Jon Sousa

Totally agree here. The defense couldn't get a stop. 7 possessions, 7 touchdowns. The interesting thing to me is that, with two interceptions, why did Georgia only have 7 possessions? Only two possible answers: Georgia took a lot of time to score, but they threw the ball successfully the whole first half (and some in the second)... and Oregon had some success in moving the ball and therefore ate up some clock. I'll take that last point as a positive.

A couple off the top... We have very good players (tops in the PAC-12) who were totally embarrassed by a much better team on national television with everyone watching. They are going to do everything they can to never let that happen again. Now they know they are not as good as they thought they were. They will work hard and get better. Coaches too. There is no one Oregon is going to play through the regular season that is even close to as good as Georgia. Subpoint to the above> What team are we going to face has the offensive and defensive lines that Georgia has, that will be able to win the battles that Georgia won against the Ducks last Saturday??? Our defense threw everything they had at them (all the things we have been studying here) and Georgia had an answer every time, like they knew what was coming and thwarted it every time (that was scheme as well as horsepower). Other teams will TRY to do what Georgia did, but they are not Georgia and will not be able to. The coaching staff has lots of film to study and can see their own failures as well as the weaknesses of the players... all areas to improve. We have Eastern Washington to get healthy on (mind and scheme) before the next challenge. We have two weeks before BYU, one of the biggest tests left. BYU is not Georgia. They are good, but the Ducks are better. Ducks should be favored. One game at a time. Every game the Ducks win will increase their confidence and their skill level. Justin Flowe made it through the first game without a season ending injury. Bassa was a scare, but everyone came out of the weekend pretty healthy. The Ducks coaches called a pretty good game, Georgia coaches called a better one. Name a team whose coaches are as good as what we saw in Georgia's on Saturday.

At the end of the game, I told a friend, "I would not be surprised if Oregon goes undefeated the rest of the way." I have several reasons for thinking it is possible.

...or yellow, or black, or white, or eggshell... or whatever other color Oregon is wearing that particular day.

Wow, OD, this is impressive work. Thank you very much. Starters look like they match up pretty well. Unfortunately, the two deep will play and some 3rd stringers for both teams. This is where Georgia has at least a somewhat greater advantage. Keeping fresh legs in is very important.

Nice read. I enjoyed reading all the comments. You are right. Most folks commenting seem pretty objective also.

Great read. Thank you! I especially like the animated diagram followed by a video showing the diagram in action.

It is because of this that I trust that TT and Butters will get plenty of snaps this year, whether or not they get snaps in the first game. Give TT and Butters at least a quarter each in game 2.

I believe that I read when NIL first came out that a student-athlete could hire an agent. Makes sense. How is a student going to go out and find a job between school and sport? An agent, among other things, is a salesman. He goes out and finds his client business, just like a radio station has salesmen looking for businesses to advertise on their station. A local agent can knock on doors and push their clients as representatives of the business. Having a national agent seems less productive of an idea unless the student is nationally known. For example, last year's underclassman Heisman winner can promote almost anything nationally. (So can his mom... "Did you see my boy win the Heisman? That's because I fed him Campbell's Soup.")

Interesting. Is this what happened to Tyler Shough in 2020? He started out great, but his confidence was nil by the end of the season.

Love the optimism. More realistic is a single 4 star... but, hey... ¡let's Dream BIG!

Juwan Johnson caught an end zone fade from Justin Herbert in the spring game. The fans went wild.

There is a difference: no separation because all 3 are bad... no separation because all 3 are great... no separation because all 3 are so-so. I'll take the middle option. It is what DL was implying. It would be great to have three great options every week. tOSU's third string QB beat us in the playoffs in only his THIRD start to win the National Championship in 2014. His first start is when he won the B1G championship game. His second start was a win against Alabama in the first round of the playoffs. I hope our third string QB is that good at the end of the year.

Better than emphasizing prowess.

This is interesting. Not on Rivals radar much??? Thankfully, he is on someone's radar. We'll see what Rivals says about him as the year progresses.

Interesting. Thanks! ...there must be a reason that they play the games.

Great article. Forsyth gives great advice... to JC and to the fan base.

Sounds like GOOD NEWS to me.

...and they dated each other.

Too bad Oregon isn't playing USC this year. I sure hope we don't meet in the PAC-12 championship. That would mean that they won a few more games than they should have. Why didn't we play them for the PAC 12 championship last year??? Where were they? It would have been a perfect opportunity for USC to beat Oregon because we had a head coach who didn't have his head in the game. Are we going to play them in 2023? I sure hope so. We want to give them a good send off to the BIG. I, for one am very happy to be in the PAC. It was a big adjustment when we weren't the PAC-8 any more, looks like we will be the PAC-10 again. I look forward to USC and UCLA, hat in hand, tail between their legs, humbly asking to be let back into the PAC. I, for one, would say, "Sure! Welcome back! What took you so long?" It is always good when a Prodigal comes home, after they waste all their money in a country far away and end up eating pig food before they finally come to their senses.

Well done, Charles!

A REALLY BIG lineman!

Doesn't look like the heat is ruining any "Shout!" vibe.

Three PAC-12 teams in the top 10????????? That is a little love. Probably a little too much. Two bits says Oregon finishes higher than USC. What is really a head scratcher is Miami at #20. After reading all the obstacles in the article, I fail to see how the best coaches in the world are going to get them to #20. And how does having "facility upgrades" coming in the future help them this year?? It may help them recruit this year, but recruiting this year won't help them win this year.

It looks like Nix will probably start game 1. What would be nice is if game 2 goes a little like the Spring Game: Nix starts the first quarter and if he has the ball at the end of it, he finishes the drive in the second. Butterfield finishes the first half. Thompson starts the 3rd quarter and if he has the ball at the end of it, he finishes the drive in the 4th. Butterfield then finishes the game. If they planned to do that, Thompson would know he is the starter in the second half (and will be ready to go) and Butterfield could possibly get more snaps than each of the other two. Game 3: start the best man from how the first two games went. Rest of the season: Get a lead early enough that back-ups get meaningful snaps almost every game. If the starter ever goes down, let's have someone ready to take over for a change.