Jon Sousa

This only represents roster investment. I think the equation should the cost of coaches.

Next year, let's make it 4.

Dan Lanning has always "over recruited" areas of need. Remember when he recruited 11 edge rushers after his first year... KNOWING they would not all stay. He just knew that he needed QUALITY at the position NOW and was willing to recruit 11 to hopefully find 3 or 4. Everyone else would transfer out. It does not bother me at all that guys in the 2 deep are transferring out because we are keeping all the starters along the D-line. If those guys would have moved on, the #2s would be the starters (with maybe a portal or 2) and the redshirt sophomores and and juniors (next year) would make up the new #2's. The difference with the D-line staying is that we will have NFL ready starters and the #2s that we would have next year anyway. We can only develop guys as much as they themselves put into it. After 3 years (redshirt, frosh, sophomore), they will either be well prepared to step into at least the 2 deep, or they will be well prepared to transfer and add value to the team they transfer to. I think that's a win-win for everyone. There is no limit to the HS kids you can sign... and no limit to the portal either. There is only a limit on the roster size. We can lose 30+ students a year, if needed.

How my nostalgic heart years for the PAC- 8 days... before those newbies arrived.

Disagree. Last year we lost one game to the eventual National Champion. This year we lost two games to the same team... the team that will probably win the National Championship this year. We have one of the best offenses and one of the best defenses in the country -- in several categories. The Ducks have not lost a single game the whole time that Dan Lanning has been here to an unrated team (if I'm remembering correctly). I trust Dan Lanning to continue to make good hiring decisions. That, of course, does not mean that he will always make the best hires.

Here is a bright side: If Indiana wins the national championship (which it should), then the only games that the Ducks have lost over the last two seasons were to the eventual National Champions! Who is to say that we have not been the 2nd best team in the country??? Last year we should have been on the opposite side of the bracket from Ohio State, and this year we should have been on the opposite side of the bracket from Indiana (no matter what many on this forum thought was best). This is one reason why I am rooting for Indiana.

The experience thing is what keeps us in the portal shopping for a new QB. We are doing good on the recruiting trail, but we need to give guys experience. We need to sit the starting QB and and give someone else a shot. Dante should have played more last year. It would have helped him this year. I don't expect Dante to leave, but if he does no one got enough snaps to be his replacement. If Dante stays, #2 needs to get a whole lot more snaps next year, or we will be in the same situation. It will probably always be better to bring someone in who has 3 years behind center rather than trust someone with the keys who only has less then 50 snaps in his career... even if that guy knows the system and the veteran does not. The veteran can adjust -- look who's playing QB in the championship game.

Exactly what I was thinking..... but people are having fun. I wonder how many of these predictions might change with new news coming out. (e.g. Davidson out)

1/5 + 1/2 = 2/7 Actually, the math goes like this: 1/5 = 2/10 1/2 = 5/10 2/10 + 5/10 = 7/10 Still less then one whole championship.

I'm hoping Miami wins ☹️🤮 just because I don't want the SEC in the finals. If we can beat Indiana, we can beat Miami.

I can't disagree. Trust the Defense.

I'm likin it.

Time to stop them again.

I'll trade 3 points for a three and out all day long. 😁

The only good thing about OSU's loss last night is that it wasn't against an SEC team.