Log Haulin

Riley lost 2 games every year with the Sooners. That's pretty impressive. Sooners are a blue blood and most above average coaches could probably match. Now he is at USC, another blue blood. We will see how good of a coach Riley actually is. If he can rebuild U$C into a powerhouse I will be impressed. Recruiting will be easy, Trojans recruit themselves as does all blue blood schools. I like the Idea of SC being dominant again. Especially when Oregon will match in the north. Get Fusky and the Utes consistently strong, specifically against ooc powerhouses, and the Pac will start getting respect again. Ducks held serve in the Shoe, now it's the Utes turn.

He photo shopped #10. Not a good start.

Injury played a big part in Oregon's season. They still won 10 games but it very easily could have been 5. MC dodged a bullet and cashed out with Miami. He knows it and every fan that watched knows it. The offense was one dimensional and the Defense was out of position all year. I think a lot of these kids played their hearts out. If you are playing behind the play all game it has to take it's toll. Miami is about to find out.

Won SEC freshman of the year and was a 5* recruit. 3 years removed so it doesn't mean much at this point. AU only won 3 conference games

Every one of our young QB have 4 years of eligibility? If so, at least one will transfer. The other two will finally get coached up. Bo has seen a lot of football and he is better than AB. This is going to be an old QB room. Thats not necessarily a bad thing. I hope TT sticks around but if not, Nix gives a young incoming coaching staff time to assess the QB situation. They are all familiar with BN and worst case they recruit and develop. Something the last coach apparently failed to do.

Saw this coming already. If MC and his coaching staff can't coach up players it is just another reason to thank the U. Gotta trust the new staff. Bo Nix can play and has played his best football under Dillingham. Nix also knows the system. Hopefully the younger guys will be developed starting Jan 12.

Losing this bowl won't affect recruiting any more than winning it will help. It's going to come down to Lanning and his staff. Other than the CFP the rest of the bowls don't matter in recruiting with all the no shows these days. DL on the trail with a title belt will have more credibility than an Alamo win.

How are defensive players leaving. With what Lanning could tech them. Make some cash with NIL and increase your draft stock and position your self a little better for success. I get the injury argument.

Doesn't matter. Still a ton of talent on this team. It ain't over, Feb is a long way out. Lanning hits the trail on Jan 12 hopefully boasting national champ. His defense. Ducks will be fine. If McClendon is in fact going to the U, he should leave now.

Okie is going through the same issues.

That was more of an O-val

That one stings a little. Dudes a beast. Moving on.

There is the old saying "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice...". Slick Willie was the original sin. The guy was a hustler and Mullens fell for his scam, as did many Duck faithful. He rode that con to a huge payday with FSU. That's on Willie. Then came MC. He sold the players and they wrote the letter. I don't know that MC's game was an actual con. MC, I think, believes himself to be something he is not. He is dam good at selling others on the idea and vision, but Mario has no idea how to bring great football to fruition on the field at game time. I have said that Oregon won on raw talent despite MC's inept game day coaching. My first thoughts of "Uh oh" came with the first time-out of Marios first game on the sideline. My brother (huge fusky fan) and I talked about Marios coaching abilities from that point on. He knew and I knew, I just wasn't going to let him know I knew. And Fusky had Peterson, dang it! He loved watching me squirm at the thought. Now we have Lanning. Time will tell if we are being duped a third time. A lot of the same writing on the wall. But this time it feels different. Lanning seems genuine. He doesn't have the HC experience SWT and MC had. He does however, have a resume that boasts actual leadership of a unit to unparalleled heights, as does his OC. Something both previous coaches lacked. I have fully bought into Lanning and his vision. Something I never did with with MC or Slick Willie. I love the vision of the Oregon Ducks new youth movement. One day I hope to congratulate PK and RM. This could bring Mullens to being considered one of the greatest AD's in College Football. Going to be a heck of a ride the next couple years.

They haven't signed yet.

The greatest disappointment is the Ducks haven't developed a QB in almost a decade. Herbert wasn't developed he was, if anything, hampered by the coaching staff. It will be nice watching a young QB brought up and destroying their opponent at year 3. With an elite defense, this would be fatal.

Heard today that TT is getting a ton of reps with the ones. So not to sure AB is going to get all the snaps in bowl game. He will probably start as a show of respect but I can see TT getting most of the snaps.

Coaching staff is starting to come together. Getting some heavy lifters. Going to be an interesting off season. Amazes me how successful these 3 amigos are at such young age. Good to be a Duck.

So does that mean Bo Nix is going to be in Green and Yellow next year? With this roster he would light it up. Leaves TT in the cold and he would probably enter the portal.

Tree signed 20 of their 21. Oregon signed 7. Time will tell but at the end of the day Oregon will be just fine. Even if Oregon whiffs, they are loaded with very talented freshman and sophomores. Ducks are in great shape. As bad as MC is at game time coaching he did leave the UofO full of talent.

The youth movement continues. The hiring of highly talented youth at every level could put Oregon's at the top of the mountain for yeas to come. On paper Oregon os starting to look like the cream of the crop. But... as we have seen with MC, on paper means nothing.

Fix the injury issues. Been listening to a lot of Bulldog podcast in my log truck the past few days. Mainly to get a read on what Dawg fans think of Lanning, a lot of love for DL for sure. Scott Cochran's name keeps coming up. Dawg fans are big on Cochran. I guess he was sick and not in an on field role with GA. Would love to see DL poach Cochran.

There are something like 77 highly talented freshman on this team. They could darn near draw up a play in the dirt between plays and win 5 or 6 games.That gives the coaching staff time to get this thing going the right direction. First year expectations will be high. Hope DL can meet those expectations with coaching ability. Heck, MC won 10 games on talent alone. Fluke? Maybe... but Lanning can't be any worse of a game time coach than MC is.

Opposing offenses driving down the field on 5 to 15 yard pass plays between the hashes. Drove me crazy.

What was it that Mike Leach of Washington State said? Something to the effect of " I just beat him with my guys, just think what I would be able to do to him with his guys".

FSU doesn't have an offensive line.