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Don’t Look Now, But . . .Miami Got Viced
Beck’s 4th interception does it. Louisville 24-21. Still 27 seconds left.
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Don’t Look Now, But . . .Miami Got Viced
But Louisville is two touchdowns ahead of Miami on ESPN!
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Prediction Contest of Oregon vs. Rutgers: Join Us!
Ducks 48-10 2 TO 3 sacks 302 Yds pass
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2025-26 College Football Playoff - How Much Will Strength of Schedule and Record Matter?
The following partial description of committee procedure is from the NCAA website: "What will the committee use to rank teams? From the CFP website: "The selection committee ranks the teams based on the members’ evaluation of the teams’ performance on the field, using conference championships won, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, and comparison of results against common opponents to decide among teams that are comparable." How does the voting process work?According to the CFP website, it begins like this: "Each committee member will create a list of the 30 teams he or she believes to be the best in the country, in no particular order. Teams listed by three or more members will remain under consideration. At the conclusion of any round, other teams can be added to the group of teams under consideration by a vote of three or more members." You can read about each step here. There's more. If you're interested search "College football playoff committee rules."
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All White Uniforms are Back for Rutgers
The all-white uniforms give me a feeling of confidence. When I was about thirteen I joined the junior firefighters because the local fire department had two regulation pool tables above the truck garage. The game we played was called “eight ball”. Of the fifteen numbered balls, 1-7 balls are solid colored, and 9-16 have a stripe around the ball with white on each side of the stripe. The eight ball is black. After the break the first shooter could pick between the solids (called stars) and the striped balls. Another name for the game was Stars and Stripes. The game was won by making all seven of your chosen balls, then making the black eight ball. It took us several turns to get to shoot at the eight ball, and usually not get that black ball in on the first try, or even the second. When I was fifteen the fire department put one of their pool tables up for sale and my Dad bought it. We kids knew our Dad had a misspent youth, poker, pool and so forth. All of that ended when he started dating Mom. But, there were stories that he was the county pool champion and occasionally some old guy would remark about his exploits at pool. He had the marble-topped table installed in the large room over the garage and had it leveled and completely refurbished with new bumpers, pockets and felt. Then Dad gathered my three older brothers for a game. Maybe I should say for a display of his skill. I was just watching while Dad would spin the cue ball off his target ball into position for his next shot, planning at least two, and sometimes three shots ahead. He would shoot, reach for the chalk and be moving into position for his next shot while the balls were still rolling. Always getting just the right amount of chalk on the tip of his cue stick. He could make that white ball dance around the felt. One evening I challenged Dad to play eight ball and after losing several games I asked him why it was so difficult for me to make the eight ball. He said: “Michael, when you look at something, what you see is the reflection of light. The color black doesn’t reflect much light.” So when I see OBD garbed in black I expect that the QB will miss seeing a few wide open receivers. Much easier to see them in white, or even bright yellow. Chrome?
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Geoff Schwartz Take On The Oregon-Indiana Game
Thank you, Annie. Very informative.
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Portal Quarterbacks: My Words Come Back to Haunt Me...
Dante was sacked by two players blitzing on the first play of the game. He was sacked five more times and Indiana players hit him, sometimes in a manner that should have drawn a flag for roughing the passer, several more times. He got up limping at least twice. Those sacks and hits came at him really fast. Somewhere in the preparation for this game our coaching staff let Dante down. Yes, game experience is important, but blitzing schemes can be duplicated in practice, probably are, but obviously our coaches either did not anticipate what Cig planned, or, on our defensive side, don't know enough to prepare properly.
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James Franklin is Out at Penn State
As to Franklin turning down potential jobs, most coaching contracts with a buy-out clause require that the coach continue to look for work and payment received during the contract term go to the former employer to offset the buy-out.
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Join Us! Discussion of 'Non-Oregon' Games Today...
Don’t look now, but 4-1 USC is thumping 4-1 Michigan 31 to 13. And, they are big, fast and highly skilled.
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Post-Game Thoughts: Will Oregon Grow From This?
Recruiting for the offensive line is simple. You just need to find fleet-of-foot 300+ pound guys who are among the highest IQ on the team.
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Join Us! Discussion of 'Non-Oregon' Games Today...
UCLA leads 31-7 with four minutes left in 3rd quarter. Play calling is very good.
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Join Us! Discussion of 'Non-Oregon' Games Today...
UCLA is off to a good start vs. Michigan State. Neuheisel calling a fake punt and going for on 4th and one from the 4 yd line. 17-7.
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Prediction Contest of Oregon vs. Indiana: Join Us!
Ducks win 31-17 2 turnovers 3 sacks 272 yds passing
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QUAAACK! Five-star Tajh Ariza Commits to Oregon
You make an excellent point, 2002duck. There is not enough excitement in Matt Court and greater student attendance could be the “ticket” to providing it.
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Oregon is Almost a Blue Blood, but Not Quite.
The only opinions that matter are those of 17 and 18 year old high school players who have top talent and skills at football.