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That’s the problem. The college football playoff format has not been corrected because they are trying to keep the irrelevant bowls alive. College football should look to the NFL. The top teams get a normal bye week before hosting the next round. Three to four weeks is way too long of a layoff. Eliminate the conference championship games and go right into the playoffs. Have the higher ranked team host the playoff games. Screw the bowls. As Joel Klatt says, the college football championship game should be on January 1st at the Rose Bowl every year. I completely agree with him. In this scenario, Oregon and every other team would be trying their hardest to get a bye. With the current format, I don’t think a bye is adventurous and could be detrimental (just look at the results from last year).

I’m shocked that Oregon jumped Texas Tech, who looks legit.

The Broncos have one of the best defensives in the NFL which makes Mariota’s play all the more impressive. Congrats to Bo and the Broncos on pulling out the thrilling OT win to go 10-2.

No, because I believe the layoff is too long (it would be a month before Oregon would play again) and teams lose their rhythm, especially on offense, but I think it’s more important what side of the bracket Oregon is on and who they would have to face on the way to the national championship game. FWIW, George Wrightster, on his post game podcast, said that he believes that Ohio State, Texas Tech and Georgia probably match up best against the Ducks.

Not Jon… As cool as it would be to see at Autzen, I don’t think you want a team as talented as Alabama or Notre Dame in the first round of the playoffs, if the goal is to win the national championship. I’d rather play a team where Oregon has a clear talent advantage.

Despite not playing its best, Oregon clinched a playoff spot for the second year in a row and a home playoff game tonight! Hopefully Oregon can get some of its receivers back for the first playoff game. Although the OL played, we don’t know how banged up they were. Hopefully they can get healthy and our run game gets back to form in the playoffs.

Offense needs to score some points.

It sure feels like Oregon is on upset alert. Our offense seems to be really missing all those receivers today. You also have to wonder how injured our OL is playing.

With less than a minute the odds of getting points is low. Better to focus on stopping the opponent’s offense.

I didn’t understand that either. It would have forced UW to use their TOs earlier or call the offense differently. Hopefully someone asks Coach Lanning about it post game.

You can’t play scared to get hurt. Coaches and players also prefer teammates who are willing to put it all on the line. Let those other players go somewhere else, like USC. We can agree to disagree.

Oregon needs to finish drives with TDs instead of FGs. Washington is taking Sadiq and our run game away. Stein needs to find ways to get other receivers open and get the ground game going. The UW linebackers seem to be really aggressive. Maybe some RB screens, reverses or short/ intermediate passes over the middle?

Come on D. Don’t let them march right down the field at the end of the half.

That hit the ground. Incomplete.

We aren’t showing our full run game play arsenal. Where are the outside pitches/runs? Counters? I do like the options and Dante Moore read them correctly.

Some nice option plays on that drive.

That was a great pick!

Run. The. Ball.

Offense is not executing early. Need to clean it up.

And Oregon will still have the more talented team on the field. Take care of business!

I saw somewhere they were all listed as “doubtful,” so I would be surprised if we saw them against the puppies.

B1G officials protecting its #1 team. Even the Fox announcers and replay expert said that was a touchback. They even showed a close up that showed J. Smith’s foot was out of bounds. Unbelievable.

On this week’s Talkin’ Ducks, George Wrightster said that USC’s collective is offering DT Tomuhini Topui $2M+ in NIL. For that much, George claimed that Oregon could pay both Matayo Uiagalelei and Teitum Tuioti. They also are reportedly offering TE Mark Bowman a record $8-10M deal over 3-4 years. Let’s hope it ends the same way for U$C and Riley as it did for Texas ATM and Jimbo. https://athlonsports.com/college/nil-daily/usc-lands-5-star-te-in-record-nil-deal-for-2026

And Oregon beat Penn State on the road when they were ranked #2 and USC by a larger margin than Notre Dame did. A&M’s SEC schedule was a joke. Like Ohio State they didn’t play any of the top teams in the conference- no Georgia, no Bama, no Ole’ Miss, no Oklahoma. Texas might have been the first ranked SEC team A&M faced this year.

Ohio State Indiana Georgia Texas Tech Oregon Texas A&M Mississippi Oklahoma Notre Dame Alabama Virginia Tulane First RoundNo. 12 Tulane at No. 5 Oregon No. 11 Virginia at No. 6 Texas A&M No. 10 Alabama at No. 7 Mississippi No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 8 Oklahoma QuarterfinalsCotton Bowl: No. 4 Texas Tech vs. winner of No. 12 Tulane at No. 5 Oregon Sugar Bowl: No. 3 Georgia vs. winner of No. 11 Virginia at No. 6 Texas A&M Orange Bowl: No. 2 Indiana vs. winner of No. 10 Alabama at No. 7 Mississippi Rose Bowl: No. 1 Ohio State vs. winner of No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 8 Oklahoma No. 12 Tulane at No. 5 OregonTulane has a simple task: beat 1–10 Charlotte for the right to host the American championship game against North Texas. That puts the Green Wave on the doorstep of the playoff no matter what head coach Jon Sumrall decides to do on Sunday. The Ducks have a tricky one in Seattle against Washington but will be virtually assured with the easiest first-round game in Autzen Stadium on top of a potentially excellent path through the bracket if they do so convincingly. SICollege Football Playoff Bracket Week 14 Live Projections...Throughout this weekend’s slate, Sports Illustrated will give an updated look at the playoff seeding and matchups.