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On3's Ari Wasserman's thoughts on Week 8. Not good for the guy standing in the middle of the photo. On315 thoughts after Week 8: Oregon's frustration, Texas' re...A lot happens on college football Saturdays. It’s hard to keep up with everything. So this season, in an attempt to bring everybody up to speed – while

DC - I'd go with Pete Kwiatkowski, now a D-line coach with the AZ Cardinals, who had a top-20 D at Texas and was fired by Sark because someone had to go from a team that didn't make the POs. Locksley? Zero experience recruiting the West Coast and an offense and team at Maryland that disappeared after September. Aranda? A California guy but not a great recruiter by any means.

Imagine a world where UCLA is in first place in the B1G, and Kentucky is in first place in the SEC.🫪... Oh wait, well imagine a world where Indiana actually is a football power.😬... Well okay. But, Texas A&M and Oregon are both top 10. Surely....🥺 Well Notre Dame is surely overrated as usual..😮‍💨. Ahh, all is well in the world. Florida can destroy a top five team, and then get blown out by two mediocre ones, only to sandwich that with a road win over Texas. I have no idea what to expect the rest of the year. The ACC is Miami and Wake Forest. The Big 12 is Utah..... and..... Texas Tech got beaten down by a Cincy squad that gave up nearly fifty the week before. BYU followed up their signature win over Notre Dame, by losing in double overtime to a backup QB at three loss UCF. USC scored seven, and lost to a Wisconsin team that passed for 57 yards . Tennessee lost to a South Carolina squad that looked dead in the water two weeks ago. Iowa lost some kind of pig to a forever middling Minnesota squad. Michigan and Indiana played "Who Wants to Score a Touchdown" for five quarters. Why can't Oregon beat Ohio State? Just throw Akili Smith Jr. out there, who knows. As the kid from 'Angels in the Outfield' said "It could happen". That's the mantra of this season.

That 2007 @ Michigan game (against a very good 9-4 Michigan team) was a masterpiece thing-of-beauty game. Dixon was an absolute maestro in that game, and was like a magician with some of his fakes (more than once, the network cameras got lost trying to find the ball). Anybody that would like to watch a really fabulous, fantastic, Duck game should try and pull that game up. And yes, losing him hurt like hell. And damn... it's one more reminder of just how close we've been on a few occasions to, I believe, winning the whole thing. But none closer than the NCG in 2011.

I hope Coach Lanning does the complete opposite of what he did when he promoted both coordinators last year. He also needs to de-emphasize the importance of recruiting and running a specific offensive system, and prioritize the importance of experience, measurable offensive production and player development.

I am open to both of these hires in truth. And probably get them at a discount because of their current buyouts. Usually contracts are structured in such a way that even when they take a new job they are still owed some of the money (though less than if they don't take another job). So if that's the case then all the better.

The coaching losses are the most significant...the focus has tended (rightfully so) on the loss of Stein and Lupoi. But all the supporting staff that went with them was probably just as detrimental and would explain so much of the sloppiness we're seeing from players this season.

There's a reason Ty Thompson and Austin Novosad never started for us. They transferred out and neither (I believe) wound up being a starter at their new school. Is ASJ the same? He's obviously a fan favorite, especially for those of us old enough to watch his dad. If DL thinks he's not ready I get it, but what we probably know at this point is that DM, DR or BT won't be starting for us next year. Why not give him a shot? This season is a bust and I'm not seeing that there's anything to lose. We most likely will be looking to the portal for next year's starter anyway.

Well, allow me to clarify... it's obviously not literally 'unbelievable'. But I'm somewhat confident that I'm not the only guy who didn't anticipate the season unfolding the way it has. Frankly, the way this season is/has played out wasn't remotely on anyone's radar. Anyone who has gone through at least the last 20 Duck seasons will recall 2007 when we were right in the middle of a national title fight when leading Heisman Trophy contender quarterback Dennis Dixon went down with a knee injury against Arizona State, and an 8-1 team finished by losing their last three games. As painful as this year has been; quite honestly, it can’t even come close to the devastation felt at that time. And, that’s but one example that wasn’t on anybody’s radar. Regarding AS Jr, I’m as willing as anyone to give him a chance. The proof in the pudding will be the first time his legs won’t cut it, and he faces a 3rd down and long yardage.

Here you thought it was a game of, "Grab A$$". All along, they were whispering, "I causi mi abbruciàvunu"! It's Sicilian... Means, "My pants are on fire!" My buddy learned it as a tenager, while driving his Grandpa's Cadillac convertible. That's what the old feller shouted from the back seat when he dozed off, and the ash from his cuban cigar fell in his lap!

"....written by Paolo Uggetti. He is a USC Trojan graduate" Well, rock bottom may look more like 4-8 at USC in 2021? So, Uggetti does have that base line to compare.

