EastBayDuckDad

Michigan qb Warren with 62 yds passing and 2 picks, missing their only legit receiver and they are 2 minutes from an upset of tOSU. I wonder if the line for the B1G CG starts to shift regardless of the outcome

tOSU and UM are a study in offensive and special teams futility. This is the Bucknut team I want to see Oregon play next week

The parallels here are eerie. Home game Hated rival Unranked 6-5 opponent that was in Last year's NC game and Winner of the past three head to head match-ups OBD can't let Fusky get a paw in the door like Bucknut has let Michigan do. Neither UM or UW is built to come back from big deficits. Oregon needs to score early and often

tOSU and UM are a study in offensive and special teams futility. This is the Bucknut team I want to see Oregon play next week

I hope someone on the Duck staff is side-eying 'The Game' and seeing what a determined unranked opponent can do in a rivalry game in hostile territory.

Bucknut stymied again in the red zone by running into the strength of the Michigan D and then a poorly thrown pass by Howard Insult to injury, they miss the FG.

Michigan D-line largely keeping Bucknut revamped O-line in check. Howard back in and looks pretty unfazed.

Howard took a huge hit to his left shoulder and neck and is still on the ground into the commercial break. Getting really chippy.

Michigan run game working against tOSU and on D stuffing their RBs. No answer to the Bucknut WRs, but if UM can draw this game out they have a shot. End of 1st qtr, Ohio St 3-0

Oregon 39-17 1 TO 4 Sacks 238 yds passing

Good lord, the Ramblin' Wrecks are going to choke away a 14 point lead against Georgia.

Wow, that "T" should be capitalized and in BOLD face. Fusky needs to give her a scholly and put her on the O-line.

Both OSUs are bad but Okie St is next level bad. It hasn't been enough to shoot themselves in the feet, now they are going after both kneecaps. They are making Prime Buff look like a CFP team. Beavus is pretty pathetic too. Boy, is Jeanty ever a joy to watch run, even with the one fumble he is at 180+ yards. Almost 2250 yds on the year. Just under 400 yds short of Barry Sanders' record. Boise State will be a handful for whoever they meet in December.

Thankful I don't live in Seattle and butt sniff things.

I can't help but think that some of Riverboat Dan's decisions last year against EweDub were predicated on the highly unreliable leg of Cam Lewis. While Sappington isn't a deadeye in the 50 yd range, he is really good from 40 on in. His leg kept OBD alive against Whisky and he probably should have been allowed to kick the FG that would have given Oregon a six point lead instead of that ill-fated fake late in the 4th qtr.

Barring a big Oregon loss in the B1G CG, OBD will go into the CFP ranked either #1 or #5. If tOSU and OBD are truly the two best teams, they will meet up in either the semis or the NC game, If the Ducks somehow flipped to the other division and got by Georgia. There is no path to win it all that doesn't go through both Bucknut and Dawg, unless by some miracle both of those teams end up in the same side of the bracket. That would almost require an SEC CG loss by Georgia and one by Oregon in the B1G CG. This makes my head hurt. Ducks should keep it simple by just winning out.

Could also be related to a desire to not showcase the availability of Tez and JBurch along with some new twists on offense and defense.

Off topic, but funny. Like the Kiwi band, Flight of the Conchords tune "Business Time" "Making love for.... Making love for two.... Making love for two....minutes"

Just for the sake of argument, let's go back a year and look at the teams that made the final four team CFP along with their records and conferences: 1. Michigan (B1G) 13-0 2. Washington (Pac-12) 13-0 3. Texas (Big-12) 12-1 4. Alabama (SEC) 12-1 An undefeated FSU got jilted, as did UGA with it's one loss to Alabama by 3 points in the SEC CG. Behind them, tOSU at 12-1 and OBD at 11-2 were omitted by virtue of losing their respective CGs by less than a touchdown in each. All four would have been included in this year's 12 team CFP, with UGA, tOSU and OBD capable of, if not winning out, playing exciting and competitive PO games in the old format. The narrative for not expanding the CFP was always based on the belief that the eventual NC would likely never drop below the four playoff teams, and that the regular season had to mean something by not rewarding multiple loss teams (unless you are in the SEC) with a PO berth. That narrative has now been turned on it's ear If you froze the rankings on Tuesday, what four teams would be in if it was 2023? Oregon, tOSU and Texas? Yes Miami, Penn St, ND, Tenn and UGA all vying for the last spot? Yeah, but Georgia beat Texas at home, PSU lost close at home to tOSU, Tennessee has two losses, Miami lost to an unranked GTech and the egg ND laid in it's first game can't be unseen. IMHO, Georgia wins by default, even with 2 losses and SEC bias. It's not 2023, and CGs are still to be played, so this will likely all change. My point is that a three loss SEC team not in it's CG should be left out. That's you, Alabama, Ole Miss and probably TA&M. If TA&M loses to Texas they are out. Texas will be in either way as will Georgia regardless who wins the SEC CG. Tennessee will probably squeak in, though it shouldn't. Like it and fair or not, four SEC teams will probably get in regardless of W-L record, thus rewarding teams with multiple regular season Ls. The winner of the SEC CG 'deserves' it because that's the way it's set up (heaven help me, even if they have 3 losses). The loser, whether it be UGA or Texas, yes. A two loss, non-CG Texas and Tennessee....maybe, if only to keep Finebaum out of an ICU stroke protocol. The rest....Nah.

I'll go first and foremost with beat the Fuskies definitively. Provide enough highlights to make Ducks vs Them a meal of revenge best served cold. if Tez, Burch and Harper are good to go, limit their snap counts to keep recoveries on track for the B1G CG and beyond. Have a big enough 4th qtr lead to get the 2s on the O-line, D-line and in the WR room significant reps. While love the sentiment that "There’s nothing Oregon fans want more than for the Ducks to pummel the Dawgs and hand the program a loss so devastating and decisive that it consumes Huskies fans in an atmospheric river of anguish." I'd rather have Oregon leave Autzen Saturday with the understanding that UW is simply irrelevant and merely the cherry on top of OBDs undefeated regular season sundae.

So in the discussion of whether a three loss SEC team should get in to the playoffs ahead of a one loss B1G team, what loss looks worse: Alabama to Oklahoma 24-3 or Indiana to Ohio State 38-15? Fatal blow to DeBoer and Alabama for the playoffs

Oh my. Another Milroe interception, this time a pick-6. Bama down three scores to Oklahoma. This team beat Georgia?

Hoosiers getting zero pressure on Howard and the Bucknut WRs are too much for the IU DBs when he has that much time. Announcers are yapping about how much better the tOSU secondary is since the Oregon loss, but the real difference is QB pressure on blitzes that they didn't run against the Ducks. DL and WS will need to adapt to this but there's plenty of film now.

Oof, two special teams screw-ups by IU gives tOSU two touchdowns. And blitzing has put IU's qb on his butt three times and hurried several throws. Barring a heckuva comeback by Indiana, OBD gets a Bucknut rematch in Indy.

Inadvertently posted this on the wrong thread earlier today. "Watching the GameDay preview of the tOSU v IU match-up leaning pretty heavy Bucknut advantage. Nice profile of Caleb Downs with loads of big play tape. Lots of TFLs, PBUs and a pick or two on every opponent except..... Oregon. The one clip shows him making a downfield tackle on James after what must've been a big gain. Downs will end up a 1st round pick and is immensely talented but it's gratifying to see that the Ducks more or less kept him from having a big day at Autzen. The GameDay crew had to reach to find a standout play from that October meeting."