Steven A Moderator No. 1 Share Posted Friday at 02:50 PM Chip evidently brought in a Navy Seal again for motivation. Ohio State Buckeyes' Ryan Day Reveals 'Synergy' During Rose Bowl vs. Oregon Ducks WWW.SI.COM Exiting the 2025 season, it's become clear that the Oregon Ducks have found a new competitive rival in the Ohio State Buckeyes. From the nail-biting 32-31 win a 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoutheastDuck No. 2 Share Posted Friday at 04:16 PM Well, it worked... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 3 Share Posted Friday at 04:23 PM "I never said I was noble..." 2 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 4 Share Posted Friday at 05:24 PM Everything going right is not unique to the Navy Seals, and everything definitely didn't go right when the Ducks won the first game. But Day can philosophize however he wants. Osu2 played great in the Rose Bowl, for a myriad of reasons, OBD didn't offer any resistance. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike West No. 5 Share Posted 18 hours ago You know when every team that had a bye in the playoff loses, the 25 day delay had everything to do with it. I don’t believe OBD would have won the second game, but I certainly believe the game would have been far closer than what we witnessed in January. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoutheastDuck No. 6 Share Posted 4 hours ago On top of coming out flat footed... Ohio State was so ridiculously stacked last year, there is no reason they should have ever lost 1 if not two games. I think this is often overlooked, had they run the table, that team would have been in the conversation as one of the top 5 college football teams of all time. The ridiculous talent they brought as transfers that stacked on top of their already deep team put them into another echelon. Just look at the # of players drafted - 14, 2nd most for any team ever (4 of those were 1st rounders.), only the 2022 Georgia team had more with 15. As we all know the advantage of Autzen was at 3.5pts or something, not taking away from the Ducks last year, but it was truly a masterpiece of Lanning to pull off that first win against the Buckeyes. Oregon likely loses 4 of 5, or 9 of 10 to tOSU... Here's my Oregon bias; But I question if what Ryan Day did last year was really as impressive as perceived? You had one of the greatest rosters of all time, yet you lost 2 games? You won the natty which is a great accomplishment and testament to being the best, but did you really underperform? Was it Chip Kelly to the rescue? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 7 Share Posted 1 hour ago On 5/4/2025 at 5:00 AM, SoutheastDuck said: You won the natty which is a great accomplishment and testament to being the best, but did you really underperform? Was it Chip Kelly to the rescue? Yes he underperformed...but in the end having the 'Natty is all that matters. And yes, Chip Kelly did come to the rescue, but that has to be credited to Day because it was Day who hired him. 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
