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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?

Coach Stein has had 2 weeks to come up with this game plan?!

Slick Rick has been complimentary of and picked Oregon in the past. Can’t remember if it was last year or this but I believe he picked Oregon to win the national championship (maybe that was his version of the jinx?).

It appears that Oregon players let all of the compliments get in their heads after the Penn State victory. Hope they can reset and make adjustments in the second half. I’d like to see some WR/TE screens and some plays across the middle.

Indiana is winning both lines of scrimmage. Our DEs have been a non factor and Dante Moore is getting a lot of pressure.

Everything Limar can do, Davison can do it better, IMO.

Lamar is solid but does nothing spectacular against better teams. The freshman make plays.

Dante Moore gives up on plays too quickly. It’s probably the UCLA PTSD.

They are going to get called. They shouldn’t be allowed to run as part of the shift. Indiana is getting hosed by the officials or they would be up by a score or two.

Whittingham and Lamar need to sit. It’s time for the fabulous freshman.

This is no knock on Coach Lanning but all coaches say the same thing until they accept another offer and leave. Time will tell. We should enjoy Coach Lanning, while he is Eugene, but our AD should always maintain a short list of potential replacements.

The acoustics would be my first concern with any expansion. People, including Coach Bellotti, say that Autzen stadium was louder before the expansion (it could be the result of moving the turf). Oregon would likely have to build a parking structure as part of the expansion.

I thought the drive from Portland to Eugene was bad until I went to State College, PA. My goodness is that place in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE and they only have 2-3 hotels in town. Penn State somehow manages to pack the stadium with 100K+ (111K for the Oregon game) and reports 90K+ season ticket holders. I don’t understand. It seems to defy natural laws - like gravity.

That was a great turnout and they brought the energy early. One thing I was disappointed with (besides the seek of the guest picker) is the crowd didn’t sing along with Mat Kearney. That was one of the most impressive things about the Penn State game - the pageantry and everyone’s involvement.

We can agree to disagree. Then he should be on the show, instead of her. She’s a great basketball player but Oregon has plenty of other alumni, some of whom played football for the Ducks, to choose from.

Didn’t we lose a certain RB, who reportedly wanted to play his final year closer to him, to USC?