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Another one that (to me) is not surprising. MSU maybe? Could also see him at Michigan but you never know what might happen with the mess they have on their hands. Still talk out there that Harbaugh will bolt to the NFL.

Would be interesting if he does land at MSU. He seemed a bit perturbed about Smith based on a tweet he posted after Smith announced his departure. On a separate note, anyone catch the comment from Trent Bray in his presser yesterday? When asked about Smith's departure he said 'it didn't sit quite right with me...' Guessing he was pretty sure he was getting the job but again the high road is always the best route no matter how we feel privately.

Not too surprising. Wish him well.

Totally feel the same Charles. I am trying to really focus on work as a distraction and it's not working. I keep pausing and then find my self thinking about the game. UGH. I am very nervous. One thing I am hoping is that there are more Duck fans than Dawg fans and they make lots of noise. Can it just be Friday at 5 pm?????? Please

My nerves are in high gear. Thinking about if I will be able to sleep on Thursday night.

I'm admittedly not a gambling aficionado so a translation here would help. Don't understand about the money being 3/1 in favor of the Dawgs. Will appreciate a quick primer.

The Thursday story seems to be making the rounds and many OS fans are running with that as the reason for the defeat. Nick Daschel, the OS Oregonian beat writer was asked about that on Twitter (X) and Nick is no Duck lover in any way shape or form (he's all in on the built not bought thing and has particular disdain for all things green and yellow) but even Nick when asked about this playing into the beavs having little or no fire or passion said, and I quote 'they were beaten by a freaking good team'.

Heard they were a pretty quiet bunch starting in about the 3rd quarter on Friday night. Nowhere to run.........

Gattis won in 2021 when he was at Michigan.

I have no insights into the process but the conventional wisdom seems to be that Bray will get the job. He certainly at this point is not one of the coaches going with Smith so my assumption is the wheels were already in motion to elevate him. But they have to do due diligence I guess.

Was talking with a DUCK friend last night and he reminded me of how all his OS friends in Portland chided him big time when Mario jumped. They said over and over, 'we never have to worry about this because we have our guy and he will be a lifer and take us to the promise land'. My friend said his OS buddies have suddenly gone silent.

Always appreciate your insights Mike. Just saying, I am big time nervous. Good thing I work from home so I can take periodic breaks to calm down. Friday seems like a long time away. Maybe I need to take some long lunches these next few days.😉

According to JC the candidates are: Trent Bray- current DC and former OS player Brent Brennan- SJSU coach Josh Gattis- was Mario's OC last year and was also at Michigan. I believe Mario fired him after last year Matt Wells- current offensive analyst at Oklahoma Paul Chryst Bronco Mendenhall- guess he is looking to get back into coaching after a couple of years away- also is a former OS player and former asst @ OS Troy Calhoun- current coach at Air Force and has been an asst for a couple of NFL teams

Not trying to be nasty here in anyway so please hear me out and this is totally off topic of Mario's QB hitting the portal but it made me think about something. Maybe Mario is a better assistant than a head coach. Nothing wrong with that. Some people are great individual contributors as opposed to managers in the business world. I had an opportunity to meet Mario in 2018. It was in a social setting ( fund raiser for athletics). I came away thinking how he did not have the 'it' factor and he frankly was a little surly. He literally could not wait to get out of the event. It was almost like he was uncomfortable in a social setting. I know in college football the 'it factor' that takes on many meanings but there was something about him that just rubbed me wrong. I will always support whomever the coach is (Taggart being the exception for me breaking my rule) but something was just missing there for me. Fast forward to DL whom I also had the opportunity to meet in a social setting. Let's just say he gave new meaning to the 'it' factor. Back to our regularly scheduled programming .......

I am somewhat dubious that Mario may have grown as a coach. He is always the smartest man in the room. Then again maybe he has been humbled a bit.

He is not coming off well in ANY of these interviews he is doing. First it was the one with JC, then his post game presser, then the clip where he says he was planning to leave all along. Sheesh- stop talking and just invoke the standard line, 'it was an opportunity I just could not pass up'.

Were there not some rumors that his parents were very unhappy with Mario? Thought I read that somewhere. Not that it matters.

Hope OS is having those billboards taken down pronto.

Couple of things have struck me about this whole thing with Smith. It seems he is not who we thought he was and unfortunately I think OS fans are coming to that realization too. There is a video of him making the rounds on twitter where he openly says he knew he was leaving awhile back. Not gonna link it but it is easy to find. First thing is apparently no one told him it's not a good idea to burn a bridge. I get the coaching world is different than the jobs we all have but still never burning a bridge is a good thing to keep in mind. The second thing that seemed odd to me was when he did the interview with Canzano and said his agent was checking things out (not his exact words but close) he showed his hand. Again we all know how Canzano is when he gets nuggets like that. Seems the correct response to John would have been something along the lines of ' I am focused on the task at hand and that is the game against Oregon'. Can't imagine who his players felt when they heard that. I totally get the frustration of the OS fans and as Ducks we can certainly relate having endured Slick Willy and Mario. The net is all these guys lied. I hope Dan is seeing all this. I am guessing he is.

But the author made the point that he doesn’t think Stein moves. Given Trayler was passed over at TAMU, he could be a fit for UH. Could not see Stein making a lateral move as OC to UH.

Rumor is he injured his ribs in the UO game and has still not recovered.

Lanning knew Alexander from his Ga days. There's a reason he didn't want him. Word is he is not a hard worker and he's a 'me' guy.

Smith's comments were very interesting to say the least. Is he playing a leverage game with his AD, maybe. Putting it on his agent was an interesting take as well. I might have taken the high road here and said something like, 'John, I understand you asking but we have a big game this week and I am solely focused on that'. It's coachspeak for sure but Smith really fanned the flames IMO. Of course most anything he said or didn't say was going to be scrutinized but there are times when it's best to let the sleeping dogs lie for the moment.

As long as we have been debating Canzano in another thread, just wondering if it's okay to rain on Nick Daschel the Beav beat writer at the O? ( I never said I was noble 😉) He must be in total meltdown mode reading that the Beavs are underdogs. He would expect the Beavs to be favored heavily against Alabama and Georgia. Oh and he clearly hates the DUCKS big time.

You are correct Mic in that they will be in Vegas but the flight from Vegas to Eugene is not a long one and no matter what happens they fly back after the game. The coaches may leave separately and hit the road to recruit but one way or another the base will be covered.