Desert Duck

Yeah... IU is definitely the real deal. It was pretty damn funny to see a bunch of their fans with their shirts pulled off and waving them over their heads... as a tribute to Coach Lanning.

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I'll absolutely admit that I wasn't expecting Oregon to be up 49-3 with 12+ minutes to go in the 3rd Quarter. And I did not expect to see Moore put up 14/18, 279 yards, 4 TDs... in the first half. And what a nice gift it was to get so many backup players in for some decent PT experience. Just an excellent bounce back game, on the road, 3,000 miles, and 3 time zones away from home.

I will never-ever forget Mario's first play called as Oregon Head coach. In case you don't remember, after about 3 weeks off to prepare for our bowl game, Mario's first call was a timeout BEFORE the kickoff to start the game. My then 17 year old son looked at me and said: "Well, that doesn't exactly bode well now, does it." Truer words...

Great point. As you may recall, Herbert was a 3 star QB because he didn't play his junior year (broken leg), and basically nobody knew who he was (and he didn't do the camps). He hardly had any offers and none from top tier programs... until at the last minute when Oregon seemed to suddenly realize that we were desperate for QBs (not to mention that fact that Marcus was as a 3 star well). Due to the fact that Wiepert came from a relatively smaller school, and it sounds like he didn't focus on the QB role until his senior year, maybe we do have another secret-stud QB waiting in the wings (pun intended). One thing for certain is that he is clearly a serious stud athlete.

What an impressive response to a tough loss last week.

I was around at that time as well. He was such a fine QB at Oregon and had a great NFL career as well. But he took too many damaging hits.

Under the trivia category, we've had two stud NFL QBs come out of Eugene's Sheldon High School. No pressure, Brock.

Dante 14/18. 279 yards. 4 TDs. At the half. Amazing. What a fabulous turnaround from last week.

258 yards of offense in the first 17 minutes

Oh-so very true. My first Oregon game was as a kid at Autzen. Huskies 66 Ducks 0 Frankly, it took 2+ longgg decades, along with a lot of therapy, to get over that start to 'My Life as a Duck.'

So, I say that if we're not getting the coach fired, we might as well help him get a $100 million contract. Cig should be sending flowers and chocolates to Oregon right now. I'm thinking that the timing of his Oregon win was worth at least an extra $15 million 😉

Against the only two 'real' teams we have played -- IU & PSU, our 3rd down conversion rate has been atrocious. Against these two schools, we only converted on third down 28% of the time. And although our fourth down conversion rate is an impressive 73% (8/11), it's just a dangerous way of living and typically not sustainable. We seem to be getting ourselves in a hole on first down way too often. Hopefully, this changes starting tomorrow.

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From 1995-2023, IU had 3 barely winning seasons. Since Cig in 2024, he will have them in the CFP two straight years in a row. $93 million over 8 years is a lot of dough, but not if he can keep them winning. And although history does not guarantee future results (we longtime Duck fans can attest to this), given their program history, along with the fact that I don't think they have a Phil Knight in their back pocket... Along with the fact that IU is on the hook for the full balance of his contract if they fire him without cause (and losing is not 'cause')... This seems risky to me... but everything has a degree of risk. Bottom line for me is if I was in IU's situation, I would have made the same offer. IMHO, prior to the new contract, Cig was just too damn poachable to not lock down.

but if the Ducks come out flat against Rutgers I'm going to be a bit concerned. If they come out flat on Saturday, I will be more than just a bit concerned. I need to see them come out with some US Forces like shock-n-awe, and some Ricky Bobbie shake-n-bake 😄.

Nothing quite like a mid-season kick in the teeth to help a team recalibrate. But hey, that IU team looks like the real deal... very impressive. Nevertheless, with some corrections and improvement (both players and coaches), which OBD is totally capable of, we can absolutely beat those guys. Regarding Rutgers, although I haven't followed them closely, I did notice that the three losses they had were all by an average of about 7 points. On paper anyway, they look like they could be competitive. So this looks like it could be a great follow-up game to a loss, on the road, allowing us to find out who we really are. And I'm very glad that we don't have a 9:30 AM PST start. Playing Northwestern at that time was just utterly ridiculous.

Thanks for this excellent information. Looking good, Billy Ray! Feeling good, Louis!

According to CBS Sports, the buyout on PSUs side is $58 million. The buyout on Franklin's side is $1.00. As in, one-dollar. If I was a coach, I would be looking to hire Franklin's agent right now.

IU definitely deserves it the #3 spot. I'm pleasantly surprised that we only fell to #8.

Franklin to Oregon State?

Rumors out there are saying Franklin is heading west to Oregon State. 😆😅 This comment is based upon totally, unsubstantiated, absolutely anonymous, sources. 😉

The buyout on Franklin's side was $1. PSU is totally eating this entire enchilada.

Yikes... barely two weeks ago Franklin had the #2 team in the nation. And now, Franklin's former team thinks he stinks so badly that they were willing to drop about $60 million just to get rid of him. It tells me how massive the amount of money is that comes through college football, and what a wonderful merit-based system sports are.

My bet is that the game will mentally start slowing slowing down for Moore and that very soon, he will begin picking blitzing defenses apart. He's just too bright and athletic for that not to happen. I'm betting that within a couple weeks, he will begin feasting on the blitz.