[Whew! Greg McElroy Takes Offense to Thibs Alabama Remarks]

On 1/14/2022 at 5:43 PM, Charles Fischer said:

Ha!  I heard the joke a different way....that people in Alabama say, "well at least we are not Mississippi!"

As a Duck in Alabama (Gulf Coast - so only "sorta alabama"), this is not a joke - Thank God for Mississippi is an oft-used statement. 

[What did Mario Leave at Oregon?]

I look at it as a time of stabilization after things went downhill. I do think there was an aspect of not quite getting all the pieces to fit together properly - but I can't say for certain that this is all on one person. Just like you can have a group of superstars on the field who still are a crummy team (see USC, see Oregon at times this year), I think you can have a great set of staff members who somehow don't make an effective staff '"team."

 

My hope is that MC leaves us with a platform to build from that is higher than our previous platform. In any case, I think he, by and large, seems to be a man of integrity, and I'm thankful that he was here at a time when that is something that the program needed. Now that the ship is righted, lets sail!

[Colorado Game-Score Prediction Contest!]

Ducks 34 (seems to be the magic number this year), although I would add a touchdown (maybe two) if the back-up QBs get in there with a long-ball threat

Buffs 17

3, 4, 280

[UCLA Game Prediction Contest (Closes at Game-Time)]

Sad to say:

UCLA wins. 38 to 20

1 turnover, 1 sack, 189 passing yards

[Stanford Game Prediction Contest!]

Ducks 31, Stanford 24; 2 turnovers, 2 sacks, 193 passing