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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?

9-3 Definite loss to GA' The other two are up for grabs.

I think Nix is going to be the leader. Lots of big time game experience and has total confidence in himself. He may be a hit or miss QB but his desire to win will spill over to the rest of the team.

How many more football fans in SoCal would tune in to watch SD St play a P12 school on regular basis? I'm guessing viewership would increase.

This fiasco may not of happened if the CFP committee had gone to an 8 team playoff format instead of the current 4 team format. In an 8 team format with the winner from each P5 conference invited plus whoever else as outliers, conference size wouldn't matter as much.

I know one thing for sure. The season kicks off on Sept 3rd against our HC old team and regardless of which way the wind blows I'll be on the edge of my seat watching. There's still two more seasons to enjoy what we have with the P12 so it's business as usual for a while.

Nailed it.

That would certainly change recruiting given that any team would have a chance. I like it.

Oregon stays and the Pac is held together by adding teams from other conferences. I think culture wins out here.

This whole thing blows.

Is there a way Oregon could be the Clemson of the west? Seems to me it would be righteous of Oregon to try and hold the Pac together and raid the B12 or other quality schools and help create a semi super conference on the west coast. Not that USC or UCLA were pushovers but Oregon has mostly dominated them the last 10 years. Now that they're gone it gives Oregon a shot at winning it all and making it to the CFP. Back in the Chip days Oregon made it to the CFP when the Pac was down. Now it's down for good. Eventually the CFP will expand and Oregon won't be fighting B10 schools every year trying to make it to the CFP. Too far out in left field? Just pondering.

Sadly the closest we will get to joining the SEC is having an ex SEC assistant coach as a head coach. Bama at Autzen? In my dreams.

I don't see Oregon going anywhere by themselves.

#1 SEC #2 Big10 #3 Raid the B12

I'd love to see the Ducks in the SEC. Warmer weather and great competition.

In the end I wonder what the players think? Imagine committing to Oregon and getting to play OSU, MI, Neb , USC, UCLA, etc on a semi regular basis. Seems to me it would be a big bonus to offer recruits. As P12 fans it's rough since travel would be a big downer, but the home games would be much better for the most part. Sad situation but at the same time it's what fans have always wanted. How often do Big10 schools come to Oregon? Hardly ever so I think the quality or at least the excitement of the game will be better. Assuming Oregon joins the Big10.

IMO the P12 is done. You snooze you lose, time for Oregon to lookout for it's own interest.

He's a river boat gambler. Gotta no when to hold em and when to fold em.

Epic.

According to Duckwire UW has the 2nd weakest schedule behind UCLA. Only makes sense that they could be a sneaky contender. But what's sneaky about a weak schedule?