GeotechDuck

He needs to throw the ball with more physicality. There.....I fixed it 😜 This is going to sound a little crazy, but I honestly think the loss to MTSU is the best thing that could have happened to Mario. I know he is probably hurting right now, but getting completely embarrassed by a G5 school at home while coaching the same school that he played for and has so much pride in was the probably wake up call he needed. If he takes a look in the mirror after this loss and makes some adjustments to his offense, game management, and practice routine, there is a ton of potential for him to build a great program at Miami and for him to be very successful there. I guess we will wait to see if those adjustments ever come. As far as practice is concerned, I watched a very interesting video from a Canes guy. He said the starters were taking 150+ live snaps per practice and that his opinion is that Mario and Feld are over working players with their "physicality" and "iron sharpening iron" philosophies. His argument is that the conditioning is not there yet and the depth is not there yet to support that kind of workload on a daily basis in practice. As a result, the injuries are piling up and the players that are on the field are overworked or are battling minor injuries themselves. He indicated that he thinks Mario and Feld need to back off a little with their intense practice routines. I got the practice info second hand, so take it for what it is worth. It does seem to make sense in what we are seeing right now. When you combine the practice routine with the conservative play calling and the poor game management, the end result is a blowout to a G5 team, just like we witnessed. And as some others pointed out...for me it is more about all the Canes fans and their attitude for the last 3/4 of the year than it is about Mario for me.

USC's OL play is just flat out tragic. They are going to take a few losses in conference if they can't clean that up. I can't remember watching a conference game and seeing an OL get abused like that in a long time. If OSU didn't turn the ball over 4 times, that is probably an easy win. I have a very hard time believing that USC could beat WSU, UW, Utah, Oregon or maybe even UCLA right now.

Speaking of killers - have you been watching Ott down at Cal? That dude is absolutely shredding defenses. IIRC he was committed to the Ducks at one point.

We have some serious talent at the RB position right now. I am also extremely impressed with Irving so far. He is a dude and is 1a IMO. I also like Cardwell as the 1b and I am shocked that he is not getting any playing time. I thought he was hurt, but apparently he was dressed and healthy last week??

Yes. I am with you 100%. I hope he stays.

I will be really interested to see if this costs TVD millions in draft dollars or if NFL scouts will look at the performances by Justin and Anthony and realize that this kid is still a top QB in this draft.

The offense is really really good. Yesterday we had the most yards by an Oregon team since 2017 and put up 29 points in the 4th quarter against a decent defense. We are running new schemes on both sides of the ball and I think this team will continue to improve. I still see confusion on defense. At half yesterday I checked and I think Sewell only had 6 tackles on the season? Guys are still thinking and not playing free, but that will continue to improve each week. It is scary to think how good the offense can be if they clean a few things up and convert in the redzone. I fully expect that the defense will continue to improve and I believe we have a legit shot to win the conference.

They should be okay. They just need to play with more physicality.

USC’s OL is like a sieve. They are flat out terrible. Unless they improve dramatically, they are going to drop some games.

That was the most yardage our offense has generated since 2017. nice to see us moving the ball and making some big plays again.

49-35 Oregon, 2, 1, 349

Fair enough. I am probably thinking about it from a gut feeling instead of logically. I wonder if the BIG will leave the LA schools on an island? They essentially already got what they wanted - media rights money and access to SoCal for recruiting. Plus, it would benefit the current BIG schools: 1) Only 1 trip to the west coast trip per year maximum per team 2) Increased travel will make it more difficult for USC and UCLA to be competitive 3) Access to SoCal recruiting with games in LA every year. It will be very interesting to see how this plays out.

Interesting. Thank you for the link to the article. it seems like there is a huge disconnect on dollars somewhere. The BIG listed their expense budgets for each of their schools last year, which includes travel for all sports. Michigan was at the top of the conference with total expenses of $9.2M/year. Wisconsin was second at around $9M, then there is a 20% drop to the next school and some pretty decent falloff after that. I understand that UCLA is going to have some increased travel, but it is not like Seattle, Pullman, Eugene, and Corvallis are that much closer for them. I don’t see how you get to 3x the number Michigan is spending? i would think double would be a stretch.

That didn’t take long!

The whole “UCLA is going to lose money” thing seems really out of touch with reality. Michigan had the highest student athlete travel costs in the BIG last year at a total of $9.2M for all athletes in all sports. Even if that amount is double for UCLA and they have to give Cal some cash, they are going to be cash flow positive in the BIG over what they are going to get in the PAC

Good article, but this line seems like a head scratcher.. "ESPN and others, for example, wouldn’t want to be seen as brokering conference-realignment deals." What?? Isn't that EXACTLY what they are doing in the BIG and SEC?

If it does go that direction, instead of buying a TV, you can pick up a Roku for $30 that will plug into the HDMI port and then you can have all your streaming apps on there.

Nice! I had not seen that angle before, but that seems like another good option for saving the PAC. I really want Oregon to stay in the PAC, if possible. The thought of flying across the country to play Purdue, Rutgers, or Northwestern in November is just.......BARF! 🤮

The way I look at it there are two choices for the Pac-10: Option 1: Take the estimated $300M/year from ESPN and accept that PAC schools are getting less than 1/2 the revenue of BIG and SEC schools. This is a HUGE issue and will continue to widen the gap between the BIG/SEC and PAC, especially when players start sharing revenue. Option1 creates a situation where the Pac dies a slow death and eventually becomes irrelevant in 3-5 years. I don't even view this as a realistic option at this point. Option 2: Sell content to a streaming service like AWS or Apple. They want in on sports and there is a chance they might be willing to pay up to get content. AWS just paid $1B for a year's worth of Thursday night NFL football games, so we know they are willing to throw money at sports. Option2 has a ton of risk, but if a large portion of the population switches to streaming over the next 5 years, it might just work out and save the conference. If AWS or Apple offers north of $400M, I think you take that deal tomorrow and just go all in and hope it works out. Is there really another option with a long term chance of saving the conference? You get the playoff berth either way, so might as well roll the dice and see what happens.

This is such an interesting topic and it is fun to speculate. However, I know 1 thing is for certain. Oregon would have been a lot more fun to watch under Taggart. His offense was putting up almost 50 PPG before Herbert got hurt.

Dilly will be near the top of the list and has ties to Phoenix area. Fingers crossed he doesn’t go.

Washington has the 3rd most talent on any roster in the Pac and it is a balanced and experienced roster too. Now that have a good head coach. They are going to beat some people up. They have just as good of a chance to win this conference as Utah, USC or Oregon. It is goi g to be a fun year.

Another amazing stat. The funny thing is that Canes twitter is blaming Gattis for this.

And it is official. A new low even for Mario.

Wow. That was just terrible. Some things never change…or maybe they actually get worse. That 2nd to last possession where they threw a 6 yard pass on 2nd and 30. Then on 4th down, you run the clock almost all the way down to zero before you punt (or in Miami’s case, get a penalty)?!? That on top of the three straight runs on 1st and goal when you are behind to settle for 3???? Mario headed to the locker room to tell his team they need to play with more physicality.