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Miami was suppose to play WSU, good catch. I have no problem watching that program from afar.

I bet you there would be coaches who could sway an elite recruit considering moving to Oregon with a few tidbits about Oregon. With our history on race, and the name of that game, a good recruiter could put more than doubt in a recruits mind. Having Black Americans play in the Civil War is like asking Native Americans to play in the Bear River Massacre. They may not know what that is, but they would learn about it, and never want to play for any school associated with making a game of it. Maybe we are crossing over into taboo subjects, but I can agree to disagree on this one.

Great point and something we all need to be better with. It is one thing to say something isn't offensive to oneself, but to apply that to others isn't showing much enlightenment. Playing cowboys and Indians use to be fun as a kid, but when you start playing with Native Americans, not so much, especially when you understand history.

There's listening, talking and doing. So far I like how Lanning is doing all three. The previous coach had the second one down, but didn't seem too good at the other two. I'm not too worried about him listening to Harrington. Now if Harrington had any eligibility left then he could definitely show Lanning how it is done at Oregon. I do hope he extends the listening to Bellotti. He might impart some pearls of wisdom about how it is done at Oregon. I could imagine there is some pretty shrewd knowledge about how to play in the Pac-12 Bellotti could share.

It's almost a home game, in distance, for the hurricane program, right?

I don't get it, we are undefeated right, but don't know who the starters will be. We don't know how the first game will go, nor how the team will react to that outcome. The injuries haven't started, nor the replacements had their chance to step in. The coaches haven't had a real opportunity to really coach or put their schemes into action. I say we wait until November where we will know more, and the real rankings come out for the College Football Playoffs. This is the one that matters, and the one we should focus on. Way too early to even begin to think about outcomes.

Where does creativity start and the integrity of the program end. Do you recruit the girlfriend, best friend, brother, high school teammate, dad as a coach, high school coach as a coach, tell him he can play on the basketball team, choose the uniform, hold a uniform number celebration on his arrival, houses, cars, money, or just name a shoe after him? I ask which of these haven't been tried? When does a package deal begin to smell?

At least 6, it's Dana time!

I could see many recruits coming to Oregon, and seeing the facilities, could come away thinking it is just one big candy store. All the shoes, uniforms, hot tubs, food and then the reality sets in. The coaches need to see which recruits see it as an opportunity, and which ones see it as something they earned already. I like the story of the Shakleton's trip to the south pole. The advertisement for sailors didn't aggrandize the allure of the adventure. It was very straight forward about the expected difficulties. The crew all made it and there were no transfers or medical redshirts, or real difficulties with the team for this arduous journey. College football seems to do the opposite in their advertisements for their crew. The honor and recognition is definitely highlighted, but the rest seems to be hidden by the appeal of being part of something special built just for them. "Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success." Again I am extremely curious just how Lanning is going to develop the winning culture while developing talent, and keeping egos in check and healthy. This is the magic of an elite coach, because it is a team of players willing to fight through hazards, with low individual recognition, sometimes bitter situations all the while being in what seems like darkness about the end result. We can't have any who just want a safe return, only those working toward honor and eventual success.

With a team loaded with freshman and sophomores from another coaching staff will there be a transfer movement? Oregon has a lot of talent, which has underperformed against lesser competition. With the Lanning coaching group will there be expectations some players won't want to adhere too? I have a feeling the coaching staff will expect different levels of performance and outputs. These expectations will create players who didn't sign up for the culture direction. Maybe the players will want the new culture, expected it when they came, I hope so. There will also be players who may not want to live up to the new levels demanded, or can't reach them. I think it will be interesting to see who stays and who goes. It will also be interesting to see who starts and who sits. With the new offense and defense there will be players who may have started and now don't meet the standards. This will be another interesting development as the spring season comes and fall camp begins. It won't just be at the qb position. At wide receiver, safety, on the defensive line and throughout players are going to be looked upon with a completely different group of eyes and minds. This will also begin in the weight room, and training table. If we are going to beat the Stanfords and dominate the FSU bulldog type teams players are going to be having to adjust to a new program or transfer out. We also may have a coaching group who are going to actively discuss this process with some players. With the team loaded with young players and fewer scholarships to offer their guys coaches may be looking to move some players. So far it is nice to see player wanting to stick around. I have a feeling this may not stay that way as the bar is lifted and players can't reach that high. This will be something to watch as the months go by and the season slowly gets closer.

Sam Crouser set the National High School Record at 255', and his sister Hailey then set the girls National High School Record at 181'. Not taking anything away from what Russ Francis did, 'back in the day.' Oregon is the center of Track and Field!

Sometimes it is luck, Dixon. 2 Super Bowl Rings played in 4 games, 59 pass attempts, 35 completions 1 td 404yds passing Fouts 0 Super Bowl Rings 181 games 5,604 attempts 3,297 completions 254 tds 43,040 yds. passing It isn't about the jewelry, it is about the memories, right?

Aren't you in South Carolina? All states have college available for free for seniors. I actually enjoy taking Coursera courses occasionally. It is great to keep the grey matter stretching and flexing. Mine isn't an eligibility problem just ability. 41. South Carolina Residents 60 and above can attend classes at state schools on a credit or noncredit basis, pending space available, for free. The school must grant admission via its normal procedures. Technology, lab and other fees are the responsibility of the student. Many South Carolina community colleges offer online courses for those interested.

