David Marsh

Too bad that the NFL MVP is a player on a winning team.

Effectively the same colors so he gets to keep all his Colorado colored "Prime" swag that doesn't say Colorado anywhere on it. So that's nice from his personal brand perspective.

He's not... Ward took a lot of risks with the ball but always seemed to find a way to make something happen. He was an improv machine, it was also often his undoing. From what I've seen of Beck this year is that he is good... but not someone who is going to go off and make their own play. In the Cristobal offense the only way to be a good quarterback is to have the talent to transcend the system. Does Beck have that talent? We'll find out.

Even pre-injury in the Dillingham version of the offense Whittington would get fly sweeps but often get tackled for negative yardage. To make those sweep type plays really work it requires a player of next level speed. Speed that Whittington frankly doesn't have.

That return kinda reminds me of DAT's vs Colorado.

He's the ONLY good offensive line player USC had this last year. He'd be a good get.

I'm hoping to see some jumps in offensive line depth and play next year. Center and at least one guard position should be solid. Hoping to see some significant development and gelling take place before the season.

Kinda surprised it's a move to tightend over just a wide receiver. He has some good speed and height and receiver would require less of a body change than tightend. But wish him the best and I hope it works out for him.

Mariota also had a day by the look of it. I'll admit I haven't watched much NFL this year, it's usually not my thing, but whenever I see Mariota get playtime this year he seems to make the most of it.

I'm 24 hours past the vomiting stage. But the notion of walking, not running, two blocks sounds horrendous. I couldn't imagine having to play a football game in this state. And it's the Rose bowl, no player would want to miss playing in that game. I'm sure many were "over" this bug by game day but that doesn't mean they were anywhere near full health.

In one of the other forum threads I said I wouldn't be surprised if the team was sick with the norovirus that is highly contagious and incredibly awful. They just lacked the fight and nothing kicks the fight out of anyone like like this virus. I'm currently fighting it myself and I find myself exhausted in doing the easiest tasks. It would make sense if the team was sick with this. I personally have no information on this about how it concerns the team.

Not in any of the top power two programs that's for sure. He'll probably start at Cal against ACC competition. Assuming he goes to Cal. I'm absolutely sure that Lanning only offered him the chance to compete. Lanning isn't the kind of coach who guarantees anything.

I have absolutely zero information on this and it is pure conjecture. But it wouldn't surprise me to find out that this team had that horrid norovirus rip through the team. It's that really bad stomach bug. It's going through my family right now and though it is gone in 24-48 hours it still creates some lingering discomfort. This team just didn't play with the usual fire. And a stomach bug that knocks you in your butt would absolutely take the fight out of them. Again... I have no information about this.

Where is Evan Stewart? I scanned another board and saw no mention there. Is he sick? I find it hard to believe he'd opt out.

Giving up 34...

They look more overmatched. When small plays big the small player can win but they need to be perfect every time. Big takes advantage of any little mistakes. ASU has a good offensive line and good players... For the Big 12 but the Big 12 isn't he SEC and Texas has been one of the best recruiters in the SEC. They're in another league.

It's another roster game.

Ohio State's defense has only played an offense of Oregon's caliber once. They have put up very good defensive stats against teams with meh offenses. L We all know full well that Lanning and Stein are looking at how Ohio State has changed and are going to exploit it at every turn. Then they probably have a counter to the counter ready as well. Remember the first Ducks vs Them when Lanning said "your jabs are good enough but when we go for the haymaker rise to the moment" or something to that effectively.

They abandoned the run last time and only had 19 rushing yards in the second half. Most of Ohio States rush yards in the last match were off only a few plays. Oregon I'd say is vulnerable to the explosive run. A lot of runs go for short gains.

I can guarantee one or two plays that will be completely bonkers out of Lanning.

Looks like it will be a team from the ACC officiating the Rose Bowl. 2024-25 bowl officiating assignments WWW.FOOTBALLZEBRAS.COM Officiating crew conference assignments for the 2024-25 bowl games. That kinda makes me feel better. Not dealing with B1G refs who might be more interested in protecring the Blue Bloods than being objective. Then again... The ACC let Miami get away with murder this year. So I don't know... And I don't know these particular refs either.

Lanning is recruiting his own roster. This is an outstanding piece of recruiting. And don't be surprised to see him make an appearance in the playoff where redshirts are preserved already. In this era it's rare to hear about a player willing to redshirt, after having seen the field the previous year, and then return to the same school.

Well that graphic is certainly prettier than mine... Which was just made in excel.

Fun fact I JUST realized about the Heisman candidates. All the non-Duck Heisman candidates have lost to Oregon at some point in their careers. But wait... Travis Hunter was injured in 23 and didn't play against the Ducks. Ok... Sure, but he was on that Colorado team and let's be real, if he played was the outcome of that game going to change? NO! Turns out not playing the Ducks can help your Heisman ambitions. Gabriel is a class act and I'm hoping he achieves his end goal.

None of our tightends were a big factor in the passing game... Or at least the scoring aspect of the passing game until recently. They have evolved as a team and are doing stuff now at the end of the season they weren't doing in the first half. Ohio State has reached their height a few times but they have also blundered greatly against Michigan. But Ohio States ceiling still feels lower than Oregon's and I feel that had more to do about coaching then players.