David Marsh

I was for a name change but it has since moved so far into the back burner by both schools that it's been forgotten. So at this point it's still the civil war even if it's the unofficial name and that's fine. There is a chance that the series will be able to continue next year if they can figure out Oregon's game with BSU. I would think BSU and OSU play that as a non MW conference game and slide in a civil war game.

https://twitter.com/duckscrootin/status/1726329947999150526 This is pretty funny. Yeah Oregon gave up more points to ASU than Washington did but Oregon was able to pull its starters very early in the 3rd. Washington needed its starters for all four quarters and didn't score an offensive touchdown. Nix had... 6 TD passes!!!!

Every team is worn down from their past 9 games. But it all depends on the culture in how the team responds. USC and Colorado broke after a series of losses and their on field results show it. Oregon took a loss and responded by crushing opponents. Last week was an emotional win and ASU is better than their record and one of the weirdest offenses we have played all year if not the weirdest offense in the country. But Oregon didn't fall asleep on them but throttled ASU. That's a difference in culture which is the long term part of coaching.

Jess Fisch is going to be a steal for whoever gets him. Seriously, if we didn't have Lanning I'd want Fisch. Smith is good too... But we'll see if he wants to leave OSU. I think OSU does everything they possibly can do to keep him, and that includes basically breaking the bank because they'll need some success in the next few years to leverage the Beaver's position in the next round of realignment.

I can remember some halves where Oregon gutted a team pretty bad. But I'll say this... I can't remember a half that Oregon gutted a power 5 team and make it took effortless. They were so smooth and fast that they didn't seem to be breaking a sweat. Also having a good defense goes a long way to offensive production.

Oregon and Nix will get a shot to beat the Beavers by more next week. Then a shot to beat the Huskies and crush their hopes and dreams.

They were only in for a series. So not that much time. They chewed up a decent amount of clock in the process. I think it would have been a bit weird if they didn't play at least a series in the second half. Lots of twos and threes got to play. Which is when ASU got their 13 points. I would say that the coaches balanced the play time about right. The starters were in the second half for probably more time than snaps because they started milking that clock right away.

Funny bit of commentary there... "Bo Nix has a good day... Though it was against Arizona State" To diminish the win and Nix's stats. They're ignoring the fact that Washington played ASU too ... And it's not Oregon's fault that Penix couldn't score an offensive touchdown against them. It's also not Oregon's fault that it took the refs putting their thumb heavily on the scale to ensure a Husky win against ASU.

USC has had a massive end of season meltdown. Washington and Oregon broke them and UCLA shattered any illusion they should be deserving of a conference championship.

Don't know if I agree in that offensive PI... I think it's another instance of big guy v small guy and big guy gets the penalty. Last week Brenden Rice had a massive push off against Bridges for a TD and no flag. This doesn't feel that bad.

If the beavers beat the Huskies then both will probably be top 10 teams. Oregon scored two wins against top 10 teams in two weeks that's just fine. Especially if the Ducks can look dominant in the process. Depth is being tested down the stretch... The Ducks have it where most teams don't. Oregon went three deep last week at corner against USC. Most teams that would have to do that would have given up their entire back end of the defense. Ducks got burned but not bad enough. Beat ASU, beat the Beavers, win the Pac-12 championship and they're in the playoff. The formula hasn't changed.... Just WIN!

Selfish behavior I'm sure contributed and surely created a toxic lovkeroom over time in sure. But... That dismantling they had by Oregon couldn't never have been won by Colorado with their talent or lack there of. That loss probably opened lots of rifts in the lockeroom. A close loss to USC hurt for sure. The loss to Stanford was certainly the gut punch. They needed that win to stay in bowl contention. WSU was the nail in the coffin. Look for the Colorado roster to see tons of turnover this next off-season.

Good chance of it. Sanders will get them pumped for the off-season. They'll get some additional talent. Probably make some new hires, probably at OC, I can't imagine the guy they took play calling away from sticks around (not sure if he already left or not). Then go diving in the transfer portal and get some new flash. Then top it all off by playing in the Big 12 which is weaker than this year's pac-12 by a longshot. Yeah they'll sell their tickets.

