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And that is reason 1 million and 1 why I don't click on any of Canzano's articles. He is almost 100% click bait. I personally wouldn't call him a sports journalist or sports talk show host. I don't waste my time reading or listening to anything he writes or says.

Conferences to talk about the early signing period. I guess it really wasn't a good idea to change from February to December.

Brown went 10-3 and took the Ducks to the Pac 12 championship game. Did he play poorly for most of the games, yes. However, to say he did nothing is quite the overstatement. He had the 2nd most passing yards in the Pac 12. The 2nd most rushing yards as a QB in the Pac 12. He accounted for the 3rd most TDs as a QB in the Pac 12. He won the most games as a starting Pac 12 QB over all other Pac 12 QBs. Those are indisputable facts, no matter how much we don't want them to be. I have never been a AB fan and I never thought he was going to get the Ducks to the playoffs. However, he has absolutely earned the right to start the bowl game. I also believe unless he is playing like he did against tOSU or OSU, he should not finish the game. All of the other QBs have not played in 4 games to keep their year of eligibility, so I would definitely play at least TT if not all of them. With the likelihood of none of the coaches going to be at Oregon next year, they aren't going to care about Oregon's future.

Colin Cowherd is on Foxsports, not ESPN. He moved away from ESPN in the summer of 2015. Most of the national talking heads are there to have "takes" to get clicks and views.

I have to say, nobody is forcing anybody to read any posts. I know that I skip over posts by people I know I don't agree with. Why choose to get angry?

More importantly Justin is the #3 QB in ESPN's standard Fantasy Football rankings and #5 overall.

Every football recruiting site has these kids birthdates, so it is really odd BYU doesn't publish the date. It isn't like we don't know when they were born if we looked.

Remember Miami doesn't have an AD, probably a good reason why their AD didn't call Mullens.

Have to play him. Mario is also an insane. How do you not run the ball out. He did not learn the first time. He literally is insane for trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.

We all forget most of these games are scheduled 5-10 years in advance. The game vs BYU was scheduled in 2015. BYU went 8-5 in 2014, 9-4 in 2015 and 9-4 in 2016. They played 3 top 25 teams at the time of the game during those 3 seasons and went 1-2. According to the Ducks depth chart today(12/2/21), they will only be losing 2 seniors. Anthony Brown and George Moore. KT is obviously gone and then possibly Verone McKinley and Mykael Wright. Everybody else is not good enough to go to the NFL. I would say the Ducks will have a heap more starters coming back than UGA. Georgia is losing 3 SRs on O with a couple of JR's slated to leave early. 8 SRs on D. They are loaded and I don't really expect a win in Atlanta, but Georgia is going to be a completely different team next year.

Have to run out the clock. That is the 3rd or 4th time the Ducks have messed around just before half. Cost them huge this time.

The only potential years that I remember had questionable final 4 was 2014 with tOSU sneaking in and maybe when Scott Frost had UCF 12-0 in 2017. The precedent has been there. You are a 12-1 solo conference champion and you are in the playoffs. All the computer metrics say the Ducks shouldn't be in the top 4, yet they have been put there every time by this committee this year. tOSU vs Oregon is different than MSU vs Michigan. Oregon controlled the whole game. MSU I would go far as say got lucky to win. I saw no problem with the committee moving Michigan ahead of MSU. Proved to the correct call. There are 3 weeks left in the season. That is way to long to be worrying about the rankings. Ducks win out, they are in. I have no proof, only historical precedent.

For all of the complaining about Oregon not being dominate, they are hardly ever behind in the 2nd half. Team Time behind in 2nd half Fresno St. 2min 57 seconds tOSU Never Stoney Brook Never Arizona Never Stanford 14 mins 4 seconds Cal 2 min 14 seconds UCLA 3 mins Colorado Never Washington Never WSU Never

I think we forget the Playoff selection committee has zero ties to ESPN. What makes anybody think this committe wants Cincinnati in? I get it is a popularity contest, but Cincy is not popular. Cincy will have only played 1 top 25 team. Only SMU and Houston will be top 30 teams. They will have played 6 teams ranked 92nd to 180th. Ducks will have played 3 top 25 games. Only 2 games with teams over 100. Pretty easy for Cincy to win all their games, when half of their schedule is against teams you can put your back ups in the 2nd half. I'm not convinced that WF or a 1 loss Big 12 team don't pass Cincy in the final rankings. SCHOOL SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBER Arizona State Paola Boivin Colorado Rick George Georgia State Charlie Cobb Iowa Gary Barta Kansas State Gene Taylor Kentucky Mitch Barnhart NC State Boo Corrigan Notre Dame Rod West Ohio Charlie Cobb Stanford Tyrone Willingham Wyoming Tom Burman

In my opinion, if Oregon wins out, regardless of tOSU winning out, they are in. If Cincy was going to be ahead of the Ducks, they would already be ahead of the Ducks. tOSU, Michigan, Michigan St. all play each other, so there are going to be 2 more losses between those 3 teams. Only 1 B1G Ten team can have 1 loss. I see Oregon ending up behind the B1G Ten champ in the final poll. ND has no signature win, unless people call beating Wisconsin with 3 losses a signature win. Even if Alabama beats Georgia, nothing changes in the top 4. Those 2 teams, Oregon and a 1 loss B1G Ten champ. There is always something in winning your games on your schedule, but not every schedule is the same. Houston may be 9-1, but their lone loss was against Texas Tech. TT is 6-4. The playoff committe has 3 people linked with Pac 12 schools. I don't see the Ducks getting left out if they win out.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi/_/view/resume Computers have the Ducks SOS higher than Georgia and Alabama right now.

