Oregon is set to play in the Peach Bowl against Indiana in the College Football Playoff semifinals. It will be another trip to the east coast for the Ducks this season, and on a shorter timeline than the Orange Bowl. Strangely enough the Ducks’ time in the B1G has prepared them for this because they have traveled multiple times to ...

Can This Be the Time of the Duck?

All the components are in place for OBD"s to win this game, return to Miami and play for the Natty!

IU did not outplay or intimidate the Ducks in the first game. They played consistent for ALL 60 minutes. The Ducks played good for about 52 minutes. Then as you mentioned WS moved away from the run game. We all know what happened then......

Iowa, PSU and tOSU defenses played tough football and kept IU's offense in check. Without a improbable last minute TD drive against PSU, IU would have their first loss of the season.

Well this Friday in Atlanta, January's version of OBD's is capable of handing IU their first loss of the season.

Why not the Ducks?

GO DUCKS............

Can this be the time of the Duck?

Sure. Absolutely. If Oregon can put together four solid quarters on both sides of the ball, we win the game. It's that simple.

But, while very doable... that is a big "if."

🤞David

Also, the previous game was only Dante's 5th start for the Ducks. Now he has 2 1/2 times that many.

Thanks David, this topic is on many of our minds. I went to my gym this morning and three of us were "flying the flag". My personal trainer has a son who is captain of our DUCKS Cheer Squad. She announced today two things, 1. She and her husband are going to the game and 2. She had a present for me. She brought me a can of sliced peaches! GO DUCKS!

Oregon is going to have to be balanced and play mistake-free football. Indiana is rarely out of position and they're in the top 3 in fewest penalties. Both teams are battle tested in the 4th quarter, but I think Oregon will need to create some breaks to pull this one out. That said, they have figured out ways to win.

The big advantage Oregon has that nobody else has is that we have already played them. I don't believe teams appreciate how good Indiana is until it's too late. The GameDay crew was still picking Alabama to beat Indiana on New Year's Day.

Oregon has already learned this lesson the hard way. They will not sneak up on us this time, but we will still need to play a complete game on both sides of the ball to produce our best game of the year.

Thank you, David.

Why not, indeed? Before the JMU game, West Coast college sports guru Jon Wilner predicted OBD to win it all. Make it happen 😉.

In the season of The Which, a season with roster turnover coast to coast, except at Penn State and Clemson 😁, CFB has come up with a fascinating Final 4. The only 'usual suspect' is Miami, and that's only if you forget the last twenty seasons.

No team without a Blue Chip Roster, half the roster made up by 4* and 5* recruits, has won a BCS or Playoff championship. Indiana and Ole Miss have a chance to break the Blue Chip ceiling.

Indiana is now the second 'losingest' program in CFB. Northwestern has moved into first place. If the Chips fall in the right direction, maybe Northwestern ... 😜

Miami has been a member of the ACC since 2004 and has never won an ACC title, including this season.

Ole Miss claims titles, but even in 1960, when the Rebels went 10-0-1, Ole Miss was not the AP or UPI (predecessor to the Coaches Poll) champ. According to the Dunkle Poll (???) in 1960, Ole Miss was No. 1. 🤪

However, as Elvis Presley called it back in 1960, for Ole Miss, 'It's Now or Never.' 🙃

OBD, so close, but no cigar, thanks to $cam, Unfairly, and Big Ten refs. 🤬

Indiana is the odds-on favorite to win it all, followed by OBD, tied with Miami in some books, and an Ole Miss team that isn't coming up lame without Lane. (Note, Paul Finebaum's travel agent is rooting against Ole Miss. 😁)

Miami is 0-For the Fiesta Bowl. OBD is 0-1 in Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This is new territory for the Hoosiers and the Canes.

As David so noted, OBD will not defeat Indiana without the O-line (and the OC) playing far better than on 10/11/25. Indiana is unlikely to turn the ball over four times, as Texas Tech did. Both sides of the ball will have to show up for OBD to win this game.

Indiana can be had. The Hoosiers didn't score the winning points against OBD until late in the 4th quarter, and the games at Iowa and Penn State could have easily gone the other way.

Is Dante better prepared than he was in early October? Can the O-line, which was worked over by Indiana and Texas Tech, play up to Joe Moore Award contention standards? Can the defense that we saw in the Orange Bowl show up again in the Peach Bowl?

As Alabama found out in the Rose Bowl, if you let the Cigs light up, you will be smoked.

I have a feeling that Football Karma is leading the Ducks to a matchup with Mario in Miami? I hope I'm right?🤔

HOW ABOUT A SERVING OF PEACHES AND CREAM IN ATLANTA 😍

PUT OUT THEM CIGS!

I feel like OBD defense is absolutely up to the task. Since the Indiana loss, they have proven that when mistake free/few football is played, they are an absolute menace to any opposing offense in the nation. The D line is much improved, the secondary has a star in Brandon Finney.

