The 3 finalists were Indiana, Iowa, Oregon for 2025. Oregon was a finalist for the third consecutive season.

The winner? Iowa.

The three teams did play each other in 2025.

Indiana had more rushing and passing against both Iowa and Oregon.

Oregon had more rushing, and a bit less passing against Iowa.

Iowa trailed both in game stats except passing vs Oregon.

On the key stat of in-game rushing, Iowa was behind both opponents.

Yeah I knew we wouldn't win it.

I figured we'll be finalists again next year and not win it next year too..

It’s nice to be a finalist, but the Indiana game kind of sealed the Duck OL’s fate. Granted, many of those sacks were on the QB, but the stat line still stands out. Kudos to Iowa. They played the top teams very close this season.

1 hour ago, HDuck said:

The 3 finalists were Indiana, Iowa, Oregon for 2025. Oregon was a finalist for the third consecutive season.

The winner? Iowa.

The three teams did play each other in 2025.

Indiana had more rushing and passing against both Iowa and Oregon.

Oregon had more rushing, and a bit less passing against Iowa.

Iowa trailed both in game stats except passing vs Oregon.

On the key stat of in-game rushing, Iowa was behind both opponents.

The Joe Moore winners will play ball on Wednesday, 12/31/26 - No. 14 Vanderbilt - 10-2 vs. No. 23 Iowa - 8-4, 9 AM Pacific, ESPN. This should be one of the best non-PO bowl games.

Two more Power 2 matchups see Illinois vs. Tennessee in Nashville, playing at 2:30 PM on Tuesday, the 30th, and No. 13 Texas vs. No. 18 Michigan, Noon ABC, on the 31st.

Thursday, 1/1/26, 1 PM, ESPN, sees the fourth postseason matchup of B1G vs. SEC, when No.1 Indiana plays No. 9 Bama in the Rose Bowl, with Indiana -6.5, the favorite. Indiana, the favorite? DOCTOR!🤪

Three seasons back, everyone saw this Rose Bowl battle coming on, right? 🙃

Odds on that one of Georgia/Ole Miss will play Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl on Thursday, 1/8/26, with a chance that OBD plays Alabama in Atlanta on Friday, 1/9/26.

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WRECK TECH!

Some sour grapes from Autzen Zoo. However, not necessarily misplaced.

The Joe Moore Award couldn't mean less after illogical decision

OBDs,

I took the following words from Geoff Schwartz's post regarding the selection of the Joe Moore Award on X. I recommend someone knowledgeable (like Geoff, or someone who has played on the O-Line in college) explain the terms Geoff uses in his comments. Otherwise, there is simply no means for interpreting and understanding at least part of the criteria the Joe Moore Award Committee chose to use to evaluate each of the three finalists for the award. Why am I requesting Geoff or someone else with the knowledge and the writing skill to describe what Geoff has stated? Well, Coach Stein tried to describe why the Duck O-line deserved the award, and he failed miserably. O-Line is simply not a tool he can take apart and easily, accurately, and simply describe and converse WRT the utility of each tool and/or technique; but, Geoff can do that.

Geoff Schwartz stated, "Congrats to Iowa for winning the Joe Moore Award. On a personal note it's frustrating that Oregon's been a runner up three straight years. They absolutely should have won last season. This year was more of a debate. However I do not believe people value Oregon's pass protection or pass pro in general. They block 5 v 5. No full slide. No turning. Professional pass protection ID v pressure. Empty protection. Went on the road against good defenses and handled business. (sic)"

If there is someone out here (and I believe most of us know there are former Duck players who can articulately describe these actions or techniques), please take a crack at these. I would like to become more knowledgeable about the O-Line, and I suspect the members of our O-line would be flattered and appreciative with regard to our interest in their skills and techniques, and the "why" that supports it all. In the world of Div 1 college football generally in the B1G, OBDs' O-line excels; their teamwork and play are the reasons our QB and RBs have the time to do what they do so well. It's great fun to watch the Ducks' O-line defeat/pancake an opposing player or effectively block potential pressure when the opposing players think they can pressure or tackle our offensive ball carriers for a loss.

Thanks, and I remain VR,

KCDuck1