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I'm very very surprised by this, he's had two years as a starter, he's one of the top 3 centers in the country, he has to believe he would get drafted at least in day 2 of the draft. He must have a pretty good deal in NIL. Really shows that you have no idea who will return nowadays.

The offense has nothing to be disappointed about from Saturday, the defense should be ashamed about their performance, it was putrid in the second half, and the first half wasn't as good as the score would say. What this means for the Orange Bowl, probably not a whole lot. The defense has been good for most of the year, but it is concerning that they haven't shut down a good offense yet this season. It's a defense that has feasted on bad offenses, Indiana and USC were able to accomplish a lot, I don't think TT is as good as these offenses though. I still think we should win, but we have to be better on defense, we have to get more pressure, the run defense has to stiffen up, we have to better in every facet of the defense if we want to win the lot. I don't think we'll do it since we haven't been able to shut down a good offense yet, the offense is going to have to make up for it.

The defense is simply not good enough, 400+ yards of offense, 26 points, getting confused all over the place, it's not acceptable and it doesn't give me confidence for the future. Looks like Lupoi is too focused on the new job. If I'm Lanning I'm furious at his players, himself, and most importantly the coaches, this is a C- performance at best for the D.

Good response after the trick play.

Would be nice if the defense decided to do their job. How you don't anticipate that double throw is beyond me, completely obvious that it was coming. Way too many yards given up already.

I don't think it was as much that he turned down the job as much as it is that it proved that he's going to stay here for a time. Recruits have known what Oregon is about for a while, but Lanning being very direct that he isn't going anywhere for the near future means that recruits probably feel more comfortable committing. This is especially true after having multiple coaches leave.

The magic of NIL, I would think Bear would have a good chance to be drafted in the middle rounds.

Lanning has done enough to simply trust him on these decisions, if it doesn't work out then it's on him. I'm not that concerned really about Mehringer, I'm sure they all know what sort of coach he is, of course the one thing that is of a little concern is the play-calling, but you have to think he has impact on that this year if he's now being given the keys.

No idea who will take that job, no clue whatsoever. I'm sure the university would have rather this come out mid season than now since this means the recruiting class will be broken up and they don't even get the opportunity to go after the coaches that have now been hired. Kind of a nightmare for Michigan. Campbell would have been very good for them if he was still available.

SEC, always talks about how tough the conference is, how they deserve everything due to record, yet they refuse to acknowledge that the record is sustain due to playing 8 conference games so that everyone gets an extra win on their record. Let's see how that goes when the conference is guaranteed an extra 8 losses. Kirby Smart is soft for saying it will destroy the league, if the league is so great they will be able to survive it and thrive. Notre Dame is a close second for thinking that they are so special that they don't have to be in a conference without suffering consequences at times. If they were in a conference then I would have more sympathy for them.

I don't think it's a bad idea. Gonzaga is a bad example, they worked themselves into a position where they could take on those challenges, women's basketball is also very different, you see a lot less upsets in women's basketball, there just isn't the distribution of talent. There is a lot of upheaval at OSU, and it would be a good idea to pause the series until the Beavs get their feet under themselves again. I don't want to see that series become a joke like the football game is now. That's just my opinion.

I don't think Oregon should be ahead of A&M, A&M has a win over Notre Dame on the road, that alone should put them ahead of the Ducks, which would be fine with me since I want the number 6 slot.

The 5 stars never do well in their first year here. Walker, Ware, Bittle, Evans all major disappointments in their first year. Bol Bol is the only one that actually looked like a top 25 freshman in his first year. Amazingly I think we miss Bamba, he was our best perimeter defender, he's tough, he can play bully ball, he took care of the basketball, Simpkins is a better scorer but a much much worse defender, he can't rebound and doesn't get to the rim well against these better teams. Last year's team had a ton of flaws, but they were experienced, Angel, Bamba, Barthelemy, Cook all multiyear starters, we now have a bunch of guys who either haven't played at this level, haven't been starters, or they've never played D1 basketball.

Basically the team is very very average at best, a lot of guys who haven't improved and nobody who has come into the program who can be a difference maker. Our two best players can't play defense together on the pick and roll. Bittle isn't athletic enough to hedge out and Shelstad isn't big enough or quick enough to get around the screen. We really struggle to defend when those two are at the point of attack. Opposing guards killed us. I miss Dante.

If the team doesn't improve massively this is Altman's worst team since his first season. I don't see them as a top half team in the league. I doubt they get close to a tourney bid, they'll have no good non-conference wins as they will get blow out by Gonzaga if they play even close to what they have shown in the last two games. The thing that I'm most frustrated by is the lack of basketball IQ, they don't look like they know how to play team basketball, they don't look like they know what the scheme is offensively or defensively, that's on the coaches, both in identifying talent and in coaching the team to be ready at the start of the season.