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If this team realizes the potential it has on offense, Seven doesn't need to top DT. He will be a game breaker for sure, but there are a ton of weapons on offense. Maybe the best group of WRs since 2012. All 3 RBs look legit.

DJ Johnson will be a major problem on defense. So glad to see him back on that side of the ball!

I think Butterfield has a better grasp of this offense than Thompson does. The pro-style aspects of it play to his strengths. He was slinging it in the 2nd half.

This is great news but also carries almost no weight right now. His recruitment list on 247 shows Texas A&M, which has already shown zero hesitation with dipping into their bottomless pit of a donor pool to buy recruits. Oklahoma will also need a QB1 after Dillon Gabriel is gone, or maybe even someone to challenge him right out of the gates. I think Ole Miss is probably in the rearview, especially considering the existing talent currently competing for the starting role. But I would definitely keep an eye on A&M the next few weeks. I predict a visit there sooner than later.

Any news on Noah Sewell? I don't think he had an injury listed from Saturday's practice.

I keep hoping to see that Butterfield winds up in the 225-230lb. range. With that size and arm he would undoubtedly resemble a "kid" that played here a few years back. He would only add to his arm strength while also being hard to bring down. I would love to see him running with the Ones in that scenario. He still looks scrawny like JH did his freshman year; which is saying something about Herbert's natural size coming into college.

Ty doesn't see 3rd string on this roster ever. He may have come from a smaller school, and his star rating might just be slightly over-valued but he is talented none-the-less. He knows this and will transfer the second he isn't in contention for the starting gig. Other schools would be happy to open a much clearer path to the starting job knowing he's coming their way. Unless something drastic happens, like we find out he simply cannot comprehend Dillingham's offense; he winds up no lower than 2nd string. Is he better than Bo Nix? Probably too close to call. He IS flat out better than Jay Butterfield.

If Lanning/Lupoi/Powledge can produce the defense that everyone expects they can, and Dillingham brings the bang back to the offense, I believe we will certainly cause more frowns than smiles in southern California. On that same note, we need USC to be as good as Riley is advertising. The playoff committee needs BOTH teams to be. We need west coast recruits to have more reasons to stay on the left side of the country. If both teams do what both teams are claiming then we could see an arms race of Cold War proportions. As we continue to consistently win and contend for championships and beyond (assuming SC can as well); we could begin stockpiling talent on top of talent. Riley and friends will attempt to do the same down south. As both teams trend upward, not only do recruits from the west coast stay home, but kids from elsewhere in the country start feeling the pull to play over here. Naturally, I am assuming we will succeed far better at this than USC (the Soviets, if I'm going all in on Cold War euphemisms ) so we manage to stay ahead of the talent curve. But having both brands in the national spotlight every single season will only help our chances with the committee!

A top ranked RB should always want to run behind the block of a top ranked OT. This is like peanut-butter and jelly. Young should be watching Penei Sewell tape and imagining Conerly carving out similar paths of destruction to the end zone!

Glad he choose to walk back his transfer and see it paying off. If Dilly is planning on running 80-plus plays a game then having two studs at RB is a must. We always had 1A/1B starters at the position under CK and even MH. It sounds like Whittington is a hard hitter so maybe he winds up at a Cyrus Habibi-Likio type roll while Dollars and Cardwell take the majority of the reps.

If he wants to see a sold out stadium for EVERY single home game he'd be wise to choose the Green and Yellow!

Nix has had the same thing happen to him that Herbert did in college. Each season was a different OC with a new offense to learn. Fortunately for JH, he oozed so much raw talent out of the gate that he could fill Crater Lake. He could also obliterate most of North Korea with sheer kinetic power of one throw. While Nix has huge upside, I think too much of it was wasted with a head coach that wanted to run the ball (Malzahn) and another who just wasn't able to get the offense clicking consistently while he was with Nix (Harsin). It seems like with some consistency with an OC that can play to his strengths, Bo could absolutely look the part of a Vernon Adams. And if that happens, the folks down at USC may stay up a little later at night.

