David Marsh

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.

So.... Washington scored just as many points as Oregon in their win over Utah with 35. But allowed... 22 more points. It really annoys the crap out of me we lost to Washington when we are clearly the better team.

Looks like Utah just ran out of offense. Washington can kill the clock and win it.

The Utah player watched the film from 2014 when a Utah player dropped the ball before the end zone and Joe Walker ran it back. Because the Ute was all like... "There's a ball here... And it's not in the end zone... I better jump on this..."

Washington would get beat by Michigan or Georgia. They've been lucky when they have needed to be this year. The refs also seem to be watching their backs because they should be flagged far more than they are. It just irks me that Washington gets away with stuff the Ducks never would.

Oh that cristobal offense... I certainly don't miss it. The runner goes straight ahead into a pile of linemen, both offensive and defensive, when there is an open lane if the back were to just cut and take it. It's amazing how many yards Verdell and Dye ran for in this offense but could you imagine their numbers in the Lanning offense???

Also... Washington is getting away with loads of holds from their offensive line again. The Ducks would have been penalized for most of those. You can't hug the opposing defensive lineman to set the edge. That's called a hold refs.

Washington played out of their freaking minds against Oregon and Oregon shot themselves in the foot in so many ways that game. I think that was a massive learning game for the oregons staff. So....I don't follow the Huskies that closely but I'm sure they have some November depth issues at the moment. They have very little depth overall and it's November so most teams usually need to start digging into the depth. Not always because players are injured and out of the game entirely but because players start feeling the wear and tear of the season and just need more rest.

Well Utah has scored more points against Washington than they did all game against Oregon.

In fairness... Their defense will get them the ball back pretty quickly I'd think. It just might come with a 7 on the score board.