Jon Sousa

Just so that their loss in the first round will look all the more dramatic.

All we have to do to make this a bitter rivalry and become "the team out west" is beat anOSU a few more times in a row. (...and to always refer to them as anOSU)

Any team that goes 11-1 in the B1G, playing 9 conference games deserves a playoff spot. There are no cupcakes in the B1G. The SEC replaces one conference game with a cupcake game. That's my opinion.

Indiana 33 - 32 1 turnover 2 sacks 211 yards

I've been rooting for Indiana all year to beat anOSU. They've had enough time to jell. If they win, there is NO WAY Indiana jumps Oregon who has beaten anOSU as well as other ranked teams... ESPECIALLY since Indiana will have a chance to prove it is better than Oregon the very next week in the Conference Championship Game.

They should always try to put the top 2 contenders from the same conference in opposite sides of the bracket.

Yep! Wait! Where is #2 anOSU on this list?

surprise, surprise.

They are running into a brick wall. Looks like Mari....

Bummer

Go D!

I didn't notice a buyout number. They need a $72M buyout... and THAT won't stop some suiters from calling... if his history holds on into the future.

Ducks 42 - 10 2 4 302

TOTALLY agree with the article. The long game is in play. The third quarter mystery isn't a mystery to DL. One of the announcers pointed out against a weaker opponent (Maryland? Illinois?) that Oregon wasn't calling plays with the O-line doing exotic things like we see against stronger opponents... it was mostly just strait ahead blocking. This is especially true in the 3rd quarter. We could be scoring in the third quarter with perfect execution of the bland plays, it's just harder to score when we are not using everything in the tool box. One thing I have thought is that Dan is playing rope-a-dope in the third quarter so that everyone thinks that Oregon has a third quarter problem. I've been thinking that we won't see a pedal to the metal third quarter until the post season... then watch out! The long game was not used until the an Ohio State game, when Dan announced during practice week, "we are going over the top" to his team, something we didn't learn until Ducks vs. Them came out. The third quarter might not be used until CC game... or maybe not until the playoffs.

Actually, it's only 2 3*s. Even more impressive.

That side note looks more like a HEADLINE!

Probably $10M is over 4 or 5 years... but still????????

Ducks win 45-3 2 - turnovers 4 - sacks 310 yards passing

Nada.

Are the Ducks bowl eligible yet? I remember when back when that was big news!

You gonna take his spot on the sidelines in your street clothes?

Ducks 39-7 (Let's establish a tradition) 3 TO 4 sacks 289 yds passing

One of the things I noticed (you will want to look again), is the look in the eyes of the ref after the play is over. He keeps looking at Whit as he heads out of the back of the endzone. His eyes looked like they were saying, "Who IS this guy??"

A couple thoughts: DL wants good recruiters. His goal will never be to rehabilitate coaches, but to win championships. No matter what their upside, DL would never hire a Chip Kelly because he doesn't want to recruit. Rather than be a rehabilitator, DL wants to get young coaches with a lot of drive and good ideas... and help THEM succeed. This has been DL's MO from the beginning. He will hire an old experienced guy to help mentor the young buck (A'lique Terry), but he's not hiring the old guy to be The guy. Looking back some day, DL's coaching tree will show a multitude of great coaches that started as young, near unknowns. Some of those young bucks will not want to move on. They will like working with DL. They will like Oregon. They will like the rings. They will realize that the grass is pretty green in Oregon. There may be a lot more coaching stability in Oregon than anyone would imagine now. Dan Lanning has made it clear that he wants to stay.

Cignetti has my vote.