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Nevada Dawg, you have always seemed civil to me on this site and a welcome contributor. It's great when we can have fans from lots of different programs giving different perspectives. Thanks for your contributions.

yeah, I understand that and I just now watched the replay, didn't see it live. Go Ducks!

Yeah, Ducks at #8 now means you need to fix your algorithm. I can see ducks not jumping TX for #1. Horn's took care of business vs a pretty good OK team. If that game had been 32-31, Oregon has a really good case for being ranked #1.

this says something to me about the absurdity of all the focus of the TV networks on markets. Oh, you have to get the teams from the large markets. Here are teams from Columbus, OH, a good but not great market, and Eugene, OR a nice small city in western Oregon. They have the most watched game in the B1G in 18 years. Wow. Good exciting football will get you market share. Oregon has had that in great abundance for a long time now. That's why people like me living in Ohio and now Maryland are Oregon fans.

A few observations. Though the stats were fairly close, Oregon won every meaningful stat (including the score), even if by a small margin. If I looked at the box not actually knowing the score I would have thought Ducks 38 useless nuts 28. The nickel and dime stuff I was worried about (and stated the Duck could not beat OSU with) seems to thankfully be gone. It's still not 25 yards in a cloud of dust early Kelly stuff (you couldn't do that vs OSU either) but they took shots down field successfully, stretched the D in every direction and got big plays when big plays were needed. Well done! Having lived in Ohio for the better part of 7 years of my life (I'm in Maryland now, maybe I should change my name on here) and knowing some OSU fans that are most great people and knowledgeable football fans, they will tell you the Ryan Day getting out coached is not unusual. Even in games they win they somehow have made games a lot closer then they should have vs far inferior players. I've scratched my head often about that. He gets great players and wins a lot of games, but eventually he has to beat that team up north or he will not last much longer. That said, yes DL out coached Day. He made some good decisions, maybe some very crafty next level ones. It's good to see he's growing as a head coach! There is a lot of exciting football left this season. I have to get back on cable or find a streaming service to watch it now.

Ducks 28-17 3 turnovers 3 sacks 284 passing

Ducks 31-3 2 3 265

There has been a lot of turnover and to think that everything works smoothly even with plugging in player who may ultimately be just as good just isn't true. My concern is somewhat from a fan's point of view. It sometimes looks like the offense is more designed to break records for completion percentage (not necessarily a bad thing) than moving down the field and putting pressure on the opposing D. It looked like that at times last year too. Maybe I'm just missing the days of hurry up offense, chunk plays and 3 and 4 play scoring drives. That's what made me a Duck fan. Now I'm hooked for life, but I still would like to see a little more of what brought me here. There just doesn't seem to a lot of aggressiveness in the offensive game plan.

An alliance between the B1G and SEC ought to be met with an anti-trust law suit from someone. This movement toward consolidation to one big (not B1G) conference already has me caring less and less about college sports. Of course this seems to mostly be a scheduling agreement, but is it just the start? Where is the Big 12 in this, and other smaller conferences?

Yeah, this definitely has the potential for a trap game. This is not one of the best MSU teams to take the field, but there is a lot of pride in that program and after the loss to OSU where they were pretty much dominated in every phase of the game, they may come out pretty fired up. I'm still thinking 3+ touchdown Oregon win, but I won't be surprised if MSU hangs with the Ducks early.

After week two, I won't say disappointed, but concerned is the word. A not dominant performance vs Idaho and squeaker vs Boise was not what I was expecting. The Ducks have improved the last two games. Boise is proving to be a better quality opponent than it seemed at the time, but I'm still a bit puzzled by the Idaho performance. Some have mentioned a lack of going very deep into the play book, I hope so because the offense has looked like it is being built on nickel and diming rather than attacking aggressively, going for chunk plays, keeping the D on their heals and taking advantage of that, what I've come to think of as Oregon offense. We won't beat OSU by nickel and diming. That said, there is still enough talent to contend for a NC. In two weeks we'll know more about if the team is ready. Being 6-0 in a couple of weeks will cure a lot of disappointment!

Wow, been out of touch for a while. No TV options recently to watch the Ducks, so highlights and box scores are all I have. Good to hear that the O-line improved vs. the Beavers. I thought the game would be a little closer and figured something good came together for the Ducks when I saw the score. I was concerned seeing the boxes of the first two games. Looked like a lot of complete passes for not that much yardage and the running game wasn't producing so well either. I wonder how many shots have been taken down field. We certainly have the receivers to do that, has their just not been enough time to set it up? I'm really asking here because I haven't seen the whole games. I was afraid Stein in all his brilliance (not kidding here I think he is brilliant) was falling in love with the nickel and dime stuff. Glad to see Gabriel running some too. That has often been what opened up the Duck's offense. In any case, the players are certainly there for this offense to be one of the best in college football. Here's hoping the O-line continues to improve. Everything else seems to be in place.

Yeah, it's pretty obvious from the amount of flipping going on, commitment doesn't mean commitment anymore.

Sorry, getting in on this late, but my first thought is, and OSU, Bama, Georgia, USC, Texas... list could go on... are not buying recruits. Yes, Oregon has the money to compete at least evenly with just about everyone, but the Ducks have a lot more to offer than just NIL.

Yeah, I know it's hard to project out one year and this is three, but I could see none of these coaches being where they are now. I hope Lanning is still at Oregon and think that's a good possibility. Day, frankly I'm not that impressed with him and wouldn't include him in my top 5. OSU will not be satisfied if he doesn't have them at the top of the B1G and with at least one NC, I'm not sure he will get that done. Smart as 1, I get, but will he still be at UG? Norvell will be good at FSU, but will the weaker ACC get him the recruits and seeding in the play offs he needs? Sark doesn't have a track record of sticking around long term, maybe that changes at TX maybe not. I actually think Lanning is the best possibility of being where he is and being this successful of the 5 of these. But as I said, 5 years is a long time in college football right now.