We have a 75 million dollar staff and roster going to waste. Have the headhunters put out a APB for a $100,000 a week gig as the OC and see who picks up the phone. Is that really that off limits to do?

I like the idea of Locksley. I hope this doesn't last more than one or two weeks.

It's JJ! What could go wrong? (🤬😧🥸) This guy has more CFB frequent-flyer miles than a United Airlines pilot. He doesn't seem to be at the apogee of his career. (DUH!) Chip brought back the Winged T, and Northwestern and QB Aiden Chiles are lighting it up. Win one for the Gipper and bring back the Single Wing? No place is finer on December 22nd than Shreveport, Louisiana, and it's only a 40-hour drive from Eugene. 😁

I read nothing in the article that felt biased. His bringing up the coaching losses and listing them really helped me understand why coaching is so poor this year. A LOT of turnover outside players transferring out.

Best of fortune to Dante Moore. A fine young man. I'd do a thorough review of the offseason and the errors made that translated into a very disappointing, bordering on a historically disappointing, regular season. In today's CFB, you cannot lose the offseason and compete for championships. Texas A&M, with its starting QB not injured, made the same kind of offseason mistakes and is also experiencing a season out of Hades. Conversely, Will Stein perfectly mined the portal, including the O-line position, and has Kentucky winning the closest of games and is on top of the SEC. As Urban Meyer and many others have noted, O-line today is the toughest position to recruit to and develop, and quality O-line starters out of the portal are gold. Three O-line players who transferred to Oregon were part of a 2025 Joe Moore Award finalist line and are on NFL rosters. Accordingly, and as others have noted above, a dual-threat QB, or at least a QB who can run the ball when necessary, is more of a necessity than a luxury. Dylan Raiola was not the answer at Nebraska, and he's not the answer in Eugene.

Always thought that one of the strengths of DL's program was a REAL connection to the wider Oregon Football community, including many former Ducks with NFL offensive experience. Now, it's hard to escape the perception that Lanning is operating as a lone wolf, and he seems to be swinging in the wind. I hope I'm wrong and there is a wealth of collaborative wisdom being shared and listened to behind the scenes of OBD 2026 train wreck. Go Ducks

In the long run this may be the best news for Dante! Time to heal is Dante's future. Getting drafted by a good team instead of a weak run organization gives Dante time to heal. And time to improve! Sometimes the speed of the college game appears ro be too much for Dante. The NFL plays at warp spees. Some NFL teams have a revolving door for coaches and QB's. So falling in the draft is not a bad thing. No reason ro get saddled with one of those poorly run organizatipns. Besides the generational money is in the 2nd contract. A QB can lift a team, however they need a team to lift. Thankful for Dante being a Duck. And wish him a full recovery. His financial future is set, his health is not a sure king.

That Beaver team would have been a huge problem in a twelve team playoff. I'd say if Lanning has not at least been in contact with J Smith or Locksley from Maryland by now, something's wrong. If either one wants the job, sign them up ASAP before the roster and recruits start looking elsewhere.

How about Jonathan Smith, the ex Oregon State coach? Good offensive coordinator at Washington, successful head coach for the Beavers. I asked AI and he doesn't seem to be currently employed after getting dumped by Michigan State. Dude played quarterback for one of the best Oregon State teams ever. I'm surprised that no one has mentioned his name.

I'm shocked that Lanning cares more about a smooth operation than putting someone else who sucks just as bad as the guy he just fired in the role. Someone else, anyone else is better than someone that has already proven they can't do it.

MSU fans are roasting us right now.

This article was written by Paolo Uggetti. He is a USC Trojan graduate in 2017. He covered the Trojans football team for two seasons. Deep down inside, he is probably stoked that the Ducks have crashed and burned.

Let’s just hope no other player gets hurt this year and we don’t lose our 2027 class. About what this season has come to, Sigh.

Before Jeremiah Masoli, before Akili Smith, I think the 'modern era' Duck QB started with the Rich Brooks' 1980 squad and Reggie Ogburn (props to Brooks for being desperate enough to think outside the then proverbial drop-back QB box). The guy was a 5'9", 190 lb dripping wet, 4.5 40, dual threat, JC transfer who came out of nowhere and shredded the Pac-10 at quarterback. He probably would have been the equivalent of a 2 star recruit. Then, a local guy who was considered highly risky recruit by the name of Chris Miller, showed up and went on to have a storied Duck career -- and a fine NFL career as well. We also, once upon a time, found a 3 star QB recruit from some island in the Pacific, that no other teams seemed to be very interested in. Then, in I believe 2016, we had some other local 3-star kid practically walk on, that no other D1 school was interested in. I believe he ended up getting a max contract in the NFL. (that's two stud QBs from Eugene's Sheldon High School that almost nobody was interested in). Looking back, I'm a bit amazed at how some of the greatest QB talent we've ever had seemed to practically drop in our laps from seemingly almost out of nowhere.