I believe the defense will hold up their end of the bargain. The offense needs to show up and get points (3 or 7) on darn near every possession. Play the ball control game just like we did against Tech. Limiting Indiana's touches and time of possession will be huge. We will get back to Atlanta on the back of our run game and Dante Moore's improved decision making.

Is it Friday yet?

1 hour ago, Babyjesus615 said:

I feel like OBD defense is absolutely up to the task. Since the Indiana loss, they have proven that when mistake free/few football is played, they are an absolute menace to any opposing offense in the nation. The D line is much improved, the secondary has a star in Brandon Finney.

I believe the defense will hold up their end of the bargain. The offense needs to show up and get points (3 or 7) on darn near every possession. Play the ball control game just like we did against Tech. Limiting Indiana's touches and time of possession will be huge. We will get back to Atlanta on the back of our run game and Dante Moore's improved decision making.

Time of possession is meaningless against Indiana until the last 5 minutes of each half.

The one thing we have to do to beat Indiana is to be more efficient than them. If we get more points per possession than they do, we win.

The hard part about being efficient is playing mistake free football.

Few other thoughts I will add.

1. No one saw Oregon shutting out Texas Tech. NO ONE! Sure the offense struggled and maybe Texas Tech's offense was a bit over rated but was it shut out bad? That sounds insane but it happened.

2. Alabama is a good team, but there are lots of good teams. A good team is a team that wins more than half their games. Alabama is not a great team and probably not worthy of a playoff spot. They were one-dimensional where they had poor offensive line play and no run game to speak of. Their defense was ok. With Simpson going down in the first half they became no-dimensional. I think every other team in the round of 8 could have beaten Alabama.

For What It's Worth, Austin (not Ted 🫢) Bundy's 3 Keys to OBD victory.

FanSided

These 3 matchups will decide Oregon vs. Indiana at the Pe...

Both the Ducks and Hoosiers are looking to claim their first-ever national title.

I'm humming along with CBS Sports' Hummer 😍

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OBD Shows It Can Win It All!

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While of course I’d like to see the Ducks win, I don’t see anyone beating IU this year. They’re excellent in all three legs of the stool. Every other CFP team has flaws. IU has none.

Consider that every first round bye team had rust that took them a bit to shake off. Not IU. They were nails from the jump.

I think for the Ducks to win, IU has to have an off game, something akin to how they played at PSU. Not impossible but probably unlikely as they’re peaking at the right time.

The IU/Ducks game is the true final because neither Ole Miss or Miami is beating either of them.

I think Oregon and Indiana are the best teams left. But the games are won on the field, not in on-line discussion groups.

I have a difficult time believing we can win this thing, all the previous comments state how we can. I sure want to believe so.

I'm placing my hope on our coaching staff. We have showed real grit this year in winning tough games, by any means necessary.

Travel, early start, late start, inclement weather, questionable refs, we've been through it all and found a way to win. Our guys are battle tested.

This should be best game of the playoffs. I hope it's our best game of the year so far.

I'm still betting on my Ducks.

This is the year of the Duck!

2 hours ago, CalBear95 said:

While of course I’d like to see the Ducks win, I don’t see anyone beating IU this year. They’re excellent in all three legs of the stool. Every other CFP team has flaws. IU has none.

Consider that every first round bye team had rust that took them a bit to shake off. Not IU. They were nails from the jump.

I think for the Ducks to win, IU has to have an off game, something akin to how they played at PSU. Not impossible but probably unlikely as they’re peaking at the right time.

The IU/Ducks game is the true final because neither Ole Miss or Miami is beating either of them.

Great take. But it took a miracle at Penn State, a late-game TD at Iowa, a missed FG by Ohio State that could and should have sent the game into OT, and a late score against OBD for Indiana to be 14-0.

This season, OBD won similar games at Iowa and Penn State. Dante has grown, and the defense is playing together and better. I can't imagine the O-line playing worse than it did in early October. I think the Oregon offense will again be able to run the ball against the Indiana defense.

This is not Saint Nick's Alabama. This is not Saint Nick's SEC. Hats off to the Hoosiers for the beatdown of Bama, but the Rose Bowl was a sequel to Bama's opening loss at FSU, where Bama could not run the ball.

Bama's four wins in a row vs SEC-ranked teams? Meh. Two of the teams, Mizzou and Tennessee, did not defeat a P4 opponent with a winning record.

It's hard to fathom, but OBD's OOC schedule was more difficult than Indiana's. Indiana struggled against Old Dominion.

I think the Peach Bowl will again come down to the team that wins the 4th quarter.

I'm not Ducking my thoughts. Along with my betting buddies, we're taking OBD +4.5. I know it's counterintuitive, but we also have the game going over the O/U 46.5. (That's an O over a U 😁)

Come out Smokin'. Put out the Hoosiers Cig.