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I agree that all college referees should be hired, trained, evaluated and paid for by the NCAA (and not individual conferences). There are too many examples of favoritism to protect the top teams/programs in college football.

I hope you're right. E. Stew. is a fantastic weapon and has been underutilized to date, as has T. Ferg.

I agree with you but, at this point, it seems like Congress is going to have to pass a bill on some of the issues plaguing college football. One possible solution is that you let a player transfer one time, for any reason, without having to sit out and then they reinstate the rule that the player has to sit out a year the next time they want to transfer. You could waive the one year waiting period for the second transfer, if the player graduates from his prior school to encourage graduation. To me, the bigger issue is the unlimited and highly secretive NIL deals. Teams should have salary caps. Eventually, if the players create a union, they may want to place limits on max. NIL earnings, especially for freshman (like the NFL does with rookie contracts).

Hopefully Evan Stewart (aka E. Stew.) will be "full go" against Ohio State this weekend, after leaving the Michigan State game with an apparent injury (anyone have any updates on his status?). Watch the above video and please explain to me why Oregon hasn't been pushing the ball downfield to E. Stew.? The dude makes ridiculous catches and 50/50 balls 80/20. Time to "unleash E. Stew.!!!"

Doesn’t that also apply to DG looking downfield for Oregon receivers? Too bad the offense can’t wear yellow helmets…

“The best thing we can do for this football team is go play a great game. The recruiting will take care of itself when you do that.” - Dan Lanning on Oregon-Ohio State I really hope Oregon can play their A game for a ful 60 minutes and hold their own; otherwise, this game could have negative implications for years to come…

And Neuheisel has no love for the Ducks…

Oregon should hire the Vegas ring announcer for the start of the game! I wonder how many NFL scouts will be at the game in Eugene on Saturday? Talent all over the field for both teams…

This is a great observation and I have thought the same the past two games. Coach Lanning said that he talked with NFL teams about the long season. It appears that he is rotating more players in the game to limit the wear and tear over a long season and once we have a lead, he is content in running out the clock (vs. running up the margin of victory for “style” points). Oregon could have beaten both UCLA and MSU by more, if we wanted to. Hopefully it’ll pay dividends later in the season.

I really hope Coach Stein involves Ferguson heavily in the passing game against Ohio State. He is such a good weapon and is nearly unguardable. Oregon had a long string of TEs that had successful careers in the NFL. T. Furg. is as good as any of them, especially as a down field receiver.

“It was like some sort of crazy torture in the movies. How do people do that so long without taking a breath? I think my ears are still ringing.” -- Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma RB “I think Autzen Stadium. Per person, the Oregon stadium is the loudest stadium I’ve ever been in. The fact that it’s so low to the ground doesn’t allow the sound to escape.” -- Lee Corso, ESPN GameDay “If you’ve never been to a game at Autzen Stadium do yourself a favor and get there soon. One word for the experience. Loud. Hurt your ears loud. Make them bleed loud. The Big Ten has nothing as loud as Autzen.” -- BigTenTailgate.com “That’s the loudest stadium I’ve ever been in.” -- Lloyd Carr, Michigan HC (after playing at Autzen)

If Oregon loses a close game, we should remain in the top 5 (Oregon's lone loss would be "better" than any other team's). However, if we are blown out at home (and look bad doing so), we could drop out of the top 10. Luckily, there is still plenty of time to climb back up the standings before the playoffs.

Very good examples, Charles. It's great to see our young coaches learning from past shortcomings and making adjustments. It's also wonderful to see Oregon run the ball on those critical 3rd or 4th and short plays, as I believe that they have a higher conversion rate. In the first play you highlighted, it appears that the Michigan State defender (#27?) would have been in a position to make the play, if he didn't bite on the misdirection or was more athletic to recover. I'm sure that Ohio State will be coaching the backside help to freeze and, even if they take a step in the wrong direction, their 5-star athletes will be quick enough to recover (then it's a just a matter of who wins the 1:1 battle). It'll be interesting to see if Coach Stein has a counter to this play against Ohio State. As I mentioned above, I'm really interested to see if Oregon opens up a more intermediate passing attack or has some counters to the wide receiver bubble screens. I would expect Ohio State to crowd the line of scrimmage and play press coverage with their CBs until Oregon proves that they can beat them. Go Ducks!!! Saturday can't come soon enough...

Coach Lanning said that the coaches made the decision to hold back some things in the second half of the UCLA game due to the score. I'm assuming that it was the same with the Michigan State game. Hopefully, we see more of an intermediate passing attack and some counters off of the bubble/wide receiver screens against the Buckeyes.

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And Fox and the B1G got Oregon for partial shares… I’m confused - I thought “market size” was the only important criteria with TV ratings and conference expansion. How's that L.A. market doing?

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LOL. They should put "Miami (+ ACC Replay Officials)" at #6.

LOL. It is a great photo for a caption contest!

"Riley wasted the 2023 season, and that wasted year put USC well behind Oregon in recruiting and portal acquisitions." I agree with the author that USC should have made a change in the defensive staff sooner (as early as the bowl loss to Tulane). USC wasted a tremendous opportunity with Caleb Williams the last 2 years. If USC made the college football playoffs last year, it would have created more buzz around the program and potentially ignited their recruiting. They seem stagnant as a program with Riley and I'm not sure that he is capable of building the program where they want to be (remember he took over an established program from Bob Stoops, like Chip Kelly did from Mike Bellotti). Oh well. USC being down benefits Oregon, as we continue to get the top California recruits, particularly on the defensive side of the ball.

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