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Dan has been there in the SEC and is done with that, I think. How many more millions of dollars does Dan want or need? When he says he wants his sons to graduate from the same school, I believe him. Dan is likely to get another nice bump in pay staying in Eugene. The Nike deal is nice. How about the monthly retirement from Oregon PERS when he retires at 60?

The firing after beatdowns goes on, and the exit fee is irrelevant. LSU went large in the NIL arena, including one million dollars of Brian Kelly's money, and did not get a satisfactory ROI. Want a 60-something coach who has won wherever he has coached, Houston coach Willie Fritz. The ripple effect from all of these firings will be like a tsunami rolling in. The best coaches will be coaching in the playoffs through January. These new hires need to happen before the December recruit signing date, no? As Charles asked, who besides super-agent Jimmy Sexton are you going to call? His client, James Franklin, will find a new gig. I don't think Brian Kelly, unless he so desires, will be unemployed for too long. Just when you think CFB couldn't get more weirder ... 🤪🤑🙃Happy Halloweenie! This will likely keep Auburn coach Hugh Freeze and Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell employed. And likely take many top assistant coaches elsewhere. I imagine Dan and friends are in touch with the agents representing LSU 'committed' recruits.

The Grateful Drenched? 😁😁😁

If the AP Poll was not enamored with the other three P4 conferences, in addition to No. 23 SC, No. 28 UW, and No. 29, Iowa would and should be in the top 25, and hopefully will be when the PO committee reveals its first ranking Tuesday night. UW will be facing PO elimination when they match up with OBD. Ditto Iowa and possibly SC. What SEC teams have three tougher opponents than the above three B1G teams remaining to be played by OBD?

HMMMMMMMMMM? Isn't this the same team that put up 750 yards of offense the week before in Jersey? Wisconsin, with a run D that has played decent football all season, could not have asked for better weather. The critiques of this game, I get it. But OBD's defense played great, and in a deluge, the Ducks rushed for over 200 yards. Iowa will be a B1G test. For Iowa not to be in the AP top 25, ditto UW, is male bovine excrement. The Ducks stayed at No. 6, which IMO is spot on. Put the Hurt on the Hawkeyes!

SSecDD - Nine SEC teams are ranked, including 2-loss Oklahoma, Tennessee, Missouri, and Texas. And five B12 teams are ranked? Both 2-loss Iowa and 2-loss UW should be ranked. At least USC is back in the rankings. Georgia Tech No. 8. UVA No. 12? Memphis No. 25? Big disrespect for the B1G conference. On Tuesday night, I hope the PO Committee has Iowa and UW ranked. If not, if the Committee follows this ranking, Tony Petitti's AQ PO plan is spot on. After back-to-back titles, this sure looks like B1G hunting season. The conference is being treated little better than a G6 conference.

The Buckeyes' bona fides were supposed to be evidenced this coming Saturday when James Franklin brings the Nittany Lions into Columbus. Right?😁 Texas A&M may have given Kelly the kill shot yesterday, but there are no teams in CFB this season that are a certain PO champion. South Carolina had Bama on the ropes, ditto Mississippi State with Texas. Did Oklahoma or Ole Miss look unbeatable? And Vandy and Missiouri are ranked because of where they play their football. I love your Dawgs, but this isn't a vintage UGA defense. Ohio State had an impressive win over 6-2 UW in Seattle. Ohio State also had a good win at Illinois, and Texas is a two-loss team and still in the running for the playoffs with two 'prove-it games' remaining. One against your Dawgs and the other in Austin vs. the Aggies. At the end of the regular season, Ohio State's win over Texas could be one of the best of the year. Two-loss Iowa, with a 3-point road loss at Iowa State and a 5-point home loss to Indiana, is not ranked. UW's two losses came against the AP No. 1 team and on the road in the Big House, where it's hard to win football games. Two-loss Nebraska has a win over one-loss and ranked Cincinnati. 6-2 Michigan, with a true frosh QB, is improving and AP-ranked because of its brand name. USC lost by ten points on the road to No. 12-ranked Notre Dame and dropped from No. 20 to out of the poll, with USF, LSU, and ASU ranked. Wins in the other Power 2 conference, the Big Ten, are not easy wins. Losses in the Big Ten count in the AP Poll far more than losses in the SEC. This is bound to happen when more than half of the SEC is ranked in the preseason top 25. Top to bottom IMO and by every metric the SEC is deeper than the B1G. But winning B1G games is not easy, and the B1G more than held its own against the SEC in the 2024-25 postseason. I also note that ESPN has Purdue-sized SEC drum, while Fox is playing B1G bongos. GO DUCKS! GO DOGS!

