Jon Sousa

So, what if, after receiving "promises" the guy has a hard time picking up the complicated offense, or has personal problems that affect his on field performance, or the guy already in the stable makes such great strides he really does pass up the portal guy? Will the NIL collective want the head coach to sit the better guy just because the transfer guy is getting paid more money? Who plays/doesn't play is the coaches decision before every game and during every game. It's on the coach to win games. Winning games is all the collectives care about.

NIL should never be controlled by the schools, except if the student himself chooses to be contractually committed to only one NIL deal. NFL teams pay a massive amount of $$$ to their players. Those players are still free to get a side hustle of sports gear sponsorships, commercials, autograph signing, appearances on TV shows that pay them, etc. Schools should be paying royalties to students, when their jerseys are sold with the athlete's number and name on them. They should also be paying them when the student does a commercial, representing the school. That is how NIL got started. Universities, for years, have taken advantage of money they make off the students and didn't have to share any of that money with the student. Since the universities sell more tickets, and everything that goes with them, when the product on the field is better, I've got no problem sharing a little of that money with the young men and women who are the primary reason for that improved product on the field.

I believe that we need a portal QB this next season, but not because TT is not capable of being the starter. It is because if TT is the starter we will have a back up with close to ZERO experience taking a snap in a college football game. All we will have next year is a red-shirt freshman in Novosad, who has taken just a few snaps this year, and whoever comes in as true freshmen next year. Does DL want to have ZERO experience as QB2? NO! This problem is not DL's fault. He inherited this problem. When DL came in, there was one scholarship QB on the roster - a RS freshman. Last year he recruited a 5* QB to come in, but when that 5* saw that Bo was staying, he went to UCLA. In a hurry, WS salvaged the year by recruiting a very good QB in Novosad. This year, DL is trying to reel in two good QBs. As to development: Can anyone else see that Ty Thompson has developed tremendously this last year under Stein as compared to the previous 2 years? Did anyone else notice a marked improvement in Novosad from his performance in the Spring game to this performance against Portland State? If a program recruits one good QB every year, there should always be at least 4 good QBs being developed on the team. If one of them passes up the guy recruited the year before him, the guy that was passed up will probably hit the portal -- hence the need to recruit 2 QBs the following year. Right now we need a portal QB so that we have a good QB2. DL should go after the best QB he can find. Whoever that is should have a good shot at being QB1, but no promises should be made before results are seen in the fall practice. If he beats out TT, TT better not leave, because we will be back to the same situation of not having an experienced QB2.

It's not the very next year after he left MC's "prevent offense", but we will see how Arroyo does unleashed under Kenny Dillingham.

Here is a more direct comparison that (rather than 13 years ago) dates back to November 18, 2023: New Mexico State beat Auburn 31-10 and two weeks later Liberty beat New Mexico State to win their conference championship 49-35.

Agree. It is a great way to complement Nix besides just (coach speak) "Nix is a great player. Looking forward to the challenge."

This from the San Diego Tribune: The Flames were the highest-ranked Group of Five conference champion after beating New Mexico State 49-35 in the Conference USA championship game. Liberty is the first CUSA champion to clinch a New Year’s Six bid in the College Football Playoff era. Notice it says that they clinched the bid by being the highest ranked Group of Five conference Champion. I'm thinking that this is why. They clinched an automatic bid.

Liberty went 13-0 in a G5 conference. If they do the same next year, they will probably be in the playoffs. As we have said about Oregon several times, we can only play the teams on our schedule.

Here are a few "somethings": 1. All of Oregon's recruits and potential recruits will watch. 2. 3-4 weeks of extra practice for next year's starters and backups. 3. Extra game exposure at a NY6 game for new starters in for those who will sit out. 4. In the record books this is a trip to a NY6 game - trusting it will be a win. 5. A chance to finish the year with 12 wins (how often does that happen?).

Ducks 42 - 13 2 TO 3 Sacks 370 Passing

Not nervous at all... because my life does not depend on it. "Don't worry, be happy."

The mantra for this Friday should be "Leave No Doubt."

I think they are going to come up with a plan that gets the ball out of Penix' hand quickly. If so, he will be easier to protect, but at the same time, there won't be enough time for the deep routes to develop.

Just as shocking is how few yards the ducks gained on the ground. The Beavers did a great job of stopping our running attack. Both teams had a short week to prepare, but the Beavs had a very difficult, hard fought, wire to wire, emotionally draining, very close loss last week against the undefeated Huskies. Meanwhile, the Ducks were able to rest their starters in the second half last week against a weaker team that they blew out of the water. Kudos to the Beavers that played a very good game last night!

I believe that the Ducks will take a transfer QB this year, but not because they don´t believe that Ty is the Guy. We need a good back up. They should bring in a one year transfer to compete with Ty for the starting job. Whoever wins is QB1; whoever loses is QB2. If the Ducks don´t bring in a transfer, our only back ups are redshirt freshman Novosad and two true freshmen. Do we trust that one of the 3 will be able to step up and lead the team if Ty were to go down? I want a one year transfer only because I think that one or more of the 3 freshmen will be ready by their sophomore year. They need to know they've got a shot and that Oregon will not be bringing in portal QBs their whole time in Eugene. Let's finally see some long term QB development.

Good post Rougaroux! Welcome to the forum. I gotta say that I don't think that Mr. Perkins is saying that QBs should NEVER run. The general consensus here is that the QB should run SOME. Ever since Chip Kelly was the OC at Oregon, the offense here has had a running QB... except under MC (who, we are all thankful today, is coaching somewhere else). He has to have enough run plays in a game to force the opposing defense to account for the possibility. Another thing we have experienced here at Oregon is that, since Marcus Mariota's redshirt freshman year, we have not had a super reliable backup at QB. We have had at least 3 QBs go down with injuries on running plays that totally changed the trajectory of the season - seasons that woulda-shoulda-coulda been playing for a championship, starting with Dennis Dixon and the last time was last year when we stopped winning after Nix went down. How would your opinion change if Daniels had an injury that kept him out of 3 games each of the last few years?

That would feel so right... especially if we met tOSU in the finals. Right some wrongs.

It cost Bo the stand alone record... And more icing on his Heisman cake.

... Or Colt Lyerla dragging his quarterback into the endzone... when the QB tried to pull the ball on the option read and neither one of them let go.

Civil War = Oregonians fighting Oregonians.

They were more than patient with Helton.

He's scouring the internet as we speak! Looking forward to it Charles.

I wonder if they will sell out the season tickets next year????

OK! Made me laugh! That is SKILL. 18 or 19???? I'm buying!

52-17 Oregon 2 T.O. 6 Sacks 3 TD passes 323 yards