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Black AND White for Halloween? Cool Helmet!

This policy applies to institutional action only as student-athletes remain free to pursue NIL opportunities on their own." And this add...in the spirit of Chip Kelly's return...

I actually believe the mid level 4 Star recruits absolutely should go the G6 route. They can still get a decent deal, and they'll start immediately. Of course, it also makes sense to go to Rutgers, or P4 programs like Duke (where Miami's QB Mensa was at last year). I wrote an article on Smith Jr. his Senior year in High School. He has treaded water based on what I have seen. He still holds the ball too long. He probably doesn't get enough reps, unless he is on the scout team. Playing time is essential. It's too bad parents and agents aren't looking out for their kid's best interests. QBs need relevant muscle memory. Practice doesn't cut it anymore. Unless you stay your entire career in one program.

It would be the most Oregon thing ever if Oregon had AI agents and they went rogue and revealed all the plays to the other team right before the game started…..in the playoffs, resulting in a blowout loss.

It's closer than you think.... https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/texas-bevo-lab-ai-powered-game-planning/ https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50262750/texas-ad-clarifies-use-ai-key-play-loss-florida

Mehringer was assisting Stein in play calling duties last year- you could hear him in some of the Ducks vs Them Series last year. Of course they only played his successful calls. But it makes sense Lanning trusted Mehringer based on those snippets. It could be the beginning of the year "baked in" the team's confidence, given they seemed to be off center immediately. It could be the team sensed they weren't the same dominating team they succeeded. Some of the calls I saw in the document/propaganda piece suggested Mehringer had a feel for the game, but again, they were feeding us an intro and narrative they wanted us to see.

This is in line with the Save College Sports Act. Big Ten limits schools' involvement in outside NIL deals - ESPN Let the lawsuits begin.

It is 2026. All this talk about the OC and play calling? Maybe the Ducks should circle the massive stable of coaches and train an AI Bot to call the plays for each opponent then updating the down and distance after each play? I would bet on A.I. over Johnson and staff. An objective of 42 points or 500 yards per game might be the goal of the Bot challenge. Hey, some have called for a revolutionary change in lieu of more of the same V2.

Helf did a game knows game in 2016 and hired David Yost (surfer looking dude) who is an elite QB coach, he'd put Blaine Gabbert into the 1st round before that. Of course, Wille came in and cut him loose and replaced him with Arroyo, so we downgraded about as far as we could.

Players react to Moore and Mehringer situations. Oregon players react to Dante Moore news and Jay Johnson calling plays On the Play-Calling Change Jordon Davison: "He's pretty straight to the point. He's a great guy, and he obviously had great players at Michigan State. He had a Doak Walker Award winner and, I think, a 4,000-yard passer. So his history is great, and his track record is great. I'm excited to see what he does with the offense."

Desperate times, Maryland going to a lottery for free tuition for staying to the end of the game. Maryland offers shot at free tuition for staying until 4th vs. Illinois - ESPN FYI, I think it was 1970 Jack Nicholson was directing a BBall movie, "Drive he said" (don't bother checking the Academy records) staring former UCLA star Mike Warren and Karen Black. For the crowd scenes in Mac Court, they lotteried a VW bug if you were there for all filming days. This was during the Nixon Cambodia crisis and there were student demonstrations on Agate Street. Tear gas and a new DuPont product, pepper gas, were deployed. Nicholson got his camera crew there to film and had Warren join the students. When all was said and done, Jack posted bail for all those arrested. After the Daily Emerald ran photos, DuPont offered $5,000 for the rights to the gassing photos for PR, which was politely turned down.

Our depth was thin enough, and now that explains why Iuli did not play at all. Wowsa. You read the article right here.....

Nah, Mary Ann.

Or has Oregon just not had an elite QB coach since Chip/Helfrich? Tedford was also a great QB coach.

Jeff, thanks for getting off the Island and posting. 😁 Seriously, I echo Charles's welcome. It's great to have you here and posting. (BTW, I doubt she'd have me but I'm a Ginger kind of guy 😍)

Will Linc Go Mi$$ing? On310 questions that will define the 2026 college football c...The college football coaching carousel is officially spinning with three Power Four jobs opening in the last week. But from there, questions are aplenty

I dropped the 24/7 one ages ago. I have scoopduck at the moment. I had both briefly and I found scoopduck basically gave better insider information. However, the board can be pretty much the same few toxic people spewing the same lines. I rarely post on scoopduck and usually just lurk on the forum. I post all the time here though because this is way more fun.

I like that Train, the smoke...leave to Charles🤣. Got love him and his humor. Hey, the Cars had a song, 'Shake It Up'. Looks like MONEY is not the answer. Maybe Excellent, dedicated, Fundamental Coaching is? Reading, '4th & Goal Every Day' about Alabama the their System. For any of us that wonder and don't know a lot of behind the scenes. For those of Us fooled by 4 and 5 star LABELS. This Book is fantastic. I don't know this, but I believe Oregon is WAY off regarding Athletes vs COACHING and COACHABLE. Huge THANK YOU to Charles for all of this AWESOME Site. I appreciate all the takes, all the theories.

Well, you have been a great poster here already, and I would certainly welcome you for the long-term. We have three aspects that make this free site appealing for so many great Oregon fans.... 1) If there is any news about Our Beloved Ducks.....our Duck News Hunters bring the article links to this forum, so nobody will miss anything important. 2) And, as you know we are all "polite and respectful" to one another, even if we highly disagree. Hotly contested debate is encouraged where we focus on the topic, and not each other. And everybody knows about the "no politics" rule, which is especially important these days. 3) You do not see any ads appearing, and no frustrating pop-up videos or ads that disrupt your reading flow. That is worth a TON right there. I hope everyone enjoys this community as much as I do! I sure learn a lot from you all, and I try to provide my share of posting as well.

QB Tommy Carr is odds on to start for Michigan in Autzen on 11/14. On3Michigan expected to start Tommy Carr at QB vs. RutgersMichigan is expected to start Tommy Carr instead of Bryce Underwood vs. Rutgers following making a change last week for the Indiana game, On3's Pete Nakos

However this season ends, both Lanning and fans need to be really open minded about potential candidates to fill the job before Spring Practice, but also preferably before signing day. There are a lot of guys on and off the radar which have little notoriety who could get the Ducks back into the Stein/Dilly level at least. Who is sheparding a highly ranked offense this season? Consistent with last season? How much of it is a once-in-a-decade QB, or how much is it the O-coord? This morning I was reading about Seth Doege at Arizona (now 6-1). Not saying he should be THE Oregon target, but rather who are guys like him out there without getting locked into a familiar name like Locksley?

Roper wasn't that bad after the UCLA debacle, he was really good in the bowl game, certainly doesn't deserve to be in the same conversation as Chris Harper.

I guess you are right - we really shouldn't be so upset about how much these players make. After all, it's not our (at least my) money! Well, most of it ain't mine, even if I pay to watch the games on TV or at the stadium. It's uncle Phil and other big donors who should be upset.

As an aside, I wonder whether he's getting paid the same while sitting out the season.