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Yea, that's what's so perplexing. Not sure where or how the ball got dropped. My theory is they spent so much to retain the D and QB. The ones cutting the checks were probably done. Perhaps they didn't want to raise eyebrows with the feckless NCAA. Not sure but it seems the most understandable.

Raiola talks chemistry with WRs Dylan Raiola Drops Honest Insight Into Chemistry With Oregon's Young Receivers

Ten Ill players to know about. Ten key recruits to know on the Illinois roster

24/7's Five keys: Get quality QB play (my take, hopefully only a second play due to a route) Make life miserable for the Ill frosh QB. OLine play like the 4th quarter vs Neb. Limit WR Dixon. Limit offensive misques. Five keys to the game: Oregon at Illinois

And yet... they only brought in one transfer? Turns out we needed at least three transfers to bring some stability to this line.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bryce-underwood-landing-spots-colorado-170723583.html

With Bret Bielema as the head coach, Illinois is 7-2 coming off a bye. 🤔

Illinois under Bret Bielema is 7-2 coming off bye weeks. 🤔

Oregon 41-10 3 TO 4 Sacks 285

28-13 1 2 178

Oregon 37-13 1 5 sacks 264

Oregon 17-3 2 3 187

DUCKS WIN! 31-13 2 2 256 yards

ESPN's and SP+ Bill Connelly previews Week 8 - https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50249679/connelly-week-8-preview-ole-miss-texas

Imo, fix the O line and everything else falls into place. The 3* upperclassmen are not good enough and the 4/5* youth is just that, youth. Tough spot for Terry to be in. Hopefully the young guy start finding their game and the O starts getting production in The run game. 90 yards isn't ok

Oregon 21 - 17 2 3 225

Oregon 26-9 2 TOs 2 sacks 201 yards

I expect the OL rotation to match the 4th quarter of Nebraska. I expect much more success on the ground against against a lessor DL, especially with Smith as our change of pace back. I still expect our offense to be clunky/inconsistent. That will come from inconsistent OL and QB play, and interspersed confounding play calling. The inconsistency will kill some drives, but not all of them. I expect to see a top 5 defense playing against a first time starter at QB (for better and for worse). Points will be tough to come by for the Illini, but there could be some moments they catch us our heals. This game is 2 time zones away, but has a reasonable start time and reasonable weather, so comparisons against OSU earlier this year are unwarranted. That's my expectation.

Game kicks off at Noon Pacific. Announcer: Chris Vosters. Analyst: Jake (no ifs, ands, or) Butt. 24-20 Ducks 1 2 245 yards

In fairness to the defense that game... The offense was even more mia. If the defense is on the field for like 2/3rds of the game it's hard for them to hold up. The defense in that game kept the Ducks in it but they couldn't seem to put it all together. But also the defense played poorly. It feels like the defense has settled since then as they also didn't play well that game. But let's also not forget to blame the offense.

Oregon 30-10 2 2 222

Ducks win 27 - 6 2 TO 3 sacks 257 passing

Thank you, David. This is the first road trip outside the Pacific time zone since Dante went down. The journey to Champaign is one of the trips on the schedule that has OBD traveling East every other week before playing UW at home in Week 13. To the Central time zone this week, and then to the Eastern time zone in Week 10 and Week 12. Defense travels, right? Hopefully, as you noted, David, the Defense that showed up against UCLA and Nebraska, is the D we'll see on Saturday, absent a raucous Autzen crowd. In the other road game played in the Central time zone this season, with a 9 AM Pacific kickoff, the defense was MIA. Saturday's game kicks off at Noon Pacific. Illinois starting QB Katin Houser, who was having an excellent season in the midst of his team's struggles, is one of many B1G starting QBs injured and out. True freshman QB Michael Clayton gets the start. Clayton played well in relief of Houser on the road against Michigan State, leading the Illini to a victory in OT. Clayton and the team have had an extra week to prepare for this game. A scheduling quirk that should not happen to a team traveling two time zones to play a game. Saturday is Military Appreciation Day in Champaign. 3-3 Illinois is hoping for the eighth sellout in the last eleven games. It is difficult to win a conference game without a run game, especially a road game. Which version of Dylan Raiola will we see? If it's UCLA Dylan ... Gulp! I think Oregon wins but does not cover the 9.5 points. Thanks for your pregame thoughts. All time, Oregon is 1-1 at home vs. Illinois, 0-2 on the road. Oregon is 2-0 vs. Bielema, including the 2012 Rose Bowl win against Wisconsin. Can't catch him! Him being DAT. And Kiko Alonso played a great game. BEAT BIELEMA!

Gage Hurych relying on his process in Year 1 as Ducks kicker https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2026/10/23/oregon-football-gage-hurych-process-not-results-driving-success/92375266007/

Ducks Wire staff predicts Oregon Ducks vs. Illinois Fighting Illini https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2026/10/23/oregon-football-illinois-predictions-score-picks/92386401007/