The Kamikaze Kid

Yes, I think a stronger Pac is good for UO. Having many top 25 teams gives it cred. If they just don't allow a late 62 yard td pass and a punter just catches and kicks a ball, they'd be ranked #4 and a win from the playoffs right now. I'm more worried about the Ducks being their own worst enemy than the other team. Not many teams will be able to hold up against UO's A game. They just need to learn how to bring it every time.

I think you're on to something. 1. Coach at UO. 2. Let UO success build your buzz. 3. Let desperate team open the bank vault to get you to save them. 4. Sign top dollar contract. 5. Fail spectacularly. 6. Enjoy early retirement.

Dilly just had his first year of calling plays. Riley has lead OU to the playoffs and several Big 12 championships. Most of his also staff came with him to USC. Big difference.

It's funny how Taggart can go 7-5 and FSU just has to have him. Mario manages to win a Rose Bowl with Herbert as QB and Miami breaks out an $80 mil 10 year contract. Dilly literally calls a few good games at UO and is offered a head coaching job. Seems like they are all way over reacting to the success coaches can achieve at UO. The coaches may leave but the UO magic stays at Autzen.

If Uncle Phil considers it his staff, there will be plenty of incentive to stay.

Against UW, Lanning had just watched his D let them go over 70 yards in three plays including a 62 yard td. The Beavs had just gone over 80 yards for a TD in under two minutes without throwing a pass. Lanning must be losing his mind about how bad the D has played in both games with everything on the line. I think this is the biggest factor in both 4th down gambles. As the team shifts into prepping for next year, I think we'll see the real Coach Lanning emerge. I'd like to see what he prioritizes in the portal and what coaching changes happen. Maybe that burning sting of being humiliated by the Beavs is what drives him to put his stamp on this team and get that D fixed ASAP.

I think the offensive philosophy is a Dan n Dilly hybrid. Dilly wasn't a 45 points a game play caller before UO and probably won't be after he leaves. To me, the guys he got to coach here are the biggest part of his success. I think the offensive design has been established and the next OC will most likely be asked to call plays, add some parts to this offensive plan, coach QBs and recruit his arse off. Don't know how this effects Moore's commitment but the offense in general should still look the same next year.

Ironically, Dye was a freshman on possibly the worst D in Duck history.

My opinion may be out in left field and doesn't just relate to this game or the Ducks but rushing the field after the game should come with the same risk expectation as running with the bulls in Spain.

One of the youngest coaching staffs ever assembled coaching one of the youngest teams in the country was just a few plays away from rising from the ashes of last year to the playoffs this year. The coaches will learn. The players will grow up. The recruits will see the trajectory. It's still heading in the right direction.

Dilly is good but he isn't the UO offensive coaching staff. He's not a fully stocked offensive personnel group. He's not a nationally recognized recruiting brand. The UO is all of these things and they won't travel with him. Have fun diving into the dumpster fire.

The desperate gambles today and against UW have a common theme. The wheels had fallen off the defenses cart. They couldn't stop anything. Against that back drop, the gambles are understandable but both times the play was a run by a gimpy QB. I'd rather put those gambles in either Bucky or Noah's hands and live with the results.

Wow!

UO has more 4/5 star commits than USC and UCLA combined. Also UO 14, rest of Pac North 12. Wow.

UO 34-13 3 3 260

ASU is a disastrous failure waiting to happen for any coach let alone a new one. FSU and Miami were miles ahead of ASU in stability and two established coaches have failed miserably at them. Dilly has everything he needs to succeed at UO including top notch coaching/ recruiting staff, a national brand for the recruiting trail, a gratuitous donor, and a recent history of on field success. Succeed here a couple more years and he could land a solid head coaching gig if that’s what he wants. I think he’s way too smart to fall for the ASU fools gold but if he’s not, the next OC Lanning brings in should do just fine.

The south started the war so it was started to perpetuate slavery but I think this tangent of the topic goes off into the political weeds.

Mario. The train that keeps on wrecking.

The Platty.

The PAC has four top 10 caliber teams. Outside of Utah losing to Florida, they have only lost to each other, the defending champs and top 20 UW. No other conference except the SEC can claim that. The champ of a tough conference should get in regardless of conference record.

The Duck D giving up only 10 points to Utah I’m sure has them concerned. Twenty something points should be enough to win it.

No way Tennessee should be above UO. Alabama is also questionable. If USC can get into the top four, UO may still sneak in if they run the table.

Here’s to hoping that UO and Utah have many top ten battles for PAC supremacy in the future.

I think a hobbled Nix forced the Ducks to do just enough to win and gave Utah the confidence to be aggressive without the danger of Nix running wiled to make them pay. Glad to see the D show up and save this one.

Cam’s game saving tackle in the late INT was the play of the game in my opinion. Yes outstanding athleticism on that one.