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We will find out against USC in a couple.

I think we have seen the extent of what Moore is capable of I hate to say. He doesn't read the field in real time. He was rushing throws when the offensive line was giving him plenty of time and he was fleeing the pocket when he still had time. He also held onto the ball too long and got sacked. Which I would say wasn't entirely his fault because the offensive line isn't great but most of those sacks looked like coverage sacks if I recall correctly... Which I might not as I watched the game on multiple devices and had to work pretty hard to keep watching the game. This just looked like Moore at his worse last year and even last game. I haven't seen the growth I was expecting from him. Nix and Gabriel were amazing at improv and reading the field in real time. Moore does not seem to do that.

I agree that the turn over of both coordinators is a challenge, but on the positive side there's continuity. Hopefully they'll have a Tim Tebow moment and rally.

This is the same that we thought of Mario C. when he was here. But he seems to have remedied that problem at Miami, mostly by getting out of his coordinators way. Lanning has had significant success since arriving, so I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. The first two games last year were sub par performances just as this year, but the competition was weaker, so we won.

I think he's a c-level coach and the a-level recruiter

After this game yes. Prior to this game no. 2022=10-3 2023=12-2 2024=16-1 2025=13-2 2026=7-5? Big question is can he turn it around?

Mike, I always enjoy your analysis as I only have 10% of your coaching knowledge if that. I will throw out another thought that might be sacrilege to some. I have read that our DUCKS are among the three best paid teams in college football. Is it possible that our players are not hungry? Have they already retired from the college game and are resting on their laurels and waiting for the draft? Best defense in college football? Not a chance.

It could be bit like Penn State 2025 where seemingly small changes in the roster and coordinator changes lacked chemistry with the players. Maybe having Bryce Boetcher graduating took away the heart and soul of the defense. Not having him flying around out there like psycho has to be a different vibe. I'm wondering if that is why will Stratton was in for a bit, seeing if a walk on could inspire the team to play the game with heart. Tosh may not have been the best play caller, but the dude had a vibe that will make you lock in and ball. On the Offense, the struggle is real with the OL. The 3 players we lost may not have been all World (pun intended), but they were experienced and consistent and gelled with the each other. I do believe Dan Lanning is better than James Franklin and will refuse to accept this team falling apart. Mehringer's play calling seemed better to me this game and I thought I saw some adjustments at halftime that helped. It's certainly no fun to be calling plays with a struggling run game. Then again, Drew Mehringer was shut out 4 games as the OC at Rutgers in what some called the worst offensive season in the history of the school, which is kind of a lot of years. At the post game press conference, Dan said heis still not down and out enough to question the current offensive and defensive schemes that "worked well for us for years", so if you are really sick of them, you had better hope we keep losing until Dan seriously questions them.

I don't want to criticize or single out players other than to say I saw very little intensity during the game. The Ducks appeared to be sleepwalking. Even worse, the team wasn't just beaten, they looked beaten down. That's a bad situation in dire need of correction. A real coaching challenge. There's a lot of work to be done between this game and the coming one with USC in a few weeks.

Going into his 5th season, is it fair to say that's he's top-notch at recruiting and culture-building, but sub-par in game preparation and game coaching?

Coordinators matter. The turnover is a big part of this.

I don't. But I have had reservations about the scheme on defense since before Ohio State embarrassed OBD. But I think the offense isn't really that bad. I'll keep it short. It looks like Lanning is concerned about pass coverage. The scheme is built to defend passing offenses. Here's the problem. A Four man front against six in the box neutralizes all that front 4 talent. In fact, sliding your ends inside as a strategy completely opens the edges up. That scheme is a major flaw. Also, I don't subscribe to 2 linebackers and two safeties as my solution to stopping running plays. And believe me, if I see this, you bet every elite coach wants to play Oregon right now. On offense-Dante Moore plays favorites. He is not reading the field. Gaitlin Bair was open on a Mesh Rout concept and Moore threw to McClellan short (dropped pass that wouldn't have converted on third down anyway). Dante Moore has to be comfortable. He is not going to throw receivers open-he just doesn't want to. Of course I would diagram this and show tape-but nobody wants to look at OBD when we lose. Once the season settles in I will show EXACTLY what I see. It is disturbing. The strategy Lanning wants to employ is simple to solve. Coaches are adjusting to some real sophisticated and evolutionary stuff in real time. College coaches are using NFL strategy. And they are killing it. I believe Kirby Smart may be heading the same way. He doesn't have a talent issue like Lanning has (sloppy DB coverage, ineffective OL play-which just might be coaching though). Football is becoming very interesting. I see moves and counter moves Lanning is either ignoring, or he doesn't believe it effects his ability to win. That isn't the case at the elite level for sure. And believe me, there are plenty of coaches at the G6 level that grasp the evolution of the game. I will show you guys lots of things I've learned this summer. The last thing I will say is this: the players don't seem to believe they are good enough. They are wilting in the face of teams that are hungry. The coaches are assuming things will evolve to the degree they don't have to adjust to the conditions on the ground. That is a HUGE mistake. They can't throw out all they schemed for this season, but they don't seem to realize teams know just about everything they will do. OBD are simply talented enough to win plays anyway most of the time. Now remember-I'm just a hack. I have coached semi pro ball, and it was difficult to say the least. Especially since the players completely believed they could just show up and play totally unprepared. In my studies this summer, I found out why coaches approach the game as they do. That was interesting as well, It takes an extreme amount of dedication and flexibility to excel at this game.

