Nevada Dawg

I'd most like to see Herbert or Nix myself, but that's just me.

He is a great hire to be sure. But before anointing him as the best hire ever, let's see him win something of significance first, lol.

Yeah the pass pro tonight had a lot to do with Dante's passing efficiency. I suspect Dante will have something to say about this (he sure as hell should) in the post-game interviews.

I was wowed by how well Dante slung the rock tonight. A truly awesome performance!

So sorry WK. I lost my dawg Pokey in 1994 and have never had the inclination to try to replace him. My wife didn't, but he enjoyed Dawg football with me, actually watching the game and cueing his responses to my body language. When the Georgia Redcoat band would strike up the fight song after a Georgia touchdown, he would howl and was good at it as he was a quarter wolf dog. He was a great companion who helped me to get through the stresses and emotions of the dissolution of my first marriage. I've healed now from his death (and that marriage), but I can never forget and will always celebrate that Dawg!

True, but we will get some strong clues from he B1G championship game.

Not saying OBD is invincible, but I wouldn't automatically dismiss the possibility that OBD might beat the Bucks. Everybody points to the fact that OSU has soundly beaten its opponents, but I am not high on the quality of those opponents. OSU has the softest strength of schedule among all the top five B1G teams, right at 50th nationally. The Ducks, by contrast, are at 20 if I remember what I saw on Sunday. Ohio State may yet prove to be the best in the land, but they certainly haven't convinced me of that. Time will tell. Go Ducks!!

Unfortunately I do have a 9AM game Saturday with my Dawgs. But that is fortunate in one regard--about the time that ends, I can flip over to see the matchup at Iowa. Go Dawgs!! Go Ducks!! Keep on track moving toward the CFPs.

Yep, hopefully that early media rat poison has worn off. There is no way the Ducks don't get in the playoffs at 11-1 and almost certainly at 10-2 unless the second loss is a bad one. As I mentioned in an earlier post, a spanking at home by Indiana should have been a giant eye-opener and I can't wait to see how the Ducks respond when faced with significant upcoming adversity. Knowing the head man, I suspect that they will tighten their chin straps and handle it just fine. Sometimes it helps not to be the new media darlings on the block. I think this may be one of those times. I guarantee that people who know this game best haven't forgotten who Oregon has become and are unlikely to underestimate them.

Iowa is rising out of the offensive doldrums, that's for sure. They have forced me to do other than semi-doze through their games.

I agree with the assessment that there are no slam dunk favorites for the Natty this year. The Dawgs? they share one thing that also characterizes the Ducks--a youthful roster populated with talented players, many of whom are not very experienced. I also concur that the Young Dawg defense just ain't what she used to be. Give it a year. It is good for college football that there are no clear-cut favorites and that any number of teams could break through to capture the Natty. It is going to be a very interesting playoff season that's for sure. The win at all costs mentality is shaking up the field as witnessed by the high-profile firings at such high-profile places as Penn State, LSU, Florida, and possibly very shortly at Auburn, Wisconsin, and others that I have heard rumblings about. Owing a coach tens of millions in buyouts seems to be no impediment these days. I also noted the impressive victory by the Fuskies over Illinois this last Saturday. How long would you guess it will be before the Fuskies become a real pain for other teams in the B1G? I did pick them over Illinois by the way. I thought the Illini were clearly a bit overrated.

I'd agree about the contention appearing status of the Aggies and Hoosiers. Ohio State may yet prove to be elite, but folks!!! Brutus hasn't really beaten anybody other than a very flawed Longhorn team. They have a lot of proven to do.

Maybe so but somebody is going to have to beat Texas A&M first.

Lane and Kirby have an interesting relationship and can get away with going after each other both on and off the field. They do so this because they are friends with a sense of humor stemming from their coaching together at Bama in 2014-15. Typical barb: yesterday Lane insinuated that Kirby looked a little chunky and out of shape running up and down the sidelines against Auburn on Saturday. You can bet Kirby will have a couple of zingers ready for "Lame Kitten" should the dawgs prevail in Sanford Stadium on Saturday. Yet they really do deeply respect one another I am told. And you can bet that these two will have a good time laughing and jabbing at each another the next time they get together at SEC media days. That's just who they are.