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Does it though? If the Beavers win, then Oregon could end the regular season with wins against two top 10 teams. Does the college football playoff committee value 2 wins against top 10 teams or 1 win against a top 5 team more?

If Oregon would have converted one of its 3 fourth down attempts, especially the last one, we would have likely won the game. Penalties did not cost the Ducks that game.

Surprisingly, there is no correlation between penalty yards per game and losses. That said, an untimely penalty can give the opposing team a first down or prevent your team from getting a first down (or scoring a TD in the redbone). I guess this would only matter in a critical situation in a close game (i.e., against two evenly matched teams). It kept USC in the game and made the margin closer than the game really was. College Football: Does penalty yardage really affect wins? SATURDAYBLITZ.COM College football teams who accrue more penalties and rack up that negative yardage are thought to...

Oregon State University loaned their athletic department $31.8M to cover the Covid season deficit. Then they decided to spend $160M+ to expand Reser Stadium, including $45M in bonds. Sounds like poor financial management and nothing to do with Oregon.

Oh no! Not the egg shells again. Was hoping that we’d retire those after the UW game…

The overall talent and depth at cornerback is the best I’ve ever seen at Oregon. However, Kyree Jackson is an elite lockdown corner and we’ll need him back and healthy for the stretch run and post-season.

In another interview Dillingham compared Oregon’s defensive line to Georgia’s last year in terms of physicality and toughness. That’s pretty high praise.

Oregon’s defensive line wrecked havoc on USC’s offense all night long. They were making Caleb Williams extremely uncomfortable and frustrating him the entire game. The only thing that saved USC was Caleb’s magical improvisational skills and pin point accuracy throwing on the run (dude’s a baller!). Even when the D-line didn’t get to Williams, they were around him, making their presence known, and knocked him to the ground on numerous occasions. Oregon’s D-line is the best it’s been in years and the future is extremely bright given the play of the freshman and the high school commits coming in. Go Ducks!

Kelly Dillingham recently compared Oregon's defensive line to Georgia's last year in terms of physicality and toughness. Our coaches, starting with Lanning, are obviously focusing on this with the entire team but it all starts up front with both the offensive and defensive lines. Notable quotes from Arizona State HC Kenny Dillingham ahead of showdown against No. 6 Oregon 247SPORTS.COM

So have Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Penn, Chicago, Army, Illinois and Cornell. Guess we should be worried about those programs too…

Especially since Stein has done a great job developing Ty Thompson this year, from what we’ve seen in games. I’m sure Oregon could hire another great OC but I don’t love the idea that our players will have to learn another coach/system for the 3rd time in 3 years. Perhaps Stein (and his family?) miss Texas or he is close to Traylor? I hope he stays until he gets a head coaching opportunity.

“Fisher had no ties to Texas when hired and by most accounts didn't really fit in. That would not be the case for the two co-favorites to replace him in UTSA's Jeff Traylor and Duke's Mike Elko. The latter is about as Texas-centric as coach can get. The East Texas native got his start at Gilmer High, leading it to three state championships and two runner-up finishes while winning Texas high school coach of the year honors four times.” I’m more concerned with losing Will Stein, if Jeff Traylor is hired by ATM than I am in losing Lanning. Stein was on Traylor’s staff at UTSA and has Texas ties. That is BIG in Texas. I agree with others that the Texas A&M job is not that great (ask Jimbo Fisher). They haven’t won a conference championship since the late 1990s.

Camden Lewis's 2023 stats: 20-29 yards: 4-4 30-39 yards: 2-3 40-49 yards: 3-6 50+ yards: 0-1 If Oregon is faced with a 40-49 yard field goal, it's 50/50 that he'll make it (note: if the game is on the line, the odds are probably even less). Since Lewis missed the game-tying field goal at Washington, he is 0-3 for field goals longer than 40 yards. He's nearly perfect from under 40 yards.

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Why not go and hire Jonathan Smith? I'm sure our friends in Corvallis wouldn't mind...

"We're paying the dude $8 million/year and got curb stomped by MTSU, Duke, FSU and Pitt last year, then we literally gave the game to GT this year...sport Lanning won 10 games last year and will win at least 10-11 games this year...Wario is 11-11 in nearly 2 full years"

What's even funnier is that some of them believe that if Oregon and Miami switched QBs that they would be us! You can give Miami Patrick Mahomes and I'd still like Lanning's shot at beating a Mario Cristobal team. He'd probably just have Mahomes hand the ball off to the RB for runs up the middle all game.

How dare you compare Lanning to that bunch!!!

Texas A&M may not even be a top 5 job in the new SEC. I would put Alabama, Georgia, Texas, and Oklahoma ahead of Texas A&M. You could argue that LSU and Florida are more attractive destinations. Nationally, I would also put Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, Clemson and USC above Texas A&M. I wouldn't even put Texas A&M in the top 10 college football jobs. Texas A&M hasn't won a conference championship since 1998!!!

With all due respect, he has had a month since the missed kick against UW to bounce back. How much more time do you give him? Are you willing to potentially lose a game, for a team with national championship aspirations, to stick with a kicker who appears to be in his own head? I'm not as confident that he'll be able to fix this issue during the season and I wouldn't put a game in his hands (or foot). I would: 1) Give one of the other two kickers on the roster a chance in the ASU game, assuming that they have looked competent in practice. 2) If I don't feel confident in the other kickers, I would start going for every critical 4th down on offense, unless it's a straight ahead kick under 40 yards. Lewis can still handle kickoff duties.

Dang it. Wish you hadn't told me that...how am I going to resist free McDonalds French fries?!!!

The roster shows 3 place-kickers; Andrew Boyle98 PK 6' 2" 200 lbs JR Camas, WA Camden Lewis49 PK 5' 10" 205 lbs SR Charlotte, NC Grant Meadors93 PK 5' 11" 180 lbs FR Bakersfield, CA It might be worth giving someone else a shot in the ASU game. Camden Lewis appears to have a case of the yips and I would not trust him to make a critical field goal to win or tie a game right now. Don't be surprised if Dan Lanning goes for a critical 4th down instead of kicking a field goal.

But that doesn't stop the media from constantly talking and writing about it, and players will continue to see and hear it. The screenshot that I posted above was from the front page of espn.com. Oregon does not need any distractions right now.

I’m really looking forward to that UW vs. OSU game. If OSU wins, Oregon could end the season playing two top 10 teams.

Does Oregon have another placekicker on the roster?