David Marsh

Can they put one of Irving up as well? Something perhaps with a tag line of... "how are you going to stop me?" Because I don't think that USC defense is going to be able to stop Irving.

I'm finding my typical back-the-Pac feelings are not quite here this year... it's so weird to think that next year all these teams are going to be somewhere else. It feels a lot like the end of high school in the regard, we've been stuck together for years and next year we are all going elsewhere. It's been nice knowing ya... but onto the next thing. I will also say this... I haven't had much interest in the B1G either. I've seen some scores but I haven't had a strong desire to watch any of the games. I was at the Duck game with Charles this last Saturday and I watched a few of the games that were on the big screens around Autzen but once I got home I didn't have a strong enough desire to watch other games. I am more interested in the outcomes at this stage in the season. I'll probably feel differently in a week. I'm kinda feeling lost without a conference at the moment.

I just looked at the snap counts... Many of the big defensive starters were on the field for less than 25 snaps. But I am looking for improvement on the sack front. Need to get to the QB and take him down. I know I saw quite a few throw aways from PSUs QB which are some pretty smart moves. But need to get to the QB faster moving forward.

Right there solved the mystery of the lack of sacks. 20 passing attempts. The rest of the plays were handoffs to run. You can't sack a runner ... It's a TFL. Granted... Yeah 3 TFLs isn't great. But the dress was also pretty bland. And keep in mind the defense also held PSU to 8 first downs. That's not a lot of plays. Not trying to make an excuse... But we also don't know enough yet to judge. The biggest jump in development happens between games 1 and 2. So here's hoping the defense makes that jump.

Again... I watched an Oregon team in the second half that was trying to run out the clock but the talent differential was such that even doing that resulted in massive explosion plays. Oregon was definitely going into the bench. Something like 23 freshman played yesterday! This wasn't a team piling in the points because they wanted to (after the first 50 anyways) but because they simply couldn't be stopped.

The media hype and love of Colorado will probably see them ranked this week. Next week Colorado has Nebraska... It will be interesting to watch that game. Is Nebraska good? Probably not ... They are always good about finding creative ways to lose a game though. So we'll see. But we could have half the conference ranked this week!

New playing together... But as most of the roster is from the portal not sure if they are really new to the college game. Some are new to D1 for sure but not all.

Prime is a State of Florida guy... Wouldn't be surprised if Florida goes after Prime in a year or so. As Oregon fans we are familiar with Taggart. I think Prime might be a better coach than Taggart but we'll have to wait and see as we don't have the same sample size yet.

Scheme wise everything looked very vanilla. But the important part was that after some initial problems the defense settled down and got insync with each other. When our 2s and 3s were on the field (at first against their 1s and then against their 2s) we only gave up 1 fist down. The ducks only gave up 8 first downs the entire game! PSU earned their one score... But they weren't going to get a second that's for sure.

Colorado is a bit of a mystery right now because we also have no idea how good TCU actually is... they were good last year but have they lost too many pieces? Also... Big 12 doesn't play defense so Colorado will fit right in there next year. I don't think Colorado can stop Oregon's run game... I'm also not sure they have enough firepower to keep up if Oregon is able to get some solid stops. All I can say about Oregon this week is that the Ducks looked DEEEEEP in terms of talent. Definitely the deepest team in the conference.

Cristobal seems to have a scoring roof on his offenses. It's like his offense hits 35-38ish points and is like.... "We've scored enough points, all done" EVEN if it's a shoot out.

Yep... I'm ready for football season to start. Additionally ... Just started the school year and I remember now why I hate the beginning of school as a teacher. And the only thing that makes that better is the start of football season.

Top teams for me to root against... This year anyways... 1. USC 2. Washington 3. Ohio State 4. Miami - train wreck is too much fun. 5. Alabama - I respect Saban, so is more about loving to see the Empire crumble. 6. Notre Dame - something about a blue blood getting beat is so satisfying.

Waiting for them to cut out the absolutely worthless NCAA. Honestly what do they do besides rubber stamp rules changes that the media companies want and take their cut? Their biggest pro-player on field rules change is even a sham. The Targeting Rule is Not About Player Safety FISHDUCK.COM The NCAA recently announced changes to the targeting rule. These changes are not yet in effect, but...

Looking forward to it tomorrow. Best reason to get up early is for a Duck game.

Once every 3-4 years probably... So they'll probably only have to do 3-4 times before the ACC falls apart.

I mean ... It won't happen because it feels like overkill on so many levels... But I'd love to see USC's win against San Jose State to be forfeitted... It would be absolutely hilarious. Won't happen... But still, we can all dream.

It would be absolutely hilarious if the PAC gets not one but two teams to the playoff and let's just say Oregon wins the whole thing. That would be one hell of a swan song for the conference football wise. I'd also be ok with it.

But if Oregon's d can get one or two more stops than USC'S then that's how the game breaks for the Ducks. No one is going to stop them from scoring... But that defense doesn't look like it's going to stop a top 10 offense which is hopefully around where the Ducks will be. Oregon doesn't need to shut them out... Just get a couple more stops. And I think that's likely to happen.

I'm good with being the underDUCK. Let everyone underestimate us and write us off. The narrative we get to build about ourselves going through the season is amazing. The motivation is creates is fantastic. I think USC right now is drinking too much of their hype koolaid. They didn't look all that focused last weekend. Let's see our Ducks walk out onto the field and destroy opponents and show them what Oregon is all about.

Looks like many in the media are still high on USC. 2023 College Football: Winners and Losers from Week 0 BLEACHERREPORT.COM Led by star transfer Sam Hartman and his four touchdown passes, Notre Dame kicked off Week 0 of the 2023... they are considered to be a "winner" this week by dominating their opponent. USC winning was never really in question nor was Williams' ability. The offense did exactly what it was expected to do against a lesser opponent. It's the defense that looks highly suspect. It's fine though.. let themboush USX up the rankings so that when they get stomped by the Ducks we take our rightful place.

Maybe no intention of adding the last four for full payouts. I could see Fox and ESPN not wanting to pay 30 mill for these four.. because they weren't willing to do so the PAC would still be alive.

Great point... Notre Dame took on a G5 school and just took care of business. I didn't watch the game but the score shows they were focused and did what needed to be done. USC knew they were going to win in the end and played with their opponent. And San Jose gave them a scare at the end of the first half ... But probably no where near enough of one for them to truly be scared. USC is flying high on their own hype right now. And I can't wait for them to come to reality.

Do they? I don't think the good teams really do to be honest. Teams undergoing coaching changes I would say benefit greatly from these games a lot more than the true playoff contenders. Does College Football Need Its Cupcakes? FISHDUCK.COM In any normal year, College Football is filled with early games against FCS schools that typically culminate with... The best teams don't need them. FCS teams and G5 teams do need them but that's for the finances.

We learned that Lincoln Riley is still playing Big 12 football. Outscore the opponent and play just enough defense. I watched part of the game... It really looked like superior athletes won them the game. They could win one on one match ups often because they just had better players. There was a little showboating after some plays too I saw where USC players seemed far too excited. I don't think Lanning would tolerate some of what I saw on the field, especially with the score as close as it was. USC is in trouble when they have conference play and have to deal with better athletes who are also working together. Obviously USC gets to practice between games and often the most improvement comes between games 1 and 2. But if game one is an indication of how their team operates... This is a three loss team. Because they'll lose to Oregon, Washington and Utah at this point. Who will all have better athletes than San Jose. USC was in a dog fight for two and a half quarters and pulled away with better athletes... What happens when Oregon with a better roster than USC comes knocking? It'll be fun to watch that's for sure.