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You have two weeks, or three weeks to prepare for the playoffs after the championship game. The big difficulty will be getting through the quarter final, then semi final games on back to back weekends. The quarters an semi games will be like two bowl games in a row. Then you have a week off and then the real championship game. Imagine just having all the different uniforms ready for those games, let alone strategies for a situation no one has been through before. I have no doubt Oregon will have the uniforms ready, and Dan and his brain trust will have the team one step ahead of most programs.

On top of that Tez is a senior and getting Noah ready for more reps at that position would better enable us to be ready for next years needs. It also give Noah a better chance at playing at the next level. Great observation as Noah is a weapon once in space, but not as effective comparatively to the guys behind him in the traditional role of RB. Time to give those guys some more reps for the long season ahead. Your idea is the best thing for Noah and the team, great stuff, once again!

I think the only season we had to be cautious about was when Lanning settled for the Mariø leftovers. Lanning is going to get his guys each year for the foreseeable future. I get the disturbing list you wrote up, but my bet is Lanning is all over it and excited about the opportunity! Guys like Lanning just see things differently than 99.9999% of the people out there.

Classic modern day pundit. Say something stupid so people will react, repeat as necessary. Nothing to see here, move along.

And the next wild roster change will be the shift from 85 scholarships to 105 next season. That is going to mess with the whole walk-on program and give the programs with lots of $ a big advantage. The wild, wild state of college football is only going to get crazier, but still dam fun to watch!

Should be number 1 now, can be number 1 in January. There is a whole big story that will take place between then and now. Just making the playoffs is a big step, and do you go straight to the quarterfinals, or play in December to get into the quarters? I would say getting to the BIG Championship game is the first step, goal, and being number 1 is good for, not sure really. From experience being told your number 1 is pretty cool. Getting to the championship and getting second still cool, but hurts. Winning it all, not easy and having people say you should be number 1 doesn't help. My end of day rambling!

I'll give him kudos for the onside bullet kick off the tosu guy. That will be a legendary kick for years to come, and I hope he can pull that one off again. My bet teams will be playing further off the ball in that scenario, unless we face the hurricanes ; )!

That was a great win, but the last time we were ranked #1 we lost at home, the next week. The trap game is often the game you don't think is a trap game. We are going to have a big bullseye on our backs and we better realize it before Saturday. As far as our Ducks we still haven't hit on all cylinders, so the season continues to progress. The problem is we still haven't hit on all cylinders and need to progress, and stay hungry. Fortunately DG has even more potential, even as a top Heisman candidate. I look for Stein to continue to create even better plays for Dillon to have outlet passes when the risky play isn't a good decision. I also look for the receivers to get even better separation, and make even more elite catches. Progress on offense has to continue. James is definitely upping is game each week. The one area of concern is the kicking game. Once again the kick-off out of bounds has reared its ugly head. That shouldn't happen again the rest of the season. I don't watch a lot of football, but I don't see elite teams missing kickoffs. You might as well aim at a guy ten yards out every time if you are going to kick it out of bounds. I guess what I am saying is I hope the team sees the areas they can improve upon. 7-0 is great, but we aren't even half way there. This team needs to stay insatiable in their quest to get better, win it all. So far so good, but the road ahead gets a lot tougher, with that big target on our backs only grown bigger.

For some reason my coffee taste a little better this morning, thanks sc!

And if the recruits aren't ready, or aren't at the level we need, we bring in the transfers. I have a feeling you are right, as Lanning knows the talent he wants and has recruited bigs who can make it to the NFL. Caldwell reminds me of a bigger Jordon Scott. Seems like that is the order of most position, bigger, faster, execute better athletes. I always like Jordon, played with a lot of heart while he was here, filled a need at the time!

He has this amazing combination of enthusiasm and intelligence that is almost magical. He would definitely be on my list of top ten spend a day with type of person.

Amazingly if he loses in the shoe, against Michigan, or even against PSU he will be on an incredibly hot seat. The crazy thing is if Day was fired CK could inherit something close to what he got at Oregon. He would be the OC of a very talented team he doesn't have to recruit, just be the whiz kid. I doubt the buckeyes would make that move, but something interesting to contemplate. They have the week off and can continue to whine and deflect accountability for the loss. Then they have a pretty tough schedule. The play Penn State, away and will have to show some resilience which isn't easy when you blame everyone, thing else, other than yourself. What they need is some good old fashioned discipline!

