The Kamikaze Kid

What coach interviews with the NFL on national signing day then changes his mind? What recruit would feel good about signing with UM now?

Over on the “U” boards, they are talking about how great Mario is at putting together staffs. His slow speed is being hailed as a good sign at how deliberate he is with each hire. I guess they don’t realize that he inherited most of his staff from Taggart. I think the real possibility that coaches are avoiding him has gone completely over their heads. Maybe a few recruiting defections will wake them up.

A close UGA game with top 25 wins against BYU, UU and USC in the PAC championship could land UO in the CFP.

I remember way back when everyone was in awe of the coaching hires at UW, SC and the U and the poor Ducks had to settle for an unproven coordinator. I’ve become morbidly curious as to how many Wheels are going to fall off of the Mario cart. Less coaches now than you had at the start is not a good look. With no OC or DC and with coaches leaving, is the word out on Mario in the coaching community? Do recruits start getting second thoughts? Does the portal heat up out of South Beach? Stay tuned….

Seems like a sign that James is about to join the flock. This to me would be ideal. A good player joins the mix but doesn’t just cut to the front of the line ahead of the guys that have been waiting for their chance to shine.

And now, the latest episode of Rocked Like a Hurricane…….

I think he said he’s at the game with some recruits.

Nice interview with Lanning.

Now that’s the way to end a half!

Give him a shout out in the PA and that should seal the deal!

I can fully understand individuals thinking exclusively in their own best interest. What I can’t understand is how individuals losing out on multi millions of dollars annually is considered winning. I also can’t understand how individuals that are eager to gain those annual millions can sit by idle while their counterparts squander those millions pointlessly. Even an SEC that dominates a four team field would benefit far more by dominating an expanded playoff field. So would ESPN.

What’s going on here? How can all of college football tie it’s own hands and paralyze itself in spite of its own self interest. With as much money that’s being squandered for nothing, you’d think this would be a get it done yesterday level priority for ALL involved. This topic should be the calendar until it’s resolved.

These stories of Mario’s woes and the fuskies howling the blues are almost as great as the UO progress reports. I didn’t expect this off season to be this much fun back in November.

I like the idea of both a permanent local rival (OSU) and a regional rival (fuskies). We’d also need the same agreement to keep an LA game on schedule every year for recruiting purposes.

Lanning mentioned how he was blown away on seeing Hayward Field in person. I’m sure he plans to use it for the Yowza! effect on recruits. It just screams big time athletics.

Uh oh. Has anybody told Cane fans that grumbling isn’t allowed?

The fuskies have no problem believing the recent rivalry stands at 15-2. But they are completely delusional as to who has the fifteen and who has the two.

Looked like the Ducks took two months forward then one month back.

Wow. That’s a great list. Good to see Harter getting some love.

Not only did we knee cap the fuskies that day, but it was also KT’s official visit. He then called it the best game he had ever seen and presto, he was a Duck.

15-2 start. Ducks looking ready for March Madness already.

Pinto needs more minutes. Great things happen whenever she's on the floor.

Good for Dye. He put in four years of excellence on the field for UO and now he's ready to go home and start family life.

We may be confusing meters and yards here.

Great story. I could read about those Harter teams all day long. I loved how the Harter basketball teams nicely segued into the early Brooks football teams. The scrappy underdogs that could actually knock off the biggest of boys from time to time defined for me the essence of being a Duck fan in those days.