85 on scholarship and 9 seniors means Oregon needs to develop the players on the roster. I also counted 30 freshman and 30 sophomores. I realize there are quite a few redshirt guys and some who will leave for the NFL, but Oregon is a team without a lot of wiggle room for recruiting over the next couple years without transfer outs. Lanning has an interesting job going forward with his recruiting, development and really management of the roster he inherited.

First off you either coach or leave. When you just send it in at the end of the season it doesn't do anyone any good. The last game against Utah was pathetic. The team wasn't prepared and he was checked out already, so just leave and let someone else coach. It was at least the perfect opportunity for Mario to show he could delegate, but he didn't. Chip Kelley sent $439 to a fan after the Boise State game because of the poor performance. Mario should have paid the expenses of every fan who went to the Utah game. Second don't recruit while you are on Oregon's dime and leaving to go to another school. Miami's #1 commit, was Oregon's top recruit, was visited while he was supposedly Oregon's coach. Step away while you are transitioning to the new position. I am also proud that the contract offer was pulled from Mario. It was a privilege, and an honor to have the opportunity to coach at Oregon, and when he flinched, it was over. I am over it, but there were more ways he could have made the ending more amicable, in my view, but agree, it was a difficult situation. He did better than the last guy. I am also grateful for the fact that he did leave and it worked out, once again, very well for Oregon. Onward, forward, and never look back!

Let me count the ways he could have done it differently, but agree thanks for the memories and the cash payout! Welcome Head Coach Dan Lanning, leader of the Oregon Football Program.

I just hope our student athletes have better development going forward. All these guys seemed to have potential which wasn't brought out during their time at Oregon. With a more stable, and able coaching crew the recruits should do better going forward. They also need better trusted consults about their potential at the next level. Best of luck to all these guys at the next level and their next chapters in life!

The biggest question may be the coaching of the position groups. The statement about how Joe Burrow changed a team is legitimate. He had to transfer to a program where he could start and would use his skills. The identification of talent and the development of the qb group is critical. I think we may have had a couple extremely talented qb's on our bench. One of them may have transferred out already. Bo Nix is just, potentially, a short term fix. We need a coach who can identify talent, develop talent and use it productively. This goes across the board with our offensive coaching group. With the last offensive coaching group we recruited well, but then that was the end of it. We had mediocre qb play, never saw any development, at least on the field. It is time to see excellent coaching of the position groups. That is the biggest question I want to see layed to rest, can we recruit and develop offensive weapons again?

Mario championed toughness and physicality along with predictability. The toughness and physicality are actually ok, it was the predictability that bothered me. Toughness and physicality redefined might be appropriate, but those traits are an integral part of any football team. It would seem Lanning wants the physicality to include overpowering with size and strength. Seeing more of that at the line of scrimmage would be a welcome change. I would love to see the opponents running game shut down at the line of scrimmage. Toughness being defined as able to withstand adversity is another element I would like to see. If the team suffers multiple turnovers, or injuries, they need to show the esprit de corps to win every game expected and rise up to do the unexpected. Repetition on offense may be ok, but execution is critical. We also need to see innovation, the unexpected. One area I am excited about again is special teams. The special teams coach is going to be a huge upgrade. Shutting down the opponents before they start and exploiting transitions in possessions will hopefully be fun again! Innovation on offense can look like any number of schemes. I just want to see the opponents confused, maybe even in awe again. We need to become must see tv again!

My skepticism comes from one statistic which both Riley and Lanning will have to address if each program is to rise to the championship level. Oregon ranked 111th and USC ranked 126th in penalties yardage last season. Georgia ranked #21 while playing big boy football. Riley's team ranked 77th. Interestingly Alabama ranked pretty high last season and lost the title to Georgia which had a more disciplined program. I think this will be an interesting stat to watch to see if Riley can gain control of a program that has had a pretty high talent level for many years. The problem has been the discipline and execution of plays. It has also been developing a team of players rather than just a group of amazing players. This is going to be job one of Riley at sc. It twill also be an important job for Lanning. Who will turn these programs around first.

Interesting article, and makes a good case for Riley out of the gate, but longterm, I am not too sure.

He drove the get rid of Larry bandwagon, for that I am grateful. That was some excellent writing, reporting, actually superb.

I wish it was an embarrassment to Arizona's program, players, fans and alumni. I know it would be at Oregon. Fortunately we wouldn't tolerate this type of behavior.

Great points and it makes the case that Oregon is an offensive machine, if allowed to thrive. For some reason Oregon has produced some amazing offenses over multiple coaches and schemes. It will be exciting to see what the next coach and OC bring to this amazing history. One item is we have always had dynamic qb's and I hope to see that developed again. The string of OC's who created the offenses has been amazing, but our ability to develop qb's has been our strength too. Who is going to be the next great qb, and OC is going to be a compelling story going forward!

Oregon has definitely produced some excellent talent on the hardwood. Kevin Love and Danny Ainge probably could have had the largest impacts, but went elsewhere. Ainge not signing on at Oregon may have caused Harter to move on. Go Dana!