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The problem with that perspective is convincing them they will take a haircut in pay. Most players tend to think they are better than they are, and will fair better in the NFL than they will. Agree and can you imagine seeing, 'we smoked it all,' Cliff Harris one more season in college rather than never again.

Any Monty Python gif might be appropriate for what you go through, but I thought this one would provide a chuckle. We thank you, grateful!

Fortunately we aren't on the edge of our seats as the committee would have undoubtedly left us out this season if we had won against the dawgs, my spin. I feel fortunate I don't really care, and just hope our Ducks can play a complete game against whatever opponent we have. Agree the committee is going to piss off some program and I am glad it won't be Oregon, again. I do wonder how the committee picks FSU's three field goals and a touchdown kind of output against the seven touchdowns Texas put up. Watching FSU in a playoff bowl game would be like watching some of the duals in the Coliseum during Roman times, it wouldn't end well. Georgia and tosu have to be a better pick than FSU, and certainly Texas deserves the nod. I just don't think FSU showed they are elite with their schedule, much like Oregon would have looked, problem FSU is undefeated, what a quandary, tough decision.

I don't mean to be a broken record, but let me start up my turntable and say 'where is the speed!' Gatlin Bair would be nice to see commit, although he wouldn't be on campus for a couple years. I just hope this continues to be a priority as last years speed has been nice to see on the field. Seeing the dawg receivers get separation is only a start with tosu coming next season. A concern is Van Buren's teammate Ify might now be iffy. Not sure about Da'Jaun, but these recruits from back east may be at risk as the idea of being so far from home sinks in. I love seeing recruits from across the country, but I hope they are solid, seeing them transfer after a year or two isn't the outcome we want with a player. I do think we may see a DT transfer because a 22 year old lineman is most often different athlete than a recruit just out of high school. Time in the weight room is critical for the combat these guys see. I do like our LB recruits, with Platt checking just about every box I want to see in a football player who will have an impact right away. Not sure if Burch will be back, but they don't make guys like that too often! Lastly Williams at safety will be tough to replace, not sure there is another brother? Having a guy there who runs the back of the defense for a few years would be nice, and puts fear in the receivers as they try crossing routes. Lanning wants to recruit and develop, but any hole will be filled with transfers as the recruit, develop system works itself out. When Lanning arrived he recruited, and just tried to develop and use what he had on the field. This year he was able to continue to recruit and he also began to better effectively fill holes with transfers. His transfers were critical and I see that happening again as Lanning won't let the program have a weakness that isn't addressed asap. The holes in the roster, and on the coaching front will be the next big moves Lanning makes. Hopefully the coaches stick around for the next year, but I have a feeling Lanning is going to go after some starters in the transfer portal. Who they will be will be the question that may impact the program the most next season.

Reminds about a time where the higher rated QB left our class and we were left with the 3 star QB recruit, like this time. That time our 3 star recruit turned into a Heisman Trophy winner, and so did the kid who didn't sign. I was glad then and happy now.

What did you expect, Pac-12 refs can't move or see well. Would have been smart of Nix to throw it just past the ref, and use him as a rub route type play. Doubt that would have been illegal either ;-)! I wonder if that has ever been done. A play for when you really need that first down, the ref rub route!

I still say we beat them 6-4 in a ten game series. The problem with that delusional take, they already took the first two. This dawg team knows when to nap, and when to get up and play the game. Our Ducks know how to play the game, but when to get up, is still a work in progress. Uh, is that a Duck, time to get up!

I think this photo reveals what went wrong. Anyone notice what is wrong in this picture? One team came out on their toes and ready to play, another team come out....

