David Marsh

I won't pretend to have any names on a list or anything... but I wouldn't be surprised if Lanning goes for an NFL guy. Klemm was in the NFL at the time when Lanning hired him, sure Klemm has a record of college football coaching and recruiting. I could see Lanning going to the NFL and finding someone who can coach linemen at a high level and leverage that into recruiting if needed.

Like you I am not convinced SMU is a good option for the Pac-12. Sure SMU gets the Pac into Texas but I'm not sure they bring much to the Pac-12 even compared to what other G5 schools that are already in the Pac-12 footprint. I think Utah State or Colorado State could be better options. I think probably the best option is UNLV and maybe even Nevada. But none of those get the Pac into Texas.

I can see holding onto Stein for 2-3 years reasonably... unless he is so good I'm proven wrong overnight but if that's the case then I guess we had one really good season.

I feel we do need some who become long-timers. I think we will probably have Stein and Hampton (both new Coordinators) for a good few years. They are both young and I feel they will probably like to move up into a head coaching job at some point but they just made the leap from G5 to P5 so they probably have a few years before a head coaching opportunity comes around that they want, especially since both programs they came from had successful seasons. Dillingham was already a P5 coordinator for a few years before he joined Lanning at Oregon so it is not a complete shocker that he took a P5 HC job when he could. I think Martin and Adams could be around for quite awhile if given the right incentives.

I feel the coaching side of things last year was pretty good. I mean that offensive line was dominant and they weren't nearly as good under the previous staff. Granted... we lost Klemm to NEP. Defensive line and linebackers need work but in truth they were also a mess under the previous staff really. The secondary has improved quite a bit as the year went on. The secondary usually struggled when the defensive line got zero pressure. I think Lanning is figuring out the coaching side of things and I feel like scheme and planning is where the real test will be. The old Oregon model is great for building a program... But the problem is that you really need those big recruits to win it all.

One nitpick with the title... I don't think the players will regret joining the B1G as they didn't have any say in the matter. They will be forced to feel the consequences of a decision that hurts them but they had no say in the matter and gain little to no benefit from it. The players will absolutely suffer for their AD's decisions. You did lay it all out fantastically Charles. Oregon should be just fine, at least in terms of football. The only problems will come when/if the playoff is monopolized by the B1G and SEC only, but in that case we will see a drastic shift with the scenario I laid out last Summer with The Great College Football Schism is Coming and The Eventual College Football Renaissance

I would be shocked if Lanning hasn't already called those on his short list about their interest in the job. Lanning knew Klemm was leaving before we learned of it, as that is usually the case.

I believe Oregon withdrew the scholarship on Peevy because we had other prospects commit. Those two offensive linemen recruits kinda stung early in the cycle to be honest. But the big difference is that Oregon just went transfer portal and got some BIG time players out of the portal. At the time we did feel the sting but that quickly faded and if you count the portal Oregon did well complementing both the new recruits and the portal players. My understanding is that USC did well at some skill positions in the portal again... But we cleaned up in the trenches.

I guess she gets her own Iones-shoes I couldn't resist making that pun.

Especially when there isn't even a runningback threat in the backfield! Sometimes there will be those type of runs with certain opportunities and the QB just sees it and takes it... But running a quarterback out of an empty set is just a bad idea... And is pretty much always a bad idea.

That seems about right... I keep reading that Oregon is often making competitive offers for top athletes but not necessarily trying to outright buy them. USC has worked to become relevant again by throwing money at recruits and seeing what happens. Texas and Miami have done the exact same thing so far and we'll see how that works for them in the long run as well.

Another case where mom and the girlfriend win again. Really hard to win against those pressures. But keep in mind we may see Harbor again through the transfer portal. Granted five stars are a lot rarer in the portal because they usually get plenty of playing time and eyeballs on them.

Gotta get top 10 classes to compete for national championships. Lanning is building his roster and we should see some good things next year. Let's get that defense sorted out and the offense should be humming. The schedule is pretty good for us too so should be able to make a run for it.

That first one threw me through a loop... Is Lanning supposed to be trh frat boy and not Riley? Because if you had to choose between the two I'm pretty sure it would be Riley. Just look at their respective houses. Also... Trojan tears are delicious. Keep them coming.

Going 1-1 on big time athletes is a good place to be for the Ducks. Also beating USC is always a good thing.

Update on an article from 247 National Signing Day 2023: Oregon 'in good position for' 5-star Nyckoles Harbor, over South Carolina 247SPORTS.COM ... Also Oregon now apparently has a 247 person logging a prediction for Oregon to land Harbor... so who knows what is going on????

Scapegoat #1 goes down at Maimi. Tune in next year for scapegoat #2.

I think this was the biggest problem last year. No pass rush meant that the secondary could get picked apart all day and some days they did. The secondary has its problems but over the course of the year the secondary really did improve quite a bit.

But you don't have to recruit at the NFL level and recruiting is absolutely brutal on the work-life balance.

They certainly have flipped the roster. So I think that should help pretty quickly because these are the players Lanning wants rather than players he has inherited.

I think it is the new normal that teams are going to be pretty young for the most part. Most players that don't contribute on the field will probably be pushed out of the program before they are juniors.

Well... The funny thing is that because 2020 was the weird season that it was... It is ACTUALLY our turn to host USC. We played a regular season game at USC in 2019. 2020 we were supposed to host USC but civid messed all that up and we hosted UCLA instead who we weren't supposed to play until 2021. Then we played USC in the conference championship game (and won I might add) at USC but that was not a regular season game. So it's our turn to host... Granted I think they want 2020 to count even though it didn't count (like what Washington got) but I also think the PAC would like to see USC get it's butt kicked this year as well.

Not a surprise, more surprising that he hasn't opted for the portal sooner. He could certainly see some playing time in G5 or on an FCS team if he just wants to see the field.

It was the first year of trying this with any sport and is only one data point. It will be interesting to see how this changes for the duration of the Amazon contract with the NFL. I suspect the numbers will probably improve from year to year as more people get used to watching through a streaming service. I know I am on the younger side of participants at FishDuck and I cut my cable (which I only had for Duck games) and I will be moving to more exclusive streaming for my football fix moving forward as it is easier to sign up and cancel when the season ends. Once more people get used to accessing streaming services for their live programming I can see these numbers swinging the other way. The other interesting thing that might be difficult to track is how many people are sharing accounts on these streaming platforms? That could cause the numbers to be reported lower than they actually are.

There is also the assumption that even the diminished Big-12 is going to be better than the Pac-10. I think TCU's National Championship game appearanced shows just how weak the Big-12 is going to be in the future without Texas and Oklahoma. He does say that the Pac will probably get a better media deal than the Big-12 but still I don't see the Big-12 being better at Football than the Pac in the near future. I think the Pac will be surprisingly fine and maybe after one cycle of the media deal and if both LA schools are bleeding out financially from the travel and the exhaustion we might see them wanting to come back... probably not... but still it would be funny.