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Utah 16 Oklahoma State 3 11:23 remaining in 4th quarter

I can't figure out if these are two good team battling or if they are two teams with major holes.

Wow. UCLA tied at LSU at halftime.

I'm not a big fan of playing regular season games for trophies. What about a fruit basket?

And he is from the state of Oregon from a family of Duck fans. Always nice to see Oregon kids doing well.

Michigan is looking tough at halftime. Great D. Can the Ducks stop their running game?

Given how much the Chargers have been running the football this season, I wonder if they'll tape the heck out of it and give it a go.

Music to my ears. We've seen how important the offensive line and depth is this season through 3 games. It's one of the positions you really have to recruit and develop high school talent, only occasionally plugging a hole with a transfer. Glad to see the coaches prioritizing the position this recruiting cycle.

Great observations and questions! Despite some denying it, there are players who are "gamers." Players who do not possess the raw, spectacular athletic ability/physical traits that jump off the screen or look the best in practice, but when the bright lights come on they perform at another level. I'm guessing that is what we are seeing with Strother and Boettcher, in particular. I've always loved how Boettcher plays the linebacker position. He's a throwback linebacker - he's really good at reading/recognizing the play, getting in the right place and always seems to make the play (e.g., tackle, pass breakup). He is also a veteran and can provide leadership. You need players like this on your team. Credit to the coaches for recognizing and playing those players who are performing during the games. I'm not sure what you do with the offensive line, once healthy, on one had you want to play the best players but, given the OL has to play as one unit, there is merit to have a consistent group out there. It'll be interesting to see who starts against UCLA and how they perform, as a unit.

Washington State beat San Jose State by 2 in OT, proving that Washington football belongs in a mid major conference (e.g., Pac-12)...

Maybe but we've seen a lot of QBs with extremely high draft stock come back for their senior seasons and NIL helps even more now.

Anthony Newman was raving about Harmon during this week’s episode of Talkin’ Ducks. Said he has an explosive first step and is beating double teams.

While I agree that a program cannot build a sustainable program through the transfer portal alone, it is an invaluable tool to plug holes in a roster for a program to have the opportunity to compete for a birth in the playoffs every season. Top programs will continue to rely primarily on high school recruiting, developing talent and retaining players. However, there will be holes in a roster for a multitude of reasons - high school players not developing as expected, unexpected transfers to other programs, career or season ending injuries, etc. A coach would be irresponsible to his team, if he did not try to address those gaps by bringing in the best possible players to compete. Identifying talent through the portal is less risky than high school recruiting, IMHO, because the players are older/more mature and you have tape and seen how they perform against college level competition. Yes, you have to do your due diligence to make sure that the players are a good culture fit and can play in your system but you also have to do this for high school players and I have complete faith in Coach Lanning and staff to do this work. While Oregon has had success with transfer QBs, given how complicated it is to learn a new playbook, Oregon appears to be trying to develop the position long term in-house with Dante Moore's transfer (he'll have 3 years to play at Oregon, if I'm not mistaken) and high school QB recruits. Another positive that the author doesn't mention is the benefit to the transfer players. It's great that players like Noah Whittington and Tez Johnson are able to transfer from smaller programs and show that they have the ability to succeed at the highest levels of college football, or players like Bo Nix, Dante Moore and Traeshon Holden to get an opportunity for a fresh start. P.S. - Florida State is struggling because they have DJU as their QB. Anyone who knows anything about football and have seen him play over the past few years could have seen this coming. I bet Clemson is laughing their butts off...

I'll take Dante Moore for those four players!

Oregon was the lead on B1G Network's Final Drive...

Does Florida even want JF? I think they have better options...

And no bad snaps or penalties! Kudos to the offensive line and coaches. Heck of a turn around on the o-line.

Game ball goes to the offensive line. What a turn around!

Moore time?! If so, hopefully they let him throw some passes...

Oregon's defense has played better in the second half. Tacklers wrapping up, eliminating YAC. Would like to see more sacks and TFLs from our defensive line.

Offensive line has come to play. What a turn around! Can't wait to see Charles' weekly OL analysis, if they can keep it up....

Can the defense hold Oregon State?

Tough time to miss your first pass.

It could be worse. Washington is down at halftime in the Apple Cup...