BYU barely beats GT in their bowl game. TTU beating them twice was a feather in their cap.

TTU is very similar in style to Iowa in the sense that they have a strong defense and special teams, and are 1st in turnover margin and takeaways that give the offense a short field. TTU is better than Iowa, but we have seen this type of team before playing against the bad weather and the refs and won by avoiding turnovers and 3rd and longs (outside the penalties).

I think this similarly could be a low scoring game in the high teens low 20s.

The line is starting to shift in Oregon's favor a bit too, up to 2.5 now. I think it will continue to drift higher as the game gets closer.

Yes, I just watched that BYU game. GT really dominated for 3 quarters. They were kicking a short field goal to go up 24-10 at the end of the third and it got blocked. GT kindof gave the game away afterwards. In any case, BYU didn't look great against a GT team that at least on paper this season doesn't look very strong. Also consider that BYU's QB was injured early in that second TTU game and had very limited mobility for most of it. I'm probably as wary of TTU as anybody on this board given their great pass rush (similar to Indiana's which gave Dante some fits), but I don't think BYU is that great and those 2 wins are a lot of what TTU's reputation is based on this year.

Tosh Lupoi addresses the Texas Tech Offense.

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All I really have to say is that I don't like the extra waiting. My mind is on a schedule of play 7 days after the last one.

All I'm thinking about right now is the weather. I'm glad Tech has this long layoff - I think it will be hard for them to be crisp.

I hope they all ate a lot of twinkies and played a lot of video games during this long spell.

On 12/21/2025 at 7:34 PM, Jon Joseph said:

• I am just not totally sure the B12 overall had a strong year. After Utah, BYU twice were their next two biggest wins and BYU was picked to finish 9th in the preseason poll. Sometimes that jump is totally legit and sometimes it is because most of the conference was expected to be good and wasn't. Someone has to finish 3-5. I watched Houston against Oregon State and the teams looked pretty even. They finished forth. Arizona finished 5th and well, it's still post-Fisch Arizona. Utah I think was very solid but they averaged 41 points a game? 41? I think they were beating up on some JAG conference opponents.

I see the ducks winning by more than a touchdown. I think the Big 12 is weak compared to the Big 10. The Ducks blue chip; talent will over power Texas Tech.

Adjusting the body clock, early practices, and increasing the heat getting ready for the Miami environment. Also playing on a Thursday instead of a Saturday. Coach Lanning doing everything to get ready to play Texas Tech.

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The No. 5 Oregon Ducks are set to play in the College Football quarterfinals for the second year in a row, and Oregon quarterback Dante Moore talked about how t

On 12/21/2025 at 9:22 AM, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

I think Tech will have the crowd advantage. They’re going to bring a lot of fans because they haven’t played in a major bowl game as a conference champion since 1995. They’re also Texans, so they’re genetically predisposed to spending a lot of money to go watch football. However, the Ducks seem to have a good plan in place for crowd noise as we saw in a few games this season.

I can't remember any bowl game that Oregon had the largest share of the crowd.