David Marsh

Or the refs calling PI on a blatant case of PI on a husky defender holding so much jersey it's stretched out and should have been an easy flag for even a newbie ref. That gets called there is no pick 6 and ASU probably hangs on to win. Huskies are a lucky team. They're good... But they are undefeated through luck right now. I have a feeling that luck is about to wear out.

Ouch... But Avalos was a Petersen Boise guy. He went to BSU during the Petersen years so he was a legacy in that regard. He never strucj me as someone who was hired because of his MC connection.

Only reason we got Bo was because of Dillingham and their relationship. I don't think we would have gotten a shot at Nix otherwise. Stein was all about keeping the offense and molding it around Nix which is why Nix stayed... Along with a shot at bigger and better things. He's here and wanted to stay another year and is probably getting paid well for it as well.

I think if he doesn't shut it down if asked a direct question, which he'll probably get tomorrow during his weekly press conference, it could be a problem. At this point I'm sure he's already shut it down internally with his team during the Sunday meetings.

Miami was the ONLY program Mario was leaving Oregon for... I don't see TAMU at that status of dream job for Oregon. Also .. I'd like to note that Miami came up before in 2018 and MC turned it down at that point.

Is TAMU that much better of a job than Ole Miss? Considering Kiffin has again built something and it's still a work in progress but it's not certainly rebuild status. Whereas TAMU is a full rebuild for whoever takes over. Not entirely from a talent standpoint but certainly a culture standpoint.

Wish I could find the article... But Oklahoma's defensive players were feeling so validated and valued with the coaching change to Venables. You know because he actually cares about that side of the ball and gives it some of his personal attention. I know Lanning spends time in each position meeting. I don't get the sense that Riley does.

I think most Duck fans are with you in wanting a chance to play Miami. But for that to happen it would sadly mean the Ducks are going to a crap bowl game. So I'm good with NOT playing them. But how about Mario loses to Cal and Stanford in the next few years?

Some great highlight reel stuff is the biggest win from this one. And Oregon did hold USC to their second lowest scoring of the season. Oregon's defense needs to confirm to find ways to getting pressure on the QB and lock down those receivers a bit more for our rematch with Washington.

So early on this season there was a lot of discussion about USC's schedule. They played in week 0 and we're able to get a second bye week in the season. That bye week in the final week of the season. USC did their part to design their season this way so that they could rest up before the conference title game. I know it annoyed many of our fellow forum members that they were allowed to build their schedule this way. Now it is one of the most hilarious misfires of their scheduling. This team is on the verge of collapse. UCLA isn't a great team and I'd say USC is probably favored to win but an angry UCLA team looking to bounce back could be a dangerous game. This USC team could just completely collapse down the stretch here, especially if their team is sitting around that last week of the year with many going home for thanksgiving and not having to prep for a game. What might have been an advantage might turn into a culture building nightmare for the Trojans and it's delightful.

I'm sure Texas could have found a way to get the money Saban wanted if he was a real option for them when they were doing any of their coaching searches this last decade. Saban doesn't have any interest in leaving the program he created and he is getting paid enough that he's not interested in leaving. I'm sure Lanning will get a pay bump at the end of this season if it turns out as we all hope with at least a conference championship.

And I'm sure he has already done so in his locker room... Or he will be doing so at the next team meeting. Coaches may pretend not to read media coverage but they all do.

Beyond that isn't it really strange to be talking about a Chip Kelly team that has a good defense but absolutely zero offense???? ASU is better than their record but UCLA should have been able to handle them you'd think. I think Chip is going quarterback shopping in the portal again this year. He inherited a solid QB in DTR but he clearly doesn't have a QB this year.

I believe so .. don't know who but I know we have more than one. I believe in practice that Lewis is the best kicker we have but that isn't translating into the game right now. That 41 yarder that was missed should have been a fairly easy hit. The position wasn't straight on but it wasn't that much to either side and he had plenty of leg on it... Just no accuracy. Lewis also had a kick go out of bounds in kick off. I think that series Oregon got a nice stop but that sort of thing can't happen.

But I do feel OSU has a better offense when it comes to QB play. Washington made some half time changes that were pretty good and Utah's offense just ran out of steam. Utah is pretty one dimensional right now without a dynamic quarterback. Oregon State has two better options at QB... So we'll have to see. Right now I feel it is too close to call. It's also an away game for Washington against a team that probably hates them just a shade less than they hate Oregon.

Or a great folly... Following Saban at Bama will be a trap when that job opens up that only someone foolhardy enough would take. They'll have a good roster but be expected to win big right out the gate, they'll have a ticking clock on them as soon as they take that job. They'll also have to coach under the shadow of Saban and be constantly compared to Saban which is a losing scenario. The TAMU job would also be a nightmare. Sure they have good players.... In theory. But they are a full on culture rebuild and therefore a roster rebuild. Easier to do today with the transfer portal. But to make that job even worse, they'll not be recruiting against Texas, which is pretty good again, in the same conference.

Going to be this way for years... This time every year is going to have Lanning as a top candidate for such and such job.... Until he is embedded so much at Oregon that it becomes a why bother. No one is saying Smart are Saban are on the market because they are so settled in their jobs that they aren't moving for anything.

And then if they some how manage to convince Lanning it would be another 20ish mil for his buy out ... And then the actual sallery on top of that. They probably could do it if they really wanted to but I don't think Lanning is going to bite. He is building his own loyalty as Oregon by building his own program. I also don't think his family would be too keen to move again when he has already said multiple times that he feels bad about moving them as much as he has.

But I'd say Oregon State has a better defense than most of their recent boat races.

We burned a LOT of clock because the defense kept them in check. We didn't need to play a shootout so we didn't.

Win by 9... Fine I'll take it. Not exactly what I wanted but I can live with this.

I don't like being up by just 8 points.

Caleb Williams may start getting worse out there due to exhaustion. He has been running his butt off and no one can keep that up under this pressure.

So far USCs defense has opted to sell out to stop the run.... On the bright side they can say they haven't allowed Oregon any first downs..

Oregons balanced offensive attack is going to give USC a few choices. 1. Sell out to stop the run ... And get beat by Nix passing it all day. 2. Sell out to stop the pass ... And Bucky Irving has an amazing day. 3. Try and stop both... And Oregon does what we it wants. I'm hoping that Oregon puts up at least 60 on the... But I dream of 70.