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Okay, this one is pretty funny, Neuheisel Jr. still looks like he's a student and he's been around for a while now.

Doubt it, it's still Oklahoma-Texas, I don't think they ever miss that game.

It certainly helps when you have a major talent upgrade in the players around the QB. I think Stein and the program certainly do a good job developing QBs, but if you look at Gabriel he pretty much had the same type of season, difference in record was simply playing for a team with a better defense. Nix and Moore had substantial upgrades in the guys around them. I think they certainly improved their own skills while here, but it's hard to not notice how many more weapons and protection they have compared to their former teams. I'm hopeful that our next QB will be one of the guys who we recruited out of high school, it would be good to see we can develop guys from their freshman year to when they begin to start.

I honestly don't think this really means anything. I doubt a players would be talking about how eager they are leave college for the pros at this point in the year. Most players in this situation would say something similar, doesn't mean that he isn't being honest, just means it's way too early to be making predictions on if he will leave or not. I don't think anyone can make predictions in this new age of NIL, it's way too complicated now.

Awesome, I see the injury bug has returned to Oregon basketball, I guess hoping for more than 1 year of injury free basketball was too much to ask.

There will definitely be some takers, it's just a matter of what level they are. I'm willing to bet that Hughes could still get a call from a reasonably upper power 4 team, no idea who, but with the production he had at Tulane, I'm willing to bet somebody will have a spot for him. Makes no sense to stay here when you have two freshmen who are already ahead of you in the pecking order.

Disappointed, this is a game that deserves to be under the lights.

I think it was a mix of being tired and taking the foot off the gas just that little bit that made a difference. Overall Tupoi probably called his best game in his time at Oregon. The D won the game for Oregon along with the ground game. I'm not taking anything away from Moore, but our ability to have so many weapons to throw at Penn St. was the difference. Wide Receivers have a ton to be proud of in this game, they were the major question mark going into this season, and we're so much deeper than we were last year in this area of the game. This is such a huge win for the program. We have now won the trifecta of road wins in the conference. In our last 5 years we are 3-0 in road games at Michigan, Ohio St., and Penn St. That is a huge statement.

Great win, a lot of props to Penn St for coming back in a game where they looked dead in the water, they're a tough team, I feel for Allar, I think he's a good kid, he's been through a lot, he's not a great QB, but he's a tough son of a gun. We could have totally folded after those gut punches, but Dante Moore is a special player. We have some great receivers, a lot of very good clutch catchers where other receivers might have dropped them. Defense comes up huge in the end in a game where they were dominant for 3 and half quarters. We have a great team. Go take the week off now, rest, and get ready for an extremely hungry Indiana team!

Happy and frustrated at the same time, you look at the yardage and we should be up by at least a score, defense has played their best game against a top 5 opponent.....well ever so far. Offense is close, but the play calling has to be better at times, and we have to finish plays. This is the sort of game we've criticized other teams as boring, but when you're in it, it feels like a heavyweight fight 😂

Pretty much, we've executed better, but we've also had some strange play calls. Stein is always throwing too many WR screens. Moore has been good, but he's also been a little off at times, nothing major, but he can play better, thrown off his back foot a couple times.

Alright, redeemed himself a bit there. We're close, we're very close to breaking through, D has to keep up their performance. Would be big to get a 3 and out and then TD before the half.

Yeah, it's looking like a game that might finish with both teams under 20 points.

I see we don't have a great kicker as usual. Have to make those kicks in this sort of game.

Very early, but the D looks locked in. Love the play recognition on the screen pass.

Not doing a great job in pass protect. Going to be an intense game.

They want to start the second half with the ball. Classic attempt to score at the end of the half and then score on the first possession of the second half. Most teams do this now. I prefer this approach as well, Lanning usually defers to the second half.

The white out record is more because they have almost always been against Michigan or Ohio St. which have had much better teams most years compared to Penn St. It will be a very intimidating place to play. We really don't need to call it overrated.

I really think this is the entire game. We will score some points, I don't think we'll score like we did in the Championship game, but we'll score enough to win. It will be if we can hold the PSU run game to under 175 yards or so. The closer we've come to game time the more optimistic I've gotten. Allar is just not a great QB, he's fine, but I believe our secondary is better than last year, and I don't think Penn St. has upgraded enough at the WR positions to overcome losing Warren in the pass game. I also have become more positive over generating a pass rush with Tuioti and Matayo U. I am a little worried that our scheme is not designed well to counter the heavy rush approach of Penn St. We very rarely focus on the run, the Mint scheme is more about holding in check the passing game than it is loading the box and stopping heavy rushing attacks, our lines will need to buck up and set the edge well. Reading this week it seems Penn St. is rushing more to the outside which would mirror what they did to us in the Championship game, can our edges hold up is the question?

From all accounts it's a more difficult place to play compared to those that you mentioned. Michigan is not a difficult place to play, it's too spread out, no roof, the fans are not exactly known for noise. Ohio St. is better, but it is also not known for huge amounts of noise. UW is probably the only place we've played where noise is definitely a factor, they have good fans when the team is good, the renovations have moved the fans closer, you have the huge roofs keeping the sound in, and from what I've heard the water also helps some. Great environment there when the Huskies are good.

No, the wrong team is not favored. Oregon has shown some small flaws, PSU has shown about the same amount of small flaws. If you look at the game last year Penn St. ran all over Oregon, we couldn't stop it, they couldn't stop us, but that was with a different QB who had the most experience ever by a college QB, this year while I really like the look Dante Moore, he is unproven in this sort of game. Penn St. returns two NFL RBs, we have not looked like a top 5 team against the run, we haven't looked bad, but it hasn't been as dominant as you might like. Ultimately the game is in Happy Valley, that means the home team should be favored in what I would say is a tossup.

Arkansas is probably capable of making a surprise run at getting into the SEC title game, I probably would say they would struggle to maintain any amount of success over a long period. They have good facilities, that isn't an issue, but it seems to be difficult to recruit there. It's probably the closest to being a basketball school as anyone outside of Kentucky. When I think about Arkansas sports it's more Nolan Richardson than Houston Nutt or Petrino.

It all comes down to how our two lines play, if they step up their game we can play with just about anyone, if they don't improve we'll struggle against the elite teams. They have to start throwing their weight around and get better with their technique, too many mistakes to survive against the teams that are in the top 15. I'll also be interested to see how our game calling evolves.

Indiana is going to be a very tough game if we don't step up our game, I'm very glad that one is after a bye.

A lot of great catches on that drive by the receiver/TE units.