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Terrific take! Hopefully, the young man and his advisors will recognize 'this' and not decide to do the portal shuffle.

Saint Nick. Have a Coke (or a Dansani) and smile. Sorry Nick, DL is the real thing. Unlike the QBs on the Bama roster in 2023. BUT, Bama could still win the SEC. How about DL lining up against Saint Nick in the Rose Bowl? Dream, dream, dream, dream, dream.

Thank you, Charles! Love to see your takes on OBD and it's special to find an article like this later in the week. It's not hyperbole when it's the truth. #5. DL plugged holes from the portal. Jon Wilner did not have Jordan Burch, now rounding into form, in his preseason top 25 most impactful transfers but he did have SC's Bear Alexander on his list, a guy who has yet to have a major on-field impact. Cornelius at OT was a great get. Ditto, the DB transfers. #11 - Hayward's great comment. DL's mentor, Kirby Smart, made a number of bonehead decisions before 'getting it.' DL's first job was as a graduate assistant at Bama under Saint Nick. Will anyone ever forget Saban's 'Kick-6' decision versus Auburn? [BTW, Nick liked what DL said before the CU game but did not like the timing of the comments. Saint Nick knows that you should never make comments like this unless you are behind a bottle of Coke or Dansani and getting paid, right? Nick, go back to your rat poison.] Players improve with game experience. Improve when the game 'slows down.' As the Navy Seals say: 'Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.' The game will slow down for DL and the rookie coaching mistakes will disappear. I like the man, no doubt, but thank goodness Wilcox decided to stay in Berkeley. The Ducks roster would be gray and not blue chip. Go Ducks! TCB on The Farm.

Why not! You have no idea? I'm .500 versus Vegas to date. The folks in the desert are good.

Steven A - They gave me DAT's uni to try on and it was far too big. But, I am good with towels and dirty laundry (no, I'm not an ex-con) so maybe I can find a spot in the locker room?

Great take. I'm pretty sure the NCAA no longer tests for grass.

Winner - Ducks Score - 52-10 (What was the 3rd thing?) OK, now I remember - 3 TO - 1 pick 6 4 Sacks 260 Passing yards Bonus - Pac-12 Networks Not in the locker room for Danno's pregame pep talk.

THIS would be a lot of fun! I know it's double OT, but Utah is going to put up 21 more points ( 7 of the 14 came on a pick 6) than it did at home vs. UCLA. Cam Ward will not be there to light up the Beavs pass D.

Wow! Way Over the Over for this game; 44.5.

Bring big pliers. Beavers have big teeth. Spot on take. The Utes no O on an ffense focused on the run game and excellent D has returned CFB to Woody Hayes and 3 yards and a cloud of dust. Add in DJU looking like he did at Clemson and this will be a taffy pull. Now, we'll probably see a shootout, right?

Beavs win. Utes +4, cover.

It always helps to have a JJ on board, right?

Let's just hope we have a different crew of Pac-12 zebras than the bozos who called the game in 2021.

On ESPN's College Football Live yesterday, Tom Luginbill and Sam Acho were asked to name their top 5 teams to date. Tom had Oregon at 2 behind Texas. Sam had Oregon ranked #1. No one is overlooking the Pac-12 this season and Oregon has steadily moved up in the AP. This has happened before Oregon plays 5 of its next 7 games versus current Top 25 ranked teams. From what I have seen to date, Oregon at UW on 10/14 has the chance to be the first of two games these teams play this season, with the other being played in Las Vegas. I am hoping that Seattle will be a College GameDay selection for this game and that the game will kick off at 3:30 Eastern on ABC. GameDay could be in Autzen on 11/11 for the SC game. Any Pac-12 team that can finish 12-1 this season is a final Final 4 lock.

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Great take. But no one shut $Cam down better than Nick Aliotti in the BCS title game. NA was the perfect DC for Chip and the at the time revolutionary HUNH O.

