Jon Joseph

A number of us have beefed about this game for quite sometime. A $3M money grab that is PO scheduling senseless as the Ducks also play BYU OOC. Mario left the Ducks prepared for this game by playing a 6 year gutty but mediocre QB all season long. Maybe Lanning can bring JT Daniels with him?

Thank you Jordan. Good article and a good read. Hope the hire pans out? Mullens is putting it all on the line with this hire. Hope the reward will follow the risk? Do you know? Was it the search firm that first came up with Lanning's name? Seems odd that Mullens or anyone else at Oregon would have a reason to contact Lanning?

Because of all the titles Oregon has won in football? I'm not sure you are being objective my friend?

Check the PO Committee's final top 25 and the current AP basketball top 25. Academics? 4 out of 14 SEC member schools are AAU members but they win titles in football. Texas is an AAU school and is not bowl eligible this season. Academics? What kind of take does the nation have when they tune in an empty Stanford stadium and many half full stadiums?

Fickell is headed to the 'new B12' which at the close of 2021, is a better conference in both football and basketball than is the Pac-12. IMO not expanding and wiping out the B12 was a terrible business decision on the part of the conference. I do not view this hire in the same vein.

Is there anyone out there better prepared to lead the Ducks vs UGA in Atlanta next season? He comes from the toughest conference in America and he is a heck of a recruiter. Fickell was never going to leave Ohio for Oregon; especially, when Cincy is now in the B12. The Pac-12 is 2 for 8 in the playoff. The Pac-12 has only 6 bowl eligible teams. The Pac-12 was killed OOC last season. The Pac-12 is saddled with a functionally insolvent network. Oregon is a very good but not an elite/blue blood coaching job. Elite facilities? Yes. But how many 4 and 5 star recruits does the state of Oregon produce every season? And frankly over Mario's tenure for the most part we were treated to pedestrian, play down to the level of your opponent, boring football. Not the flash and dash brand that took Oregon and NIKE a lot of time and money to build. We will of course see if he is up to the task? But I think this was a bold and correct hire.

Coaching through post season? If Smart starts Daniels at QB Lanning could be coming to Eugene with a Natty?

WOW! 35 years old. If he is committed to Oregon he could be on the sideline for many a moon. Love the guy's history. He is a competitor who bet on himself.

Great post Charles, thank you. Is Lanning staying with UGA throughout the playoff? Kirby Smart brought in Todd Monken and 'modernized' the Dawgs O. Will be most interesting to see who Lanning hires as his OC? Obviously he needs Left Coast guys on the staff? Charles, what assistant coaches, if any, do you think Lanning will keep?

Eternal Father, strong to save. Now, go Army, beat MIZZOU!

I hope he is the Man. Barrett Sallee, who went to Auburn, is one heck of a writer and not one to spew rumors. I say Spot On!

How about JT Daniels?

As once, did I. I'm guessing he resides in the golf mecca Pronghorn?

If you are going to hire an assistant why not a guy from the SEC? A guy who has one heck of D this season. A guy let down vs Bama because Smart never put Daniels in the game. Smart also screwed up with the manner in which he mishandled Justin Fields. I would be very happy with tis hire and even more happy if he brings UGA OC Todd Monken with him. Start Daniels? If so, I think UGA defeats Michigan and then wins the rematch vs Bama. The guy is not only an outstanding D coach but unlike Chip he can recruit.

If I have one postseason game to recommend, it's BYU -7 vs UAB. The coach has just been granted a long term extension. BYU has a national following and Cougars fans will show up. Not one BYU player has dropped out of this game. BYU took a risk leaving the MW conference, It is about to be rewarded with membership in the B12, a competitor the Pac-12 could have destroyed.

It's Brody. And I prefer he bring UGA OC Todd Monken with him?

Good. Now bring OC Todd Monken and JT Daniels with?

I've just got to wear shades!

Does anyone know where MB resides today and what he is doing other than playing golf?

FYI - Notre Dame's leading rusher and its best D player are both going pro and will not play in the Fiesta Bowl. The bowl opt out list is long and growing. Another reason we need a 12 team playoff sooner rather than later.

Whichever one you are buying for me? Great post.

Mario's a winner today. 62-60. And he got face time on College Gameday. Man, he can talk the talk.

At least he gets paid to speculate.

Politicians?

In fairness, Wilcox got zero support from the CAL administration. The CAL faculty voted in favor of dropping football. By all accounts his players love him. And he would bring a staff of Ducks grads with him. He upset Mario in 2020 and gave Oregon a heck of a game in 2021.