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All depends on what Stein or any other assistant wants. How long was DL at Georgia? He wasn't offered any other jobs before Oregon came along??? Did DL wait for a better job, or did he jump at the first one that came along? WS should get offered a HC job this year, probably G5. Is that what he wants to do? or does he prove that he belongs at a Power 5 school and stay for 2 or 3 more years? Dillingham was offered his dream job after one year at Oregon, but ASU was a total dumpster fire looking at severe NCAA sanctions. Who would want to go there? How about a guy that is a brilliant football mind who would love to coach at ASU? Win-Win. I don't know that anyone would expect Dilly to have the Sun Devils as far along as he has them at this point. So, where is the place that needs a WS type of guy... that WS would LOVE to go and coach??? ...and we are back where I started: All depends on what Stein wants.

I am thinking ( because OSU is 11/10ap) that it would look better on our resume to have OSU narrowly beat UW. It would move us ahead of UW, move OSU into the top 10, and would not move UW out of the top 10. If the Beavers and UW are both top 10, and we beat them both by more than 10, that should push us ahead of tOSU or Michigan, (whoever loses), and keep us ahead of the other 1 loss teams.

Actually, it will be Stein and his crew vs. Dillingham and his crew. Still interesting, but not a fair fight.

And how do you think the current team of coaches and players reacted to Dan's answer? How do you think recruits and potential recruits are responding? What Dan did was the single most impactful recruiting move that he could have possibly made. How relieved and focused is the present team going to be now that Dan just did everything that he could to put this thing to bed. If Dan would have talked to TAM just to get another raise, all the good mentioned above would immediately be put on hold, the entire team would lose focus over the worry, and recruits would be thrown into limbo. So much better to step on that ugly bug!

Beavers have never been disrespected by THIS fan.

Ducks 56-24 3 TO 4 sacks 300 passing

I have been thinking this very same thing. We want more possessions, not fewer. Why??? Everyone believes that both teams have a great offense and can score points. The difference is, which team has the better defense and can more probably get more stops??? Everyone knows that Oregon has the better defense. But having the better defense does not mean that they will get a 3-and-out on every drive. It just means that they have a better chance of getting a stop on any one particular drive. For example, if you toss a coin 1000 times, the split between heads and tails will be close to the probability of getting tails 50% of the time. But... there is a chance that if you toss the coin only 3 times it will come up heads all three times. In fact, if you toss the coin 1000 times there will no doubt be several times that at least 3 heads in a row will be tossed. Let's say that the Ducks and the Trojans have a 66% to 33% chance of getting a stop, respectively. If everyone plays slow to limit the other team's offensive possessions, and each team only gets 3 possessions per half, the score could easily be USC 14 - UO 7... because anyone can toss 3 heads in a row. The fewer possessions, the tighter the game. The more possessions, the greater the probability that Oregon gets pulls away from USC, assuming a 66% - 33% probability of getting a stop. Look no further than the Stanford game. Stanford happened to get a couple of stops in a row at the beginning of the game. Meanwhile, Oregon was only able to hold the Tree to 3 points each on their first couple of possessions... and the games was a LOT CLOSER than it should have been half way through the second quarter. The more possessions this Saturday, the wider the margin of victory for the Ducks. Assuming both teams play at their normal pace, Expect Ducks to win 56 - 24. If both teams play slow to limit the other team's possessions. The Ducks might win by only a touchdown... but they could even lose, because anyone can throw 3 tails in a row.

Bo has a young wife to go home to. So... unless the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex has a honeymoon suite, I sincerely doubt it.

A couple of years ago the Beavers D was bad and not improving. JS fired the DC mid season and promoted Trent Bray. There was an immediate improvement in the D, and Trent is still the DC. So... there may be some improvement... although the idea of a three headed monster does not impress me. Somebody's got to be in charge and call the shots.

