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EWU wasn’t a very good litmus test. The talent gap was pretty large. However, with all the Power 5 teams that seem to get beat by FCS teams every year, I was impressed that Lanning didn’t let them look past Eastern. They’re typically a good team every year. The always seem to be in the playoffs. The concern for next week is the fans. There was a lot off empty seats for a home opener. I expect to see a ton of blue in the crowd next week. BYU fans will be on a mission (pun intended). Like when Nebraska and Tennessee visited. Those guys took up about 1/3 of Autzen.

I think they’ll do it Monday morning if they’re going to fire him. My question is who are they going to get to replace him?

One thing Mario doesn’t have to worry about is his defense’s ability to communicate. It’s so quiet in their stadium that the players can talk to each other in a conversational tone.

Wasn’t the 2017 home opener really bad? I just remember smokey skies and KO return for a TD on the opening kick.

Mario still has a chance next week in College Station. Jimbo can mis-manage a game as well as anybody.

The favorites aren’t doing too well today.

Texas. It should be 14-10. Dropped TD pass and Bama’s DB’s (who happen to be wearing black and white striped shirts) aren’t letting The Horns WR’s catch anything.

Ducks 28-17, 1, 2, 237

Oregon’ Sean Dollars says Ducks need to ‘hit harder than you’re supposed to,’ up practice intensity SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM Oregon head coach Dan Lanning said this week he wants to see practice test his team more than a game. Sean Dollars says tempo is needed.

Dan Lanning talks tackling, Ty Thompson, and messaging as Oregon prepares for Week 2 SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM Here's everything Oregon head coach Dan Lanning said Wednesday when he met with the...

I’m not worried about Dan Lanning or the staff. I’m somewhat worried about the mental state of the players. Mostly the ones from last year’s team. They’ve lost 4 of the last 5 by an average of over 30 points. I don’t know why it’s happened, but one blowout is problematic. Two or three is a trend. I expect that they’ll win this weekend, but BYU will be a good test of where the team is mentally.

Mario gets a wild hair from time to time and runs up the score. He put 77 on Nevada a few years ago.

He‘s becoming the Steve DeBerg of college football.

A few points on this as I thought the same thing. First, Bethune Cookman had 2 wins last season. They stink. Second, MC threw the ball 23 times vs. 42 runs. They completed 20 of those passes. BC’s pass defense is horrible. Van Dyke threw 16 passes and had around 200 yards and a couple of TD’s. Those are hardly the numbers he was putting up last season. He’ll be out of Heisman contention after the A&M game in 2 weeks. Third, he’s playing with another coaches recruits. I’ll be interested to see how he develops his own players in the future. He had his best season at Oregon with Helfrich’s players.

Kirby Smart: Georgia ‘didn’t get tested in the composure category’ by Oregon Ducks WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM UGA dominated UO in almost every statistic, converting its first nine third downs on offense and not...

This guy looks really good. It's nice to get these Top 300 defensive linemen. Oregon scores surprise commitment in four-star A'mauri Washington 247SPORTS.COM The Oregon Ducks secured a verbal commitment late Friday night on the eve of the start of the 2022 football season, and it comes from one of the top defensive line

2022 247Sports Talent Composite: Oregon has the top roster in the Pac-12 SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM Oregon has the most talented roster in the Pac-12 and a top-10 roster nationally. Three other Pac-12 teams land in the top 25 of the new Talent Composite.

My final Pac-12 thoughts ahead of the 2022 season SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM The Pac-12 kicks off tonight with Arizona State hosting Northern Arizona. Here's what columnist...

That’s what “playing not to lose” gets you.

College football rule changes for 2022 season: Targeting, fake injuries addressed | College Football HQ WWW.SI.COM

I actually think the OL is the weak link in Oregon’s offense. They were impressive against Ohio State last year and that is because the DC refused to make adjustments. From that point on they failed to impress. None of them were very good in the Spring game, either. Tons of sacks and very few rushing yards. If UGA dominates them, it won’t surprise me.

Please do not relent from your standards. I was talking about this site to my wife the other day about how it should be used as the standard for community social media pages. Our neighborhood/community has its own Facebook page and sometimes I read the comments on my wife’s IPad. The site is a total disaster. It’s a great example of why I gave up Facebook long ago. However, sometimes I have to witness the train wreck to catch up on who I need to avoid when I’m out and about. It usually starts out with an innocent post from somebody asking for help or advice about something mundane like best landscape company, electrician, general contractor, etc. This is typically followed up by the smart aleck who berates them for not using the search function. Then, a couple people will suggest their favorite companies which is followed up by people attacking said companies for unethical practices which leads to a side battle with personal attacks. If that isn’t enough, the community “know it all” has to chime in and tell the person that the project that they’re requesting the workers for violates the covenants. This is typically followed up with the section(s) of the covenants being copied and pasted directly into a Facebook post. Usually, 5+ pages worth. This is typically followed up with several arguments about the spirit or intent of the covenants. Throw in several complaints about everything from speeders to slow moving golf carts to “too many deer” and you’ve got yourself and day’s worth of drama. I won’t even get into the never ending episodes of “Days of Our Volunteer Lake Patrol” that always play out on the page. I don’t know what’s worse. The idiots who can’t follow simple boating etiquette or the Lake Patrol’s Gestapo tactics. If this was painful for you to read then I hope it provides the motivation to keep the “undesirables” off this site.

I remember those fake injuries. The guy who ordered them is our DC. Cal Suspended Defensive Line Coach Tosh Lupoi For Fake Injury Against Oregon WWW.SBNATION.COM We now know what the consequences were for the California football program in the fake-injury controversy: Defensive line coach Tosh Lupoi was suspended for the loss to Washington on...

Thornton or Franklin. Probably both.

Franklin and Thornton can exploit any defensive backfield in the nation. They just need the right QB (and OC). I think the OL is overrated. The same thing was said about the 2019 OL and Auburn’s DL abused them. Granted, those guys were studs.