'They stole the game, I'm holding on to make sure they don't steal my.....'

I might add Dan and Kelly, for those who recognize these characters.

The positive side is we haven't seen the best of Lanning yet, if he continues to reflect and adjusts. As fun as it was to watch tosu struggle to get into field goal range and blow it, seeing our Ducks with more points would have been even better. Great analysis of the points we could have had, and the decision making Lanning could have improved upon. I hope Lanning is as clear on that as you made it for us. Let's hope Lanning is able to sharpen up his early game decision making while he keeps coming up aces at the end of the game. I also look forward to continued improvement from DG. He missed some easy throws, but again we have another guy who is nails when it counts. I wouldn't want either guy replaced, just want to enjoy the season as it progresses, as our Ducks keep getting better!

Not sure I would use fearless, I would say he fears losing, hates losing and that is what drives him. Some just love to play and win and are very talented qb's. Others have that edge that allows them to win big games, GB has that. I know a little about tennis and both Agassi and Jimmy Connors we afraid to lose. They didn't so much love the game they just hated to lose. GB plays the game like those two did, intense and relentless. The tosu qb is the latter, a talented qb who just love to play the game. This is why he was lost at the end of the game. Crunch time comes and he has nothing, no fight. It isn't life or death, his brain doesn't go into hyper drive. He didn't fire up everyone around him. I would compare GB to Masoli all day. Both guys were under appreciated, but knew how to win. My bet is the whole team is on GB's side as we saw as he went down to defend Ferguson. I think GB might go on to the same type of career. Maybe a look at the NFL, but at his size the CFL is where he would shine. I also think GB knows how to win big games. I am excited to see him get on the biggest of stages. I think he will keep on shining!

Love it, the long shot is a position I enjoy our Ducks being in. We started the season way too high. Let the doubters fuel the fire these young need fed to reach this teams potential. We have way more potential than we saw executed against the nuts. At the end we should be right were we deserve. This is all that matters.

I love how our program takes chances on guys who don't have it all together as they enter the program. The opportunity to make a positive impact on a young man's life is an important element of every program. We all have our demons. That was a heartfelt letter and this young man is on a journey to become a better person. There is no better place than under Lanning's guidance and the culture he is creating at Oregon. The incident was an unfortunate moment, and Traeshon is taking it as a learning moment on his way to becoming a better man. I have no doubt Lanning will handle this and provide the enlightenment and counsel needed to bring him along.

Don't you just love opposing coaches, once again, saying what Oregon is doing isn't fair! All is right in Eugene Oregon again, well done Coach Lanning

So the LA schools bucked the trend and lost to programs traveling two time zones. The school up north kept that trend going with a thorough thrashing by Iowa. The trend has been broken with BIG traveling teams going 2-2 this week. Let's hope Oregon can keep that going this coming weekend with a win. After a BIG win like that, and a long road trip it could be a tough game. The good news is the game is late, which means not so late for our Ducks, but late for the boilermakers! Seems like the seasons schedule is really setting up nicely. Soft at the start, and then more challenges as the season progresses. Let's hope our Ducks can keep rising to meet the challenges. So far Lanning has them moving up with plenty of room for growth at 5-0 and undoubtedly ranked #2. Life is good looking through my green colored glasses.

Two pictures, one is Mariø at the end of a game, the other Lanning!

I'll say it, we own the buckeyes, away and at home. That has to start getting in their heads. Also CK still hasn't gotten a win against the Ducks, love it.

The BIG teams were 1-8 on the road with 2 time zones of travel. I would say the crowd was worth at least one point tonight. Great game, but the crowd was the difference. Mr. Harmon was my favorite player of the game. Boy did he play with passion, intelligence and execute, stepped up big time!

This game is worth $$$$ to Burch. There will massive eyes on this guy and his draft stock will be directly impacted. How a player competes in a big game goes a long way in convincing the scouts, teams he is worth a top draft pick on. The season is long, but this game will do a lot to guide the perception on this guy.