Jon Sousa

One thing Dan is considering as well, Stein is our QB coach. If the guy coming in can't coach QBs we might have to hire a good stand alone QB coach. We did that once before with Surfer Dude. I liked him. He was Justin Herbert's first QB coach and wanted to start Justin from day one. It took him 4 games to convince MH, and Justin got his first start in game 5 vs. the Huskies.

This could be the best solution for Novosad. I like it. He has given 3 years to the Ducks and is worthy to be starting somewhere. Being able to stay with Will Stein, (who recruited him and has been his QB coach the whole time at Oregon), will be a seamless transition. Hopefully he will be able to start at Kentucky, chew up the SEC, and have a great career in the League.

If Indy beats osu by 30 or more the SEC is going to declare that the B1G is small and that everyone in the small B1G should drop below the four best teams out of the SEC.

Another question to ponder: If Mario gets injured and will obviously miss the playoffs, does that put Miami back in????

Beavs beat WSU the first time they met this year. They are playing again today. If Washington State wins, will they have a PAC 12 championship game at a neutral site to decide who gets the trophy and the automatic bid into the CFP???

Pitt just went up on the U... 7-3. This might be a good game.

"Here's lookin' at you, kid."

This is why we want to play TAM in the playoffs. 😁

TAM loses. What will this do to our seeding??

QB back in, but TAM losing 3-0, but in the red zone.

Get that thing taped up. Freshman backup is in.

This is not good. TAM QB is down and maybe out.

Not much. I don't want A&M to lose or anything else that could lift the Ducks into the top 4.

***sigh***

Ducks 39-20 2 5 217

I sure hope not. When Dan Lanning hired Samples, almost everyone had serious doubts (except for the fact that DL is a trustworthy head hunter). Now no one in the family doubts Samples. He has been awesome in every way. Samples is Oregon's assistant head coach. When Dan Lanning retires in another 50 years or so, Samples should be ready to take over. 😁

...or they could say, "It wasn't a big game."

Who did Mariota pick????

Ducks --the winner 31-17 --the score 1 --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates 2 --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team 217 --the number of passing yards by the Ducks.

I have been a bicycle rider for years, and once I commented to a guy selling riding clothing at a bike shop about how much riding clothing is black (especially the pants)... and I thought the same as you. You want to be seen on the road. The guy replied to me that studies have shown that black is easier to see during the day. There are fewer accidents with black bike clothing than any other color. On a sunny day, black is easy to see.

One reason I watched it all the time was to hear Joey Harrington's take on things. This year, no Joey.

Bummer... not that the weather will be good, but that I just did my score prediction based on lots of rain.

Ducks 33-13 1 TO 3 Sacks 192 yards

Also, we might not like it sometimes, but spreading out the offense and throwing screens to the outside opens up the running lanes too. This is what Chip Kelley did. He sent folks out wide to open up the middle (fewer people in the box/fewer people to block). CK's offense was a running offence primarily, but the passes outside made it easier.

If I am remembering correctly, I believe that's what they did on that play. Tuioti (44) was in the middle, behind the defensive line a couple of yards. When the QB ran to the right towards the end zone, Tuioti ran fast to intercept him, but he ran into the back of one of the Ducks on the line, (I assume because he was pushed back by the offence). Tuioti fell down and the QB scored. The defense was called just as you described.