Better Ds in 2023 in the SEC? Maybe at the tip top but top to bottom? This is not the SEC we have all become accustomed to. The high draft picks are still out there but other than Bama, with 1L due to bad pass D vs. Texas, where are the behemoth, like no other D's? Florida does have a very good D but UF also lost at Utah. Georgia? With the teams UGA has played to date it is very difficult to determine how strong this D is and with Carson Beck at QB, the UGA D is going to have to carry this team. (And BTW, the awesome UGA OL has not been, other than the 2nd half vs. USC(E) all that awesome.) The fall-off in QB play in the SEC from 2022 to 2023 is significant. One wonders if the SEC played 9 conference games if it would fill its bowl allotment this season. This season's Pac-12 is the 'usual' SEC gauntlet (forget about all of the teams ranked 20 and under because they are SEC teams) with an extra conference game. In 2023? It just means more on the Left Coast.

Friend, Chuck Duck, when you are playing against escapees from the asylum it is easy to go insane. What is UW's best win to date? On the road at a Michigan State team that just fired its coach. Compare this win to Oregon ending a 26-game home opener winning streak in Lubbock. Oregon has been punched in the mouth. Oregon came from behind on the road to win a tough game. And the Oregon back 7 is playing far better than it did at TT. With all of the newbies on the field this was hoped for but not necessarily expected. It may have come against an overrated team but Oregon gave up 6 points to a Top 25 ranked team. UW just gave up 32 points at home against Cal. Oregon is -12.5 at UW, too high IMO, for a reason. And the reason is not just to balance the book. The one position UW is better than UW on paper is at WR. I'm not giving the nod to Penix versus NIx. No better QB to lead Oregon into Seattle than a guy with the most starting experience in CFB and with the best completion percentage in CFB.

Doctor, the line today is Oregon -12.5. People in Vegas are not fooled by the UW long ball O against bad competition.

But he transferred to a better conference, right?

Ducks SOS to date per SP+ is 99. UW is 97. Push. Too bad that Texas Tech has not met expectations. But winning a gut-check game in Lubbock, especially considering the Tucker firing circumstances, was a better W than was UW winning in E. Lansing. Oregon ended TT's 26-in-a-row opening game win record in Lubbock. UW took down a dysfunctional team in E. Lansing. In Tucson, I think that AZ could give UW a battle this week. AZ had to turn the ball over 4 times to lose at Mississippi State. Both Oregon and UW will be coming off a road game in which both teams are big favorites and then both have a bye week. UW and Penix have not faced pressure from a D like that Oregon will bring to Seattle. Lanning's under-the-radar portal plucking and D recruiting is paying off. And the UW run game while better last week versus Cal has not been all that great. The D we hoped to see from Oregon is now on the field. This D completely stymied a CU O that came to Autzen with gaudy stats. Before a B1G future opponent game in Seattle, in Saturday's look-ahead game, I expect Oregon to struggle, at least vs. the spread, at Stanford. Stanford has been a Ducks nemesis and the Cardinal will be going all out in this game which probably means more to Stanford than any game other than the game versus Cal. Get in Penix grill. Penix is terrific but unlike his counterpart at Wazzu, Cam Ward, he does not have the same quick release or the same quicks when it comes to avoiding a concerted rush. D's have hardly laid a glove on Penix this season and this is not due to an exceptional group of UW OL guys. The Ducks will keep on improving in the back seven. The communication has materially improved during the first third of the regular season. Win the LOS on both sides of the ball in Seattle, as I believe Oregon will do, and come home with the win. Oregon -12.5? The folks in the desert agree with my thoughts. A 1-point W will be fine with me, but not for my supply of Mylanta. UW has been a great story and the media loves lots-of-points teams. But the Oregon roster is superior to that of UW's. I have watched every UW game, and they have been fun to watch, but I have yet to see LBs and DBs getting into the faces of UW WRs off of the line of scrimmage. Bo Nix is not as flashy as Penix, but Bo has the most starts in CFB and is a coach on the field. Lanning and his staff have upped their game in 2023. I do not expect a rookie play-calling mistake from DL like we saw in 2022 versus UW. But first, TCB in Big Stick. Thanks for the take Stevan A.

