Annie

It bothers me that, looking back, in or around mid-November MC seemed to let his interest in Miami distract him in regard to coaching Oregon.

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Grew up in CT, moved to Eugene with my dh and daughter in 1975 when he got a job as a professor at the UO. None of us had ever been to a college football game. In fact, the only football game we'd been to was a Giants preseason/exhibition game at Yale Bowl. Neither my high school nor college had football teams. (I was once teasingly chastised by my HS history teacher because I didn't know who Y.A. Tittle was.). So, we decided to go to the Duck-beav game that year. At that point I think the Ducks had beaten the beavs only once since 1963. But the Ducks won that day and we were hooked. Went to every home game the next year, then got season tickets the year after that.

When the SEC schedules easy ooc games, it's great. But if PAC-12 schedules such teams, suddenly it counts against them for strength of schedule.

Exactly. But I'll bet lots of Duck fans would drive/fly to Vegas. Not sure about Georgia fans.

Yes, technically correct. 🙂 So maybe an SEC team will play Oregon at a neutral site such as Las Vegas?

2022 SEC OOC Games: Alabama – Utah State, @ Texas, ULM, & Austin Peay Arkansas – Cincinnati, Missouri State, @ BYU, & Liberty Auburn – Mercer, San Jose State, Penn State, & Western Kentucky Florida – Utah, USF, Eastern Washington, @ Florida State Georgia – Oregon (n), Samford, Kent State, & Georgia Tech Kentucky – Miami (O), Youngstown State, Northern Illinois, & Louisville LSU – Florida State (n), Southern, New Mexico, & UAB Mississippi State – Memphis, @ Arizona, Bowling Green, & ETSU Missouri – Louisiana Tech, @ Kansas State, Abilene Christian, & New Mexico State Ole Miss – Troy, Central Arkansas, @ Georgia Tech, & Tulsa South Carolina – Georgia State, Charlotte, SC State, & @ Clemson Tennessee – Ball State, @ Pittsburgh, Akron, & UT Martin Texas A&M – Sam Houston, Appalachian State, Miami (F), & UMass Vanderbilt - @ Hawaii, Elon, Wake Forest, & @ Northern Illinois Love the way the Oregon-Georgia game is listed as being played at a neutral site.

This is probably a mom point of view, but one could also say that Saban didn't prepare the backups well enough....just sayin'.

The Pick Beating USC on Halloween Oregon beating TX 35-30 in the 2000 Holiday Bowl.

I remember one year Bellotti saying that USC had the best players, but that they didn't play as a unit.

Sounds like a lot of good vibes! 🤩

I hope it does play out that Oregon will be on Game Day twice!

It was at South Florida, 2016, just before he came to Oregon (assuming I read all this correctly!).

Well, just before he came to Oregon Willie Taggart did have a 10-2 season, but the previous 6 years he had a 30-48 record, and lot of people were excited about WT coming here.

Duck Spring Practice Schedule The 15th practice is after the spring game.

I agree, he will be a great one. I believe Hollins did spend 5 seasons at Oregon, and had been a red-shirt senior, though maybe he could have stayed another year if he chose to due to the covid-shortened season?

Super Bowl Winners!

I think Lanning reaching out to former players (and coaches, should he do so) is a good thing. I imagine he listens to them and then sifts through what they say for whatever information he thinks will help him understand the past, benefit the present, and plan for the future.

Radio Row, Super Bowl week, on the Pat and Aaron Show LeGarrette Blount From Radio Row

I keep an eye on the scores, and it's always fun to learn something about the players.

Promising, but, yes, way too early. With the Ducks having a whole new coaching staff and a quarterback who will never have started a game for the Ducks I find it difficult to have any idea of how Oregon will do next season. NCAA.com Releases Way-Too-Early College Football Preseason Top 25

How long did the last minute take? 10 minutes? 15?

Omigosh, on the Damon Amandolara radio program this morning they were getting positively orgasmic over the Trojans, also predicting that they would be in the playoffs next year, and on and on and on....

I suppose there could be a remote possibility that MC is waiting to talk to someone at the Bengals or Rams, but I kind of doubt it.

On the rare occasion that I bet, I bet with my heart--so I'll say "yes," Joe Burrow can score a trifecta. 🙂