What Mike West said. 😁Times how many times he posted. Also, what Charles and others said, a win is a win. Hopefully, this season is only half over, and OBD will play in 16 games. This Wisconsin game will be a distant memory. Such is College Football. Winning football games is hard. Especially in a monsoon, which hurts your team's speed and quickness advantage. Especially with a young football team. Especially with fourteen new starters. The last two seasons, the Ducks' QBs had more experience than any QBs starting in CFB. There will be erratic play out of Dante from time to time. The same guy who called plays last night called the plays in Jersey. The same guys blocked. Frustrating? Heck yes, but the winner of this game was never in doubt. Wisconsin has not quit on Luke Fickell, a coach who took the only G5 team to make the four-team PO field. Every B1G team has the defending conference champion in its sights. The coaches in the conference are competent. Winning in the Big Ten is not easy. Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, and UW are 6-2. USC is 5-2. All of these teams have looked terrific on occasion and terrible at other times. All could be ranked, including Nebraska, with a win over top 25 Cincinnati. Compare the number of two-loss teams ranked in the SEC compared to the B1G. Texas and Alabama had tough games against unranked teams yesterday. Ole Miss and Oklahoma had several breakdowns in defense yesterday amid questionable coaching decisions. MO vs. Vandy was far from dandy.🤪 The SEC has many teams ranked in the preseason. Thus, many games are 'self-fulfilling' top 25 vs. top 25 matchups. The SEC is deeper than the Big Ten, although this was not evident in last year's postseason. OBD will likely drop in today's AP Poll, which doesn't matter. It will be interesting to see how the PO committee treats the teams, including 7-1 OBD, on the fourth of November. Come the 7th of December, it will be infamy if OBD is not in the top eight and hosting an opening game. Iowa had a Gophers sack fest yesterday. The week before, Minnesota sacked Dylan Riola so many times he looked like he was in a grocery store checkout line. In particular, a young team will not be the same team week after week. The B1G test for Dan and friends this week and next is to win the bye week over a group of experienced coaches who will have the benefit of playing on their home field. Kirk Ferentz is 130-59 in Kinnick Stadium, .687. I'm hoping for better weather on November 8th in Iowa City. Win the Bye Week! GO DUCKS!

Looks like another week - No Charles-Ten Final Score Trophy in my (mostly empty) Trophy Case. I'm blaming the Weather gods! 🤬 Beat the Badgers, and then use the Off Week wisely. Iowa fans may be good to children, but they really hate Gophers, and they don't need a license to go Ducks hunting. 😁

WOOF! 6-2 UW TCB in Seattle vs Illinois. Iowa destroyed Minnesota to improve to 6-2. Both UW and Iowa could be ranked when OBD visits. USC could also be ranked. Bama rebounded. BYU won and covered. Vandy beat Mizzou. How far does Mizzou fall in the AP? Texas has tied the game up, 38-38 vs. Miss State.

Who was the fool who recommended Minny +8.5? 🤬 Don't blink when you play the Hawkeyes in Iowa City. A team Iowa lost to by three on the road, Iowa State, is giving undefeated BYU all it can handle. I wonder if Jimmy Franklin watched the Hoosiers hose down the Bruins 56-6? Jimmy, at least Northwestern lost. 🤪 SOS Boost! Okay, Northwestern lost, but Rutgers defeated Purdue by three points. Yippee! Ole Miss overcame some strange decisions by Kiff to hand Oklahoma a rare loss in Norman. Do the Sooners drop one or two spots in the AP? USC(E) is giving Bama all it can handle, and it's tied up between Mizzou and Vandy in Nashville. Cow's Bells! This is not a Miss State - Texas is losing in Starkvegas. Will a 3-loss Horns remain ranked in the Top 25?😁

And a Shelton High Guy Came Through Just When He Was Needed the Most! 😎 Yardbarker'TNF' takeaways: Justin Herbert dominates just when Charg...It was an impressive showing by both quarterback Justin Herbert and the Chargers defense.

Put all 34 on the D-side of the ball in South Bend, and the Domers would still rush for 500+ yards.

An LB joins the OBD Flock. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-lands-new-commitment-from-four-star-lb-braylon-hodge-258143585/?source=column&lctg=26140&eid=c7d8647c6247db8d08c59fe44bc30380a147aa90b9e3

90% rain, and does Dan want to make Fickell the 4th guy flushed down the drain? Take no prisoners! We need the style points. OBD 49-0 4 3 265

10 Things to Keep a B1G Eye On - Saturday Tradition10 things to watch in the Big Ten as the stretch run nearsThere are a lot of things to keep an eye on as the Big Ten season nears the home stretch, but here are the 10 biggest things to watch.

Adam Bradford's B1G games predictions for Week 9. https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/trojans/football/2025/10/24/adam-bradford-picks-big-ten-football-games-week-9/86861610007/?utm_source=smg-trojanswire-strada&utm_medium=email& 5-2 Minnesota is +8.5 at 5-2 Iowa. The Gophers travel to Iowa City having won both LOS against Nebraska, and with the better QB and run game. I do not 'get' this line. As far as I can determine, Minnesota will have all Gophers on deck for this game. Yes, our betting consortium has a Bob and a Quid down on Minnesota +8.5. CBS - 12:30 Pacific

Oxymoron Alert! Will Stein made On3's list of coaching candidates who are 'not sexy but hot.' Like the pultritude meter skyrocketing when you hear 'last call' at the watering hole? 😁 I can remember those days. Sort of. 😜 On3Forget the sexy names, these coaches need to be on your h...Lane Kiffin is the ultimate sexy coaching candidate, but who are the under-the-radar guys who could be the next Curt Cignetti or Mike Elko?

