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🤞There are some rumblings this will get worked out by Saturday. No guarantees but a ray of hope.

What could possibly go wrong??????

Even though Payton keeps denying he is not ready to name a starter.😉

I don't get too worked up over this. It seems to be norm in college football. Saban was the master of coach speak and Kirby is the same way so it's easy to see how Dan learned from them. I think fans in general get it and understand why coaches do it.

Not too surprising since Dad is an asst coach at Nebraska now

Apparently this reporter has very selective memory. Tennessee paid big money for Nico Lamaleava. Those in the know in Knoxville have said he was paid $8 million. I guess that doesn't count????

And to think they were not even a top 50 defense prior to Dan’s arrival. Mario cycled through DCs - Leavitt, Avalos, DeRutyer for sure.

Imagine their grief IF one of them were to flip?🤬

Word is that his girlfriend is going to UT on a soccer scholarship and he did not want to be so far away from her. He supp went supposedly asked others on the team at UO how they manage this sort of thing and all told him it can be done. Apparently he was not convinced.

I just hate when the teacher asks me to summarize chapter 8 and I only read the first 4. Yikes, this was not a surprise event. He had some time to prepare a few remarks. Beyond cringeworthy.

Supposedly had family coming in from out of town to celebrate and due to the airline computer fiasco today their flights were canceled. But agree the extra time is concerning.

Jon Landau would like a word with Max Olsen- Jon wrote this in 1974. "I saw rock and roll's future and its name is Bruce Springsteen!,"

Yep - seems like LSU made a big time late push

John just can't help himself. I get his ' I love the little guy' message but enough. Out of one side of his mouth he blames the schools for their lack of marketing and branding, then he wants us all to feel sorry for them because they got left behind. Hey John, we see what you are doing there. It's pretty straight forward, I need Bray and Dickert to come on my radio show so I have to patronize them in a way gives new meaning to obsequiousness and then I need to look like I am not showing any bias so periodically I will criticize them.

I am so confused, they are an academically prowess institution with so many esteemed alums who are so affluent that one would think their NIL coffers would be over flowing. 🤔

This is epic!

Per James Crepea

The bigger question in my opinion is do the troyboys have cranial vaults?

Great article. Hoping it continues. The indicators for success are trending in the right direction. Yes, Dan can recruit, but all indications are he can coach as well and has surrounded himself with good people. Remember what Steve Jobs said 'it doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do. Hire smart people so they can tell you what to do'. I think Dan (unlike his predecessor whom I have never hidden my disdain for) does this and it's created a culture of accountability and success THUS FAR. Yes, we all wish the UW games ended in a different manner last year BUT if Dan and his team learned from that then yes Oregon will be a big time player as long as DL is here. His ability to recruit will only grow.

Hope I'm wrong, but this seems like TAMU might win this one.

I read those comments from.the USC keyboard warriors and I can't help but think of the Mark Twain axiom, ‘ better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt’.

Wow- I know coaches say they don't pay attention to stuff like this but having briefly met Mario and heard about his huge ego, my guess is he is paying attention.

Malchow and DL are joined at the hip.and together their vision is what is driving this.

There was more to his departure than just money. Lots of behind the scenes stuff. I’ll respectfully leave it at that since its water under the bridge now.

I am much more interested in recruiting because it's obvious Dan has a methodology and his BS meter (hope I can say that) is very finely tuned. His predecessors just looked at stars. I get the star gazing but a good recruiter digs in and looks for the little things. Dan said something awhile back that has always resonated with me because it's what I have relied upon for many years in my line of work, building relationships. And to further amplify that, a part of building relationships is listening for what someone DOES not say. I have heard from good sources Dan is 'very astute and in tune' given his youth. He clearly learned well from Nick, Kirby and Mike Norvell. I am sure there are others but those stand out obviously.