Oregon makes great coaches, and qb's. We are on the road to creating another great coach, and the next great qb will be interesting to see develop, come in. We must realize Nix was a wreck when he came to Oregon, wanted to revitalize his career, like Matayo's brother tried to do in Corvallis. Nix was able to do that at Oregon and the next starting qb at Oregon is set up for success too. I would think Oregon's qb job is about as attractive as any out there. I personally would love to see a young guy take over, and lead for a few years. If it is another Nix type of guy so be it, but at some point Oregon has to start producing qb's not just bring in stop gaps. The Oregon way is to build it, not buy it. We build coaches, players, and programs. We may spend some money on facilities, but our roots are recruiting our guys, developing our guys and that is how we got to the playoffs the first time, and I think that is the way we will next time. Lanning is our guy, who is going to be our next guy at qb? I just think the heart of our program needs to be built from the ground up, not transferred in. Maybe it is just what I want, but that type of home grown team is fun to watch grow and become all-time greats. A shout out to Cam Lewis last night, just wow. He nailed every kick-off on the numbers, kicked well otherwise, and my criticism was not justified. Also what a punt off the ground, that could have been an early nightmare. Special teams did their job, the other two parts came up short, but the effort was there, well done Men Of Oregon!.

The qb decision will an interesting one. We have a nice group of inexperienced qb's committed, and on the bench. What the program may need is an elite starter. That choice by Stein and Lanning will greatly impact the season next year. I would guess they will take somebody who has experience. Novosad took D Moore's scholarship. I think they will move on from him. Who they bring in to fill the middle of the D-line, and compete at qb will make or break next season. I am almost more curious about who they can bring in on the D-line with so many of the old guard leaving.

Tough to understand the Ducks didn't comprehend the dawgs were going to come out to prove something. Seems like the Ducks believed the pundits, the dawgs came out to prove them wrong. As Smith pointed out that was what determined the game. Even at the end of the game it was Oregon showing they should win, and the dawgs came out and again proving everyone wrong. I tend to think this motivation won't last and the dawgs will disappoint in the playoffs again. That kind of motivation doesn't come along easy, nor do you often find a team asleep to that intensity. Oh well I just hope the Ducks can regroup and realize again what it takes to win a big one. A tough lesson, but an important one to learn. We learned what it takes to win big from our first game under Lanning. We learned you have to be ready for everyone's best game, and best effort from this one, I hope!

Reached the top 20 times, the dawgs 0.

The other thing I am awakened to realize is how quickly and simply my thinking on our coaches can swing. Stein was up for a head coaching job, Tosh was a genius, and Lanning had grown into a more seasoned coach. Within hours, really minutes, those feeling had been muted if not destroyed, at least temporarily. The sky was the limit and then we hit that glass ceiling, again, called the dawgs. We were rising above the dawgs, actually were above the dawgs, but what happened. I mean the dawgs had the 93rd ranked defense and they shut us down, when they needed to, Stein failed us. Their offense was rated below sc, and they made us look foolish, again, Tosh failed us. Lanning couldn't help either of these guys rise about his kryptonite, DeBoer! I suppose this is life, you win some, you lose some, there will always be failure, but this was devastating. We believed in these coaches, and they failed. Like I said this is life, and they are our coaches, and I wouldn't have had anyone else. I just wish they could have been someone else, someone they will be, soon enough, but not soon enough last night.

Heartbreak is one word, extreme disappointment, and then gratefulness for the effort of our team is the process I am going through. I am grateful for the effort because it seemed like there was almost too much effort, sometimes, and not enough execution. We had a blitz where our guy was going to bowl over Penix, but another defender got in the way because he was trying too hard. You stay in your lane, execute what you are suppose to do. Poor Bucky gave extreme effort, but didn't execute to the lane which his team had opened up. He ran right into a defender who was being blocked well, but the way Bucky decided to go, but that wasn't executing the play, which was there. Disappointing all, but I am grateful for the effort. I am also grateful for Holden, who next year will give us more of what we saw at the end of the game. I am grateful and realize this is a setback, or really just an indication about where we are, were.

Yep, caught flat footed, reacting not acting like the leader.

Deboer, Penix better once again, need a miracle. A game of inches, which went the dawg way tonight.

Heisman moment coming up!

Worst call of the game will be when they call a pass play and don't protect Penix's blindside, and I look forward to that call! Our kicker won't, refs won't, Lanning's aggressiveness won't, have any negative outcome on what is going to happen on the field. I have no anxiety, just pent up energy and anticipation for the outcome of this game, GO DUCKS!