600 yards rushing. That's pretty good! How many yards passing will Bo-dacious get in the first 3 quarters? How many yards passing will Ty Thompson get in the 4th? It will be a good reminder for the Trojans, why they went to the B1G and why they didn't want Oregon to go to the B1G, and why they have nightmares of eventually having to play Oregon every year in the B1G. Dream B1G!!!

I think that Oregon may well add a portal QB this year, but not because they don't think TT can lead them successfully. If TT is the starter, who is the backup? We will have Novosad as a redshirt freshman and two very good recruits. The only cue we have about Novosad is that he is behind Ty. We have no clue how quickly the new freshman will adjust to the college game. Bring in a good portal QB and you have a real competition (which probably TT wins)... AND you have a quality #2, whether it be TT or the new guy. Therefore, I think that DL bringing in a QB from the Portal is not an inditement of TT at all. It is just the fact that without a Portal QB, the back ups will have close to NO EXPERIENCE in the college game at all.

I watched TT´s two drives before having to go to work . I was cheering him on like crazy. I was SO happy they let him run a regular offence his first drive and he did great. He looked in control; he looked sharp; and he marched the team down the field. The calls in the second drive seemed much more conservative/garbage time/run out the clock type of calls. I was pumped that he got the one good drive, and pumped that they scored on the second drive too. Totally agree that WHOEVER follows Bo-dacious is going to get the short end of the stick... kind of like the poor guy that followed John Wooden at UCLA. They went to the final 4 his first year but only won one game - not the championship. Gene Bartow left after 2 seasons with the fans never satisfied. They weren't satisfied with the next 4 coaches either.

Oregon 42-6 1 TO 4 Sacks 300 yards passing TT plays

This was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the thread title.

Interesting, but I think the sample size is still too small. Especially this week, it has been stated many times that this Duck team is not the same as last year's Duck team -- they are much better. We can especially see this on the D side of the ball. After the Georgia game, Kirby said, "Dan Lanning knows that we have better players than he does." DL did something about that this last off season. He brought in 11-13 edge guys, some LBs, and some very good coverage guys. The coaches also developed they guys that they had from last year, including guys that didn't play last year. This year it is not clear at all if Kirby has better players than Dan... and only in his SECOND YEAR????? It normally takes 3-4, even 5 years for coaches to recruit and develop enough guys to really have "their guys". I think this question should be revisited after a few more Lanning losses over the next few years.

I think they want more than that. I think they want to make it to the NCAA Championship Game. And then I think they want to win it.

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I like the way Jonathan Smith is developing his new promising freshman QB. I just watched a game from a few weeks ago. Pre-game, Smith decided that the third possession belonged to the freshman. He came in, did well, and then sat out while DJU came in and finished. We have all said that the only way to learn the game is to play the game. We've also said that taking snaps when the game is no longer on the line and just handing off helps, but it is not the same. When we are favored by 3 touchdowns, why not give a guy (who might have to be called in on a moment's notice to finish out a game) the 3rd or fourth possession while the game is still up in the air?

Ducks 31-20 2 TO 3 Sacks 300 Passing yards

That was a great vid. He is obviously a great coach and a great person.

A frown and a word is not getting one's wings clipped... that would be a more stern warning. I doubt that DL got a stern warning. We don't know what's going on. Sickness? Worry? Introspection? Second guessing one's self? The Ducks came away with a loss, but at the same time, people across the country were wondering out loud if the better team didn't lose that day. No drop in the polls? That's 62 voters from all over the country that didn't see a much difference in how they valued the Ducks. They just moved up the Huskies. DL said he could handle himself and the criticism. If PK or anyone else expressed any anger at the decisions that were made, I'm pretty sure DL had a good and respectful answer. A couple of pressers a few days apart does not a pattern make.

A picture with this guy is worth thousands of bucks.

If he quits, his NIL deal should tank as well. He is already in national commercials, so that won't stop, but they might if there is bad juju heading his way. If it's "pay for play", it should be "no pay for no play".