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Oregon obviously can't duplicate geography, but there are some similarities between Athens and Eugene. Both are small cities which love their university's sports. Oregon can't duplicate being in the southeast where people are crazy for their football. Will Oregon pull players from the southeast? Occasionally. But I don't think that is needed. Georgia recruits Georgia well, but they also recruit nation wide. This seems to be Lanning's strategy. Oregon has been hitting Texas hard recently, still doing well in Cali. Talk about the southeast all you want, those two states still produce more high level football players than any other states. I loved what Smart said after the game last night. There was no entitlement and no complacency on the team. That I think Oregon can reproduce. This seems to be Lanning's goal, get better every day. And yes I love what Georgia does on both sides of the ball. I said after our game with them in September that it was the best I have ever seen any team at any level block on the edge with receivers, tight ends, backs and pulling linemen. The edge is where they killed us. We stopped them running inside for the most part, we didn't even come close to stopping the jet sweeps, the flair passes, the bubble screens... partly because we didn't tackle well, but even more because they blocked those plays so well. Yeah, I think there is a lot of good about Georgia to emulate! Here we go!

Denver doesn't seem to be interested either.

Hmmm... looks like I'm watching a replay.

Also watching some Oregon recruits playing in the US Army Bowl. Dowdell, Purchase, someone whose name is slipping my mind also just forced a fumble. So, at least 3 Oregon recruits playing today.

If we sign Harbor imagine him getting that pitch with the potential that play has of getting the tight end to the second level. I'm ready, when does next season start?

Yes, it would give us a potentially good back up, maybe even competition for Bo. After Bo was hurt we lost two games. If he goes down this year, do we have someone behind him who will win those games and give us a chance to go to the playoffs. Maybe Ty becomes that guy, maybe the freshman could. It would be nice to have a proven guy.

Well I wish him well. After a very promising freshman year his roll was limited by some really good transfers. I didn't see his roll increasing considerably next year and he's too good to be seated on the bench. Hope he does well at Cal until they play the Ducks.

There is always room to upgrade. Before the season started we thought we had a pretty loaded running back room with guys coming back. Then Irving, Whittington and James showed we could be better. Will Dowdell and Limar do the same this year? There's always room for an upgrade. Who knows how this group will turn out. If nothing else James, Dowdell and Limar are developing to take over when Bucky and Noah are done. In any case this running back room looks really good!

I read this earlier and wondered what actual evidence they had to predict Bama on this. Has Proctor said anything, someone close to him said anything, or do they just assume that he will flip to the most recent visit? Whenever someone visits Bama, the bandwagon predictors automatically start saying Bama. Sometimes that happens, often it doesn't! I'm not convinced.

The defense this year was mostly good against the run, especially interior running (OSU game was the exception, not the rule). Where we failed was the edge, and pass coverage. Totally agree that a better pass rush would have helped the pass coverage. You simply can't cover D1 receivers for more than 3-4 seconds and not get burned way too often. But we were getting burned more quickly. I wondered often why Flowe and Sewell were not used on blitzes way more often. Just an observation from a rank amature, but they certainly weren't helping that much in pass coverage, why not see if we could get a few more sacks out of them. We just got potentially a very good one transferring from Iowa and actually have a pretty solid group coming back, even without Flowe and Sewell.

There is definitely room here for a very good class without Moore, but I think Oregon is still in good shape with him. There was a reason Ohio State swooped in and got the Huskie recruit and stopped trying on Moore. I'm still not convinced Nix is coming back. I think he needs a great showing in the bowl game to get the taste of the Washington and OSU losses out of people's mouths. He needs to show again that uninjured he can play at the next level. A 4 touchdown, 300 yard passing, 100 yard rushing game or something impressive anyway, and Bo may be gone. Of course that comes after Moore's decision. We'll just have to watch with bated breath and see what happens. High excitement in any case!

Yeah, with all the good and bad about Leach, he sure coached some exciting football, even when I was rooting against him. Prayers and peace to his family and friends.

This one doesn't make a lot of sense to me, I don't know anything about the young man other than watching him play football. With the losses on the O-line he had a really good chance of starting next year, even with some transfers added. Grass often looks greener from a distance.

Which according to some folks at Ohio State is Oregon. Rumor is OSU couldn't offer enough to switch him. That seems weird to me. After all isn't OSU just swimming in all that B1G money that SC and UCLA want in on?

I'm not sure about game changer, but very solid player who meets a critical need, yes. This guy can play the run, but more than anything he covers tight ends and big slots as well as any linebacker out there. Big tight ends and line backers killed us this past season. I think this is a great pick up for the Ducks!

yeah, sounds like the same kind of bright creative mind as Dilly. let's see how he does at getting on the recruiting trail now and keeping some of the guys who have committed and then get some really good new ones. If Bo stays, hope he can put him in a place where he can succeed much like Dilly did. If not let's see how he does with get someone else ready to produce at close to the same level.

Colorado can't be much worse with him than they were without him, so who knows. It looks like they felt the need to fix things quickly. He has proved he can recruit highly rated players to a small stage. He's brought in some good assistants. Add in the portal and they could be a lot better in spite of Sanders, or maybe even because of him. At the very least, it will be a good show in the post game interviews.

Understandable Charles. Do what you need to keep from going crazy. I so appreciate this forum. It is such a good place for me to interact with duck fans in a place where there are not a lot of them. Thanks for all you do!

Great article Dazed! Thanks for the detailed breakdown both of our players and the example of some players possibly available in the portal. I agree with some who said that a turnover of players on a squad that often wasn't very good isn't necessarily a bad thing. But we need player, we need good players. The only place we may be solid (and still not deep) is at inside linebacker. Everywhere else the portal could really help. As well as looking at places not at the peak of their cycle, coaching changes are always places where players decide to leave. There is also the big fish in the small pond player or one bright shinning star on an otherwise bad team (see Gonzales) players to look out for. Bottom line is there will be good players in the portal that can help us. I'm looking forward to who the staff pulls in. I suspect they already have some in mind and will hit the ground running this morning.

Yeah, through much of the game I was thinking this should be Oregon kicking USC butt. Actually we were what, 9 points away from that and with all that has happened around the country, would be headed to the playoffs with those 9 points. I know there is a lot of disappointment, including me, but there should also be a lot of optimism. With a first year coach and a lot of new players, we were 9 points away from the CFP. 9 points.

If we are going to run an offense that features QB runs, many of the most successful offenses do now (even in the the NFL), then Butters was probably the QB we could most afford to lose. Hate to lose anyone, and love Butters as a pocket passer, but a mobile QB that is at least a threat to run makes the offense a lot harder to defend.

So, they have, but have they stopped his offense? Not yet.

Here is my choice if he is available, willing. Warren Ruggiero - Football Coach GODEACS.COM Warren Ruggiero, who has coordinated the most prolific offenses in Wake Forest history over the past Warren Ruggiero has turned Wake Forest, yes Wake Forest, into an offensive juggernaut. Bright, innovative, OC and QB coach. Have no idea if he would be interested. He may absolutely love Winston Salem and never want to leave.

I'll be watching and rooting if it's on my tv and work doesn't prevent it. This years team was offensively oriented all year. I had hoped the O would be back in Oregon football again and it was big time. Now hire a great OC, get a bowl win, sign some great recruits and build momentum for next season! Go Ducks!

Oregon 27-21 3 turnovers 1 sack 262 yards passing