DuckFan93

Sure, but $10M/yr for 7 years will probably kill Cal Football, esp. if they continue to underperform... Furd got deep pockets, but not sure the culture there will tolerate long-term losses either... Interesting to see what happens. Glad OBD at least gets a revenue boost.

So Cal and Stanford get 30% revenue share. What's that amounting to? $10M/year? Seems like they can do better by staying in pac-4 and add to it, no?

I hope this will be motivating for Nix and OBD. Let the performance and results speak for themselves!

Maybe Rob learned the lesson from last year's Georgia matchup? 🫢 In some ways, it makes sense to play Power-5 teams that are more winnable for OBD at this point. Let's try to make it to the Playoff a few more times before challenging the top SEC teams in these early season matchups.

Alabama and Georgia are not in the top 10? Hmmm...

Can't agree more about the untimely and too-frequent substitutions of RBs when the game was going well. If Bucky had gotten the ball instead of Nix in the fateful Q4 red-zone run against the puppies, OBD might have gone to the play-off, won the Pac or at least the Northwest!

Well, if Alabama comes calling, not many can say no... I am not sure this reflects poorly on "Maria", as much as we dislike the snail oil salesman now.

I wish I could see it, but I don't - we couldn't even win Oregon and NW championship this year. Next year, it would be great if we could take care of those, which will still be tall orders. But as I always tell my kids - aim high even if it seems impossible then good things will happen.

So will it be the chicken or the Duck? 😀

Or Justin Herbert 2.0. Herbert was 3* too, right?

Love Herbert 100%, but he wasn't as productive as he should have been in that game either. Lawrence looked so much better in the 2nd half than Herbert did all game. I wish he had been more crutched and really carried the team over the hump. But alas, we will have to wait another year yet again.

Stop poaching from Tulane or ND, for crying out loud... 😀 Those are the only two teams I root for besides OBD, since my daughters go there!

Great point. Soon we will lose on that front, to WA, TX and FL...

Why doesn't NCAA place a limit on NILs? This is just ridiculous.

Didn't we win the Pac in 2020 against the spoiled children? Edit: NVM - we did lose the bowl game that year, badly...

Oregon 49-28 2 2 300

A team can only have one starting QB. We got ours. There are always other great players that will be playing for another team. I say don't be greedy. I am not impressed by the character of Moore, who seems to have zero loyalty - flipped from ND and now from UO. Maybe that's how it is in this day an age, but I still don't like it. So hope he makes it, but won't be surprised if we see him in the portal in anot-so-distant future.

If we can only have one of the two, DL definitely made the wise choice. Recruiting is no longer the only way to get good players this day and age. In fact, it is better to transfer a proven QB than recruiting a 5-star. I know because I happen to be fan of a team that has this experience at QB recently. Wink Wink...

I got one of your emails about a poor choice of word in my posting. I think I deserved it and that's the end of that. We all really appreciate you providing this free forum for OBD fans and trying to keep it civilized. I can't believe the length some of the folks would go to be nasty. Ban them! Good that robots should be used to do the policing instead of you. Hope you get to bet more on NFL, mostly against the Falcons after they dumped our Mariota...

All due respect, but how is this even a question? Clearly there is a consensus on this issue. TT didn't get any time in last year's bowl game and won't this year either.

Got to admire the spirit. Hope he stays healthy and doesn't jinx his NFL stock...

Exactly my first thought. In this day and age of the carousal, I won't expect him to stick around long if OBD continues to be successful offensively. The next question is: Will Frank Harris follow him to Oregon, if Nix leaves?

Mario is like the magic snake oil salesman - he can sell to anyone anytime. Didn't they just sign a big-time recruit and are still ranked 7th for the 2023 class, despite this horror show of a season? Amazing.

Don't know how to feel about this one - he didn't even get to play with TT's underwhelming showing this season. Good luck to the kid. He may need it.

Well, but aren't they under a ton of sanctions? All coaches are on very short leash nowadays. If he can't deliver in 2-3 yrs, his career will be over. That's my bet at this point.