The Kamikaze Kid

Moga could easily become some sort of wildcat demon that pops up out of nowhere from time to time for four years and makes it four future NFL QBs currently on the roster.

Great article Jon. I've had the Iowa game penciled in as a big BIG game since I first saw the schedule. These are the games I've been looking forward to since joining the conference. I think even us Duck fans may be underestimating how dangerous our offense could be this year. I see it as being what Herbert in 2019 could have been with with an actual offensive game plan instead of Mario's plod ball scheme. I think every team including PSU in their house will have difficulty keeping OBD below 30 points. Does Iowa have an offense that can put up more than 20 against the Ducks? The only teams that did last year made the playoffs. The fuskies did manage 21 meaningless points in a complete beat down. I'm really hoping the potential of the new D shows out this year and leaves the Iowa fans impressed by the new Ducks on the block.

I can't see any win being bigger than tOSU. Beating the national champs has to mean a little more. PSU in the BIG championship should be #2 with UM #3.

Just because you want in the door doesn't mean you're welcome. Lanning tipped off the Vols about his wandering eye. The way Tennessee handled this, I may become a Vols fan. I'd expect him to land at a place like SUC or the U.

Wow. Demanding 4 Mil a year while sitting out on a 2.4 mil contract. If he's under contract, doesn't sitting out violate that? Who deals with these disputes? The court system? Any type of governing body dare touch this subject? Someone better come up with a true functioning system for all of this soon or the whole wonky system in place may soon break down. Are we going to start seeing game to game or half to half deal renegotiations? Without any system in place how does this not just devolve into a continuous ransom situation. Imagine a guy running back a kick off and the TV cuts away to his lawyer renegotiating his deal before he re enters the game. Yuck.

These will be known as the good ole days for for Beavis and Coug It. I hope they're storing up some fond memories of being back to back PAC football champs and runner ups. In forty years, the grand kids won't believe the legend of these wonderful times!

Can't wait for the PSU Ducks vs Them when Lanning calls time late in the game and shows the team that Green dot in the sea of the white out and wins gut check time to seal the deal.

As fun as it is to contemplate little Beavis as a Spring game punching bag, I think the current format is more productive. I'd rather have more players get more reps and let players duel it out for position rankings. I'd also be nervous about setting up position rankings too early and setting up a possible portal exodus. I'm actually not that attached to a reoccurring game with them. I'd rather use that game slot for maintaining recruiting pipelines (So Cal, Texas). Lanning is so visionary about all aspects of program growth, I think Rob should consult with him about future preseason scheduling.

Glad to see the ladies fight back and make it a game at the end. I think next year will paint the picture of where the team is heading. If it's another middle of the pack season, that's probably where they'll stay. If they rise to the top three or four in the BIG, they should stay there as well.

Sorry Duck fans. I turned the game on excited see the ladies up by nine in the first half. Deep into the third quarter they.ve scored three since then and are now down seven.

The phrase "Altman's never lost in the first round with the Ducks" never gets old.

Checking scores this morning, it looks like the BIG men went a perfect 8-0 in the first round. The ladies are 5-1 with another four to play today. This doesn't include play in games (I saw the UW women lost one) as I can't bring myself to count those as actual playoff games. Hoping the BIG continues to show out through the weekend.

Just checked the new spring roster on the chilliduck repository page and there is only one player in the secondary that is not at least a four star. With that much stacked talent at every position, someone has to emerge as THE guy. In fact the entire defense and most of the offense is the same story. Time to watch that cream rise to the top.

What a great post. I love the idea of a playoff to get into the playoffs with home games for the top four. It allows for a March madness Cinderella to sneak in. It also keeps the expanded conferences from getting too top heavy and keeps most of the conference relevant to the end of the season. That can't be bad for ratings. If all the conferences adopted this model, the playoffs would actually expand to well over twenty teams without glutting up the actual playoffs.

I would take what Lanning has learned in just three years over what Mario's learned in seven any day. Of his six loses, four have come to teams that either played for a championship or won it. He's also 1-2 vs champions. Steps backward are always frustrating but with Lanning so far they have all come with several steps forward. I expect that trend to continue.