David Marsh

Dorrell by a long shot. Stanford's problems are beyond what Shaw can actually fix. Stanford loses to the transfer portal and due to their academic enrollment policy they do. It gain from it. Stanford players used to be able to enroll in a frad program by just staying now they have to apply and get in along with anyone and everyone else. So they just transfer out..

He has one more year.

It is when the refs need to help Stanford get back in the game.

So the shoulder and arm count as horse collar tackle now?

Those refs had to pick up that flag for gonzo being too physical after not flagging Stanford blasting Seven like they did earlier..

There is another series of downs where Dillingham went away from the run and it was a mistake.

That and they are going to try and get Stanford back in the game.

The biggest loser of Cristobal leaving for Miami (arguably more so than Miami)... Stanford.

Not for a Pac-12 school at an 8pm pst kick off time.

I'm starting to think Nix has a vendetta against Stanford's best corner... First sneaks a pass into Franklin for a touchdown and now ran on him for one.

These are refs at an Oregon v Stanford game... You can go back ten plus years and find a Stanford bias in the reffing. Besides that... We are playing pretty sloppy right now.

So we all just learned the lesson... Get around the red zone woes by scoring from outside of the RedZone.

And again the offensive line makes a big mistake. Also what's up with the recievers not catching the ball?

Talk about the offensive line killing that drive with penalties. Super disappointing. Also more Irving!

Is Mizzou beats Georgia that is going to make our dreadful loss look even worse. Come on Georgia...

It's far from universal of kick off are irrelevant but it's a growing trend. If everything aligns they can still be incredible special teams plays.

Two out of conference wins looking less good for the PAC, but still very good we have them. Wisconsin gets beat by Illinois... The funny thing is that Oregon has beaten both of those head coaches at the Rose Bowl as head coaches or Wisconsin. Unrelated but getting Oregon involved here. Then Michigan State is down at the half against Maryland.

I feel punting is fine for now. There are times you need to punt... Basically being on your side of the field and a long fourth down. I think the kick return is under more threat of disappearing because it's the most dangerous part of football with players colliding at full speed. With so many touchbacks and now fair catches to start at the 25 fewer teams are even considering the risk of a return. The only real argument for keeping kick returns is the need to still have on side kicks. Punts still need to be an option for certain situations. Now having a good oubter can make a huge difference in those situations where a bad or mediocre punter doesn't help much.

Michigan State hasn't looked good this year. And we'll get a sense of how well Stanford stacks up against us tomorrow.

They look exhausted and defeated right now. I think the travel element is playing a role here. Washington hasn't had to travel too much for the past two years and I think that's hurting them. Also... They aren't that deep of a team and now UCLA is just ramming the ball right down their throat.

Feels like Washington is getting exposed right now. They are definitely a different team home vs away.

Definitely a strategy. If the opposing team waits too long to sub you can get them to burn a time out or get a delay of game. I honestly find it all frustrating but if it's legal use it.

Both of their lines looks suspect. Oregon has three weeks until UCLA and will be much improved on defense. Washington is later in the season. I feel Oregon will have some line play that will make them both miserable. Now we need our backend to hold up against the passing attacks.

So... Out of boredom right now I'm watching Boise State v San Diego State. It's at Boise State and they have that obnoxious blue field. If Boise State were to be invited to the pac-12 should they be forced to ditch that field? It is certainly a psychological barrier with it being a weird color. But there is something dare I say amateurish of having a odd colored field. But then again our field is our team color so that's all good with me. I say if they join ban the blue field!

Well in fairness half of what is going on these days has next to nothing to do with football and everything to do with business and media rights distribution. So we all get to get to learn about things most of us have never had to think about before.... ever. Oh how we love to learn about ... Media Rights... wait that doesn't sound right...