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Given the year that Nix is having with his completion percentage, O's won/loss record and his career starts, etc. etc, it would be very hard to see Bo not win the Heisman if Oregon beats OSU and then UW in the rematch. As I understand it, the Heisman voting occurs after the Conference Championship game. The QB of a 12-1 team, probably headed for the Playoffs (if they win the conference crown) with all his personal accomplishments, how could they not select him as the winner? His accomplishments at the very least would be the equal of Marcus Mariota's. In reality, they'd be even better, imo.

I don't understand any of this court case stuff, or what OSU & WSU think they're going to accomplish (other than win themselves a lot of $) but when it comes to millions of $ anything can and usually does happen. In that case all bets are off. Except, of course, our gentleman's bet since that's revenue neutral That bet still stands. We may need a neutral 'judge' to decide the winner.

I really can't see Johnathan Smith wanting to leave OSU, his alma mater, esp. given the way he's been able to resurrect the program, get anew stadium, etc. However, with the demise of the Pac-12... and the lure of a lot more $$... and a chance to be a thorn in Oregon's side once again... the temptation might be too much. Wouldn't that be rich?

I'm with JDuck. Maybe Kenny Dillingham has a spot for him.

Not to mention 59 straight starts come Friday. That's a record that will likely never be beaten unless the NCAA starts adding lots more games to the CFB schedule. What a QB.

I sure did yesterday. Of course, scoring 42 straight points on 6 straight possessions and seeing it all on a 100" screen with 7-speaker surround sound system (in my friend's Man Cave) may have had a bit to do with it!

Well, really. All the nonsense aside, it's what it really is. In-state rivals, just 45 minutes apart. One to the NW of the other. Come-on pc crowd, we're not talking canon and musket fire although come Friday night it might seem like it when the Autzen crowd gets warmed up.

I sure hope it happens. It would be a crying shame to see this great tradition go away or fall by the wayside. GO OREGON!

I was... cause it was too early to know how well the Ducks really were prepared to play and would, yet. I wa thinking to myself Kenny D. would have a pretty good idea what Oregon may do to try & pick up 11+ yards. After all, he was the architect of this offense < 1 year ago. Stein had other ideas perhaps and as Kenny himself said in his great post-game interview: Oregon is just that good. ASU might have known what was coming but they sure didn't have the horsepower to stop any of it. Amazing.

Maybe, just to help sort this Heisman voting thingy thing out, pointy-headed statisticians should start counting "Meaningful Minutes Played" when comparing stats-to-stats with all these Heisman hopefuls. I mean, I haven't tried to compute and compare the number of minutes Jayden Daniels has played in all his games this year with Bo Nix's minutes but I'd be willing to wager a gentleman's bet Nix has quite a significantly fewer number of minutes. How many more meaningful touches of the ball has Daniels and Penix both had? The one category I can think of where that's worked in Nix's favor would be Int's & T.O.'s. Otherwise, sitting him like yesterday, while a very good thing for the team and backup QB's, definitely cuts into his TD and yardage stats, not to mention highlight footage. If this were Baseball, I almost guarantee the stats would be gathered since they gather stats on everything!

I could be wrong but it looks like Oregon's lead (point-wise) over Texas is shrinking. They need to seal the deal with a decisive win over the Beavers and then UW in the Championship game to keep Texas locked out.

Actually, as comical as this all seems I'm glad OSU & WSU have won their case and maybe (?) saved the "Pac Conference". They'll get some good teams to join in and slowly maybe they'll rebuild it up to a decent conference again. Nothing like it is now, of course, but maybe one the likes of the Mountain West or MAC (by sniping their best teams). And who amongst us knows? Maybe this B1G thing falls bust with all the travel logistics and nightmares it's going to create. It would be nice to know Oregon has a fall-back option just in case. Because I really can't see the country going to just 4 Super Conferences with West Coast teams playing East Coast teams and NE teams playing SW teams, and SE teams playing ..... you get the drift.

Two small things jump out to me: 1) Riley's almost making an excuse for the disappointing season (20 point losses aren't "close" ones), and 2) Riley's sending as strong a signal as he can to the University & Alumni he's gonna "do better next year". The problem for him is SC and their alumni have never been the most patient bunch.

I'm sure the committee, if they're honest, will take into consideration that Bo has run up the stats even when sitting out a lot of minutes in games when Oregon was well ahead. Like yesterday. He could have had 8 TD's if he'd had to stay in the game. Unlike Daniels, he didn't need to be in all their game to the end for them to seal the win (or loss). Daniels and Penix both have probably played a game or two's worth of minutes more than Bo. I don't recall Williams sitting many minutes out either. Just saying.

It's unfortunate that Kenny Dillingham doesn't have a vote. He thinks Bo should be the winner.

Kenny will do well at ASU. He understands football at the very basic, raw level, not just at the X's & O's level. I wish Oregon could have kept him but Will Stein is doing a darn good job filling his shoes.

I believe Utah's loss to AZ hurts the Ducks, but not fatally. Till now, Utah was's Oregon's best road win and there won't be another until/if they get to Las Vegas.

I think just about all of us are.

What I remember of the Civil War games, going back many, many years, is that the Beavers could be lousy - and still give the Ducks fits. This year the Beavers are far from lousy. This year the Beavers were almost good enough to hand 11-0 Washington their 1st loss. But this is Dan's 2nd go-round at the Beavers and I think he's got a plan.

That and AZ's defeat of Utah. That loss by the Utes took a lot of luster off Oregon's win in Salt Lake City - at least as far as the SOS and "signature" wins goes. Oregon has (realistically) these last two games to make up for that and then - only after they take care of the Beavers. Need to beat the Beavers by more than just two points. It would be a shame for the best team in the country to get left out of the Playoffs!

At this point only a loss to either OSU or another to UW can probably intervene in Bo winning the award. At least it looks that way. Nothing's ever a sealed deal with the committee making the choice - unless there's a player in contention from Oklahoma, Ohio St or Notre Dame. At least it seems that way sometimes.

I think the pc tag "rivalry' will fade away. Like all other bad ideas. It'll just take a little time.

Exactly. Like when I use the phrase "one for the Ages." Except this one just might be. At this point no one knows if there'll be another Civil War game, tho I expect the two schools will want to try and keep the tradition alive. I sure hope so!

Yes. And it won't be easy. This will probably be a Civil War for the Ages.

I didn't really think anyone here thought Taggert was a great recruiter. Every new coach has a few recruits he's been recruiting that he brings in with him but I don't remember any "great" recruiting classes he ever assembled. He wasn't here long enough to fully unpack his suitcases. But I get your point and it was fun to see the Candy clip. The guy was a comic genius in his own way. Thanks for the laugh.