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Never underestimate Marshall Malchow. He is 1000% legit.

I'm sure he is thinking very hard. Dan is a bit of a mad scientist, but in a different way than Chip was.

I know the opinions on James are mixed and certainly mine are at times. One thing I will say is that for all his long winded questions at pressers and post game interviews, he is pretty astute. His insights are typically well researched and his reasoning tends to be sound. Is he always right??? No, but are any of us???? He came out with his Rose Bowl analysis this AM and I am sure there will be plenty more, but this one is his Sneak Peek column and he picks the Ducks to win 31-28. Just sharing- the article is behind a pay wall so can't link it but if you have access to the Oregonian it's worth a few minutes of your time.

I am sure Dan will share this with the team. You know like the manager at the team meeting who brings everyone up to date on all the 'company activity' .

Willy Lyles and Willy Taggart are two distinctly different things with regard to Oregon football. One got Oregon in big trouble with the NCAA over recruiting violations which were serious. Chip’s fingerprints were all over the mess along with another former assistant coach. But, back to our regularly scheduled programming and Rose bowl focus.

Chip’s exit to the NFL was aided by the Willy Lyles investigation . Remember that? Chip was potentially due to be severely sanctioned. Leaving was the best option for him and Oregon. water under the bridge now but Chip’s options were severely limited.

Yes Chip appeared to have a great game plan aided by Tennessee’s abysmal defensive game plan. Nico needs lots of refinement and coaching.

Whoops- did not see Charles'post above but what he has stated is what I have heard as well from a couple of different people close to the program.

Word is his mother passed away and he feels the need to be closer to home.

So tired of this whole saga. The writer is clearly playing to DS. Is he trying to get the job as the SID at Colo or maybe he is the chairperson of the Deion Mutual Admiration Society. Great for Travis. Hope he does well at the next level.

I don't recall many games that Mario coached teams were prepared for. I still remember the game at Stanford when Joe Moorehead fell seriously ill and Mario had no plan. The Ducks had no clue what to do and it showed. I sat behind the bench and the coaches looked like the keystone cops. That was it for me with Mario.

Penei Sewell???

This says it all^^^^

Not related to the award itself, but did you catch Mario when they did the Cam Ward segment? First off, he said Ward was the greatest player he ever coached. I get he’s not going to go on there and laud any others but he certainly could have tried to be a bit more eloquent (yeah I know Mario and eloquent are rarely in the same sentence) but he was just bad. And his demeanor is always like he just heard the worst possible news. The guy never smiles. So glad that guy is gone.

Of course he does because it means more face time on TV for him.