Ok that last clip of Bo has some serious Vernon Adams vs ASU 2015 vibes!

We all know the story about Herbert. The guy literally played so well in practice that Helfrich couldn't help but notice him. This in turn led to him taking over the starting position; which saw him blossom under the lights and crowd. What if the opposite is true for Ty? Maybe Ty simply isn't playing spectacularly in practice but has what it takes come Saturday? All of the tape he has from (I know, high school...) screams clutch gene. He looks like a playmaker that will get the ball to the people it needs to go to. Maybe the spotlight will bring out the best in him. If I remember correctly, the media that saw Mariota practice said he had a tendency to get brought down often in the backfield or get balls swatted by the D Line. Yet he beat out Bryan Bennett primarily because he used practice as a place to hone his internal clock and decision making. If Ty is doing the same thing then we may see some awesome offensive output this season.

Honestly college football is just starting to catch up to where college basketball has been for 20 years. The main reason this is not sitting well with us (including me) is because college football seemed, for decades, to be one of the sports where culture reigned supreme. It was what kept the 4*s and 5*s around on the same team and sometimes meant they didn't see the field until year 2 or 3. When the NCAA created the one-time free transfer rule, it created collegiate free agency. So many of these kids no longer care if they even graduate any more. All they want is to put together a season or two of good tape then bounce for the League. This is exactly how college basketball has been for quite a long time. These athletes come in, have a good year, then take off to the NBA or the D League. Because football is the high contact, human chess-game that we love, I think we assume that these men who go to literal battle every weekend develop a closer comraderie than most of the other sports. And this close relationship is actually required for teams to be successful with the O-Line needing to act as a single unit, the center being able to have a feel for his QB and all the little nuances. The QB and his receivers gelling so balls can be placed in the perfect spot. But here we are in 2022 where a QB is allowed to transfer, usually with the expectation that he be named the starter, and then try to develop some sort of relationship with the existing guys around him. It has been extremely hit-and-miss with how this ultimately works out. I like the person that Bo Nix is, but he left Auburn after he felt like his job was no longer secure. He should be given no additional securities here. I just hope Ty uses him to bring the best in himself out on the field.

For his age Dillingham sure seems to have a great grasp on what he wants to accomplish. I totally agree with the interview he gave after Saturday's practice on the use of going under center. He has a plan for it and doesn't want to give it away to the press. He cited the obvious reasons most coaches give for choosing to put the QB under center but also stopped short of saying why and when he will utilize it. This shows that he isn't trying to appease the media or make them like him by giving away the aspects of his offense. He wants to show it on the field. Also, I could have been reading too much into the Ty Thompson interview but it really does sound like Ty has the upper hand in this competition thus far. He speaks of how much of a help Bo has been for him. He called Bo coming to Oregon a blessing. He seems to be talking about how much of a better player Bo is pushing HIM to become. He also notes how excited Dillingham seemed when Ty told him that his offense was clicking for him.

Feels like this year's QB battle will be much more competitive than last season's farce. We can expect three things for sure: 1. We will be much better off than last year 2. We will like the starter by the time he's named (even if it is Bo) 3. One of Jay, Ty, or Bo will not be with the team by the end of the season

Not that we need him, but if Agude winds up choosing Oregon over the Fuskies and the "Tropical Depressions" then it just goes to show the amount of interest buzz that Lanning has generated since he was hired. He would be out recruiting one of the best salesmen in college football. "Come play for us unless you like constantly dropping into soft prevent coverage until you're out of breath." On a side note, the Oregon athletic department needs to work their butts off to get an OOC game with Miami as soon as possible. We all need to see what happens when you let Cristobal steal the catalytic converter out of a Ferrari!

Smart move. There is never a situation where you have enough QBs on the roster. Sadly, if the existing talent was properly developed, we wouldn't have a transfer in the mix this season. But this keeps the position room stocked when the inevitable transfer happens. Also not to be forgotten is that there ABSOLUTELY will be a season where we lose one or more QBs at the top (2007) and will need a guy fired up and ready to win games!

