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Morning all, wrote an extra this week. It's short, at least by my standards, but here are some of my final thoughts before game one! Final Thoughts and Prediction for Oregon vs Boise StateIt’s game day tomorrow and Boise State is coming to Auzten.

Yesterday on Thursday, a Louisiana Judge (naturally) approved two former NFL players to play for LSU and Lane Kiffin.

Ducks win 52-10 2 TO's 3 Sacks 287 passing yards Go Duvjs!

OREGON 38-14 2 TO 3 sacks 305 YP

Ducks 36 - Truck Driving School 14 2 tos 6 sacks 320 yp

That game was BRUTAL. What do you call a team with no O and no D?------Rutgers.

The Big Ten conference suffers its first loss of the season as 28.5-point favorite Rutgers was spanked tonight by the MAC's UMass Minutemen. https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/massive-underdog-umass-ravages-rutgers-012127361.html The Rutgers d (not worthy of a capital d) still stinks, and the No Good Knights O was stymied by a team that CBS Sports ranked 138th out of 138 FBS football teams. What in Hades is Rutgers doing with the money? The best DC Schiano could hire was a guy from FCS South Dakota State? Relegate these bums; swap Rutgers for UVA or, perhaps, UMass? UMass was defeated, going 0-12 in 2025, and with this win, broke a 16-game losing streak. BRUTAL!

I'll give you 10 if you give me 24. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-sec-cfp-expansion-schedule-10-power-conference-opponents/

RELEGATE RUTGERS! 🤮 https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/massive-underdog-umass-ravages-rutgers-012127361.html

Ducks 41-13 2 TOs 4 sacks 311 YP

Something I think gets lost in these discussions is the youth of the 25' Ducks. They were one of the youngest teams in the power 2 (4). That alone thins the playbook. Can both Ify O and Finney be trusted to be put on an island and lock down. I think they can. Both are dudes. Adding Koi and Flowers coming into his sophomore year is a huge advantage. This secondary is poised to absolutely smother opposing pass catchers. I loved Bryce but he was good for 3 yards after contact. Frustrating. If LB can shore up the run a little better and stuff the rd in the gap? It will take some pressure off the front 4. They can stunt a little more or pin their ears back and get after it. The year of experience with All the starters coming back ( not replacing all the starters) opens up the playbook dramatically. So for me, havoc plays at the LOS doubles including sacks 🙏🙏🙏

Ducks 54-19 2 TO 4 Sacks 285 Passing

Oregon 35-13 2 2 313

Oregon 38-21 2 2 250

A Prediction from Gary Breedlove: Oregon wins 45-14 3 Turnovers created 5 Sacks of Broncos 350 passing yards

*Ducks win!!! *48-17 *2 forced turnovers *3 sacks *388 yards passing (Raiola throws for a 100 plus)

In the big games OSU & INDY both their qb's were able to move around without a lot of pressure, and find guys. Containment is always risky with top notch qb's. I certainly hope we start to see more sacks and fewer third and long completions for 1st downs.

Green and yellow always works for me.

I was thinking the same thing, with one small modification. I was thinking that's the uniform the Ducks should wear while winning the Natty!

Ducks!!! 35-6 1 Bronco TO 4 Duck Sacks 333 Duck passing yards

42-10 Oregon 2 TO 5 Sacks 310 Passing Yards

That's the uniform the Ducks should wear when they play for the National Championship.

With four year now to judge, I think it is fair to suggest (not unlike Kirby), Dan is at his core a pretty conservative coach (efficiency offense, bend-but-don't-break defense). I think that is what we should expect to continue to see, even with coordinator changes. I also expect more sacks and pressures this year (as well as more vertical passing success); but, more from individual talented/experienced players making more plays, than any significant coaching, scheme, or play-calling changes. With a talent composition rating on 247 of #3 (and I have argued #2 when just looking at probable two deeps), it is not an unreasonable choice (don't risk shooting yourself in the foot by taking many risky calls, instead sum up and rely upon the benefit of winning a greater percentage of individual battles over the course of a game). Dan doesn't loose to teams with talent disadvantages, and really neither do Smart or Day. The open question is will Dan adjust at all against the other 10%? Makes me think a bit about Nick Aliotti. A guy often know as very bend-but-don't-break. I always though, while I understood the rep, Nick was always willing to dial up the pressure and take risks when he had talent advantages (or at least guys he trusted). I am not sure we have seen Dan do that too often yet? I've seen a couple breakdowns of the Indiana games this offseason showing guys regularly open but Dante running around with pressure in his face unable to find them. This D appears to loathe risking those open guys (and that's kind of how most of college football plays it in 2026). Indiana was interesting because often they didn't appear so worried (maybe Texas Tech too but I haven't see enough of them to really offer that observation with confidence). A working theory on Cignetti is he is recognizing and taking advantage (on a calculated basis) of patterns of conservatism (on both sides of the ball) that have crept into the college game today.

Oregon 55-24 3 TO 4 Sacks 323 Pass yards

10-2 Win National Title 38.5 on offense 18 on defense Win NC 38-21