Colorado is just giving the ball to the Wazu defense. This is embarrassing for the Buffs.

This looks like a team that has given up.

Correct on transfers. Every player gets a freebie and the Sanders kids used theirs to get to Colorado. I am also pretty sure that the NCAA, as toothless as they are, won't sign a waiver of "my dad got a new coaching job." I think Sanders stays put for a year and then either gets another job or leaves coaching entirely. I kinda get the sense that he is in it for his kids. But I think he also has an even younger son so who knows. I also don't think Stein is a shoe in at UTSA either. He may be able to get the job or he can stay at Oregon for a year or two more and end up with a Power Conference job (no idea what number to put on it right now). UTSA isn't his dream job, it's just where he had an opportunity and I'm saying he isn't grateful for it but I could see him waiting for a bigger opportunity to be a HC which would come if he stays at Oregon a little longer.

He's got the flash. And TAMU has the same problem USC does... It wants to hire flash and a quick fix.

Realistically... He needs probably 2-3 more years before he's probably considered for a head coaching job. Now I say this and I'll probably be outright wrong. But I think he needs to continue to mature. He's grown a lot while being at Oregon but I don't think he's ready to be a head coach.

It seems to go in waves. Oregon had a good few games where penalties weren't that high and then we get some games where we get loads. It just needs to be more consistent.

This was ASU v Washington. This lack of a flag meant that the next play was a bad pass on a 4th down and was Washington's pick 6 which won them the game. This lack of flag absolutely lost ASU the game.

Also... Remember this apparently ISN'T holding or pass interference!

I think there is also some stuff that is getting flag that shouldn't be. There does seem to be a greater willingness to flag bigger guys when they play against smaller guys and we've had a lot of that this year. Also a lot of ticky tacky non sense at times against the ducks. I mean we had a complete phantom PI call on a fourth down last week. The defender did absolutely nothing wrong and was making a play on the ball and wasn't holding but was flagged. That penalty wouldn't have been called in a other conference. I think there is a little bit of SEC coaching physicality going on at Oregon that results in Pac-12 refs throwing flags that shouldn't be in any other conference. Now stuff like false starts need to be cleaned up those are universal in how bad they are. Holding on the offensive line can be cleaned up a bit but the problem is I keep seeing defensive linemen get away with holds and at a certain point it's difficult not to get in a grappling match. This is something like big v small and the small guy gets away with it where the big guy doesn't. I didn't play basketball at any significant level beyond recreational and at just about 6ft I would go against guys 6.5ish at times, my team was really really short, and I could get away with a ton against those bigger guys. Same holds true at higher levels where smaller guys can get away with more. Why doesn't this seem to happen in the SEV or Big Ten? It does... But those linemen tend to be a bit bigger even if they aren't the 4 or 5 star guys. Less kitty is taken in them I suppose. And/or the refs are just better trained.

Helfrich isn't coming back to coaching. He had his dream job and he reached the highest point in his career in 2014 and he is never going back to that height. He has plenty of money and doesn't need to work but he does seem to enjoy doing some commentary. I think he likes not recruiting players, which is what coaches spend by far the most time doing, and I think he likes spending time with his family. Personally, I'd be shocked if he returned to coaching. I believe there was a story from a year or two back that Kelly was looking for a new OC and Helfrich turned him down outright. Scott Frost... He's a maybe though.

I guess it is how do you want to define a blue blood. It's one of those funny things that for many or most of them most people are in agreement but we don't know why. Texas... Blue blood Alabama... Blue blood Ohio State... Blue blood Oregon... Not a blue blood But is the fridge cases where it gets weird. I would say money is certainly a factor. Having won national championships at any point would be a factor. Needing more than one national championship is also important. I would say Nebraska was at one point a blue blood. Are they still a blue blood? Is USC?

Knew we were due for egg shell one more game this year. Hoping we get new uniforms soon. Getting tired of this look at the moment. Then again ... Supposedly after the 2021 season if Oregon was the home team for the pac-12 champ game there was supposed to be a new uniform roll out. That didn't happen that game and I don't think we've seen the new uniforms to date either. So maybe with a successful end of season???