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I believe we’re a legitimate Finals contender, assuming we avoid an abnormal run of injuries. Since Dan Lanning took over at Oregon, the program has generally stayed healthy, and there’s little reason to expect that trend to change. I’m also encouraged by the changes at both offensive and defensive coordinator. While both are internal promotions, each brings a distinct approach to play-calling and scheme. If the on-field product stagnates or mirrors what we saw this season without improvement, Lanning has shown he won’t hesitate to evaluate those decisions and, if necessary, look externally for upgrades. Lanning has consistently demonstrated growth as a head coach, and that willingness to evolve is exactly what you want in a top-tier program leader. Additionally, I expect the young talent from the last two recruiting classes to contribute immediately. The roster is loaded with hungry, high-upside players who are ready to make an impact. Maybe the green-and-yellow OBD glasses are on—but that’s fine. Ducks football has earned the optimism. 🦆💚💛

I may have missed this if it’s already been mentioned, but how many of the players currently in the portal are following Tosh and Stein to their new programs? It seems reasonable to think this has inflated our usual portal numbers, especially once Lanning is upfront with players about their limited chances of cracking the two-deep. To this point, we’ve only lost one player who was actually on the two-deep, which matters. I’m going to continue trusting Lanning until he gives us a real reason not to. I understand the frustration with Friday night’s performance. That said, taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture, I don’t remember us entering the season with realistic national championship expectations. We took another step forward this year, and I genuinely believe that progress will continue next season. I’ll start calling for heads or leadership changes when I see this program stall or regress—not while it’s still moving forward.

32-23 Ducks 2TO 3Sacks 292 passing yards

osu2 21 — Vols 23 Whoever wins, doesn’t win… Facing Oregon in the Rose Bowl, same as a baseball bat to the head!

Oregon 35-13 3 5 318

Hearing lots of chatter that Texas has played sub par teams to this point and now playing a “real” team they are getting exposed! as I’m typing this Texas is driving… that said, Texas is getting exposed. Not much space between the current top 3 teams.

I’m not going to pretend I know what the financials look like at SUC… I feel A&M have deeper pockets due to all the Oil Money. Living here in Texas for 3+ years and chatting with some A&M alumni, they’re not shy bragging about their financial situation. Just my 2 cents and nothing more.

It’s been very interesting reading and listening to some of the talking heads about this game. As of today (10.8.24) it’s been a split decision based on the camp you’re in. I will say the talk out of Ohio St. is a bit condescending, this could be my read or how they intended it. The comments (Ohio St. fans and B10 pundits) about Oregon takes me back to a book I read as a child (The Little Engine That Could). Oregon is that cute little team joining the “REAL” teams and it’s admirable they are even trying! My next comments come from my OBD glasses point of view. Ohio St. does not realize how rabid, loud, and knowledgeable our fan base is! We are 60K that will rival 100K seat stadiums, IMHO we truly have a 12th man. The way our stadium is built… we fans are truly on your back and in your ear the entire game! Please understand, this game is going to be close, neither team has played another with talent so equal to their own. While the odds makers have us at -3 or -3.5 (depending on the site) that’s a pick’em game in the betting world (just ask all the gamblers on this site)! I’m 100% here for this and Lanning has been here before! He will have this team prepped and my hope is we see both the Offense and Defense cut loose! If it wasn’t for the arthritis in my right knee (getting old sucks!)… I’d run through a brick wall I’m so geeked out! These are just the ramblings of an old man and nothing more! GO DUCKS!!!

So living in Texas, this means the game doesn’t start till 10 for me. Just sucks!

Great read Jon! I have always believed no polls should be posted till after game 5 of the season. Too many times have I seen top 25 teams upset in non-conference games opening the season. These pre-season polls are great eye candy and nothing more.

Agree, Cam was a “good” QB, let’s see what Cam has to say in 6-8 years when Herbert’s career is winding down. I’ll bet Cam’s accomplishments pale in comparison to Herbert’s.

A buddy of mine tried to tell me this game was a defensive battle! I feel that’s the default position for any SEC or BIG10 supporter when games like this take place. No offense and entertaining as watching paint dry. I didn’t get to watch the game but looking at the comments here and the game stats… I feel this was a game that lacked offense, not a defensive battle. As always, I’m old and could be wrong.

I have a question for everyone here, is rent a QB going to be our future? I don’t have an issue if we have no one in the wings, or our QB stable is full of mediocre players, but I don’t think that’s the case. Could this come back to bite us with QB commits? Oregon has developed some really outstanding QBs over the years. Maybe I’m just old and this is the wave of the future for college football. Just something I had bouncing around my brain bucket.

Lanning is a young coach, let’s see how he responds to this loss and season. My feeling is he’s going to grow, becoming a force as a head coach. I don’t like to see our Ducks fail, I hope this season and these losses lead to Lanning and his staff) growing as coaches. I’m excited to see what year 3 brings. How fun would it be to pull Ohio State in our bowl game. Beating them would be a nice way to say hello to our new conference.

Disclaimer: I’m being sarcastic about everyone but DL. IMHO all three said the same thing… 😜 Just because the first two sound like used car salesmen (sorry to anyone who’s a used car salesman) that you’d choke out with your bare hands doesn’t mean a thing. The problem is DL diverted from “coach speak” (which the other two did beautifully) by being clear, concise, and to the point that him leaving was not happening! The other two are top tier BLOVIATORS and we know first hand the teams who bought their BS… either regret, or, are regretting ever choosing them. As my grandpa always said “You can’t polish a turd!”