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I don’t think any team that was left out of the top 4 would’ve fared any better against Alabama or Georgia. The result would’ve still been a decisive victory for both of those teams.

Washington shared their championship with Miami in 1991. That’s why Mario hated them so much. He was on that team.

Whittingham is 11-3 in bowl games, but he lost his last two.

It looks like he also coached for Kellen Moore’s dad at Prosser HS in 2007.

The only connection to Oregon is that Chip and Helfrich are probably behind a lot of his anger due to him always losing to them.

The non-SEC teams have yet to score a TD.

Cincy’s kickers are like 8 for18 on FG’s this year. We should just hire Maldonado instead.

True, but Oregon as a program hasn’t recruited the RB position very well in a long time. It’s not just Mastro.

And there would’ve been another long TD pass if Franklin didn’t lose one in the roof/lights.

Wait! Was he describing LA or Miami? Same story in two different cities.

It’s a good piece of writing. He nailed it on the QB development. One thing that he didn’t really get into was the amount of patience that will be needed from this fan base. Oregon will not be very good next year. There will not be a 10 win season. I don’t think it will be because Lanning is a bad coach. I just think it will take more time to get the current players to buy into his system, recruit new players who fit his system and get right mix of assistant coaches to carry out his vision. These things take time and I don’t think there is enough talent to overcome the learning curve. The portal will only help so much. I don’t want to sound like a Debbie Downer, but Bo Nix was a mildly average QB and Dillingham’s offense at FSU was mildly average this last season. Mix those two together and you get mildly average. I think the current WR corps will probably bump them up a few notches, but I don’t think they’ll set the Pac 12 on fire.

Oregon hasn’t had a dominant RB since 2012. And, no, I don’t put Freeman in that dominant category. He did fine with a great team around him, but he was average with an average team around him. On the other hand, LMJ, Kenyon, LGB, Jeremiah and JStew could dominate a game on their own and made their teams better. I want to put DAT in there but he was at his best in the hybrid position.

OU had some star players on defense opt out, so they were almost in the same boat as Oregon. Fewer injuries, though.

That ship sailed before the game. I needed to prep for the possibility of a Utah repeat.

Troy lost that one in the lights.

Oklahoma wins 48-24 0 TO’s 1 sack 192 passing yards.

My favorite memory of John Madden was when he was calling the Cowboys vs. Giants (I think) game and talking about Nate Newton’s nutrition habits. I’m assuming It was Giants because it was windy and they were on astroturf and The Meadowlands was always windy it seemed. Anyway, Nate was laying on the ground for some reason with the camera on him and a Snickers candy bar wrapper goes blowing by on the turf. Madden jumps at the opportunity to mention that Nate was probably storing Snickers bars in his football pants, so he could have a snack during the game. Madden replayed the candy bar wrapper blowing by and circled it with his telestrator pen like he was diagramming a play in his usual fashion. It was absolutely hilarious. So, Nate gets home after the game and catches all kinds of grief from his family and friends about it. They all thought John Madden was serious and told him he needed to quit snacking during the game. Great memories!

The Holiday Bowl was just canceled a few hours before KO due to COVID protocols, so there is still a chance this game can get axed at the last minute.

This still has to get through the Coral Gables city council. Here is a quote from the Miami Herald. “The city of Coral Gables said it is “NOT in favor of a stadium project” and that the “speculative” proposal would not be compatible with surrounding neighborhoods, a spokesman told the Herald.” The story of a new stadium is just that. A story. It’s something to sell to recruits. Mario most likely will not be around once it does get approved and then built.

I’m seeing a lot of arguments about Miami’s greatness from 20+ years ago. However, that’s why they poached Mario. They want to get back to that. Miami was an attractive job, but once the boosters broke out the $$$ it became an irresistible job. Had they not landed Mario they could’ve had Kiffin, Kelly, etc. He will win more games than Diaz. That’s not hard to do, but he will be under an immense amount of pressure to win championships. Miami’s boosters are not paying $8M/year for ACC Coastal division championships. He gets 3 years to win the ACC and prove he’s not another Randy Shannon. Miami is a lot like USC in many ways: 1) They have a championship tradition that hasn’t been lived up to in many years. 2) They broke the bank for their new coaches. 3) Their fan bases only show up when they’re winning. 4) Their is way more things to do in Miami and LA than watch average to above average football. 5) Their AD’s will not tolerate 8-4 or 9-3.

Very weak argument. This was Klemm’s first year as OL coach in Pittsburgh. Were you really expecting great things after losing Villanueva, Pouncy and Decastro while running Matt Canada’s scheme? It sounds to me like Klemm is jumping off of a sinking ship.

Oregon’s new NFL castoffs were college coaches for a long time before their time in the pro’s. As for the Steelers OL, you can blame that on Matt Canada. His schemes are about as exciting as Mario’s. Orgeron fired him and so did Locksley. I suspect he’ll be fired after this season. Klemm was just a cog in that wheel. Tomlin should also be fired but the Rooney’s are too loyal. His latest coaching turnover backfired on him.

Well, he WAS the head coach a Free Shoes University (FSU) for a while.

Utah