Darren Perkins

Instead of having confidence that they are a strong, solid program with a good history, they prefer to act and think like the little engine that could. They're thinking more like OSU or WSU fans. They're afraid to exude too much confidence: I’m perfectly fine with being under the radar." Weak sauce.

Sorry, guess my article jinxed them against the Buffs. 😐

Yeah, two guys with NBA bodies but with very raw talent starting to really get some seasoning, will be fun to see how they continue to progress.

That's really what excites me about next year with point guard recruit Drior Johnson (and the other two top recruits), a potential one and done getting comparisions to Jalen Suggs from Gonzaga last year, getting on the floor with the two bigs (assuming they are back) who will finally have some serious experience under their belts.

Yeah, there is something to be said about coming together as team with good rhythm and flow that creates shooting the ball with much more confidence. Gelling.

Well, with transfers coming in who were "the guy," or at least used to getting more shots and points at their previous schools, there could be something to that.

Yeah, Richardson has never seemd to be a true point guard to me, more of a combo guard who can play the point when needed, but certainly not the true pg like a Pritchard. So, good move by Altman.

Yeah, the talent is there (much of it raw with the bigs) but there seemed to be a big hole on the team for "goto" guy like Duarte or Pritchard, but Richardson seems to be stepping up.

I went through their past several seasons on Wikipedia and looking over the schedules it is amazing how awesome their record is at the end of the season.

I agree with you 100%. At worst it takes him a year or two to get things totally going, but there is no reason to believe he won't put out a product at least as good as what he produced at Oklahoma, which was pretty damn good. We should be very worried.

Oregon and USC way down there, but only because they currently have very small classes due to coaching changes. But, given the ratio of blue chip recruits they are both top-15ish.

Wildcats. 😁

Yes, it's closer, a 13 mile straight shot down the 405, much easier access for Bruin students an fans. The rose bowl is twice as far away. I hate to say it, because I love the rose bowl, but I think it would be better for them to move to SoFi. Which, would basically be the end of the rose bowl stadium and the game would simply move to sofi. I think it's inevitable that this will happen at some point.

I believe, a theory I read somewhere, for right or for wrong, is that the ACC believes that an 8-team format will make it more likely that Notre Dame will join the ACC full-time.This because if there is an 8-team format, ND would see it as an easier path to the playoff than remaining an independent.

8 or 9 wins is perfectly reasonable, I could meet you halfway though at 10 wins. I'm not afraid at all of BYU at home though, we'll see the real BYU this year against better competition and they won't look as good. The 5-0 against the PAc-12 was against a parade of the poor to mediocre (Utah before they got good). I'm so over the Chip "might do something this year, " thinking, he's not, especially since he floundered away last season after the LSU (who turned out to be not so good) win, so no fear there. Almost every team has a dangerous player or presents some sort of a challenge that gives them a chance to beat the Ducks, but the Ducks went 10-2 this year with poor coaching, i'm betting they'll have good coaching this year. Good coaches make sure their teams beats less talented teams, i'm banking we've made the right hire.

There is a direct correlation between success and having a highly rated class by the two big big recruiting sites, Rivals and 247. It's a numbers games, you amass talent, of course many highly rated guys don't live up to expectations, but many do. So the more high-rated guys you have, you simply increase your odds of producing top-notch talent on the field. The Ducks did go 10-2 this year, and I'm certainly not seeing a drop in talent, in fact, Oregon was a very young team this past season and now those guys have more experience, and Bo Nix may well prove to be a solid upgrade over Brown. Before this season, many people on this site were thinking that the Ducks were a year away, and that in 2021 they would win 8-9 games, but got to 10, they had their unexplainable slip up to Stanford. And sure, Oregon could get upset by the likes of the Cougs, but those type of games are ones we should definitely win.

Thanks for the post, had to look up Incarnate Word , so there is my learning something new everyday for today. Yeah, it's very hard to run the table, even the 2000's Trojans had a hard time doing that and were usually tripped up by a less talented team. 10-2 might be a little more realistic, but dang it, 11-1, let's just do it.

Yup, injuries certainly added up, but the loss to Stanford and the no-shows against Utah were dumbfounding.

If we had lost a close game at Utah, we could have lived with that, but the Stanford loss AND the no-show "Assault in Salt Lake" were inexcusable.

Just gotta avoid the "Stanford Surprise" type of games, i'm thinking the new coaching staff won't let that happen.

Completely not too unrealistic. Georgia should be very good, but could have at least a slight drop off on both sides of the ball, Bo Nix could have a magical game, the Ducks have a puncher's chance. But, if i was going to put money on it .... Going into 2021, the 11-1 prediction was mostly based on a loss in Columbus and then run the table. But, of course it didn't work out that, but it was only the meltdown in Palo Alto that cost the Ducks 11-1.

Ah yes, still keeping this old argument alive, I love it. Does anybody really think it was 100% on the WR's? While having mediocre WR's certianly didn't help things, MC's predictable and easy to defend offense was the greater culprit. So, I'll concede, the answer is both, I blame Mario more than the wr's, some blame the wr's more than Mario. But, 100% on the wr's? No way.

It's from 2017 when he was in the mix to get hired by CAL, some article hightlights: +++++ Wherever Lupoi goes, controversy follows. So does talent. Oh, and then there’s the small matter of Lupoi’s alleged NCAA violations. But Lupoi’s reputation as a recruiter is such that the Bears might consider taking the risk. “Big key would be if (Wilcox) brings Tosh with him,” said Greg Biggins, the National recruiting Director for Scout.com. “One of the best there is.” Lupoi knows the Bay Area recruiting scene like few others. He played for De La Salle High School and was a defensive lineman for the Bears. He coached the position during the Jeff Tedford era, experiencing highs and lows. A driving force behind some stellar recruiting classes, he was the Rivals recruiting service’s 2010 recruiter of the year. That same season, he instructed players to fake injuries against Oregon and was suspended for one game as a result. (Several Cal sources believe Lupoi was unfairly targeted by the scapegoat-seeking administration.) He left Cal for Washington in the winter of 2012 in controversial fashion: Lupoi was recruiting top prospect Shaq Thompson to Berkeley while in talks with the Huskies. He switched employers, Thompson switched schools, and many Cal fans called foul. While at Washington, Lupoi was accused of paying $4,500 for a recruit to take online classes. When Chris Petersen became the Huskies coach, he did not retain Lupoi. Alabama scooped him up, installing Lupoi first as a defensive analyst, then as outside linebackers coach. Will he remain in Tuscaloosa, or return to his alma mater? The answer should come in the next few hours and days

Well we're not going to drop anybody, we're not at that point in college football. But those big 12 teams you mentioned, they are second tier programs, they don't move the needle enough for the networks. Names like Texas and Oklahoma move the needle far enough. Again, the SEC knows this, and what's good enough for the SEC (ie, passing on the rest of the Big 12 leftovers) should be good enough for the Pac-12. Andy Staples wrote an article in the fall. The magic number is 4 million. As in 4 million viewers and over is considered a homerun by the networks.And by adding Texas and Oklahoma tbe sec probably added around 7-10 4 million viewer games a year. ..... The Pac - 12 adds the likes of Baylor and Ok State, they add zero 4 mil games. But in the alliance, there will several 4 million viewer games added. And that's what the Pac-12 needs.

I'd be for that!!!