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Penalties kept USC in the game.

This. USC stabbed the PAC-12 in the back. Instead of speaking with the commissioner about their concerns, they secretly orchestrated their exit to the B1G. The PAC would have survived if UCLA didn’t tag along with USC, IMO.

Wonder if Chip will survive this season…

Would Deion Sanders be a candidate for A&M? With ATM’s NIL, seems like he could kill it on the recruiting front, and he seems like he would relish the challenge.

You shut it down right away to prevent it from becoming a distraction to your current team, who is trying to win a conference championship and earn a spot in the playoffs.

Same here. What some Duck fans aren’t thinking about is what if an undefeated Washington beats Oregon in the conference championship game and goes on to win the national championship. We’ll have to deal with more arrogance from those leg humpers up north for years to come. No, thank you. Go Utes and Beavs.

I hope that the Oregon AD expanded the scoreboards to add a 3rd digit this week…

Big props to Kris Hutson. It would have been easy for him to quit when he lost his starting spot but he hung around and is finding a way to make the team better, while also working on his game. I wish him nothing but the best.

I can't believe that Oregon is set to host 50+ recruits on Saturday, including many 4 and 5 stars from all over the country. LOL. Did anyone else notice 2026 QB Knox Kiffin is scheduled to attend the game? It would be funny if committed to Oregon over his dad, Lane Kiffin, and Ole Miss.

Those games were scheduled up to a decade ago. Oregon just learned that it was joining the B1G conference a couple of months ago. We’ll see what Mullens decides to do but it might not be worth paying the penalty ($500K-$1M+) to cancel those games (we are not getting a full B1G media share and Oregon’s travel costs are about to increase substantially). Oregon certainly shouldn’t fear Oklahoma State or Baylor.

Non conference schedules are made years in advance. We’ll see how Rob Mullens adjusts the schedule going forward now that Oregon is in the B1G; however, Dan Lanning may want to keep the games in and around Texas for recruiting purposes.

That’s why I’d love to see it… He’s probably living in the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex!!!

I’d love to see the coaches put in a play or two for Gary Bryant Jr. (e.g., WR double reverse) this week, just to stick it to the Trojans. 🤣 I also hope that there are some creative signs for the Trojans and TV audience. CeeDee Lamb Takes Double Reverse 19 Yards WWW.DALLASCOWBOYS.COM Dallas Cowboys quarterback Ben DiNucci leads way for wide receiver CeeDee Lamb on double reverse.

Great article. The coaches are putting on a master class in getting the team prepared every single week. They are also really good at making in-game adjustments to counter what the other team is doing. Then there is the X factor, Bo Nix, who is playing at the highest level you can as a collegiate and is extremely motivated to win a championship. You can tell from the videos that he’s putting a ton of effort into watching film and game prep (I’d love to see his fall class schedule). Consequently, he quickly recognizes defensive formations and knows how to attack it, checking into a more favorable play, if necessary, and he has the talent to execute (just look at his completion percentage and TD/interception ratio!!!). We are witnessing a special team. I’m hoping that the Ducks can keep it up and earn a spot in the college football playoff.

Or Georgia just needs to take care of business and win out, beating Bama in the SEC Championship Game…

Which means that Coach Stein will roll out the Air Raid offense this week… [I kid…sort of]

“coaches still seem like they need 2 timeouts in a row to make the same decision from the 1st time out.” “He's the Michael Scott of coaching.”

USC fires its DC after UW scores 52. What happens when the Ducks drop 60 or 70?

Thanks. I needed a good laugh. Some of my favorites: ”[Mario] took a QB that was playing at a very high level the season before he got here and turned him into a QB that looks like he’s never played the position.” “He just needs six seasons of recruiting to rebuild the roster and establish culture. How can he be expected to beat less talented teams so soon?” ”Tim Hasselbeck is losing his mind every week on the broadcast at the level incompetence that is taking home 8 mill a yr. I have never heard a broadcaster be more dumbfounded at the coaching since Cristobal got here. Every week it's dumber than the last. He's the Michael Scott of coaching.” ”He had a top NFL prospect at QB and still lost two games. What possible chance do we have of doing any better?” ”And the worst part is he's still got 8 yrs left and he coaches like it. U think if he was coaching for his job, we run it straight at NC State on 4th & 1 after all the **** we ran in the Red zone against A&M? He knows he's got another 4 years to drag this program through the mud. ” “Coaching is supposed to cover where players lack and/or cater to their strengths. Be the difference maker strategically. Not constantly play to the strengths of the other teams. We have no tempo, coaches still seem like they need 2 timeouts in a row to make the same decision from the 1st time out. We don’t know when to go for it and when not to go for it. Everyone knows we’re running the ball with fiftyleven linemen on the field but we run it up the middle into a free defender anyway.” ”Mario micromanaging the offense is killing the team; y'all blaming Dawson but his hands are cuffed by a hc who has never been a coordinator…I don't think we will ever keep a OC more than 2 yrs under this HC. We're stuck with this HC and his "tough guy" mentality at least 6 more seasons before a buyout.“ ”This has to fall on mario .. Dawson has the rep of the air raid offense .. we look like we’re playing leather helmet era football . He has to be putting the handcuffs on dawson. If I’m Dawson im out after BC” “He has no feel for the game. The worst clock management I’ve ever seen (that was apparent from his first game against Texas AM). Once again we hired the wrong guy.” “Miami will lose at least 3 or more games every year Mario is head coaRch....2 of them will be winnable games he mismanaged and the others will be blowout losses in big games” ”Is it a rebuild if you are worse then Manny Diaz?” ”If Mario is ever going to succeed, he has to get out of the way. I think a lot of us assumed he would be the CEO leader type, but I’ve seen a much different picture so far. I think he heavily involves himself in game plans, scheme etc and he sucks at that to put it mildly. He’s not a good X/O coach at all but I don’t think he sees it that way. I’m almost sure he doesn’t. Not sure if anyway can get him to change his ways honestly. I tend to think not. It’s staggering to watch how much better and more efficient Oregon looks in the time since he left. This version of Mario is beyond doomed.” ”I've never seen a more lethargic and predictable offense.”

Unless the B1G wanted the additional TV money that the LA market brought, without the competition…

Well, Bo is still overthrowing some of those deep throws by a hair. If he starts hitting those, his completion percent should increase to 80%…

Don't forget the millions of dollars Miami paid Oregon to take Mario off our hands. Oregon won that trade!

I hope not but I would have preferred to face a Ginch “coached” USC defense…

For those of you at the game, did the weather (rain, wind) improve after the first quarter or first half?