ESPN did this game dirty. I only feel bad for OSU though. There are worse things for us than most of the nation missing that 4th quarter on ESPN News.

I just hope this is not Penn St. 2.0 (record wise, I know the coach is staying).

The team lacks cohesiveness from the top down. Back when Cristóbal was the coach I called him the Clay Helton of the north. I think DL is now the Clay Helton of the north even though Clay's gone. More talent than most teams in the nation and it's being wasted. Oregon had this issue at times last year where they came out slow but they picked up steam as the game went on. This year they don't seem to have that ability. Oregon would've lost last sat if it was in Bst. Right now 7-5 would be predicted which is hugely disappointing. On the upside there's still a lot of football left. On the downside there's still a lot of football left.

When the game got bumped to espn2 it was almost as big of a crap show as the game itself. I swear I could here them walking the camera over to midfield and the annoucers were gone.

Another weakness is QB is not a good runner.

THIS!

Both coordinators look lost. Dan needs to hire NFL coordinators next year

Not sure I can. I was in Honduras with a guy that was on the Bus when Kiffin got the tarmac. He was one of the down votes. He sitting right next to me right now, pretty much in shock at how Oregon has played up to this point.

You will not believe your eyes when you watch the replay...

Um, four of those quarters our defense pitched a shutout. JMU was totally on the scrubs. But it sure looks like the scrubs are no worse than the starters at this point. I truly wonder what the team is going through. The level of performance has fallen worse than a meteor. And the loss feels just as catastrophic as an impact on the planet. So the question is what will it take to look like they did when they bounced Texas Tech. Or better yet, how can they duplicate the performance in November 2024, but just obliterate teams. I surely hope this team plays their rear-ends off in Los Angeles. I don't even care if they win or lose. I just want to see some intensity, some nastiness, and if it takes running highlights of Dick Butkus and Ray Lewis, play those films until we see it on the field. Even if they don't push people back, I want to hear pads cracking.

Just landed in Houston from Honduras. Wow! Not sure what happened to this team but from the comments it don't look good

At this point, I just want a team I can root for win or lose. A team that competes with some fire regardless of how many stars they rate. I hope Lannng can see how bad this was. This wasn’t just a loss. It was uninspired ineptitude from the coaches to the players in full view of the world. I think he needs to at the least demote his O/C and D/C back to position coaches. Maybe shift to O/C by committee and take over D/C himself. Then, hire some real ones like he should have done last year. I’ve seen the Ducks look much worse on the field in my day but I’ve never seen them look so unprepared and rudderless. Something has to change because that was just ridiculously bad.

I sure hope EVERYBODY THAT HAS MADE A NEGATIVE COMMENT IS STILL COMMENTING IN DECEMBER. Stand by your Ducks. Horrible performance or not. What is everyone going to do if this team goes 6-6? They look horrible. Guess what, my first Oregon game was 0-63. This team is nowhere near that pit. I truly hope our fan base NEVER becomes as insufferable as other programs that win and expect national championships every year. Right now-OBD suck. Plain and simple. Who cares how good we were last year-it never transfers to the following year. EVER. So forget about the talent. Forget about what we have been the past 3 years. Don't worry about the coaches. They don't play the game. These players either believe they are elite, or they don't. It will show up in how they play the rest of the season. At this moment, scheme doesn't matter. Culture doesn't matter. Coaching doesn't matter. In case you haven't noticed, the level and excellent coaching in college football is far more elite than it ever has been. All the way down to FCS level. Oklahoma State threw stuff at OBD like Cignetti did TWICE last year. And it isn't because Dan Lanning can't coach. It is because coaches are spending maximum time figuring out how to stop these elite teams. I saw Dante Moore wince when he had a TD pass, then later throw the same pass for 20 plus yards. We saw elite WRs drop FIVE passes. One of them was simply jumping to catch the pass and score a TD. You cannot throw the passes for Dante Moore. You cannot go on the field like Woody Hayes did and punch a player. Your players have to do the pummeling. And at the moment, this team is not mean and nasty. This team is not hungry. This team isn't running through walls. Experts are calling OBD wusses. And they were being kind. You might not like the coaches, but I guarantee you, NONE OF US can go on that field and call a better game. NOT ONE. Do I want to see a different scheme-HELL YES. But it is not my team. Now I might be brash enough and start showing everything I am pretty sure coaches already know about our coaching staff-but the entire team must decide who they are and what they want to do the rest of this season. We should be there for them because FEBU is unacceptable. The team should not have to tell the fans to take a hike.