David Marsh

ASU v BSU would be a great game but it is unlikely to happen. But based on the conference championship game performances I think ASU put on a clinic where BSU was dominant but didn't provide the eye candy.

On that last run an offensive lineman had one of ours by around the neck and dragging him away from the play.

So many missed holding calls.

We didn't snap the ball. If DG snapped the ball it would have been a penalty.

The defense is clearly playing bend but don't break. It's really want Ohio State did to them.

Yes, the Pac-12 was harder. Not from a premier big game perspective but from a week to week one. Is the B1G Easier than the Pac-12? | FishDuck FISHDUCK.COM In any sort of competitive gaming, whether it is sports, cards, board games or even video games, there is... The Pac-12 meta game was dynamic and at times a headache. No one wanted to take on WSU and then travel to Arizona. The difference in how teams played is what made it hard. Penn State is basically Michigan but with a better QB this year. Illinois was Michigan but with a slightly better QB. Wisconsin was Michigan but with the same level level of QB but lower quality players overall. We'll see how Penn State matches up against our Ducks today. Ohio State has typically been a bit off meta by being a more pass heavy offense. Maryland wants to be WSU it feels like but bad at it.

MW championship game not looking much like a game. More of a beat down.

2014... Oregon 62 South Dakota State 13. That's what we did.

Time to get one or two transfer TEs now. Go get them Dan!

We could go after him EVEN if we get Olesh. Get some extra expirence in the room.

Looking at Oregon's penalties throughout the year it tends to be either really bad games where the refs are throwing flags for everything or very quiet games and Oregon doesn't get flagged much at all. Last week I can't recall any major flags at all for the Ducks. Against Maryland the flags were flying fast and free. So it kinda depends on the officiating crew to be honest.

Other thing... This would be our second game in a row after a bye. PSU is on game 7. Until this year I've never counted weeks since the last bye as much of a factor. But what is clear is that by games 7 and 8 our Ducks weren't playing as well. DG also gets the ball out around 2.5 seconds on average. It'll be close with this pass rush but I think if he's in rythum they can't touch him. Still expecting him to get sacked a couple times.

He's been flagged a couple times this year in being handsy. But no flag in his last appearance. I think he hasn't hit the rotation at this point mostly due to wanting to redshirt him as well, if he has one. JUCOs and eligibility tend to be all over the place as it is.

The 5 seed's feelings...

This would be a great way of doing it. College Football isn't a static sport. Teams get better (or worse) as the season goes on. One or two key injuries could destroy a team completely. reseeding at the end of each round would make the playoff more dynamic and reward good play.

In the Ducks vs Them video he was also talking about how the Ducks need to take a bat to the Huskies. But he was also saying how it was metaphorical. What is absolutely clear is that Lanning and the Ducks are living rent free in a lot of people's heads right now. That is a great place to be.

And if Indiana was in the position SMU is in I would say they need to play the CCG as well. I think SMU is probably in the playoff regardless. If they get shut out and blasted I think they might not make it... but I think they're in it. The reality is that there are a lot of teams that are in this playoff that wouldn't make a smaller playoff field whether that is four or eight.

We are at a generational shift in College Football right now. Not only is the sport changing in terms of recruiting, NIL, and the playoff. But why has Lanning been able to make it so big this year in recruiting? Well Oregon has a good NIL program but we aren't paying the most. But the biggest names in the sport are gone or greatly diminished. Ubran Meyer is gone, he has been gone for a while now. Nick Saban is gone. Dabo is reduced as he has continued to refuse to get with the times and use the portal. Chip Kelly is reduced, I think the NFL did him a great disservice in truth but that's an article for another time. Pick a name from the 2000's and 2010's that was a big time coach and see where they are now? The vast majority aren't coaching anymore. This is a new generation of coaches and Lanning is already carving out his place in the new world order. Saban's throne is up for grabs, the throne being the most dominant team in the college football. Smart grabbed it for a couple seasons but is clearly not that team right now. So who is it going to be? We'll have to wait and find out.

Is he going to be better than Dante Moore, who is already on the roster and been in the system for a year? Unlikely. But I love how they are paranoid that Oregon is stealing their players.

The title by the way comes from the Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. I took the original words, for some reason over all these centuries people keep writing down "cry havoc and release the dogs of war" but we all know that can't possibly be right. Shakespeare wrote "Ducks" so I merely corrected it.

Charles... This picture from the photo gallery is way way way better. The World's Most Awkward and Uncomfortable Hug

They need to play and win to guarantee a spot. If they were to not play, and forfeit, the committee could and should take that as bad faith and trying to game the system. The system sucks this year for sure. But you don't hear the Oregon or PSU thinking of not playing and just taking the 5 seed. The losers in conference championship games shouldn't be punished for playing an extra game. But the hard truth is that the loser of the big 12 game will be eliminated from the playoff outright as they aren't remotely close to the ranking. Clemson is in the same boat... Lose and out. SMU may still get in with a loss but sadly it would be a loss to a lower ranked team. They need to win as it would be one of their few quality wins this season. They are still probably in if it's a close loss. They might be out if they get the doors blown off them by Clemson. The reality is that conference championship games need to be built into the playoffs and the loser takes a hit but is effectively given double elimination. Or... Just make conference champions the winner of the regular season. Every single conference has needed to use a tie breaker for at least one team to reach the game.

Is that a basketball score or was their football team in charge of hoops too now?

Kinda what Oregon did as well. Lanning on rushed four all night against Ohio State and we won the rushing battle in that game too. Against a healthier Ohio State game I might add.. it was before the multiple injuries on their oline.

The green helmet is back for the first time since what... Game 4? We kinda loaded up on that helmet early on and haven't used it since. I like it .. it's a nice green. Kinda wish we had a fly era uniform that was in green as well and not just black.