Thank you, Charles. I'm fired up and ready to watch OBD Give Us Fans Five! And while the loss to the Hoosiers hurts, it could work out perfectly for the Ducks. As we are painfully aware, last season playoff teams with lengthy byes went 0-4. The ultimate champ got off the mat after what would have been, in prior seasons, an end-of-the-season devastating loss, and won the whole enchilada. Looking down the road, all three of Oregon, Indiana, and Ohio State will be favored to win their last five games in the 2025 regular season. This happens, and OBD gets to take a nap on December 6th instead of playing a 13th game in Indianapolis. Let the Hoosiers and Buckeyes club one another in the mouth until they're both Rocky (sorry) while OBD, like Notre Dame, plays one fewer game against a Power 2 team before hosting a 1st round playoff game. At 11-1, OBD should host either the 12 or the 11 seed. Win this game and move on, with winning momentum, to play the third or fourth seed in the 2nd round. Recent bye-byes have not been good for OBD. Let's play ball at home in Round 1. Thanks also for highlighting the contributions of the newbies. It is so good to see highly rated recruits come in ready to ball out. And notwithstanding the indecisive play versus Indiana, hats off to the coaching staff for blending in portal players who are making an impact. Today's CFB is all about successful roster management. GO DUCKS - Wax Wisconsin! PS - Might I humbly inquire, what in Hades does a 'full spectrum live resin dab' look like, and do I need one in my aquarium? 😁

FWIW - A Week 9 Resume Ranking from writer Derek Peterson, who claims there is no subjectivity in these rankings, only the results from games played to date. Indiana is No. 1 - OBD No. 6 Saturday Down SouthCollege football's Top 25 résumé ranking entering Week 9Ranking the top 25 teams in college football based on the résumés they have compiled throughout the 2025 season.

OBD is on the list of Yahoo's contenders for this season's Natty. https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/era-of-chaos-who-are-college-footballs-national-championship-contenders-133900093.html

Mike, good post. It was the 8th game of eight in a row without a break, but Wisconsin gave OBD all it could handle last season. The score was 35-0, but Purdue did put up a fight on its home field. Last season, the B1G finished with the best postseason record among the Power 4. This season, 5-2 Northwestern was a better test than Oklahoma State. 5-2 NW at 5-2 Nebraska, 9 AM FSI, is, at least in theory, a PO elimination game. It's unfortunate NW didn't open with a home game versus a Little MAC instead of playing Tulane in New Orleans. It's easy to forget that a 3-4 B1G team took OBD into double OT. 😁 I think the game at Iowa in Week 11 and the following Week 12 Friday night game against Minnesota will both be testy. Iowa did not have to work overtime to defeat that 3-4 team. And the Hoosiers had a close call in Iowa City. I know that Super Glue is more mobile than Dylan Raiola, and Swiss cheese has fewer holes than the Cornhuskers o-line, but the Gophers did post nine sacks, a team record, against Nebraska. 😁 5-2 Minnesota at 5-2 Iowa, 12:30 CBS, is a PO elimination game. By the time the Pac-12 cratered, ASU, Cal, CU, Oregon State, Washington State, UCLA, Utah, even in Salt Lake, and a 5-loss USC team, were pretty much walkovers for OBD. Arizona was solid the season the conference died, DeBoer left for Bama, and Fisch dropped his line in Seattle. With the 5th-best roster in CFB, OBD should handle the majority of the B1G and out-of-conference teams it plays. For the most part, Oregon has done so under Dan.

Wisconsin, DUCK! Could a weather day fit for Ducks help the Badgers find cover? Sorry Bob D, but I do need a weatherman to know which way the score blows. 😁 https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/wisconsin-vs-oregon-prediction-preview-2025

The games we remember are played in November. SP+ Combined Strength of Record and Resume Rankings have Indiana 1st, Ohio State 2nd, and OBD 4th. If the Committee's metrics produce the same or close to the same results, why schedule Texas, Ohio State, when you can play three donut holes OOC, like Indiana? The SEC is deeper through the middle of the conference, but the B1G Three (move over Penn State) are deemed stronger at the top by SP+ than the top SEC teams. ESPN.comRanking the most interesting College Football Playoff and...We have just over a month until Selection Day and these battles for CFP slots and major awards should be fun.

Thanks, HDuck. Conference schedules in today's mega-conferences vary widely. Compare Wisconsin's 2025 B1G schedule with Indiana, Ohio State, and OBD. Much more difficult journey for Wisconsin, especially with Penn State's meltdown. This is one reason why I favor Tony Petitti's Automatic Qualifiers PO proposal. If adopted, the last week of the regular season would see PO play-in games, with B1G No. 6 at No. 3, No. 5 at No. 4, and No. 1 versus No. 2 with both teams in the PO. In 2027, OBD plays road games versus Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, UCLA, and UW, plus a road game in Waco, Texas, against Baylor. Iowa, Penn State, Ohio State, and Purdue visit Autzen. I can't imagine a more difficult conference schedule in 2027 than this. With this schedule, a 3rd through 6th place OBD deserves a shot at the PO.