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I was surprised with how the Ducks completely put it on Rutgers in the first half. They were pissed off and took it out on the Scarlet Knights. At least we know this team will not roll over and die like Penn State did. Credit to the players from putting the Indiana game behind them and traveling all the way across the country to kick some a#%. Keep improving week after week so you are peaking at the end of the year.

Vandy beat LSU for the first time since 1990.

First and goal Vandy. LSU is out of timeouts. Time for the victory formation (unless they want to pull the Mario).

Vandy’s RB just popped a 40 yard run. They have the ball at LSU’s 15 yard line with 2:33 remaining.

Vandy’s defense forces a 3 and out. Three minutes remaining.

LSU is getting the ball back down by 7 with ~5 minutes remaining.

I’m not as sold as you are on Indiana. Time will tell, but Oregon was either out coached/played in the game or is overrated, IMO. Indiana does not have the resources or draw that some of the top football programs do. Cig could do much more at Penn State, Florida, et al (i.e., the ceiling is higher but so is the pressure to win). Even Oregon has had trouble recruiting elite high school offensive lineman under Coach Lanning and that is a requirement to win a national championship. As I mentioned, I hope he stays at Indiana but understand why he would leave, if his goal is to win a championship. He is up there in age, so time is not on his side.

Nah. I drove by some construction workers the other day on the side of the road, who were wearing them…

That’s like Joey Harrington at Oregon (without the picks). People remember him as “captain comeback” but forgot how mediocre he usually played until the second half/4th quarter (even he has admitted as such). There were obviously some exemptions like the Fiesta Bowl against Colorado.

I don’t know what motivates Coach Cignetti. Perhaps he wants a chance to win a national championship and believes that another program will give him an opportunity to accomplish that goal? Perhaps he and/or his family doesn’t enjoy living in Indiana and would prefer somewhere else (sunny Southern California, middle of nowhere Pennsylvania)? I hope he stays because I enjoy the parity in college football but he will ultimately have to decide what is most important to him and his family. His $15M buyout will not stop programs from pursuing him.

Cignetti’s reported buyout is $15M. Is that really going to scare away any of the potential top programs, particularly one who just paid their head coach ~$50M to leave? CFB-HQ On SICurt Cignetti's new buyout won't scare off potential suitorsIndiana head football coach Curt Cignetti has his signature on a brand new contract that will guarantee him at least $100 million from Indiana University should

I don’t understand why the AD doesn’t try to coordinate the fan’s color with the team’s uniforms. Fans are being asked to wear green again (just like the Penn State game) but the uniforms are white, black and silver). Doesn’t make sense to me. “Oregon's uniform combination is based on the "Warp Speed" all white (with black and silver details) jersey from the "Generation O" line released in 2024.”

I love the stormtroopers! They should be reserved for our biggest away game every year, IMO. Since it didn’t make sense to wear them for the Penn State whiteout, I would have kept them for the Fusky game.

Good points. Preseason, I would have predicted that Oregon would be 5-1 right now with a loss to Penn State. Unfortunately, some teams are looking better than I expected and it’s never easy to win road games against good teams so we could have a few more loses on the remaining schedule, if Oregon doesn’t continue to improve. We’ll have to see how things shake out but I’m not as confident in our odds to make the playoffs as I was a week ago. Oregon’s margin of error just shrunk considerably.

Couldn’t you make the case that the UCLA situation and experience was so bad that it should count as a negative? I don’t know Dante but it appears that UCLA destroyed his confidence. Our coaches seem to have been trying to build up his confidence and his emotions poured out after the Penn State victory. Unfortunately, Dante took a step back on Saturday (he didn’t have much help from the coaching staff or players). Hope everyone can learn from this and keep getting better throughout the season.

IMHO, Davison is the best all around running back and should get the majority of carries (~20 per game). Bring in Whittington and Hill as change of pace backs but I want Davison grinding down the defense all game long.

That’s crazy but I guess it’s the price you pay for earning $10M+ a year. Think the new Penn State coach and his agent doesn’t negotiate a huge buyout after seeing what happened with Coach Franklin?

Hiring a hot coordinator is high-risk. How many fail for every one of those names you mentioned. Oregon struck gold with Coach Lanning.

Perhaps Coach Lanning was trying to build up Dante’s confidence. You could see how much the Penn State victory meant to him - he broke down in tears after the game in Coach Stein’s arms. I think UCLA completely broke him and our coaches have been trying to build him back up.

LOL. This is so freakin’ good.

That is a take.

Only two Oregon OL were selected in the NFL draft and I believe only one came to Oregon as a high school recruit (Conerly Jr.), who was primarily recruited by Mario but Lanning closed the deal. How many of our current starting offensive lineman came to Oregon from high school (2?) vs. the transfer portal (3?)? I would prefer that Oregon recruit and developed most of its offensive lineman with the occasional transfer to plug a gap. We have done the opposite for whatever reason.

I feel bad for Allar but it might be a blessing in disguise for all parties involved.

For whatever reason, Coach Lanning and staff have not recruited well on the offensive line and have had to rely on transfers to plug holes in the roster. I’d like to hear from those in the know what has happened. Are they evaluation misses, injuries, lack of development or something else? Mario was a mediocre head coach but at least he recruited and developed elite offensive lines, and he is doing the same at Miami.

If they got pushed around by a smaller Indiana what will Ohio State, LSU, Miami, etc al do against our OL?