Final feud? It shouldn't be. DROP Baylor and Oklahoma State and replace them with 1 of Cal/Stanford as an annual OOC P4 opponent. 1 FCS team, a mid-level G5 team (in Eugene, thank you!), and Cal or Stanford. Please don't try telling me that a single away game in Waco, Texas, and Stillwater, Oklahoma will help the Ducks recruit more than playing against a P4 team in California. Plus, why not help out 2 old foes by giving them a game on the West coast? This will also help Oregon when it comes to travel.

Thank you, Alex. Great thoughts. (BTW, Rob, lose the Oklahoma State and Baylor matchups and schedule Cal/Stanford OOC instead.) My thoughts regarding the 5 keys to winning this game - 1. Don't miss the flight. 2. Don't miss the bus from the airport to the hotel. 3. Don't forget to bring the equipment including The Tom Swift in the 21st Century cleats. 4. Bus driver: Do not get lost on the way to the stadium. (Sorry, but you can't follow the noise.) 5. And please, no injuries on the way from the locker room to the field of play. Go DUCKS!

Now, wait a minute! AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco has come out in favor of a 5/7 format for 2024/2025. The rub? 9 conference commissioners (and what about the Pac-12's vote, if any,) and the Notre Dame AD, would have to unanimously approve any changes to the existing 6/6 format. Kliavkoff is in attendance at the playoff committee meeting in Chicago that commenced yesterday and runs through today. But does he have standing to vote when the P-2 has effectively removed him from office? We know that OSU and WSU are not averse to litigation. Would the 2 attempt a power play so that one of the 2 Pac-2 Conference Champions would be in the field? OSU and WSU push too hard and it could result in the B12 (Fox/ESPN) bringing them into the fold at a discount; or, lead to something like the B1G/SEC holding their own playoff with an invite for the ACC and B12 champs and 1 G5 team to placate the politicians. The discussion is not over. Based on the 2024 conference realignment, the 5/7 format makes far more sense. What also makes financial sense is a 2nd G5 champion not knocking out Notre Dame. Like everything CFB today, $ will be the deciding factor. The P4 may have to throw more money at the G5 but there is no world in which anyone in the P4 wants to see a Tulane getting in over a Notre Dame. If the G5 gets a bigger share of the proceeds, other G5 commissioners along with Aresco (even with Tulane being an AAC team) will approve a 5/7 format come 2024. SOS makes a CFB 'playoff' screwy enough. Giving the 4 top-ranked conference champs a first-round bye instead of the 4 top-ranked teams is senseless. This you do not see even in the 68-team CBB playoff.

Looks like the CFB Playoff in 2024 and 2025 will stay with the 6 champion automatic qualifiers and 6 at large, with the top 4 conference champs receiving a 1st round bye. Using the latest AP Poll the top 4 seeds, when accounting for conference realignment would be: 1. Georgia - SEC 2. Michigan - B10 3. FSU - ACC 4. Utah - B12 At large - 5, Texas/ 6. Ohio State/ 7. Penn State/ 8. Washington/ 9. USC/ 10. Oregon/ 11. Washington State - MW/ 12. NR Tulane - AAC Wazzu would knock out 11. Notre Dame. Tulane would knock out 12. Alabama. This is why the 2026 format will likely be a 16-team field seeded in accordance with the final playoff committee rankings with one spot guaranteed for the G5. Stay with a 12-team field in 2026 with the top 4 ranked teams receiving a 1st-round bye regardless of conference affiliation, and with 1 G5 team in the mix, the top 4 would be : 1. Georgia/ 2. Michigan/ 3. Texas/ 4. Ohio State = 2 SEC teams and 2 B1G teams. Including UW, USC, and Oregon, 6 B1G teams would be in the field with 2 SEC teams, Georgia and Texas in the field. College Football Playoff rumors: Rampant realignment won’t change the 12-team format FANSIDED.COM As Oregon State and Washington State try to figure out their future, it seems like the CFP will not change their system regardless of what happens.