Nautique Duck

Dan Lanning has said openly that he tells all players that once they are here he will continue to recruit and bring in players that will push them to take their job and make the team better. If they want to play they need to be the best on the team. The bar has been set. I’m sure there were several players that the coaching staff was hoping would push Steve Stephens for minutes and force them to play that player instead of him, but he was the only one they could play. Maybe they didn’t learn the defense or signals well enough, maybe they didn’t show up for meetings or watch film. Whatever it was, the opportunity was there. When Florence and Jackson went down and manning wasn’t perfect in coverage, there were openings at corner and nickel. Lanning knows what we need and he has told the players he has recruited he will do everything he can to get it if they aren’t going to meet that standard.

I’m surprised at some of these takes. Penix shredded us twice while under the gun, in the face of pretty steady pressure. He can make throws with a pass rush in his face. He did the same to Texas last week. What he can’t do is hit those throws when he is hurt. He was injured, guys, plain and simple. We injured him toward the end of our first game against him this year, and he was not himself for the next several games, including missing throws he normally makes (Identical to the second half of the NC game). Unfortunately for us, he had enough weeks for his ribs to heal up before the conference championship, and without Jordan Burch, we didn’t have enough pressure to get to him and rough him up a bit, so he could pick apart our secondary again. He was healed up or the lidocaine shot worked a bit better for that game than it did at half time of the NC game. When the writing was on the wall, he definitely tried to let the world know through grimacing and limping and grabbing his side that he was hurt. Something he had refused to do when he still winning and competing. But once it was over, had to make sure we knew the reason (excuse).

Not necessarily. Bair is going on a mission so he realistically won’t play for 3 years. 2 years gone and then a year to get back in playing shape. They really aren’t in the same class, even though they technically are.

There are 90+ FBS quarterbacks in the portal. Including those who started at Ohio State and Duke and Miss St. Oregon is nowhere near the only program with turnover at QB and it is definitely a 2 sided equation. If someone doesn’t get a shot to play, or doesn’t like the offense/coordinator, or doesn’t like the NIL deal, they leave. if a team doesn’t think a player is good enough to play or finds out through back channels that a better player wants to come play for them, they bring the better player in and don’t play the player they have. It is not unique to Oregon at all. I mean, Dillon Gabriel is probably coming here because Oklahoma wants to play Jackson Arnold next year and Gabriel didn’t want to take the chance on being forced out of the starting slot. It’s just more mercenary environment causing annual adaptation by all involved because there are no real employment contracts. Dante Moore snubs us, then gets humbled and realizes starting in P5 isn’t as easy as he thought and now is, by accounts, considering coming to Oregon to learn and develop for a year before taking the reins in 2025. 90 QBs in the Portal!

That would really be a kick in your plaid pants to have Ty Thompson start for the Huskies and beat us in Autzen!

I think this is just a case of game day having already covered some big pac 12 games this year. In fact more than normal. They often later in the year throw a bone to a big fcs game between undefeateds.

I think that will steins offense appears to be simpler to approach/digest for Ty and he looks more assertive. Additionally, Stein has not put him in 3rd and longs each time he comes in just because he hands it up the middle twice on 1st and 2nd down, so he has the chance to really get his feet wet and actually run the offense.

I am pretty confident Penix is not 100% after we beat him up. He was sailing throws last week against ASU. He simply does not miss those throws when he is right. I think he is nursing a rib or shoulder injury that tightened up on him after the adrenaline from our game wore off. It reminds me of what happened with Herbert his Junior year I think it was. Had several games where he just missing throws that he didn’t normally and it came out after the season that he was pretty banged up, but wasn’t going to sit.

Targeting on the crack back block on jackson

Stephens killing us on defense. So slow to react and not aggressive/making plays. Really missing Addison. Wish they would try anyone else at deep safety.

Even after it is over and at the press conference he still didn’t even understand or realize they had gotten enough first downs to run out the clock! He says we thought we could get the first down. What??!! You already did. He literally honestly doesn’t even really understand basic key strategy or rules. just not a smart coach. Heck of a recruiter. Terrible X’s and O’s and in game strategist.

No question Tosh was the uncertain understudy in that exchange.

He was being double teamed a lot throughout the game and that is part of what allowed Dorlus to be so disruptive. They rarely ran towards him as well.

