DrJacksPlaidPants

Montana has some potential. They could own all categories if they just opened up a cage and let a wild grizzly loose on the field during pregame (think Ralphie, but with a huge bear). They could also increase their home field advantage by keeping a live grizzly on a leash on the sidelines (think UGA, but with a huge bear). The opposing team would definitely be less focused on the game.

I believe Texas Tech’s mascot is the only one to die during a game. Although, UGA came close in the Sugar Bowl when meeting up with Bevo.

The Duck is too popular to be relegated down to the mechanized category, but he should be #1 in both. Mike should be #1 in the live animal division due to the fact that if he gets out of his cage somebody is dying. Finally, as much as I despise USC, their mascot should replace Texas Tech's on this list.

Great point. Look at Gus Malzhan. He was fired mainly because he didn't beat Bama enough. Looking back, his 3-5 record against Saban was better than any other coach in the SEC during Saban's time in Tuscaloosa. The next closest was Les Miles at 3-7.

I know everybody gives Bama grief about their soft non-conference schedule, but they always schedule a FBS team out of conference. In the past 10 seasons they have played the following non-SEC FBS teams. They may not have been very good teams, but they didn't know that when the schedules were made. 2015 - Wisconsin 2016 - USC 2017 - Florida State 2018 - Louisville 2019 - Duke 2020 - COVID, they play ell SEC teams 2021 - Miami 2022 - Texas 2023 - Texas 2024 - Wisconsin

USC will be coming off a bye week, but Nebraska will be their second road game in a row after going to South Bend. USC will be Nebraska’s second home game in a row after playing Northwestern the week prior. Nebraska has a better QB situation and they’re playing a blue blood at home in front of their fans. They’re also playing November 1st so weather might favor them as well. USC has more talent and I think they will win, but they do have some factors working against them.

Their toughest games this season are in South Bend, Lincoln and Eugene. If they can win one of those and beat Michigan at home, they could probably be a playoff team. They have a lot of talent, but their success will depend heavily on the play of their QB Maiava. I think OBD are in the same boat with two pretty difficult away games (PSU, Iowa) and a new QB and OL.

All three of them have some talented WR’s to throw to. None of them are going into bad situations offensively. Sure, Moore has a new OL and he loses Stewart for the season, but DL didn’t leave him with a bare cupboard. I remember thinking Bo was a bust because he wasn’t really all that good at Auburn. Then he got to Oregon with Troy, Ferguson and Tez and became a first round draft pick. Being talented is one thing, but QB’s need to have good talent on the other end of their throws.

He may get to play early in Chapel Hill, but he’s going to one of the dullest atmospheres I have ever experienced. Their stadium empties out at halftime no matter the score or the opponent. Even when they had good teams with Howell and Maye at QB their crowd sucked. You could actually hear the opposing QB calling his audibles as if he was only a few feet away. I’m sure the price was right, but flipping from OSU to UNC only makes sense on the hardwood. The football team will always be little brother on that campus.

The dagger to the heart of the Helfrich era was 70-21. It was inexcusable. He could've taken Oregon to a bowl game that year and still would've gotten fired. However, his lack of leadership was evident during his first season. Under Chip, Oregon had never been blown out. Helf managed to lose at least one game in blowout fashion every year he was at Oregon. 2013 (Arizona), 2014 (Ohio State), 2015 (Utah), 2016 (take your pick).

Some of the uniforms of 2015/2016 had major "Jump the Shark" vibes. Obviously, the two you mentioned as well as the gray "blue collar" Radcliffe uniforms and the Webfoots.

I agree. I always liked the “Belotti Bold” font on the 2006-2011 jerseys.

He was good at finding QB’s. He found Mariota and he went after Adams as a grad transfer. Both great Oregon QB’s. I’ll also give him credit for Herbert even though it took Ryan Kelly’s de-commitment for Helf to offer him a scholarship. Otherwise, Herbert would’ve probably been a Bobcat. BTW, Ryan Kelly never recorded a college stat.

I think we and the pundits try to anticipate classic trap games. They usually take place before a rivalry or the venue and game time benefit the underdog. This is why we all thought Oregon stood a good chance of losing to Wisconsin. I think classic trap Good point. We and the pundits try to anticipate them, but they often catch us by surprise. It's not always looking ahead, either. Sometimes the underdog puts forth their best game. The 2019 Oregon Arizona State game comes to mind. The Ducks got caught looking ahead to the rivalry game, but it also turns out that ASU had a lot of talent (Daniels, Aiyuk, etc.) that finally started to gel toward the end of the season.