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Thanks for the list, even if it's depressing. Tons of Ducks transferring with few players coming our way. It hurts to lose top caliber players like Flowe only to pick up a player in the same position that is not as physically and athletically gifted, and was hurt all last year. I'm not too concerned about replacing players like Dollars or McGee with portal players, as I would hope that our incoming freshmen will be much better than them anyway. I wouldn't mind picking up a bunch of blue chip players on the portal wire from Texas A&M as long as they have clean disciplinary records!

I imagine if Nix is coming back that Oregon would have asked him to keep quiet about it until Dante Moore (or someone else) signs in the early commitment period- which is in a week and a half.

The first thing I look for in this forum every day is to make sure Dante Moore has not decommitted. So, this is not good, not good at all!

Hopefully he's a Eugene resident in the spring.

Well, I think the main problem is the date, not the time. The game is on the 17th, and the early signing period begins on the 21st. I'd gather the coaches really need to be focusing on recruiting in the final stretch, and not prepping for a bowl game. That said, I'm not sure how big of a deal the early signing process is for a team like OSU. So, Saturday at 11:30 am is not great, but it's on a Saturday, and people generally seem to like 12:30 kickoffs. Also, it will be 12:30 in Vegas, and 2:30 on the East coast/Florida. The Holiday Bowl is on a Wednesday at 5 pm. I'd much rather play on Saturday the 31st at 11:30 am.

Dan Lanning has already given a press brief, and he was elated to say that Bo Nix is excited to play in the bowl game. I don't know how to read tea leaves (does anyone know how to read a leaf?), but at the very least you can count on Bo Nix starting, and for Oregon to try to win the game. Frankly, I'd have preferred if TT entered the portal before Butterfield. An unknown is better than what TT has shown.

Just look at Slovis at Pitt. He entered the portal again today. You may remember him from USC. I'm not sure if he'll have to sit out, though. That would be strange. I just know you don't have to sit out the first time you transfer.

I doubt that. USC will go to the Cotton Bowl as an at large team. They are 11-2. The Sun Bowl would be a tragic spot for the Ducks. It has a very low payout, the worst location, and the worst date. It's not possible for Oregon to go to the LA Bowl because they have to take Washington State. As far as bowl games go, the Huskies were the losers today (except for USC, of course). A 10-2 Washington would be picked by the Rose Bowl over a 9-4 Utah. 1) USC: Cotton 2) Utah: Rose 3) Alamo: Washington 4) Holiday: Oregon 5) Sun: UCLA 6) Vegas: OSU 7) LA: WSU

I think USC will go to a NY6 bowl. Maybe the Cotton Bowl. So, the California aspect remains relevant, but I think the Huskies are going to the Alamo Bowl.

We deserved to lose to WSU, but I strongly believe we got very unlucky in our losses to Washington and OSU. So, I feel we "deserved" to be 10-2 with one Pac-12 loss. That's not so bad at all. But it's also not what happened either. The biggest concern for me was that we didn't have a capable back-up QB. I mean, is that normal for a program that is expected to finish in the top 15 every year? No? Also, I'm concerned about having a lesser starting center and OL next year. We may have to get one or two transfer QB's depending on if Nix comes back. I doubt he does. So, I'd maybe drop some hints to TT to enter the portal, and get two transfers to back up or compete with Moore.

Well, you might not have to watch the Ducks in the Holiday Bowl, because they could drop to the Sun, Vegas, or LA Jimmy Kimmel Bowl!

"Long came to Georgia Tech this season after being the offensive coordinator at Tulane and Notre Dame previously. The offense was one of the worst in the country, averaging only 17 PPG, which was good for 125th in the country. The passing offense ranked near the bottom of the country and the team could not run the ball consistently." No thanks.

They're 4-6 in their last 10 games, so...no?

Alamo will be the best case scenario, and I don't see that happening. Most likely it's going to be the Holiday Bowl.

Apparently, the scouting website! I use 247sports and Crader is a 4-Star recruit! That said, I don't have allegiances in the recruiting services world. The higher they rank a Duck, the more I like them. I imagine it all evens out for the Duck players they rate lower, making all the services the same.

So many times when TT goes in he's told to either be super cautious like he's Mr. Glass, or they do trick/cute plays. Even making him do laterals that don't turn out is practically malpractice. Oregon is doing everything possible to ruin TT. If the Oregon program refuses to give back-up QB's QB1 plays when they go in, I'd question signing with them if I were a recruit.

If Bo Nix isn't playing the spread should be 13.5 points.

Frankly, I don't really enjoy close games near as much as blowouts where Oregon's on the winning side. It looks like Vegas says Utah is favored by 2.5 points, but I hope the Ducks win by 25 points. Generally, I don't like upsets, but if there has to be a few I certainly don't mind Oregon getting one or maybe two a year. I prefer the rich to richer. It makes for a better on-field product.

OREGON 42-28, 3, 3, 298

I don't know if I'm "old" but I'm not young either. I still pay for cable (Xfinity), and I have Prime, Netflix, HBO, and Peacock. The only time I watch streamed sports games is for Thursday Night Football, and it's annoying because I prefer to channel surf to other sports games- especially during commercials. When the Ducks are up 30 points on the Huskies, for example, I like to hit the back button on my Xfinity remote, and I can watch all the other games in a split second. With streaming it's annoying having to hit the home button. If your game isn't the marquee game, you'll have to search for it when going back into the app. My vote is tier one and maybe tier two rights to go to cable/network TV. Hopefully the Ducks go to the B1G soon, and none of this matters.

Hmm. Everything in this article was bad news for the Ducks.

The open HC at Auburn is up for debate as being the best job on the market right now. There's Nebraska, Wisconsin, and I suppose Arizona State. Lanning isn't leaving for any of those teams. Maybe Georgia or Alabama some time?

This is a waste of time. If USC goes then the B1G will need other Pacific coast teams. Oregon and Washington would bolt in a drop of the hat, and then the UCLA regents will be like, "Well, we can't be stuck in a lame duck conference. We better try to get the B1G to take us back."

The Chargers have become my main team now. I've never liked the Seahawks since moving to Oregon many years ago. The Chargers radio game day show (and game play by play) plays on one of the two sports radio channels in Eugene. Seattle gets nothing. The Chargers are in a much more difficult division and conference than Atlanta. Herbert needs the win more than Mariota. Atlanta is in first place.

Oregon 34-21 3 turnovers 3 sacks 340 passing yards