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Playoff committee needs to own up on the protocols they have established. At this time as mention before: OSU: SOR: 20th SOS: 93rd Oregon: SOR: 12th SOS: 15th Head to Head competition, Oregon won. That's the facts.

Great find Charles. I hope the PO committee is listening to the outcry of the travesty that continues to be in these bias polls and make things right. If not, I hope the outcries become even more vocal. If you have identical record the tie breaker should always be head to head in the decision making. Again, at this time the facts show Oregon has the better SOR and SOS than Ohio St. along with the head to head win over Ohio St I feel it's important that Oregon is put ahead of Ohio St. in the first poll coming out on Tuesday. If the committee puts Ohio St. ahead of Oregon, how is Oregon going to ever jump Ohio St. if they both win out. The committee should owe up that head to head matters. If they don't, just show case the proof this whole playoff is a farce.

The powers there be in the Pac12 always seem to be inept in making the right decisions

Interesting. Watched Pac12 after dark. They were showing the following resume comparison: Ohio St. Record: 7-1 Strength of Record: 20th Strength of Schedule: 93rd Oregon: Record: 7-1 Strength of Record: 12th Strength of Schedule: 15th Since Oregon beat Ohio St. head to head and comparing what's stated above Oregon should be ahead of Ohio St. in the first CFP Poll release on Tuesday. I get tired of the eye candy spin the ESPNs and others trying to influence Ohio St. to be one of the teams in the playoffs trying to disannul what happen in that 2nd game of the season. I know Ohio St. will be facing stiffer competition as they did with Penn St., but if both teams win out, Oregon should be ahead due to the head to head win. Just my opinion.

Oregon 45-7 5 sacks 3 turnovers 290 passing

Ugh! Hate this. We are never given reasons as to why they leave. He is only a freshman. Just getting started.

I agree with Haywarduck. AB was not my first choice as starting QB. I would have prefer him to be the backup QB instead. But he is the starting QB. If it wasn't for a few bad decisions he played very well in the UCLA game. Towards the end of the game and Oregon was moving well down the field, I would have preferred them to either ran the ball or made short passes to take more time off the clock and then try to score with a TD or FG. I never agree to the home team to be booed by their own fans. I feel it's counter productive. The team feeds off of the atmosphere, it should always be positive spurring them on, not negative. Just my opinion.

Wow Charles. The prediction you mentioned that Moorhead will leave Oregon and Mastro will be elevated to "Supreme Yes-Man as the OC, very depressing! Even my green tinted glasses won't get me past that one if it comes true. Just that thought makes me cringe in fear. Love Jon's upbeat prediction! JM will be present as the OC, more players coming back from injuries, Oregon will look more like the team that beat Ohio St. on both sides of the ball. They will find a way in each remaining Pac12 games, including the Pac12 championship to pull out the wins. 12-1 35 24

Hopefully with Alex Forsyth, Mase Funa, DJ James, Trey Benson are all expected to play at UCLA's game along with Joe Moorhead will help or cause to pull out a win.

Let's put this in perspective. Iowa lost to Purdue at home 24 to 7. A lot of upsets this year against high ranking teams. This is the year for upsets due to super seniors being on a lot of teams. I am happy Oregon is winning most of their games, not pretty, but winning. This team has been bitten by a lot of injuries this year. In that Stanford game, as we all know, Oregon had missing players for this game including our OC and lost in OT. It did not help in that game with questionable penalties by the refs, plus poor coaching decisions towards the end of regular game time. But, I thought Oregon was still going to win that game. Again look what has happen across the landscape in big time upsets. I agree with you, if Oregon can win every game for now on, even if it is not pretty, I will be stoked! Go Ducks. Love this forum. Thanks Charles!

Wow. When does the injuries stop? GO DUCKS, win out tonight!!

You are correct without JM. According to the one report Jim Mastro called the plays in Oregon’s 31-24 overtime loss to Stanford. If Moorhead doesn’t return for the Friday game Mastro will continue to call UO’s offense.

I believe Chip Kelly would not have gone with AB. He would have went with TT. Used maybe RA or JB as the backup, but have AB help guide the other QBs due to his experience. But, not sure if Chip would have used the transfer portal to get AB with the talent of QBs already on his list to use. I think with having the week off and playing CAL the following week, this would have been a good opportunity to prepare TT to play the majority of the game against CAL. As someone said, CAL will stack the box due to AB's inaccuracies in the passing game. With TT the threat is there to burn CAL in the passing game. Would make a difference in the running game.

Just read about this. In JM's absents in the Stanford game running backs coach Jim Mastro called the plays in Oregon’s 31-24 overtime loss to Stanford. If Moorhead doesn’t return on Friday (7:30 p.m., ESPN), Mastro will continue to call UO’s offense and a different staff member will oversee the running back rotation. No wonder. Let's all hope JM is back for the CAL game.

I was thinking the same thing. Not sure the polls justification ranking Ohio St. that high?

Interesting thought on Noah Sewell. I'm assuming you would have him play on both sides of the ball and only bring him in on short down runs for first downs and TDs?

Hopefully changes will be made before the CAL game. Put in Cardwell and Benson to help Dye out. Both of those guys are comparable to Verdell in stature. They are talented. Would this be a good time to bring in a new QB, especially since we had a bye week and playing CAL at home? AB has proven he cannot be relied on in the passing game. Go Ducks, win out!.

I agree. The bright side of this is Oregon is still sitting in the top 10. We were without very important missing pieces in this game. I do believe AB is not the answer at QB as was revealed not only in this game, but others as well. His passing technique is weak. We do need a QB who can pass with accurate precision which Ty Thompson will give us the dimension we sorely need. He is Oregon's answer at QB for the Ducks. Do you prepare Ty Thompson now since we have two weeks before we play California at home, but allow AB to be the backup just in case? That next following game will be at UCLA. If they were to make a change, it should be now. But is it wise to change QBs part way in the season?

According to Pre-game: No sign of nickel Bennett Williams -- Alex Forsyth went through early pregame but isn’t with centers to take field to start padded warmups. Forsyth is in a jersey and shorts and not going through warmups. Are both injured?

Wow, Georgia is on top of the Hogs 21 to 0 in the first quarter.

The release depth chart for the Stanford game is still showing from Duck Territory: Defensive End: 1. Brandon Dorlus (SOPH.) 2. Sua'va Poti (RFR) 3. Terrell Tilmon (FR) / Louie Cresto (FR.) Haven't heard him being injured, but maybe your source has an inside track on an injury that might have just happen in practice.

Oregon wins 35-21, 3, 2, 250 passing yards

I believe the Beavs will win in similar fashion like the USC game. Coach Smith has them believing in Corvallis.

Great article to read. Glad to see how the new rules can help someone like our beloved injured player, Cam McCormick. https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2021/09/oregon-ducks-fan-leads-effort-to-develop-apparel-to-benefit-injured-tight-end-cam-mccormick.html

This is fantastic! Thanks Charles! Go Ducks!!