Bingo. People may not want it to be true, and Colorado may still lose a bunch of games, but you can’t act like Deion had nothing to do with this but hype and that it is all his assistants. A huge part of being head coach is establishing a culture and belief. A+ grade for that for Deion, and he was right and most of the media and fans were wrong. It’s a long season, and I don’t doubt he will also have a turn to eat some crow, but he never doubted himself for a moment on the football field as a pro and that is a huge part of what made him so good. He is instilling a portion of that to his team, and that can make any team scary. So much of football is mental, and he gives any team he coaches an edge. I think we still have a good chance of beating them, but I was surprised and grimaced a bit the second I heard Lanning give them bulletin board material. Deion (and MJ and Mahomes, etc.) don’t need a reason to manufacture fuel from others doubting them or hating on them, so why give them extra fuel? hopefully we won’t underestimate them when it is our turn and DL will have them ready and our overall talent edge will win out. I saw this mentality from the huskies bench last year when they visited us, and were supremely confident. There was no doubt in their mind they were going to score enough to win.

Most of these numbers are inflated and not what they really receive, and the salary cap just increases. This will be the normal salary for an average starting quarterback and will be a bargain in 6 or 7 years. Look at mahomes’ salary. Blew everyone away and now isn’t sniffing the top of the list.

I think he knows NFL isn’t in his future and wants to use his eligibility to get the best doctorate he can to set himself up for the rest of his life. Smart move, frankly. He actually has 2 more years left and that takes a big chunk out of graduate school costs.

This whole article is based on a misquote. That question was about Dj Johnson, not Bo. I have not seen any Oregon reporters show that quote about Bo. I think this is turning a quote into an article and unfortunately, they got the foundational quote wrong.

I think Klemm is leaving anyway if USC job becomes available, so I’m not sure if it has anything to do with klemm. I’d guess not.

I just don’t get the (massively) overblown negativity. I disagree with basically everything in this post, except Dilly making some bad 4th down calls. The pac was waaaay down last year. Our team this year would have steamrolled everyone except Utah and would have probably been toe to toe with them. So comparing to last year is very faulty logic. Additionally, calling a coaches confidence and determination to go for it sells short that this is his mindset and part of his MO to run this program and part of what over time tells your guys you have confidence in them to get the first. It is a philosophical decision, and not a choke. You may not like that philosophy, but that is how he wants to run his program. Saying we have never see an Oregon coach choke like this is some incredible hyperbole. Pretty unreasonable expectations for a first season and first time head coach to be that negative about him over combined 7 point deficit in his only 2 conference losses.

I am surprised you think a quarterback run in the empty set that has resulted in multiple first downs and touchdowns is a silly play call. Lanning already admitted he should have called a timeout to get the word from the staff on if he could enter. He knew Bo wanted to go in, but he hadn’t gotten the clearance from training staff. A timeout would have allowed him time to get that info and get Bo back in the game. The play wouldn’t have worked even if Noah doesn’t slip because they were selling out like crazy to get the running back. I wouldn’t call this cristoballin at all because those were split second decisions, not a result of an inflexible macho mindset.

This is incorrect. It can be and is called targeting if contact is initiated with the crown of the helmet. I believe this has replaced the old call of spearing.

I completely disagree on Bo Nix’s grade. His performance was gutsy as hell. Threw some beautiful long balls, came back in with a bum leg and threw some dimes (one Bucky should have caught and would have been a huge play in open field and would have erased the ensuing sack and timeout wasted) and the refs took away an amazing play he made on the sideline to Franklin. I can’t see how someone could not think he played well. The only real mistake he made was the fumble and that was a procedural problem because of how rushed the team was to get their trick play formation arranged and shifted. The play was rushed and he barely got under center and distractedly missed the snap.

If you listen to forsyths postgame comments, nix was checking and making tons of adjustments and was super prepped to watch for them by dillingham. He had them ready to pounce for the time or two they took the bait. Pretty awesome. That’s some NFL level stuff going on that you don’t usually get in college football to that degree.

Was great to see dontae manning and Florence playing well at corner as well. Some really good reps and making our team stronger. Bummer manning got a penalty, but I’m okay with a high speed penalty where someone is playing hard and makes a mistake of inches.

I love them. Stop telling the kids to get off your lawn!