spartan2785

Geez 150!? Get that man a cheeseburger!

Wish the new SDSU stadium was around 45,000 instead of 35,000, probably would make a good venue for a bowl game like the Holiday. Really would probably still be a better venue (sight lines, amenities, etc.).

I don't disagree with the idea of flagrant PI being a spot foul, but get two and you're out of the game! It's no different from an obvious holding penalty to save a sack, it's not endangering the opponent, and it's not a personal foul that is after the play, that seems way way overboard.

Am I crazy to kind of want us to use that helmet at some point?

I would respectfully disagree, Bama has gone to the portal for specific needs, they don't need to go wild bringing in 10+ guys because they already have the dudes they need to win, they just need to pick the cream of the crop to fill in specific needs. You'll see these teams go for quality over quantity. Look at Georgia they just went to the portal for a couple of WRs from SEC schools, if there was one area where they probably could use a talent upgrade it was WR. What we will see are dramatic changes in fortune for various teams as they deal with roster turnover both negative and positive.

I wouldn't really be opposed to moving the signing date to early January, I do wonder if we don't still need two signing periods, since it allows teams to adjust if they don't get certain players they thought they had in the bag and then they suffer a late decommitment. Bowl games are a mixed bag, some are meaningless to the fans, players, even coaches (other than practice time), others though can be used as fuel for the future, specifically those teams who have been bad for a number of years. Momentum into the next season can be a thing for some programs. Oregon this year is a in a weird position for it's bowl game, I'm sure a lot of the program is disappointed to be playing in the Holiday bowl when they thought they would be playing in the Rose Bowl or even the CFP, on the other hand it also represents a chance to end Lanning's first season on a positive note in front of a national audience. Historically the Holiday Bowl has been pretty competitive for the teams that play in it.

Anybody heard if he'll go pro early? Been here 4 years, but would have the extra covid year if he wants it. Would be a great guy to have next year since he was one of our few players who could get to the QB occasionally.

I have to think we increased our offer after we lost Moore. On another note it feel so depressing to say that. Just free agency, like we missed out on our number 1 target and now we'll throw that money at another free agent.

I know I've said it a ton, but I have no idea why Altman has decided to start recruiting guys who can't shoot, we have no snipers that you can't leave open, it's a complete whiff on getting guys that actually work in today's game. Soares can't shoot, Guerrier isn't reliable at all, Rigsby can't shoot, Williams can't shoot, Bittle can't shoot, no one can shoot on this team other than Richardson, I just don't get it. And if you try to say that Barthelemy and Couisnard can shoot, I would say look at their stats, they aren't knock down shooter either. You can leave anyone open on this team and you wouldn't feel in danger at all other than maybe Richardson.

Nice, getting embarrassed by Utah Valley now, team still can't shoot worth a damn, would be nice if Altman would remember to recruit shooters.

disappointing that this is on some internet site that charges a subscription fee.

We need both if you ask me, you need the present as well the future, I'm not saying this is a failure by the coaching staff, just saying this is a blow to the future of the program since this seems like a good year for QBs, and Moore has established himself as one of the best. Rest of the class looks great though.

Sure looking like we are loosing Moore, kind of ruins this recruiting class, need to have a freshman QB, we can not keep relying on transfer QBs. Then again it sounds like Moore just wants a job handed to him if he's considering going to UCLA.

It's really tough to say what their upside is right now, we'll know a whole lot more after the games against Arkansas and UCLA, split those and I think getting to the second weekend becomes more of realistic expectation than just a upside hope. One thing that that really strikes me is that the Pac-12 is good and deep this year. Stanford, Utah, UCLA, Washington, USC, and Arizona all have either 1 or 0 losses. Nobody in the Pac-12 is .500 or under, it's going to be a dog fight in conference this year, could see at least half the conference get into the tourney depending on how it goes.

I don't hate the Beavs, I find it annoying to lose to them when it happens (in all sports), their fans of course hate us (for some good reasons I think at times), but for the most part I root for them when we aren't playing them or it doesn't help us in some way. So congrats to Smith, he certainly deserves it.

Thought both coaches made some weird decisions, Oregon went really small for stretches when OSU went to the double bigs which is where they began to really put it on the ducks, didn't seem like Oregon responded until OSU went away from what was working, really strange that they left Beers out for so long during the final stretch. In the end Rodgers saved the Ducks, tremendous effort from her.

I also remember a certain Holiday Bowl against Mack Brown many moons ago!

Don't really have a strong opinion on this, I guess it's a decent hire, definitely don't think it's automatic home run, would have preferred someone with more experience. I guess it's at least an easy fit in terms of style. In regards to the possibility of the UTSA QB coming here potentially, watching the film he seems accurate, but the arm strength is a bit lacking I thought, doesn't mean he can't succeed, but it makes it little harder.

I hope Nix will make his decision soon so that Oregon will have more certainty in what they need to do before January rolls around, can't be left wanting a transfer and then have to choose from what is left after all the top guys have already committed. Right now it looks like they might need one if not two transfers, or they need to pick up a freshmen recruit. Have to have at least three scholarship QBs on the roster.

In my opinion she's a big upgrade on Prince, she hustles, she rebounds, she defends, which in all honesty Prince didn't do, Prince could shoot and that's about it for someone her size. We don't need Kyei to score a ton on post ups or mid range, we have Van Slooten to do that sort of stuff, we need someone to do the dirty work.

I appreciate that Lanning is a first year head coach, I appreciate the fact that in general it's good to try to be aggressive where you can, but these past two losses have been madness. I'm more concerned that Lanning isn't learning, you can not have your last 3 drives end on downs when you have been up the entire game, you just can't. You can't expect to run the ball 3 times down inside the 5 when you haven't shown the ability to do that consistently, taking the ball out of your best players' hands. This game just screamed hubris, and that's very very concerning. I'm also concerned that we never seemed to make any adjustment on defense in the second half, it was just bad football. This was an all-time choke job and it was on the coaches making horrible play calls, no adjustments mid game, and a general inability to learn from past mistakes.

Horrible play calling, coaches losing this game, horrible.

Defensive line has been awful, getting road grated all game, LBs have been horrible as well. Lazy, catch the ball and call a fair catch

Horrible, just giving the game away, completely taking plays off, no fire.

He is the worst color commentator in college football, it's not even that close, no enthusiasm, no knowledge, sticks to the same idea for the entirety of the game, biased, just awful.