David Marsh

Stanford won last night against Syracuse. I still find myself backing the old-pac. But of course minus USC and Washington. I wouldn't mind if those two went 0-12 every year.

By November... I think so. Oregon should have a full set of offensive linemen and a fully cooking offense by then. Which should allow Oregon to establish a run game of their own anf put up more points than USC. USC has some good linemen but no depth. Oregon's defense is deeper and more talented than USC's and by November should be functioning at a high level. Stopping the run and taking away the pass. I think Oregon matches up fairly well. Granted last year i thought we would have matched up well against Michigan but we were poor against Washington so didn't get our shot.

I'd agree with that now. They probably won't officially rename it at this point. If they renamed it when they said they would we'd probably use both names.

The alumni exchange the playapus trophy. Which is why it should have been a no brainer when they choose to rename the civil war game that it should just be called the playapus bowl.

And now we can all go back to being indifferent about Michigan football until they play someone else we don't like. I think the last time we were all rooting for Michigan was when they played Washington.

Harper's flexibility in think will be key. We are also waiting to get Iuli back as well. What does the offensive line look like with two more players in the rotation? I do think Bedford was recruited to play right guard in particular and leave Harper at left. But the current rotation does feel like he can play both and get players where they're comfortable.

The narrative of the game was agonizingly bad. They kept buying up WAZU like the best pac-12 team as if the pac-12 was still intact. Then the half time and early third quarter hype up if how great the new PAC will be ... I mean I guess they need to hype it up as that's kinda their job. But it felt like a joke and sad. They lost more than they'll ever get back in the rebuild.

This broadcast of the WSU game is pretty awful. Right now talking about how great this new Pac-12 is going to be just feels so false. Also saying that WSU should be top 25 because of their two wins... I mean they exposed the Huskies but no one was saying the Huskies were too 25 either.

Also the score board graphics are ultra basic. Kinda like they're made in 90's Microsoft products.

If San Jose State beats Washington State can we safely say that the Huskies are worse than a G5 team?

Could we get a talking fish version? I know this is a bass... but maybe something like this?

With a name like Cascade Clash, which is unofficial but should be the thing, I'd say it should be mountain themed.

I mean they basically had the ball for the entirety of the first quarter it felt like. Time of possession works great if you score on those drives and have a lockdown defense to stop opposing offenses. I mean that's how Stanford won so many games and caused Oregon so many problems in the last decade. This start doesn't work if you are out matched physically... As we all saw. They helped to burn their own clock to end the game for us.

We're still behind against the Huskies in the overall record last I checked. But that can change if Oregon can begin another decade of dominance.

I said in my article that I think Bray did his players a disservice with that line. They played well and executed well. They just were outclassed physically.

But we all hate Washington. That Rivarly went a bit dormant with the 12 years of Duck domination but has been given some new life with the Petersen era and the DeBoer eras causing us some pains. That's a rivalry that still has some teeth to it. I think we're all looking forward to seeing Lanning and the Ducks demolish Washington at the end of this season. Our lack of feelings for Oregon State are telling that this rivalry is dying.

Well he would have had a lot of snaps last year at the very least. This year.. probably not as much. In 2022 he had a lot of playtime and was complementary with T Ferg.

I was in the camp of maintaining this game yearly as an OOC game. It felt like something important and worthwhile. But watching the game and in talking with some work colleagues who are Beaver fans and we have always had great respect for each other. Their reaction to the game was a "why bother playing this?" and it kinda hit me... at this point the game is really feeling something like Oregon playing LSU or Ohio State in the late 2000's and early 2010's. Those were games where we felt like we had a chance but once the game got underway it was clear we didn't have the players to keep up. I know I've said repeatedly that this game should continue if the Beavers want it because it will become an eternal L on their season's record. And that is exactly what this game will do for them. A large portion of the Beaver fan base will forever hate the Ducks with a fiery passion but how many of us hate the Beavers will the same passion? As Charles posted above us a picture of a Beaver fan with a sign saying "Die Ducks Die" ... I can't remember seeing Duck fans holding a sign with that much hate towards the Beavers. Instead we tend to have signs that belittle them and poke fun at them. We don't see them as our rivals anymore and rivalries need to go both ways.

Winners. We lost very very few players we actually want to keep. Sure some leave and get significantly better away from Oregon but here they wouldn't be starters. There are only a couple exceptions.

Only player we actually miss as he would be getting good snaps at Oregon still. He was getting a ton at Oregon in 2022 before he transferred.

The 2015 Vernon Adams 3OT win over Arizona State was also pretty incredible. I remember that one being a Thursday night and I was annoyed that I had to work in the morning. At least we won.

If I'm Memphis or Tulane I would hold out and see what happens to Florida State and Clemson in the ACC. If they leave the ACC and join the Power 2 the ACC may opt to expand and grabbing those two would look like a consolation prize worth grabbing. An ACC without Clemson, FSU and probably Miami would be the same tier as the Big 12 (the conference of left overs). At that point we'd have three distinct tiers in college football... well we already do now. Tier 1: Big Ten and SEC Tier 2.5: ACC Tier 2: Big 12 Tier 3: The G6 The Big 12 is right now actually earning more media dollars than the ACC due to the ACC's dumb super long contract. However, the ACC still has some significant programs that have enough value to warrant them above the Big 12 that lacks a primier program. Once those premier programs leave the ACC will be the same status as the Big 12. I also wouldn't be surprised to see the Big 12's next media deal stay the same or go down slightly. This current media deal for the Big 12 was all about killing the Pac-12. The ACC Is Next on the Chopping Block for Conference Realignment |... FISHDUCK.COM Last year I wrote an article about the Coming College Football Schism where there will be two conferences that are composed of the haves and the remaining…

They're both hoping for the long game where they might get a spot in the B1G which would come with reduced travel but be a good fit academically. I think they'll be waiting a very long time for that to happen.

A great picture for my article on Thursday!

I think Nebraska is scary... they're not getting a ton of respect right now but I think they'll surprise many.