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CK was like a fad. Once teams learned how to defend his offense, it became obsolete. I don’t see any top teams running the spread-option offense. In contrast, Bill Walsh revolutionized the game of football with his West Coast Offense concepts that are still used today at every level of football.

Or what happened with the turd your offense laid against your arch rival who has absolutely owned you recently? How do you explain that one away?

Belichick has only won with Tom Brady as his QB. Brady left NE and won a championship with TB. He’s a good coach but was he or Tom Brady more responsible for NE’s success? Unfortunately for Belichick, Tom Brady is out of college eligibility and will not be suiting up for UNC.

What an a$$hole! Hey Chip - You’re right where you belong, as an OC, because you failed EVERYWHERE you’ve been, except at Oregon. Oregon made you, not the other way around! Both Philly and the Niners have competed for/won championships before and after you were there. You’ve left UCLA football in such a mess with your refusal to recruit, the program might never recover.

Oregon’s defense feasted on bad B1G offenses. Look at the run defense and YPC against BSU, Penn State and Ohio State. Not good.

I can’t blame Coach Prime for asking for more NIL money but there is no way that Colorado can match the $15M per year salary people are speculating.

LOL. You must have enjoyed this as much as Oregon fans did. FSU fans were amongst the most arrogant/smug fans I have encountered.

This is fun…thanks for sharing! I’d build my team around Pritchard ($3) and Brooks ($3), who were both clutch ballers, so give me Dante ($1), Evans ($1) and Young ($2) to fill out my roster. I love Bell but think he’s overpriced at $3. (I don’t follow basketball as much as some on here so looking forward to hearing others’ thoughts.)

LOL. How did Oregon finish 3rd in their 2024 B1G power rankings behind Ohio State and Penn State? I can understand being #2 behind Ohio State but did the author not watch the B1G Championship Game?

Caldwell could have used another year to improve his draft stock, IMHO, but I can’t fault someone for wanting to pursue their career and dream. I wish him the best of luck. Once a Duck, always a Duck!

LOL. Ngata was asked by a reporter, in college, if there were times that he was not double teamed. He paused briefly and said yes, when I’m being tripled teamed. He was a force in both college and the NFL. I’m sure you can find quotes from Ray Lewis about how important Ngata was to that championship defense. Well deserved and way overdue. Hope Ngata returns to Autzen to be celebrated this upcoming season (might be a good time to have some of those big DT recruits on hand!).

Thanks for sharing. I’m not sure if this is good news. The linebackers and safeties were the biggest weakness with Oregon’s defense this past year, IMHO. I still have nightmares about Ohio State’s receivers running free all over the field in the Rose Bowl. I was hoping that the younger guys would step up or we could upgrade in the portal.

Sounds like a coach that is extremely frustrated with his team. Not sure it helps going to the media though. (How did UCLA beat Oregon?!)

LOL. The Oregon AD should hire Cam to advise and apply for redshirts/medical waivers. Perhaps N’Faly Dante’s would have been approved!

This is a huge pickup! According to Duckwire, Oregon’s 2025 starting OL could be: LT: Isaiah World (transfer from Nevada) LG: Emmanuel Pregnon (transfer from USC) Cen: Lapani Laloulu (returning starter) RG: Matthew Bedford (previous transfer from Indiana; medical waiver?) RT: Alex Harkey (transfer from Texas State) I just hope that we can get back to primarily recruiting and developing offensive linemen (vs. relying on transfers). Currently, 4 out of the 5 projected starters will be transfers. How addition of Emmanuel Pregnon impacts Oregon Ducks offensive line DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Oregon Ducks added former USC Trojans left guard Emmanuel Pregnon from the transfer portal...

That’s a strange final 3 for such a high profile recruit.

I believe that it’s more than just depth. When I’m watching the top programs (e.g.. Ohio State, Texas, Georgia), they still have bigger and faster athletes across the board. Their players look like future NFL players. Oregon has increased its size, depth and athleticism on the defensive and offensive lines (still not sure what the heck happened to them in the Rose Bowl) but not at linebacker, safety, wide receiver, etc. For example, at wide receiver, Oregon is still relying on the smaller, faster receivers (E-Stewart is listed at 6’0” and Tez is listed at 5’10”). How many Oregon receivers have been drafted high and/or had a lot of success in the NFL?

I couldn’t open the link but I would put Oregon even with Ohio State and Penn State (maybe even Michigan?) heading into next season. It seems like all the top teams will lose a lot of players to graduation and the NFL Draft, after this year. The above teams are the ones that have recruited the best over the years, so they have the highest likelihood of winning the conference. I’m not sure you can put one of those teams ahead of the other until you see how they look on the field against good competition. If Dante Moore is able to play, as well as many of us hope he can, Oregon could be as good as any team in the country next year (and we have a really favorable schedule to get the new players up to speed).

I believe that we’ll have to wait and see what the long term impact of Coach Prime is at Colorado. Yes, he has turned the program around and brought significant interest and revenue in over the past 2 year. However, most of the kids on the roster committed to Coach Prime NOT the University of Colorado. If/when he leaves, will players follow him out the door en masse? If so, Colorado could be in a very bad spot and will need to act quickly (they may want to hire one of his coordinators right away to try to prevent decimation of the roster). As much as I didn’t like Coach Cristobal as a head coach, he left Oregon in a really good position with the talent he assembled in Eugene, especially the offensive line. Like Chip Kelly (at UCLA), I don’t think Coach Prime will do the same.

Ohio State, who had been up and down this season, might not have come out with their “hair on fire” like they did against Tennessee (coming off a loss to their rival, talk about their coach getting fired and a takeover of the Shoe by Vol fans) and Oregon (chance to revenge loss against B1G Champ earlier in the season). Texas also has better athletes and defense than Oregon does so that could have kept them in the game.

I don’t know who would want to coach under Cristobal. They should talk to former coordinators on what it’s like working for him.

Hahahaha!!!! I can’t wait to see this play out!

"I don't remember the last time I had a technical," [Coach Cronin] said. "I had enough. I'm sending a message. I'm tired of it. I know we're the outsider and all that -- us, SC and Oregon -- but that was ridiculous. LOL. Notice anyone missing from the new B1G teams Coach Cronin mentioned?

I guess you are a bum unless you win every single game. Josh Pate had a good point that every coach is now compared to the greats. I’m sure that even Saban had some wacky online fanatics when he occasionally lost or didn’t win a championship at Bama.

Maybe USC and Penn State can come to terms to trade coaches. Who else would you need to throw in or would it be straight up?