I'm trying my best to channel my youthful hatred of all things dawg, and this isn't helping! Please confine all the niceties for after our victory, until then it's them against us, GO DUCKS!

Oh my, the compilation of hits was superb! Bravo for this and that had to hurt. From my experience broken ribs hurt for about a month, he is out of that window. As a young healthy guy he should be fine physically. Mentally the guy is already hearing footsteps. I say those footsteps need to be real and then the mental game is won. No illegal hits, but he needs to know effective blitz's are coming. Second, this is priceless, Keep it clean, smart and legit. And after every hit, sack and awkward landing, quietly reintroduce yourself saying "Hi Michael Jr, I'm Jordan, Brandon, Jeffrey, Tysheem, Jamal, etc. and I thought about you all week. Wanted to let you know that #33 is coming by next. Oh yeah and Bo for Heisman" While I don't want any taunting penalties, sometimes you just don't know what to say, but I am not sure there could be a better dialogue, I will add the next sentence might be, 'can I help you up, or do you need a moment?'

Our previous coach would have attributed the defeats to just needing more juice on game day, and more talent overall. Dan Lanning, I can assure you, sees the issue as much more complex. Lanning attacked the issues last year with specific talent acquisition. He didn't just go after the highest rated players, he knew what he was looking for and went after them, transfers, or recruits. Lanning also learned he shouldn't run the qb as much. This may have hurt him against the dawgs this year, but we have a healthy qb. He is also calling a better game, and making better in game adjustments. I think Lanning mainly has an experience deficit he is filling fast. He also took over a program which wasn't like what CK took over. CK took over a program he was almost already in control of and it was ready for his guidance, no overhaul needed. Lanning took over a program which was ready for his guidance, but an overhaul was needed. My bet is Lanning is going to show he doesn't have a DeBoer problem, much like he showed he doesn't have a Johnathan Smith problem. I will agree both of those coaches may have been ahead of Lanning at some point, but that time has past!

He said he made a mistake, took responsibility, but he also was arrested on suspicion, not convicted yet. Running a red light can be extremely dangerous, or something almost expected, it sadly seems, around here as the light goes from yellow to red. I hope he continues to take this seriously, and works on taking his talent and education to the next level. I completely agree a DUI isn't anything to laugh about, and Colt's issue went way deeper than a drinking problem. I don't wish a deeper issue with substances on anyone, and the impacts are on everyone.

With one year he would want a guarantee of starting. At Oregon he wouldn't get that. I doubt he would come to Oregon. My bet he goes to a Boise State type school to get some more playing time, or a school that really needs him and will give him assurances of playing time. Oregon isn't that school, program.

Best of luck to the young man. This will seem to indicate there is separation happening between the receiver group. Ashton looked to be just ahead of the walk-ons. He is going to take more time to season up, best to go somewhere else, I suppose. With more talent coming in and the receiver group so strong this would seem to be good news for Oregon. One observation last week was Holden looked very good. His size and speed were impressive. Next season we could have Holden and Dickey line up together and that will be hard to defend, along with a speedster. The competition in this group is like at no other time, well done coaches and players!

If he were to be tried by a jury of his peers I think they would consider your arguments with great depth and understanding. While you make a convincing case I think the jury will consider this weekends games. The problem for Jayden is he won't be playing. His case is closed and there won't be a closing argument. A jury must consider all the evidence and tomorrows game will be compelling and leave a large statement to consider. Bo Nix will again be playing a Heisman candidate, this time Penix one of the top guys. Last time this scenario happened the previous winner was taken out of the running by Nix. I think the closing argument Bo will make will seal the deal for the jury. Jayden will be left without representation, and won't present, and in the national court of pundits when you don't show up you can't move up. Tomorrow's game is going to have massive meaning and impact. The impact of the Heisman competition will be only one thing determined tomorrow. It will be very important to show all the pundits how good he is as they watch, along with Jayden, as his case goes flat, and Bo and the fans win in high fashion.