Drake

A Bodacious display of talent on Friday should seal the deal.

Top recruits want to go to a coach and program that is building something worthwhile. Deion tore down a team that won 1 game and turned them into a 4 game winner. I would have had more respect if he had won 4 games with players that he publicly berated and pushed out of the program. At least it would give him more credibility as a coach. Contrast the way that Johnathan Smith rebuilt OSU. Smith quietly rebuilt a program that was in a similar situation. No media circus, just solid coaching. Recruits are now having doubts about the commitment that Deion has to the Colorado football program. Good luck with that Ralphie.

Red Zone scoring is much more important if you are rarely in the red zone over the course of a season. What is interesting to note is that Oregon State and Colorado both lead Oregon statistically in red zone scoring percentage. OSU has 42 red zone attempts and have scored 41 times, while Colorado has 38 attempts with 37 scores. So far this year Oregon has had 63 red zone attempts with 55 scores. 48 touchdowns, 7 field goals, and 8 times came away without a score. Washington has 58 attempts and scored 49 times. 41 touchdowns, 8 field goals, and 9 times did not score. I say let’s get into the red zone and let Nix do his job, and when necessary, kick the field goal.

Their best coach since Mike Riley has left the building and is leaving with considerable doubt about the future of football in Corvallis. I wouldn’t want to be on the committee that is given the job to find a new coach. Tough sell.

The Ducks defense stopped an NFL talented RB tonight. That dude is a load and our Defense made him irrelevant.

Nix is such a great story. He has endeared himself to Oregon fans with his play on the field. USC failing to be relevant…once again…is the gift that keeps on giving. Chip packed his bags and chased his dream of coaching in the NFL. After his NFL stint UCLA quickly found out that recruiting is not one of his strengths. Good memories of Chip while he was at Oregon, but that ship sailed long ago.

Thankful for a healthy family, friends that overlook my shortcomings, and one damn tough football team that makes me proud to be a Duck.

That puppy fan is like the male Cicada. The male nymphs crawl out of the ground once every 13 to 17 years, and makes obnoxious sounds. That will be about how long that guy will have to wait to brag about his team again based on their coaches ability to recruit.

Almost forgot…back to back years we shatter rodent dreams of a Rose Bowl.

Winner is the the PAC 10 Champ and goes to the Rose Bowl. Anytime we can break the rodent fans hearts is always high on the list of good memories.

There literally was not time to advise anything different. Delaying Oregon’s move to the BIG was not going to be held up by legal counsel wanting time to review all exposure to risk. OSU and WSU were simply granted voting rights control of the conference assets and liabilities. Any vote to keep all media monies earned by the conference for themselves will be challenged in court. OSU and WSU are hoping for favorable court rulings to soften the catastrophic reduction of media income they will receive. Oregon on the other hand could take a short term hit, but recover quickly. I like our position much better.

What a surprise!!! Can’t give away tickets for the predictable offense that the HC swears will win games when he finally gets “his” style of recruits on the field. Don’t hold your breath Miami.

Benny’s kids have found out they were too slow to grab a chair when the music stopped. The rodents applaud themselves as the “little engine that could”, but that folktale teaches kids that optimism AND hard work can pay off. They are laughably optimistic, but reality has punched them squarely in the face regarding how others perceive their overall worth. Their hopes rest on the abilities of attorneys stealing $$$$ from schools that propped them up for years. I don’t know how that will end, but in the world of right and wrong…it still theft at its highest level.

There are definitely websites that use pop up ads that make them virtually unusable. Just touching the screen to scroll should not create chaos for the viewer of an article. I have given up on trying to read many articles just because of the advertising pop ups. I make it a point to never buy what is being advertised because of the mental anguish…lol I don’t mind scrolling. However, I hate being constantly jettisoned to another website if a pop up ad is accidentally touched, and the instability of the website that they create.

Hard to believe that a defense can be that bad. The team looks like they quit on their coach. One thing for certain is that it will take a lot of NIL $$$ to sign any highly touted defensive recruit at USC. Their boosters have already whiffed on buying a highly touted coach. Are they willing to reach deeper into their pockets and try to buy a team for their overpaid coach?

