OregonDucks

Thanks for helping us out DJ...

UW might have been a bit guilty of looking ahead to the Pac-12 Championship Game. Oregon really needs UW to win The Apple Cup. Hopefully it takes them 6 overtimes to do so...

Major choke job by Auburn's defense. How do you let an Bama receiver catch the ball?

Down by 4 with 43 seconds left. 4th and forever.

I would go with the TD to end the first half. Oregon State scored a TD to close the gap to 7 and was getting the ball back to start the second half. They seemed to grab a bit of momentum going into the halftime locker room, and then this happened... Talk about breaking Oregon State's hopes.

Texas A&M's defense is ranked #26 in ppg against and #8 in total defense. Oregon State's is #38 in both categories.

The B1G and SEC hype machine are on another level. Unfortunately for the Ducks, I think that they'll still favor Ohio State and Michigan, even when we are in the conference. Oregon needs Washington to win this Apple Cup and then to win big against Washington!

To be fair, Daniels had another 120 yards on the ground. Dude is a heck of a college football player and you can make the case that either deserve the award.

I'm not sure what the right call is here. Perhaps Lanning should have had the true freshman kick the 2nd kick in the Oregon State game or replaced Camden weeks ago, when we all saw that he had the case of the yips. I will not criticize Dan Lanning for going for it on 4th down deep in an opponent's territory, as I'm sure that he has more confidence in Bo Nix and our offense than Camden Lewis.

Yes. He's 50/50 at this point.

LSU has taken the lead in the 4th and Daniels is throwing some dimes and broke off another huge run. The Heisman is going to be close and, hopefully, the Southern voters don't pull off any shenanigans.

See you on October 5th?

If Oregon State were financially responsible, they should assume that they will get no better than Mountain West annual revenue and pay a coach in line of what Boise State, Fresno State and other non-Power 5 programs have typically paid their head coach and assistants. It appears that's somewhere been $1 and $2 million per year for a head football coach.

That's a big blow to Oregon State's program. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a mass exodus of players in the transfer portal, some of whom may follow Smith to MSU.

I agree, Charles, and thank you for this forum to discuss OBD. One thing that Duck fans should mentally prepare for...whomever is Oregon's QB next season, will be a step back from what we are witnessing this year from Bo Nix. It would be unfair to compare anyone to Bo and not expect a slight step back in offensive production next year. Bo is special, and the most experienced QB in college football history. We should enjoy watching #10 play his final few collegiate games. Go Ducks!!!

Any rational Husky fan (if one exists) has to be extremely worried about playing a motivated Oregon in the conference championship game. We have looked as good as any team in the country since that game in Seattle, whereas Washington has continued to scrape by. That said, I'm nervous playing Washington. They have had our number of the past 2 seasons. Oregon is the better team, IMHO, but until we beat them on the field, nothing else matters. Our defense needs to step up and Bo Nix and the offense needs to be sharp.

Just take care of business and beat Bama! While it sucks, Georgia deserves a shot in the playoffs at a back to back national champions. The only thing that keeps Georgia out is 2 losses (extremely unlikely) or if they get blown out by Bama (also unlikely).

The media will just say how amazing the defenses are...

A blowout would help Oregon's chances the most. Doesn't matter if it's Michigan or Ohio State. Looking like's it going to be a 3-0 game, at this point.

I also disagree with those that say that a QB can't improve. As I mentioned above, Ty Thompson has all of the physical abilities you'd look for in a QB (e.g., athleticism, arm strength, size), it's just putting them all together. Players are capable of growing with good coaching, in the right situation, as long as they have the physical abilities. Off the top of my head, below are some examples of QBs who drastically improved by their senior seasons (there are countless other examples): Joe Borrow Carson Palmer Akili Smith Dennis Dixon I believe that the coaches should bring in an experienced QB to complete for the starting job next season but I wouldn't write off Ty Thompson, yet. Even if he doesn't win the starting job next year, he could do really well his senior year or somewhere else.

Easily Florida State. Oregon exposed an undefeated Florida State in the first ever college football playoff in the Rose Bowl. We'd do it again. I just hope that Oregon takes care of the mutts and has an opportunity to play in the college football playoffs. Go Florida! Knock off FSU today in the Swamp.

I hope that they don’t dial it back and continue to play physical and aggressive. It’ll benefit us in the post-season and next year.

Except it’s not really “fricken.” Dan Lanning had a FEBU shirt on in one of the Ducks vs. Them videos.

And we’re not done, yet!!!

Ty Thompson has all of the physical gifts you'd want in a QB - size, athleticism, a huge arm, etc. This year he appears to be making better decisions (with the exception of the interception in the ASU game) and throwing accurate passes. I hope that TT continues to improve and leads Oregon to a B1G championship next year!