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Oregon 45-38 2 TO's 0 Sacks 235 passing yards

I'm satisfied with where the Ducks are now. They beat what was thought to be a pretty good team in BYU. Handled WSU and the final score with Stanford doesn't really reflect how the game was. 31-3 at the half is impressive and in all their games if the penalties were reduced the scores would be even more lopsided sans the GA game. Going forward I feel the ducks could take the P12 title. Some tough games ahead but if DL can keep the team focused in road games it looks like a P12 sweep is in the cards. I certainly didn't feel this way preseason. I figured at best 9-3 to 8-4.

PLAYOFFS?! Don’t talk about—playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs!?! Way too early for me. Unbeaten in P12 play after the Colorado game then maybe. Still thinks the Ducks will be outside the top 7- 8 at that point.

I remember an Ost team under Erickson that was penalty prone yet in the Fiesta Bowl curb stomped a highly overrated ND team. Are excessive penalties good? No. But they can be overcome. I'm not saying the Ducks will be fine, I'm just saying until penalties control the outcome in a loss it may not be that big of a deal. Right now they're getting away with it. Time will tell when they play better teams. The false starts are the biggest killers. It also seemed like as soon as they got in the red zone the penalties drive killers.

Agree. I quit trying to keep up. Seems like it's flip flopping back n forth which makes me dizzy. I guess I'm getting old and have realized that I may as well just sit back and not get worked up, excited or PO'd cause a week latter it's changed for the better or worse.

Stanfords possibly missing some key players so yeah, Oregon will blow out Stanford by at least 3 TD's. This isn't a Stanford team of the past.

Oregon's schedule sets them up for a great run this season. Only glitch is they have to play Ost in Cornvally. Beavs are always tough and they look like they're playing at another level this year. With Stanford and AZ next it will give the Ducks a couple games to grow before the UCLA game at home. Coming from behind and getting a win yesterday showed what this team can do. They will only get better each game. CFP? Highly doubtful. P12 champ game? It's absolutely doable.

Ducks 38-35 3 TO's 2 Sacks 287

BYU 38-31 0 TO 2 Sacks 257

If Bo throws 3 pics and Oregon looses to BYU by 2 TD's then I think it's time for a change. Anything less than that and he stays.

Lets hope we don't have to find out in 2 weeks.

I predicted 38-17 GA. I was actually surprised by the final score. I never even thought the Ducks had a chance in this one anyways. Two many unknowns to really consider them to have a chance. Not impressed with Bo Pix. But not jumping on the Ty train either. I say let DL get some time in as an HC and let the team gel a bit more. Lots of learning curves for both sides. It's definitely a restructuring year vs a rebuilding year. All the pieces are there, they just need to find the right fit. Tackling was horrible. Not sure how much the fear factor of having to tackle those NFL lite GA players played into it even if they could catch em. Still plenty of time to right the ship before conference play.

I watched the Ost/Boyshee St game last night. Alvalos put his FR QB in when the starter was tanking the game. I know it's a mental killer to sub a backup for the starter but gee whiz Bo Pix is not new to the game. I could see it being a phycological issue if Bo was a 1st time starter but he's not. There's no up side to his game. I was hoping we moved past this with MC being gone but maybe it's becoming a tradition at Oregon now.

Yeah but what types of players did he inherit? From all accounts Oregon is loaded with pretty decent talent. From what I saw the players are overrated or the coaching staff is overrated. Or a combination of both. I wonder how NS would've have faired with this team yesterday?

If the Ducks had kept the game close like 10 pts or so no one would be clamoring about meaningless issues. Give the guy a break.

38-17 GA 0 TO 1 Sack 190 passing yards

Starting behind what arguably is the best OL in CFB I think Bo has a chance to do very well. It would seem to me that Bo could be his own worst enemy. If he stays under control then he and the Ducks could have a very good season.

Isn't that just coach speak? I remember Rich Brooks always talking up his opponent. Makes it easier to face the media when the final score is close.

Hard not to blame them for dissing the Ducks. After all what have the Ducks done lately? Mediocre bowl wins or losses and lackadaisical play on the field.

I agree with much of what you say but fact was MC was just mediocre at best as an HC. He had a plethora of talent and refused to let his OC be in control. He promised a return to exciting fast paced football and then put the brakes on the O with his "I'm tougher than you" on the field attitude. I do agree that he was a great players coach and left the program in great shape morally and physically for DL. However he was hired to win games and bring an entertaining type of football to the field. In the end he failed on the entertaining part and left too many shoulda won's on the table. No one's going to dis on his character or his success on recruiting but those can only go so far. I also don't blame him for leaving. I would've done the same. BTW thanks for your service.

I expect at least one pass will be thrown longer than 10 yards during each game. 🙂

Not sure ESPN or Fox gives a rats arse about that. Any school not currently in the BG1 or SEC is caught between a rock and a hard place. Damned if you damned if you don't. Anyway you look at it, David Marsh paints a bleak look into the future of college football.

Will McGee be DAT 1.0? If so then my bets are on him leading the TD wars.

Oregon did well under Chip in a down Pac 12 so a watered down Pac 12 with added teams should still get the Ducks in the CFP if they win out or at least with one loss and a marque win. Until we know what the future plans are for the CFP format then it's really hard to make point for expansion or remaining in the Pac and adding some teams. One scenario that's interesting is if the BG1 adds Or, Wa, Ca, Stanford along with USC and UCLA. You would think that the west coast schools would play each other on a yearly basis. That's 5 games on the west coast which is normal. Add 3 OOC games and 4 BG1 tie in games. Figuring hopefully that the BG1 tie in games are 2 away and 2 home would mean that only two trips a season would be needed. That's not really that much of a deal breaker IMO. So much unknown but it's fun to speculate.

So I read that possibly in a couple months the CFP committee is going to propose a new CFP format. Pretty much guaranteed that it will expand the number of teams. If the Ducks stay in the Pac 12 they'll have a much better chance of making the playoffs. That should help recruiting. Probably won't help long term media payouts but at least they'd be in the big show vs fighting hard to qualify in the Big 10. So what's more important, the CFP, or money? Am I missing something here?