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DrJacksPlaidPants
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Seahawks fans will be more forgiving if he isn’t too successful right away. Bama fans would’ve called for his head if they didn’t have the top offense in the SEC.
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On 2/6/2024 at 5:25 PM, mikethehiker said:
NBA stars started joining forces and assembling super teams instead of committing themselves to beat their rivals.
This completely ruined the NBA for me. It started with LeBron in Miami and then him jumping around from city to city amassing a group of talented stars to help him win championships. That got Golden State into the act when they signed Durant to go with Curry.
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I don’t think Taylor Swift or the families would want cameras and microphones inside their suite. There’s probably too much emotion, bad language, etc. I think she enjoys getting to cut loose and be herself away from the spotlight for a while.
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Duck football is king for me. Many years of living in Spokompton turned me into a Zags basketball fan (hey, Few is a Duck, so it’s close). The 2017 Final Four could’ve gotten awkward but the Tar Heels ruined everything.
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On 1/20/2024 at 2:33 AM, Duckley Palace said:
Physical media is a dying product. How long before DVDs, CDs, or Newspapers all disappear?
Sadly, this had led to an uptick in the number of phones dropped in the toilet. I’m willing to bet that not many magazines or books ended up in there unless someone was out of toilet paper.
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Fail: UW and USC. No surprises there.
Succeed: Arizona because the good players stayed and I like to see loyalty rewarded. I would also like to see Beavis get the 12 seed in the playoffs, so we can clown them for being considered a G5 team.
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Fuskies aren’t going to like this one bit.
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There was some really bad QB play in this game.
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He came to Oregon as an early enrollee in 2016. We all know what he’s been through, but think about where you were 8 years ago and all that’s happened since.
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But NOW their fans want something done about the unchecked “tampering”. They didn’t seem to have a problem when it worked in their favor.
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On 1/14/2024 at 7:54 PM, Dave23 said:
Really hope DL is on the phone with T-Mac, that dude can play.
That would be hilarious.
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I hear Fisch is probably going to take the job. However, he’s an offensive savant who has a lot of NFL experience. I can see him jumping ship in a few years. He has the qualities that NFL franchises love.
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McCarthy isn’t the worst QB to ever win the national championship.
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Herbert awaits.
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Somebody must’ve been reading this page.
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What if Mario had a moment of clarity and wants to give Cam creative control of the offense? Just Kidding. Cam will get Anthony Browned.
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Washington would be a lateral move. I could see him moving if he were going from G5 to P5 a la Manny Diaz. It doesn’t make sense for him to waste almost 2 months worth of effort building the Spartans into his vision.
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On 1/13/2024 at 10:55 PM, Utki said:
That's all fine and good but, in my opinion, he would have left for Bama if offered.
Lanning may not have been offered the job because one usually has to interview before an offer is extended. The big question is…was Lanning offered an interview? The only thing we all know for sure is that his agent was contracted by Greg Byrne to gauge his interest in the job. Nobody knows when it happened. We only know that DL released a video that stated he was staying at Oregon. I highly doubt that Greg Byrne planned on interviewing only DeBoer. I’m quite sure that he did his due diligence and asked other coaches to interview.
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On 1/13/2024 at 1:49 PM, NJDuck said:
According to Scott Read, Alabama did contact coach Lanning.
Flock Talk: Family and Privilege
ScottRead - DuckSports Authority
Staff Writer
Sharing some excerpts from Scott Read. What's interesting to take note of is starting in the 5th paragraph below:
Wednesday night was different. It never felt like it did with Taggart or even Mario. Part of that is simple, Dan Lanning is – in my opinion – at his dream job. He has taken Oregon recruiting to unprecedented heights. And, you know what, if he has a year where the class is ‘only’ ranked number 15, the fans in Eugene probably will not have the kind of melt down they would in Tuscaloosa, or Athens, or Columbus, or Texas, or a few other places where there is no off switch; where there is no such thing as an acceptable down cycle; where expectations are to win a national championship within four years or be looking for a new job.
What a few coaches have not realized is that Oregon offers something that is sustainable long term: exceptional resources and much more reasonable expectations.
I know some local journalists are still torqued about how Oregon fans treated Mark Helfrich, but remember, his ouster was not about the record in 2016. That season was a symptom of a bigger disease. It was the result of apathy on the recruiting trail, an arrogance that Xs and Os could overcome a significant deficiency in talent, and a culture that had rotted from within based on the apathy. Had Helfrich not bought the trite belief that Oregon could not be an elite recruiting school and recruited like the last three coaches have, I think he would still have a job. But that kind of effort on the recruiting trail was not in the DNA of the former staff.
The announcement by Dan Lanning that he is returning should put to rest the yearly concerns about the ‘next big thing’ job that opens up. I know that many Alabama pundits are spouting off that Lanning was ‘never really a candidate’ but they are simply inaccurate. Athletic Directors never, ever want to let the world know how many guys they missed out on so they saying that ‘there is no offer until someone accepts’ has become dogma.
Lanning was asked about his interest very early in the process. He was absolutely the first guy that Greg Byrne wanted. Lanning was adamant that he was happy at Oregon. Byrne contacted Lanning’s agent on multiple occasions this season to continue feeling out the interest level. Is it true Lanning was not officially offered? Sure. But that is because Lanning said he was not interested in leaving long before the sides could even discuss potential terms.
Don’t buy the negative spin that Alabama did not want Lanning. They did. He said no. That sends a message loud and clear to the Oregon faithful, to recruits, to current staff members, to potential future staff members, and to families of recruits that Oregon is not going to be a stepping stone any longer. Rob Mullens took a chance on Lanning and Lanning is going to continue to pay dividends (and receive some as well!) with that opportunity.
He said no to Alabama. I don’t know that there is anything out there that will top what he could have had – because he feels he has all of that and more in Eugene.
Flock Talk: Family and Privilege
OREGON.RIVALS.COM
Today in Flock Talk, how Dan Lanning just reshaped college football, plus a look ahead to another Polynesian Bowl.Yet, this poor excuse for a sports journalist thinks DL wasn’t anywhere close to Bama’s first choice.
Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel Named the No. 2 Returning Quarterback Heading into 2024 Season
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They just needed to be taken for a walk to burn off some energy.