David Marsh

Maybe... Georgia has played well against Texas but neither game was super decisive. They have some vulnerabilities this year. They could be in for some closer games than we all think. I'm not super sold on Texas. They are highly ranked but who have they beaten? TAMU is their big win. They're good but how good? We don't know.

I think I'd rather play Tenn as well. But I think we have a bit of communal fear of Ohio State because we only won by one point but it could have been more. The no. 6 seed is the easiest to get to the semis. But I'm just happy we don't have to play BOTH Ohio State and Penn State on our side of the bracket.

Great teams WIN! Against Boise State we had our special teams win us the game with 14 points, excluding the kicking game that won the game. Against Wisconsin it was the defense. Against PSU we won the shootout. We won! I'm not too worried about the defense. They'll watch the film and sort it out. PSU does have the best offensive line the Ducks have played all year and two bowling balls called running backs.

If Penn State played like that against Ohio State they would have won. Period. I think James Franklin might be turning a corner on his coaching career. Maybe some Mad Man Dan inspiration. Because they called and played a heck of a game and they came back and took momentum away from the Ducks right when the Ducks were going to run up the score and put the game out of reach. The Ducks defense bent but managed to break fewer times than PSU's so that's the game.

And time after time I saw Penn State's offensive line get away with holds. Aller's big run up the middle should have been called back because it was super obvious that the Penn State offensive line was dragging an Oregon lineman out of the play and from occupying the middle, where Aller ran. The fact of the matter is that this crew didn't call that many penalties. Penn State had obvious face masks early on in the game and then acted like a bunch of thugs pushing Duck players around after this whistle. Credit to the players for not reacting and drawing their own flags. Second half the ref crew called one hands to the face penalty on the Ducks which was pretty blatant. But otherwise took the second half off. I guess the refs were consistent if that was consistently absent.

Good for them. As we have seen the Big 12 is a great place for good, not great, but probably just decent teams. They are a half a step better than a G6 league. Frost might find his success there again. Recruiting is about finding diamonds in the rough and developing them.

Clemson and SMU played a close game. I want to say that SMU stays in the game and Bama gets the boot. But who knows.

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.