much an exclusive streamer and I would love to get rid of the cable I'm paying for as I only use it for football games more or less. There are a few other things but for the most part I don't use my cable for much else. After this season I will be trying out some of the other options out there for games. It all comes down to ease and options... and how many different networks/apps need to be paid for along the way.

As Oregon has a real chance of winning the Pac-12 Championship and all those players would have been buried on our depth chart... Oregon.

I don't mind a night game every now and then. Though in truth I am a at home watcher of games as I really really really hate crowds and loud noises... I don't even like assembly duty as a teacher. So I am happy to watch from home and sometimes a night game is a nice way to end the day. But I'm also not traveling and sitting in traffic. I go to bed when the game is over. But we do need east coast eyeballs on the Pac-12 and a game starting at 11 Eastern time is RIDICULOUS! Starting at 10 on the East Coast is doable because there will be some die hard football fans to watch it and it is something more for a west coast audience which is also fine to a degree. But starting at 8pm PST is too late.

In fairness Moorhead put an end to the constant runs right up the middle and attacked the edges more. 2018 and 2019 Oregon ran blindly into the A-gaps all the time. Last year they did attack the edges more frequently. Gattis and Moorhead's offenses under Cristobal look really similar in truth which is saying they don't have as much say in their creation.

I think Oregon will stay in Southern California regardless. We are recruiting well in states that aren't even in the Pac-12 footprint and that comes when we are relinquished to 7pm start time games. Southern California football fans will all be awake for Pac-12 after dark football and will watch some of it, even if USC and UCLA are in the B1G instead. The Pac-12's struggle these days is getting east coast eyeballs on the west coast product, but that isn't a new problem. I am sure the Pac-12 will manage to hold onto some of those late night eyeballs in southern California. Maybe not as many as we do now but they won't disappear entirely.

Only reason I have cable right now is FOR Oregon games. I am looking at finding alternatives after this season because I know I am generally wasting money. I would be fine if it was all streaming.

Kelly had a veteran staff that built this Oregon program and made us relevant. It was an incredible staff that did so much of the heavy lifting for Kelly and he never truly understood how important that staff was to his success until he left. He has now coaches more games at UCLA than Oregon as a head coach and his Oregon record is still better. Taggart had a good base of players. Helfrich did a better job at recruiting than anyone gives him credit for but the success of Taggart and Cristobal was built on the base of Helfrich and that incredible Oregon staff's recruiting and finding 3 star diamonds in the rough. However, you don't want national championships with 3 stars. Taggart had the audacity to declare Oregon was a broken program and needed a full rebuild, it needed a good defensive coordinator and some culture realignment and that turned the program around. Cristobal built his offensive line for the first two years, and a Rose Bowl win, on the Helfrich offensive line and he supplemented with a Sewell and some transfers. Not downplaying the impact of Sewell, he was a beast, but Cristobal inherited the base offensive line. Then there were some major recruiting achievements that helped propell Oregon into thr national recruiting rankings. But we all know how good Cristobal's coaching and talent development is/was. Right now it feels like Lanning gets the Oregon culture and history better than Taggart and Cristobal. He also has the recruiting chops to enable Oregon to acquire the talent needed to win a national championship. Time will tell but Lanning feels like he gets it.

EVERY OC is better under any coach than Cristobal. I could be the head coach and they would be better!

If by some crazy circumstances the Cal board can hold onto UCLA and we add SDSU I think the PAC is in solid shape. Adding SDSU is a solid choice regardless. They will have some growing pains for sure. Utah had some growing pains and they went like 5-7 for like 3 years after joining the PAC and now they are considered favorites to make it to the championship game. Early on SDSU will be fighting Colorado for who is the door mat program but they'll have the chance to rise above that. The other options are far more difficult to decide. I find myself leaning towards Nevada or UNLV for that second spot if we have to add two schools. Put the PAC actually in Nevada would be nice. I think a boost a resources could make one of those programs respectable. Then Fresno State would get the nod from me. They aren't in a great market but their football is decent. Boise State is at the bottom of my list for realistic options. They are good with football but not so much for other sports and they have a tiny market. Houston would be good but I highly doubt they want to buy the travel time when they are already planning on joining the big-12.

Defer ... Get the chance to get some major momentum with a score at the end of the first half and a chance to score at the start of the second. Also I feel offended can struggle to get settled out the gate with the game and defenses are pretty amped up. So get the defense out there early on to get a stop and allow the early game jitters to settle down before the offense takes the field.

Big element here for the coaches is to ensure the team travels well. This can be one of the most difficult things for a new coach to do. I'd rather play WSU in September than November but still need to travel. That alone is going to be a challenge.

Oddly enough the Miami job did open up right after Cristobal's first year. He either declined an interview or wasn't offered one because he never interviewed for it then. It did have fans nervous at the time. Beyond that the way Cristobal had his contract structured, because of Taggart, meant that his buyout was pretty crazy high for his overall contract and he had only coached a year at Oregon so it probably wasn't seen as worth it for a team to buy him out at that point. Granted.... We thought his buyout later around 8 million was going to be enough lock him in at Oregon but that didn't turn out to be the case. And I'm happy for it.

Oregon hasn't forced too many turnovers yet. WSU is pretty turnover prone. They had a bunch against Wisconsin and their QB threw a pick last week to Colorado State. Our secondary needs to play tough and give time for our front seven to get some pressure. Their defense is going to play though but can they sustain it? We have better players than Wisconsin and if Oregon can leverage that talent our offense will be too difficult to stop. With all that said this is till WSU which has been a thorn in our side for years now. So please Lanning, burry them under a pile of points and keep piling it on, this is a team that has a nasty habit of coming back to bite us.

And with this mess does ASU want to take a chance on someone who is new? I doubt it. I mean last time they hired Herm Edwards because he is an NFL guy and long time head coach. I can see them looking for the most veteran guy they can find that will take the job. Their program is too much of a dumpster fire right now.

That's a good start because Oregon played Georgia and BYU so there are two teams that actually like to run the ball. Meanwhile I am sure there are plenty of teams ahead of Oregon in this state who haven't played anyone of consequence yet so their stats are padded. I will say this... It appears that both the Lanning and Dillingham systems are fairly complicated or can be. So players taking time to learn them is no surprise. Keeping players in the program for multiple years will pay big dividends as they get to know the system inside and out.

ASU is a dumpster fire. I don't see them wanting to take a chance on a first time head coach like Dillingham. I also don't see Johnathan Smith leaving Oregon State for another Pac-12 school. He might leverage it to get paid more. I could see Harsin being interested if Auburn continues to go badly for him. As for Sitake... I think that is a crazy long shot. He is settled into BYU and BYU is moving to the Big-12 next year. BYU is one of those jobs that is a culture fit, and Sitake fits the culture and probably will retire there. That job isn't on the coaching carousel very often.

There have been two long balls that come to mind for this year. One was against Georgia that resulted in an interception. But that was more on Nix and under throwing the pass and an athletic adjustment by the DB than the pass protection. Nix had the time he needed to throw that pass he just missed it. Then the other deep ball was to Franklin yesterday and there again Nix had the time he needed. I think Washington and Utah are going to test the offensive line.