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For those without access, here are a couple more that relate to UO and Lanning's culture: Play football and win!

Fun read in the Athletic today about USC's cataclysmic season (What went wrong for Lincoln Riley and USC in 2023? ‘Something’s really off there’). Numerous Pac-12 coaches anonymously shred Riley's defense in what should be required reading for any defensive recruits considering that clown show. Some highlights:

Booooo! Still too soon.

The NWMS page isn't big on internal consistency. The season summary has him at 4 games played in 2022, but elsewhere it shows him with carries in nine 2022 games, so I think that was likely a full season rather than a redshirt.

I'm expanding my personal "no luck wished" list to include Columbus and Ann Arbor.

Forget Everyone But Us (so long as you're in polite company).

The excuse making about why UW's and Oregon's performances were so completely opposite against OSU in consecutive weeks are head spinning, but the favorite seems to be that the weather was poor last week in Corvallis. They have a point, though. How can anyone expect a team from Seattle to know how to play when it's raining?

This rings true to me. I remember talk in previous years about the difficulty of recruiting top corners in part because of the flag-happy Pac officials.

Especially this week, we can all be thankful Miami fans are now seeing red.

Nice. Having the top two Pac teams ahead of the B12 two (Texas, OU) has huge implications if Oregon and Tex/OU both finish as a 1-loss conference champ!

No one ever accused the BIG of lacking sanctimony. Our northern friends with the academic prowess will fit right in.

Basically, SMU seems interested in a Pac invitation but is in wait-and-see mode until the media rights deal is complete. And whether or not it joins the Pac, SMU is well positioned to compete for CFP births due to the playoffs' new expanded format. From the article:

If Trent ever needs a nickname...

I'm so glad he's not not trying at Oregon.

Quacks taste so much sweeter when seasoned with Huskies' tears.

Gore Jr at #4. Boy, now I feel ancient. Wasn't Frank Gore crushing fantasy football leagues, like, three minutes ago?

All-ACC Cornerback Storm Duck Announces Transfer To Penn State WWW.BLACKSHOEDIARIES.COM ALL NAME TEAM BABY If ever a transfer target should have ended up in Eugene. And I thought Wesley Mallard was an all-time name.

Anyone else having flashbacks to the Alex Collins saga from a few years back? Arkansas recruit’s mother reportedly steals letter of intent and hides before he can fax it SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Many parents want their children to go to a certain school, usually one close to home. So in that regard, Alex Collins' mother isn't...

Unfortunately, it's not just an SEC problem. Did you get a load of the JV program Clemson played yesterday?

I'm not going to suggest that Lanning is shaving points.... But playing Thompson is what it would look like if he was.

https://247sports.com/Article/Michigan-State-football-recruiting-247Sports-Crystal-Ball-5-star-QB-197051501/ One of Michigan State's 247 insider's is predicting Dante Moore to flip. So far none of the national or regional experts have followed suit.

Over the past two weeks, Miami faced Virginia and FSU teams that entered their Miami matchups with a combined record of 8-7. In each game, Miami registered more punting yards than total offense (308 to 273 vs UVA and 282 to 188 vs FSU). Excluding OT (where points are unearned and punts are impossible), Miami also had more punts than points in each game (8 to 6 and 6 to 3). Cristoballin'!!!

"The best coaches are the least stubborn." I love that.

In four quarters plus four OTs, Miami had 272 yards of offense... and 308 yards of punting. Cristo-ball!

I initially misread this as middling coach, which also feels appropriate. Meddling and middling.