I like this move alot! Don't need to be drafting a CB this year if they don't have to. Maybe they snag Bobby Wagner next and allow Kenneth Murray to move to Outside Linebacker where he looks much more natural.

5-star QB JT Daniels visits Oregon State 247SPORTS.COM The Oregon State Beavers are making another big recruiting push of the transfer portal as 5-star quarterback JT Daniels is currently visiting the Corvallis campus. The This could make things interesting in Corvallis, should it pan out. Bo Nix vs. JT Daniels in the PNW?

I think it was said best in the article that elite "rated" QBs should not be shook at the prospect of a transfer coming in to the program. If the recruit is as good as advertised, then the only thing that changes is the level of competition he sees on his way to winning the starting gig. Mario Cristobal got it right when he preached that Iron sharpens Iron. If he allowed his assistants to properly develop the QB room, we would have one of the best in the nation. Nix will start the first game unless something drastic happens. But Lanning and Dillingham will hopefully have that young fire to not settle for mediocrity if his production wanes. I believe they will actually do what we all hoped MC would do with AB last season and roll with him until they can't roll with him. Here's to hoping...

I had the feeling Dye was looking for a place to be RB1 or at least take the majority of the starting reps. This seems like a lateral move at best. He will be in no different situation at SC than he was at Oregon. I doubt Riley will want to see him carrying the ball more often than Keontay Ingram or Austin Jones. Ingram seems like a typical Lincoln Riley-type running back. I could even see Ingram becoming a bell-cow, nearly every-down, back. This has to be about money that he has a chance to make NOW, that he knows he probably will not make post-college. IDK...

NIL will run wild and rampant on CFB until the playoff expansion occurs. I am hoping The Alliance schools and other conferences will use the 2025 date as a referendum on how this money and situation as a whole is being handled. In the meantime, programs can step up and lead the charge for positive control of this new money a number of different ways; but at the very least, requiring that a percentage of all NIL money from deals signed while attending said program go directly to the athletic department. As Charles explained above, the vast majority of sports programs at all Pac 12 schools are funded through the profits of the football program. If the Alliance member schools were to get on board with this, I believe the Big 12 would follow suit. It would also force the SEC to take a hard look at its current "recruit buying" operations. After all, only so many players can go to the SEC. The transfer portal could actually begin to work to the advantage of all schools not located in the south eastern United States. As kids with NIL deals sit on the sidelines of their dream SEC school, they may see elsewhere as a better option to profit off their name; while enabling their transfer destination to use a small portion of that money to feed back into the athletic department in general. Thus, allowing other sports programs to thrive, and in some cases, even just survive.

I am a firm believer that a top tier program needs to be recruiting a QB in every class. Rather than let walkons fill the lower ranks of the position group as we have with Bradley Yaffe and A.J. Abbott, we should be filling the depth chart with scholarship athletes that a coach has sought to bring into the program. If these recruits are told from the start that nothing is guaranteed, but will be given equal opportunity to climb the depth chart, then the position group as a whole benefits. As these players grind and grind, they constantly raise the bar of what is expected of the named starter. At the end of fall camp there will be some attrition, which is to be expected in all high level merit based programs. However, the identity of the position group will be engrained and recruits will know that the likelihood of a random transfer being brought in to sub-plant their status on the team is very unlikely. It may give some of these guys at least a little more confidence in sticking out another season with the program, in the hopes of raising their level of play enough to challenge for starting reps. We as a fan base need to regain the patience to let the unproven, but earned starter, take his lumps in the first season. Not all QBs are Marcus Mariota in their first year. I am fine with THIS year having a transfer brought in as an insurance policy (new coaching regime) and maybe even a starter, if in fact Ty Thompson or Jay Butterfield cannot truly rise to QB1. But the program needs to instill confidence in both the outside world and itself, that it can develop quality QB talent from within.