Did anybody else have a bad feeling how the game ended? I hope the Big 12 levy a huge fine on Baylor and some sort of punishment on HC Dave Aranda. Calling two time outs was extremely poor sportsmanship and quite frankly dangerous. I'm not sure how the refs did not throw a flag for delay of game when the fans rushed the field with time still on the clock. On the other hand, I'm sure Aranda was letting Oklahoma know how he felt with them leaving the Big 12 and going to the SEC.

I'd obviously want to stay ahead of tOSU in the standings, but if the Ducks win out, they are in the top 4. Being in the top 4 is the only thing that matters to me. This year isn't the Ducks year, but I'll take it. The Ducks are built for 2022, 2023 and hopefully beyond.

Dominating is not always shown in the final score. I'd say Oregon dominated tOSU, UW and WSU. I know while watching tOSU, I was only slightly nervous we would lose in the 2nd half, since we hadn't yet made it a pattern of winning by 1 score. UW had 166 yards and 7 first downs for the whole game. The Ducks had 427 and 22. If AB doesn't throw the INT, the Ducks are up 10-2 at half, instead of 10-9. Against WSU Oregon dominated every quarter except the 2nd quarter. Turnovers are part of the game, but Oregon's fumble in the 1st half was huge for WSU. The AB TD was absolutely not a fumble at the goal line. I sit right at that goal line and it was pretty clear where AB was with the ball. The video replay looked pretty clear to me as well. 38-24 score might not have shown it was a dominating performance, but the Ducks dominated WSU. I'd always prefer to win by 17+, but we all know MC's MO isn't to do that. A surprising stat to me. The Ducks are #10 in the nation in rushing offense. They are averaging 227.7 on offense and only giving up 119.9 on defense. No need to see their D giving up 248 yards of passing. They are better than tOSU, they are giving up 261. Michigan State is last in FBS giving up 329.0.

Cincy is going to be left out of the CFP, no way Fickell stays there. USC dumpster fire is still better than Cincy for a head coach. If the Pac 12 wants respect, they need more than Oregon to be an above average football team. It would mean more competition for Oregon, but Fickell could be exactly what the Pac 12 needs to get respect. I don't want to be the ACC in football.

Yep, Sewell is only going to be a Duck for 1 more season. I have a feeling even Flowe will only be here for 1 more season, even with his injury history. I hope not, because I can't see him going earlier than round 3 or 4, even with an all american season next year.

One doesn't really come without the other. If Uncle Phil doesn't spend hundreds of millions for Oregon, we are not what we are today. There are very few little engines that could that over achieve without money for long periods of time. Other than Oregon, Washington, USC and maybe UCLA and ASU, no other Pac 12 school will ever reach elite for more than a few seasons. They don't spend enough money. Stanford had their 5 year run around Andrew Luck and have since become meh. No Pac 12 school, other than Stanford and Oregon have put together 3 consecutive seasons of 10+ wins or more since 2010. Look at the teams that can be considered elite/top 15 teams for a decade or more. You will be hard pressed to find a team that doesn't spend a ton of money. Money doesn't buy you everything because you also need a coach, but one without the other works only for a few years.

Correction to the article, Utah and ASU both have 6 wins as of 11/12/21 and are bowl eligible. That is the fewest out of any P5 conference.

I think head to head should be part of the process, but it obviously can't be the whole process. If it were, then Texas A&M should be ranked higher than Alabama. Then Arkansas and Mississippi St. should be ranked ahead of both Texas A&M and Alabama. It would also mean Stanford should be ranked ahead of Oregon. I also think how the game was played matters as well. Oregon was "dominating" tOSU the whole game. MSU I'd argue snuck out a win vs Michigan. I'd say those are two very different wins. B1G Ten refs also confirmed they messed up on a call late in the game, that helped MSU win. MSU won at home, while Oregon won on the road. I wouldn't like it, but if tOSU wins out, I have no doubt they will be ahead of Oregon in the final rankings. They have played a much more challenging schedule than the Ducks. Head to head should matter when everything else is equal, but their SOS is much greater than the Ducks. Good thing we have 4 more games to go to work everything out.

Way too many games to play the what if game, but it is fun. Worst case for the Ducks: Georgia loses to Alabama in the SEC championship game, so both are 12-1. Oklahoma wins out and one of the B1G Ten teams finishes 12-1. Cincinnati is NOT going to be ahead of a 12-1 P5 team or 11-1 ND. Ducks 12-1 > 11-1 ND. I'd say Ducks 12-1 > 12-1 Big 12 team as well as long as tOSU wins out. If they lose a game, then that great win is that much less. If Georgia beats Alabama, then the Ducks are for sure in if they win out. A 2 loss Alabama team isn't getting in ahead of any 12-1 P5 champion. I can't remember the last time everything "went according to plan" for the top 5 or 6 teams this early in November.