GatOrlando No. 1 Share Posted January 2 This isn't a message or an excuse for Oregon losing today. Ohio State looks like they're clicking and it came after they really only played one great game (for them). That game was in a loss vs Oregon btw. My problem isn't even with Ohio State not getting a bye. But that should be remedied as well, the Big 12 and ACC are by far two tiers below the SEC and B1G. My issue is the path Penn State and Texas were given over the two teams that beat them in Championship Saturday. Oregon and Georgia were rewarded for winning, but the next day when we saw Penn State get SMU at home and Boise the week after and Texas got Clemson at home and ASU the next week compared to Ohio State/Tennessee and Notre Dame/Indiana. Which looks tougher? I'm not saying Oregon would beat Ohio State if they met for a championship. But they did beat them this year and it was clear these two were the top two teams leading up to Ohio State losing to Michigan. Heck Tennessee was looked at as far better than Indiana, SMU, Boise, ASU or Clemson. So either way the top seed gets a far tougher matchup than Penn State or Texas. I would like to see Oregon get Boise or ASU. Give Texas or Penn State the game vs Ohio State. The playoff committee needs to fix the format, not the teams. That's the conversation we need to push. It's absolutely mind boggling that we got Penn State not having to play a P4 roster two games into their playoff journey. SMU still has an AAC level roster tbh. End of rant. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 2 Share Posted January 2 One could look at the game against Ohio State and say that proves how badly Oregon got screwed by being the No.1 seed, which is obviously a problem. But there will be those who will only see that Oregon was exposed by Ohio State. Of course those will be the same bunch that will always believe that Alabama deserved to be in the Playoff. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatOrlando Author No. 3 Share Posted January 2 (edited) Alabama got beaten by Vanderbilt and a bad Oklahoma squad. The hens at ESPN were crying that they got left out. They had three losses!!! Oregon was the only undefeated team and they played everybody who is anybody in the B1G. They beat Boise as well. Give Ohio State their credit, Oregon got beat up. But everyone knew Ohio State was better than everybody outside of Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Notre Dame and Penn State. Clearly better. Oregon played their worst game in the worst moment. Not because of rust, overconfidence or Lanning imo. They just got beat by a team on a roll. What I would've like to have seen was Oregon get the worst team in the quarterfinals to work out whatever today was. Let them play Boise and punish Texas or Penn State for losing two games by giving them Ohio State. You gave the team that earned the top seed the toughest quarterfinal opponent. Texas and Penn State are still alive because they got home games vs a three loss ACC team and a two loss ACC squad with AAC level players. Then you gave them a G5 squad and a Big 12 squad with two losses and essentially the same talent level won 3 games the last two years and they were picked to finish last this year. Texas and Penn State would've been smoked today. Texas nearly lost to ASU and Boise missed two field goals that helped make the score look worse than it actually was. But Oregon would've beaten either of those teams worse than Texas or Penn State did. I don't know what will happen tomorrow night in New Orleans and the game is secondary to the tragedy that happened today. But Georgia got the second best team out of the first round winners as their prize for beating Texas twice. A champion has to be at the best, but there are rankings for a reason. Oregon got the best team in the country as it's reward for doing what nobody else did all year. Everybody else got two mulligans except Notre Dame who lost to a MAC team and plays a pretty soft schedule in comparison to Oregon. Oregon lost for the first time and doesn't get another game. That's a shame. Edited January 2 by GatOrlando 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PittDuck No. 4 Share Posted January 2 I agree, it is a shame. We had a good season, but OBD did not play their game today. Play makers did not make plays. We had ZERO sacks. They had 8. Jordan, Jamaree, and Mateo each had 1 tackle. We rushed for 28 yards. Total. Each of their running backs had 3 times that. I think today, Oregon would have been beaten by Boise State or Penn State (or Texas, Georgia or Notre Dame, even ASU could have taken us today). The Bucks came to play. The Ducks did not. After they got up 34 - 0, we outscored them 21 - 7, but too little, too late. While our season is over, it was a good one. OBD will be back again next year, and we will happily ride the twister that is Oregon football once again! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike West No. 5 Share Posted January 2 I actually thought the CBs played well today. I believe the layoff hurt (the team was too slow to the Ohio State's speed - they weren't game ready for a full half and it was over by then). Will Stein did not prepare well for Ohio State's adjustments. One advantage the Buckeyes had was Maryland showed the blueprint, and only Ohio State had the personnel to execute it. Stein was ill prepared for dealing with the kind of talent capable of neutralizing the speed OBD have at WR. He'll learn from that lesson because WR screens and perimeter game will not suffice against the kind of talent t Ohio State has (and any team in the future with that kind of talent). Dan Lanning will win a Natty when he teaches his linebackers and safeties to take away the QBs options. READ CAREFULLY: DO NOT EVER LOOK AT THE QB. Josh Lupoi will win National DC of the year if he teaches his DEs/OLBs to forever seal the edge. No DEs sliding to the B or C Gap. Moses has spoken. The tablets have been thrown to the Israelites. The Red Sea has been parted. Ohio State had the one benefit OBD did not have: a set of teams that completely revealed how to slow down their offense. Maryland and Michigan showed how to use their secondary, and DL to slow Stein's offense to a crawl. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleScoutJim No. 6 Share Posted January 2 Is it September yet? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 7 Share Posted January 2 On 1/2/2025 at 12:51 AM, EagleScoutJim said: Is it September yet? First game is August 30. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
