David Marsh

All the rules changed over the past few years to shorten the game have been about extending ads but maintaining roughly the same length of a game in terms of time slot.

I'm a bad B1G fan... I just don't gravitate to any of their teams. Michigan v Illinois... I get it's a big game this weekend but I don't really feel like watching it... Nor is the style of play fun. On another note UCLA got their first conference win over Rutgers. So that's something.

I'd agree with you though I keep coming back to how we have only had one game with scoring more than 40 this year. It feels like we're lacking some offensive firepower.

Not going to lie... That sort of thing has me nervous. Is Indiana better than the Ducks? They don't play head to head... But we'll get an idea when they play Ohio State. I still feel like we leave too many points on the field.

Seriously... That coach of the year stuff right there.

And.. the two games that we did not hold the opponent to less than 14 were Boise State in our worst played game that was also a win... and Ohio State. Both ranked teams. So that's respectable. Just need to keep improving week to week.

On one of the pay sites a fan posted that on the other pay site that TFerg had an emergency appendectomy. So not at all sure how much I trust that info. But if true he'll be out for a little while but back and healthy in not that long. This week we had an easy game an next week we'll have a tougher game but at least at home.

Fielding the punt is the no. 1, 2 and 3 most important parts of punt return. Then running.

Gotta give it to Purdue... They are fantastic at punting.

Pre injury Whittington wasn't great at a lot of those reads either in truth. If the read is right then he gets big yards if it isn't then he doesn't. The problem is that he doesn't feel consistent.

Whittington has done well at receiver... But as a runningback? Not feeling it.

I'm just not at all impressed with Whittington. He either is a home run or gets next to nothing. And lately it's been nothing.

Anyone else seeing all these uncalled holds by Purdue? Like every other snap a defensive lineman is being held.

I think it's rather simple... Oregon has all the resources, a fantastic brand, and is in one of the Power 2 conferences. Phil Knight is your best friend if you're on the same side and Lanning and Phil are on the same side in wanting to secure a National Championship. The expectations at Oregon are as high as anywhere else.. the only difference is that we haven't reached the top of the mountain yet so we're not unbearable to the same degree like Ohio State fans are or Alabama fans may be at season's end. There is one thing that I think also means something to Lanning as well... when he brings home a National Championship for Oregon he brings home Oregon's first in Football. That is something special in the history of any program. He wouldn't be the first at any of the big blue bloods. At Oregon he gets to become a legend.

Yeah we lost last weekend.... Wait a second... We didn't? All this media coverage of Oregon could have fooled me.

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I usually find putting my alarm on the other side of the room works just fine. But then again I don't wake up at 4am.

Thank you Craig for so many fantastic photos!

Biggest difference is that the B1G refs are at least consistent from game-to-game. The Pac-12 refs were often all over the place from squad to squad. The other element we see less of is replays. The Pac-12 refs seemed to slow down play to a crawl at times as they constantly wanted to review plays. The B1G refs should probably slow down just a bit, looking at that interception, but at least the game flow feels more viewer friendly.

If they fire Day then who would they hire? I'm sure they'd find someone but I have a hard time believing they'd find someone who is an all around upgrade.

So we want our linemen to look slim?

So this is how they somehow all managed to forget 2021 ever happened. Because hat game happened right?

Exactly... this was a one time thing (for at least the season). Everyone is going to be keyed into this situation and this wasn't going to be a problem again this season. It wasn't a problem the first time around either. But hey... take pride everyone. OUR coach is that good that they changed a rule BECAUSE of him.

If Penn State beats them... which is possible, maybe we broke Ohio State's will or something... then we might see Penn State in the championship game.

Shhhh! Charles don't tell people about our secrets! But in all reality Oregon has so much upside right now. In the Ducks vs Them episode there is a line from the coaches planning meaning that just gave me chills from Lanning. Something to the effect of... We're going to do something no one else has done, we're going over the top of their defense. I think that absolutely shocked Ohio State more than anything Oregon did offensively. We challenged them in ways they haven't been challenged this season and we did it before half time. After the half we still took some shots and we made better half time adjustments I'd argue. All of Ohio State's running was really in the first half... even though they weren't playing from behind (one point is not behind) they abandoned the run and played far more desperate. Also... I'd just like to say on that last play of the game. Let's put the second to last play with the intentional penalty aside for a moment... but the Ducks defense was brilliant on that last snap. They took away any quick passing plays and let Howard run. Running is slower than passing and with only 6 seconds on the clock there was only time for a very very quick passing play to get a chance at a field goal. Howard running the ball took too long to get enough yards for decent range. Beyond that if Howard threw the ball away that would have taken too long for the ball to sail out of bounds. If Howard threw the ball at the ground at that point that would be intentional grounding and wouldn't have helped the field goal position and would have led to a clock run off which would have ended the game. The Duck defense on the last play of the game didn't give the Buckeyes any real choices. Now, I'm sure if anyone watches the film in slow motion they might find a receiver open for a second but Howard is human and can't see everything all at once. The Ducks out played and out coached the Buckeyes.