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Oregon football: Chip Kelly's sideline play signs meant nothing, ex-player Keanon Lowe says 247SPORTS.COM ... This is a fun read about how the innovative and now iconic sideline placards during the Kelly Era were just a diversion from the actual play calls. Genius.

I understand that Shaw is going back to a run heavy offense where both guards pull in the opposite direction but negate each other in a burst of quantum entanglement.

The article puts the fuskies near the bottom in strength of schedule and it looks like a cake walk if they can get by Michigan State. Unless they unexpectedly have to fulfill that home and home with.... Eeeeeek!

Not to be snarky about Mark Sanchez's powers of observation, butt....... The Butt Fumble! | NFL On Thanksgiving GIF | Gfycat GFYCAT.COM Watch and share Butt Fumble GIFs and Highlights GIFs on Gfycat

Sabrina Ionescu's 25 points lift Liberty past Sun in season opener NYPOST.COM Sabrina Ionescu had 25 points and six assists and sparked a late run to help the Liberty beat... Great game on ESPN. 25 Pts 6 Asts 4 Rebs running the point. Nice pick and rolls with Natasha Howard, floaters and treys. Damn, what could have been two years ago.

After Gronk graduated from Williamsville North HS in upstate NY they all threw up their hands, said "the hell with it" and went back to finishing the NYT Sunday Crossword.

I spent 5 years in Tucson. Don't need to say what the opinion about Phoenix was there. But like Beelzebub once said after a long weekend in Glendale, "yeah, but it's a dry heat"

Doug Brenner, University of Oregon reach settlement; claims against Willie Taggart, Irele Oderinde dismissed WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM The claims against former UO football coach Willie Taggart and former strength and... Looks like this is nearing an end. Everyone spprars to be making nice. Settlement terms not yet disclosed. Taggart and Oderinde dismissed from liability. NCAA part still TBD.

Looked at the replay several times and it was definately a F-2 foul, but the real damage was done not by the head smack but by Payton getting his legs caught up in Brooks' legs and him falling sideways with his left arm extended. I think it was a very hard foul that warranted the F-2 and ejection because of the head contact but it looks to me that the fall resulting in the injury was not intentional and maybe shouldn't warrant an extended suspension.

Gotta respect KT shooting straight on this. Explains the sound of a deflating balloon coming from both Utah games and finally the Alamo Bowl. Amazing the rebuild that Lanning has done thus far.

Agreed that his numbers don't pop out at you but DA and his new assistant coach must see something there. The article remarked on his improved output late in the year. He is a bigger guard at 6'4" 211# and on tape is pretty physical without getting into foul trouble very often. And comparing a guard's FG% to overall team % is a bit apples to oranges as post players will bring the overall number up above that when compared only to the backcourt.

I know this is only a prediction, but it seems to have some gravitas to it. Would be a good get for DA to fill in the last needed piece in the backcourt. Prediction: South Carolina's leading scorer Jermaine Couisnard to choose Oregon Ducks - Scorebook Live NEWS.SCOREBOOKLIVE.COM South Carolina junior Jermaine Couisnard is nearing a decision. The 6-foot-4, 211-pound...

Scott Frost once said you just can't recruit to Eugene. So that narrative appears to have flipped. Seems like you just can't keep them in Nebraska either.

How many long, slow, run-oriented pistol whipped drives have we seen suffer an ignominious demise in or close to the red zone because of penalties over the last couple of years? I agree that while an occasional pick will hurt us and some are in essence long punts, a more explosion oriented offense will on balance win more games and save us from death by a thousand false starts.

Not not only the run game will benefit. With long fast WRs stretching the field on the deep threat, the safeties have to stay back to support the undersized CBs over the top. The middle zones are then open for the TEs who can usually exploit the LBs. Finally the Ducks will use the TEs as a passing threat and not just as blockers for the run game. I think I saw only one or two really effective pass plays to our TEs last year. More plays like the one against OSU where Matavao was wide open for a TD, please.

Et tu, Axel? I saw on another thread that you had an insightful opinion on honesty in journalism, and two degrees in the same discipline. As a devoted fan of the late, great PJ O'Rourke, might one of them have been a major in humor with a minor in hilarious satirical snark?

As glad as most of us ultimately were with the coaching change, don't lose sight of the fact that the 2019-20 Rose Bowl winning Ducks have 15 starters from that team on active NFL rosters. Not counting 2022, five were UDFAs: Faoliu, Kampmoyer, Scott, Juwan Johnson and Throckmorton. Not saying they will all be on rosters in September, but they are there now. Four of the starting five O-line are on teams: Sewell, Throckmorton, Lemieux and Hansen. All coached by MC and Mini-M. So they did something right even if they couldn't offensive game coach their way out of a paper bag. I guess my point is to not lament too much the dismal 2022 draft showing. No doubt several of the players that went undrafted and have signed UDFA contracts got crappy advice and declared a year too early. Some like VMIII and Wright will likely succeed as they were legit draft targets. But the article posted by 30Duck shows the silver lining in the cloudy 2022 draft results for the Ducks. Oregon is a national destination for blue chip recruits and Lanning will burnish that credential with the staff he has brought in and their history of building champions.

Cool with that. Wish him well, unless of course we meet the University of Soiled Charmins in the Pac12 championship game. Then I want him to be the meat in a Sewell-Flowe sandwich.

Boo-Yaaah! Track, basketball and football standout. In your face, Husky-Trojuns

Can't miss concept with Matt "Pro Bowl/Hall-o-Fame" Leinart taking point. The Hall of GOATS (Get Over yourselves, Arrogant Trojans) will certainly be marketing a unique set of NFTs (Nether-region Fungal Tokens) jointly with the USC-OJ Simpson Institute of Conflict Resolution and the Reggie Bush Center for Ethics in Athletics.

I'm with 30Duck on this though Hayward has a legit argument that Oregon peaked too early and allowed the season to get away from them starting with the Stanford debacle. We don't want that repeated in the unlikely event of a win at Georgia, but if win Oregon does, this is a different team with different coaching and an upgrade at QB. And hopefully fewer critical injuries contributing to last season's wheezing to the finish line. That said, the previous regime pulled off a stunning upset at tOSU. I watched it again a few days ago and nearly every position group either played a great game or had just enough flashes of brilliance to secure the win. That includes AB and the D-Backs. In spite of how the season turned out, would anyone not take the beautiful smack down the Ducks put on the high and mighty Buckeyes in their own house? God, that felt good. What a great, and long overdue, consolation prize for a so-so year. The majority of the young players in that game are still in Eugene and I believe that win will continue to bear fruit on the recruiting trail for years to come.

Half way thru the 7th round and VMIII not yet drafted. WTH? Chargers still have 3 picks so maybe something good happens and they get a steal.

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ICamel, Thanks for the play by play. Much needed win for Oregon.

Speaking of 1st round picks, five of national champion Georgia's defensive players went in the first round. First time ever, I believe. Kudos to Lanning!