Players are simply demonstrating the physicality that their coach insists will win games. Watching Mario field tough questions after a loss of this type is very entertaining. He always has that knitted brow look and never has good answers. I honestly don’t understand how he recruits so well.

The Cougs are on a roll. 42 -7 before the half. The free fall of Colorado started at Autzen. They found out quickly that they need a lot more substance and less trash talk to play big boy football.

Not sport related at all…just a continuation of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles…John Candy working with Steve Martin to create one of the most classic comedy scenes in movie history. Always a good movie to watch this time of year…

A top QB certainly helps make a coaches job easier. In my opinion, Mario gets big money from Miami primarily because Justin Herbert had the talent to overcome a very predictable offense. Coach Stein gets attention because Bo Nix is currently killing it. The question I have is can Stein duplicate this level of success with an inexperienced QB? If Stein does that, then he earns a spot amongst the top OC’s in Oregon history.

There are over 250 division 1 colleges. There are about 25 each year that are able to fully fund their athletic departments budget. College athletics generates billions of dollars, with billions of dollars of expenses. There is an economic impact associated with that type of money movement. Personally, I believe giving $30million to OSU is a big rock being thrown to a drowning man. I certainly would not give them the monies out of compassion. It is 100% a business decision. But, I am willing to listen to what they project that those monies will do for them and make a decision on facts and projections of future revenues.

Those statements were made about Oregon when I attended the University. The beginning of the Rich Brooks era of football was very sketchy at best. We could beat Portland State and the Rodents…that was pretty much it for a few years. Our first bowl game game in almost thirty years was the independence bowl in 1989 and we were ecstatic to get the invite. OSU is a State institution, first and foremost, letting it drown does not help the state of Oregon. At times there is a need to help the neighbor, even though you may not like them. I think the business decision comes down to what $30 million does for OSU, and is there some type of return that can be expected, or are we just throwing a heavy rock to a drowning man?

Oregon is a great destination for a coach, look at the commitment that has been made to top notch facilities and the pursuit of excellence. However, it seems so unreal to watch the PAC implode. Not too sure it will really register until the start of next year. Unfortunately, Otegon was forced to make a decision that most did not want to make. Moving to the BIG is more $$$$, and better exposure to a national audience, which benefits recruiting. The downside is the travel and late season weather in some of these states for football. All the other sports that Oregon competes in are a scheduling nightmare for a student/athlete. Nothing like a 4 to 5 hour flight followed by a 1 or 2 hour bus ride in winter conditions to be in peak condition to play 40 minutes of basketball. Beware of those that make money their main focus when making decisions, such as, in this case blowing up the PAC 12 in the pursuit of making “the bottom line” appear more attractive…(that is you ucla) Foggy, and blurred lenses are common for those that go down this path.

We have many talented freshman that are gaining in game experience this year. What a huge benefit for our future. Cornerback is one of the most difficult positions on defense, especially with all the QB talent that is in the PAC 12. It always seems to take one or two years to get young corners up to speed. Speaking of speed, Roderick is a two sport athlete that owns the California high school record in the 100 meters with a time of 10.14, and won the state championship with a meet record time of 10.2. He plans on running for our track team as well. It will be fun to watch his progress in football and on the track.

I never got a chance to watch him play this year. I do think that he may have been thrown into the fire at UCLA. If he does go into the portal then I am sure our coaches will have appraised his abilities from this years video tape. If the coaches think he has a strong upside, then I think you could bring him in and let him compete for the position against everyone else. If he chose to do that, then I would at least respect his competitive nature. Let the cream rise to the top.

Interesting point. Those teams opted to go all in on their coaching hires. AtM boosters are now banking on the next coach to resurrect their program. AtM invested stupid amounts of NIL money on recruits and figured that was going to be the short cut to success. Actually glad that “buying” a team has failed. Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it makes being miserable easier.