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First of all, Washington looks like a complete and well coached team tonight, although UCLA looked like a clown show. Second, too many Oregon players are banged up and need the rest and rehab. Third, Oregon does not need a rematch with Indiana - that would be brutal and more injuries could result. Fourth, with a 12 team playoff, and no longer conf champs getting 1st round byes, winning the conf champ game is good for another trophy, but bad for business down the road. That is the logical part. Now the entertainment part: the conf champ games are great and no other real college football that weekend. It is better to determine a conf champ by playing a game than to just go by records. And, a conf championship is still something of an accomplishment that doesn't happen to any team each and every year. The conf champions should always get a higher seed for playing and winning that game, unless they are in a sucky conference and play a mediocre team. I don't like the bye week in the playoffs. I'd rather go to 16 and let the conf champions host a first round home game. That would give teams an incentive to get there and win it (the conf champ game). Michigan might play OSU pretty tough for a while? Beating them would be their superbowl.

"I'm a Duck fan living smack dab in the middle of SEC country, and I can tell you with an absolute certainty, this game was not big enough. Lol, unfortunately, southern fan bases will NEVER take OBD seriously until they win a national championship." This is the week that I think most of the SEC plays cupcakes to pad their win column and rest up a little for post season play... so I don't really care what SEC fans think of Oregon. Today, USC would have beaten half the teams in the SEC, maybe more. Most Duck fans get excited when the beavs, Huskies or USC lose... I get fired up when the top SEC teams lose. If Alabama loses next week, it will be party time.

"Which is better?" What is best is a solid Oregon win over a USC team that came to play with some future NFL talent. Second best is the SEC going down.

How bout those backup O linemen? They filled in nicely. And how about USC? They did well to come up to Eugene and put up a fight. Even up by 15 late, I didn't feel secure until time actually ran out for good. I want a strong B1G conference. The SEC has been on top for too long.

I expected a tough game. Ducks did good to stay in front with the lead they built by half time - and that was not an easy task. They need to coach some new techniques, since some of those PI calls looked like not much interference at times. This was one those games where the refs had far too much influence on the game. But it went both ways. On to the next one.

Pressure is also my comment: it has been missing against good (or pretty good) teams all season. Run D is very good though. They might as well experiment with some blitz packages. Matayo is not Kayvon Thib. And Tuioti is not much of a threat either, although both are very good at run defense. Maybe sub in other pass rushers? Maybe take out the nickel (or nose tackle) and add another pass rusher?

Let the backups play until the playoffs. Ducks shouldn't need the injured starters to play to win.

I didn't know they still had fans... I thought they were all into Taylor Swift? USC becomes more and more irrelevant every year.

Ducks 24 - 21 1 1 185

The next two games for everybody will sort a lot of things out. I am hoping for a first round home game and not a bye. Let Ohio St and Indiana beat the snot out of each other. Ducks need to take the next step and win a playoff game. After that first one, I don't care who or where they play. They will be ready if they make it to the next level.

"I see Franklin as very similar to Cristobal." Interesting point. Certainly as far as results are concerned. Both will mess it up when it counts. But Franklin is very mediocre - will beat down lesser teams but NEVER beat a better team. Cristobal can make a team look like it has a title shot - and then lose to inferior competition. As a fan, I really cannot decide which would be more frustrating. Here is another comparison for ya: Willie the Snake as very similar to Prime Time!

Fav all time: This is my fav for 2025 so far:

This season, Oregon has played it close to good teams. So this game should be no different. The main question is: How good is USC? They have skills players, but do they have the linemen? Has Lincoln Riley come around and started to mold his team into a contender? How hard will they fight? Ducks don't have a dominant pass rush this year. They also give up some rushing yards from time to time. Dante does not look good under pressure. Sometimes the Oregon receivers don't get open. USC has a good chance to keep it close. If Ducks win by 10 or 13, I consider that fairly close. If Ducks dominate the line, then they could blow them out. But I don't see USC being like Ok St, the beavs, or Rutgers.

Final thought: Still not nearly as bad as those orange socks look (match the mascot). Second worst was the eggshell. Maybe the old 'antifreeze' helmets would go with the all black look? And antifreeze pants? I would dig that. And antifreeze numbers on the black jerseys. Black wings on the antifreeze helmets and a black stripe (or huge swoosh) on the antifreeze pants. Or an antifreeze swoosh on the black pants? I would love to see that combo.

Oops, my bad - it's nightmare green