Log Haulin

I don't think this loss should drop TCU out. It would be a travesty.

Such a sweet victory for the entire pac 12 minus 1. Well done Utes.

Don't pac 12 champs go to rosebowl?

Utes up 17 with 5 minutes left

Great game. Williams is putting up a heroic effort. Ducks would've been called on the Rising hit, vicious. I thought it was targeting.

Dilly's going to be a great head coach. He landed in a place thats going to have a ton of patience. KD will get 4 years, successful or not. If Baldwin doesn't work out he has 2-3 to find the right guy. After that he will have to be competitive, conf title contenders. ASU ain't the Ducks. He won't have Nix, elite O line, 3 or 4 studs to throw to and an elite back field. Seemed Dilly stopped using his TE late in the year. I don't understand, TE were lethal early. Hope Dilly is successful. With a loss to the Ducks every year of course

Sources: Cal Poly head coach to be Arizona State offensive coordinator - Footballscoop FOOTBALLSCOOP.COM Beau Baldwin is relinquishing head coaching duties to take an assistant role in the Pac-12.

How Taylor Housewright went from sleeping in closets to being one of college football's top young offensive coordinators - Footballscoop FOOTBALLSCOOP.COM Housewright leads the offense for No. 4 Montana State and the Bobcats' run in the FCS Playoffs Never heard of Housewright but came across this article. Oregon ties and hungry. Putting up huge numbers. Says he is a QB coach and has been calling plays for 2 years.

I am moving on to other things

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That is the greatest logo and color scheme in sports. I am grateful that we have an HC who doesn't make excuses or pass blame. The guy stands in the gap and takes all the shots for his men.

2 hc's, 2 oc's and a third on his way. Can't really blame the guy. Oregon is loaded in the receiver room with some dudes coming in. Good luck young man.

I will be reading your next one. I have learned some things from a lot of your articles. Don't see that stopping.

My thoughts on it are different than yours. Thats all. Not a big deal. I like Lanning and think he is going to grow into one of the best head coaches in college football. I could be wrong. You put your thoughts out there by writing this article. OBDF is not an echo chamber. I have a different opinion and stated it. Seemed pretty benign when I wrote it.

Lanning is HC. I am sure he was. Was he consulted about assistant coaching hires? Maybe, if so... Oregon will not reach the top IMO. Wouldn't be any different than Mario's micro management. A topic of discussion many time on OBDF.

Other schools seem to be mesmerized by what Oregon has. They come after Ducks coaches only to find out that what Oregon has Is Oregon. Oregon is bigger than any of these guys. How long will it take for them to figure that out. The list of those that learned the hard way is getting long: Chip Kelly, Scott Frost, Willie Tagart, Mariø, plus a few more. I hope KD turns around ASU and we get to play them for conference titles. But I also think he jumped the gun and will get beat up a bit.

Oregon didn't lose because of 2 plays. But cool, I was just giving my thoughts on the OC hire. Nothing more. Lanning will be better in year 2 and again in year 3. None of us make the right call all the time. Nix was the right call and Lanning getting to hire his own guys is the right call. Phil Knight has no business getting involved. Betcha Phil agrees.

Kinda like running it between the tackles time after time. Auburn sent Ducks a gift basket and thank you card as a show of appreciation. This was Lannings first time steering the ship. I can recall articles here on OBDF, before season started, about curtailing expectations. How that changes when rubber meets the road. Oregon is not a bently. At best a Cadillac that needs tuned. Still very nice but not there yet.

Lanning was hired as a first year head coach. Not a seasoned, make no mistakes, take me to the promise land, win me a Natty first year head coach. Season came down to a few bad plays. 9-3!!! Two of the loses by combined 7 points. Maybe it's more about who those loses were to, not that he took the two loses. Very easily could have been 11-1. What if the loses were to UCLA and Utah instead? Everything else being the same. Lanning had a great first year. Better than most. Including Saban and Smart. Had such a great first year his OC got poached immediately. If my boss crawls up my backside? I find a new boss. I celebrate what Lanning has done his first year. Great job coach.

Great Defense requires speed. Something Oregon lacks. We have big and physical. Not that thats a bad thing but playing 4-2-5 required speed from edge, safety and LB's. Oregons front 7 is slow. Look at the nonexistent pass rush. Lanning will need more than a spring game and fall camp to get his guys. The recruits lanning has gotten and is going after are much faster. Building a defense is hard. Took Lannings last boss several years to build his.

This decision needs to be Lannings alone. He is the HC and knows better than anyone what he needs to accomplish his vision. Lanning was hired to lead the football team. Mullens and Knight would be wise not to meddle. Clip Lanning and it won't end well. He will bounce first opportunity. I do like Brian Brohm. He has done an excellent job at Perdue. Prying him away from his brother would be a challenge. But hey, worth a try.

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No, I don't. Lanning had his last OC hired within a week. The portal opens the 5th. Early signing comes right after. Seems likely Lanning will have his staff in place beforehand. Lanning has a ton of contacts and Oregon is a top job. Won't take long to fill the OC position. Lanning has probably already known for a week or two that he needs to fill the position. Oregon came within 7 points from going to the CFP. It wasn't the offense that gave up those seven. Oregon is right on the edge of being great. Everyone knows it. Not going to be hard to find the right guy.

Lanning will have his OC in place by end of the week. I trust Lannings ability to hire. He has shown he has the ability to draw high level talent with both player and staff. Once a new OC is in place Bo will know what he wants to do pretty quickly. He is probably going into draft, but maybe Lannings next hire will change Bo's mind. Everything hinges on who Lanning hires. Portal opens on the 5th followed shortly by early signing. We will know inthe next 3 or 4 days.