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I’ve been watching the show from the beginning and that’s not the “spirit” of the show. ESPN College Football Gameday was all about celebrating and promoting the culture, passion and pageantry of college football. In the past, they would have selected the B1G Conference Championship game because it’s the only 2 undefeated teams remaining - #1 vs. #2. David vs. Galiath. Now we shrug our shoulders because they picked the game that will be broadcast on their network. That’s the problem with ESPN and now College Football Gameday - they have completely sold out and are a shell of what they used to be. ESPN let go most of the people who got them to become the “World Wide Leader in Sports” and paid those who are the loudest and say the most outrageous takes. I guess nothing lasts forever…

Personally, I don’t like the idea of promoting someone without more OC experience (1 year at Rutgers?). It’s too important a position to the future success of our football program to take a chance on someone. The OC position at Oregon is one of the most coveted in college football given our reputation, talent, resources and track record of prior OCs becoming HCs. We should be able to hire a top notch, experienced OC.

Chris Henry Jr. did not formally submit his paperwork to Ohio State before the conclusion of their signing day press conference. Reports are that he is still considering Ohio State, Oregon and USC in light of Hartline’s departure and plans to sign today or tomorrow.

I’m surprised there hasn’t been more conversation about ESPN College Football Gameday‘s choice to cover the SEC championship game over the B1G championship game featuring #1 vs #2 and the only 2 undefeated teams remaining. Every single day, ESPN’s bias shows more and more. What is the over/under for the number of minutes they spend talking about how Bama deserves to be in the playoff despite the result of the SEC championship game? What about Texas and Vandy?

No offense to our Dawg friends, as a lot of us root for ya’ll when our teams aren’t playing, but you won’t find a whole lot of sympathy here. Georgia still has the most talented roster in college football and I’m sure you’ll reload with a top, experienced, battle tested transfer portal QB. Now go beat the #%&@ out of Bama! I want to see the politicking kick into high gear down south come Saturday evening. LOL.

Lines courtesy of Josh Pate via @FDSportsbook: JMU at Oregon (-18.5) North Texas at Oregon (-19.5) Tulane vs. Oregon (-24.5)

Chris Henry Jr. did not formally submit his paperwork to Ohio State before the conclusion of their signing day press conference. Reports are that he is still considering Ohio State, Oregon and USC in light of Hartline’s departure and plans to sign today or tomorrow.

Tank is in the house!

Tank is in the house!

Buster Faulkner, Georgia Tech’s OC, may be the leading candidate given he seems to run a similar offensive scheme, played QB in college and coached with Lanning at Georgia. I wonder why GT’s PPG is in the low 30s? All of their team offensive stats (red zone, 3rd down conversion, turnovers lost) seems to be in the top 25 nationally. They also have a balanced attack.

I hope that happens. Notre Dame should be forced to join a real conference. No more special treatment. They could also be left out, if BYU or Duke wins.

And he’s not too shabby of a recruiter, which we know is important to Coach Lanning…

Could be a West Coast thing. It’s only 7:00 AM.

It will really depend on who the #11 and #12 seeds are. I’d rather play JMU, North Texas or Tulane in the first round. Texas Tech would not be a terrible second round game. We’d probably have to play Ohio State at some point, whether in the semifinals or national championship game, if we made it that far.

They better hit a home run. Perhaps they have a verbal agreement with Kalen DeBoer or another coach expecting their team to be in the playoffs?

Are there any Oregon commits that we don’t expect to sign today?

That would beat Andy Ludwig or Mario Cristobal.

I couldn’t blame him for wanting to play for the home team. It’s also a great school, which is still important to some, and they have shown that they can compete in the SEC. Of course, even if he signed with Vandy, he could be playing somewhere else as early as next season…

Stein will be coaching in the playoffs according to multiple reports and I would be surprised is Tosh didn’t do the same, if he decides to leave.

Oregon’s defense is also better in 2025 by almost every meaningful statistic: PPG: 14:9 (vs. 16.2) Total YPG: 249 (vs. 284) TO: 16 (vs. 16) Sacks: 39 (vs 39) Perhaps Coach Lanning wanted Coach Stein to be more conservative given the first year QB and better defense? Limit turnovers = higher probability of winning. Coach Stein has done a tremendous job of developing Dante Moore. While he’s not a finished product, he is so much better than he was at UCLA and even earlier this season.

Thanks, Jon. I no longer trust ESPN and their biased coverage so I’ll have to check out the B1G Network signing day coverage.

Curious why you think this. From the little I’ve seen of North Texas, they run a spread offense with the QB in the shotgun and seem to hit a lot of big passes down the field. I also saw a lot of 2 back formations and some RPO plays. I didn’t see many heavy sets or QB under center, in my very limited observations, but perhaps that is something that Lanning would insist he added.

I would expect Ohio State, Indiana and Georgia to all remain in the the top 4, unless the games are lopsided loses. If BYU beats Texas Tech (unlikely) then I could see Oregon sneaking into the top 4 in the final college football playoffs rankings (to the chagrin of ESPN and the SEC). My preference would be to be ranked #5 and host the first round playoff game with only a 3 week layoff.

I’m sure that Lanning had a deal with Smart. IIRC, Lanning was also not allowed to recruit for Georgia after he accepted the Oregon HC position. I’m sure the same will apply to Stein.