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Broadcast times for the Week 11 Games - College football games on TV today: Full schedule, times,...Which highly ranked teams will be the next to fall in a season of parity? Here's all you need to know to watch every game.

Week 11 Games Broadcast Information - College football games on TV today: Full schedule, times,...Which highly ranked teams will be the next to fall in a season of parity? Here's all you need to know to watch every game.

Thought No. 1. I say AMEN! Nothing in the PO committee mission statement mentions anything about pools or pods. You can't compare wins and losses between teams in the same conference. Absurd. Saturday Down SouthThursday Thoughts: Tennessee disrespect from the CFP, Kyl...Thursday Thoughts: Why won't the CFP committee compare Tennessee and Alabama? How can South Carolina make the Playoff?

Tossing in some long rambling thoughts. Firing Dan Lanning I am sure was never on the table; and, even if it was somehow considered, his buyout just about guaranteed it wasn't happening. A nonstarter. The point I saw (and finally wrote about after Illinois) regarding the clear near total collapse on the offensive side of the ball (if not soon corrected), were the similarities to decisions by the Oregon AD in the past. Helfrich was fired at 33-8 and I think consensus looking back was it was the correct move. There is a lot of talk about the coach losing the locker room and off the field stuff (all likely true), but the defensive collapse that led to most all of that happened first (made worse by no longer having a QB available with enough magic to cover for it). Oregon had started 2-0 in 2016 and then lost two close games to decent teams both by 3. It then went up to WSU and got mercilessly demolished by Mike Leach who ran for 280 yards of offense on its way to 651 yards and 51 points. It is funny looking back, at the time WSU had also put together a good game on the ground the previous week blowing out Idaho, and the stories at the time after Oregon about WSU were "Leach has finally paired a potent run game with his air raid offense putting up 254 yard rushing at 6.8 ypc recently". WSU goes on to rush for 84.5 yards per game at 3.2 ypc the rest of the season (minus the blowout Cal game). Leach had not exactly cracked the code adding a potent rushing attack, he just ran into Idaho, Hoke, and Helfrich. It could be argued pretty easily without the cheap shot injury to Adams, Oregon wins at least 2 out of 3 versus Michigan State, Utah, and WSU (and I am not sure that is even a hot take). I know QB injuries happen and "ifs and buts"; but, I am gonna go ahead and suggest a QB hurt not in the course of the game, but from a dirty shot from his angry former teammate (that actually was contemplated in "watch out for it" discussions before the game) is a different kind of "hurt" to put on a HC. Helfrich very easily could have been 35-5 heading into whatever playoff game 2015 brought, with a playoff win and a NC appearence under his belt. No cheap shot and Helfrich's early resume is possibly better than Lannings. Yet he was fired 12 games later and I think just about everyone in Duck land remembers it as the correct move. I understand people pointing out patience but it took Oregon 33 years of slowly investing in football to get here, including having a unique "not-even-once-in-a-program's-lifetime" boost from Nike. With all Dan Lanning players in the program now and a top 3 overall talent composition ranking plus 4 years experience, it probably isn't a great time for "these things happen". That was probably the end of 2022, the two close UW losses, and the Ohio State and Indiana playoff games. Similarities also exist between Helfrich and Dan arguably as self-inflicted/avoidable wounds. There was a lot of concern about the wisdom of not even really looking around for an OC and selecting Mehringer, just as Helfrich didn't actually at the time appear to put much work before promoting Pellum. There at least was a bigger attempt the second time around by Helfrich at DC, with the rumor Helfrich decided late to pivoted away from Duck alumni Mike Nolan (who appearently was seriously considering returning to college coaching after 29 years in the NFL, including 17 years as a dedicated DC and 4 as a HC), with 247 Sports at one point (1/16/16) even calling the hire "imminent". Talk about self-inflicted wounds. Hoke had never even been a dedicated DC, yet came in and tore up the defensive front. Duck OC position has about a 100% success rate since 1983 of its guys either becoming P4 head coaches, G6 head coaches, or moving on to another good P4 job. Everyone. It is about as good a guaranteed well paid job for an ambitious OC in college football as is out there. No reason to fail there, unless it is failing with a guy with a big resume. There also is the question about the OL, which was widely considered one of maybe two roster concerns. The decision was apparently made the floor was high enough to basically skip meaningful portal additions despite eyeballs outside the program seeing concern. Take a look at many of those Spring game discussions. Tough decisions for sure but the kind HC are expected to routinely make to maintain a floor (especially now looking back and seeing two expected starters Luli and Gernorris undergoing foot and tricep surgery recoveries that were expected to go right up to the season opener). The OL does finally look better and if it shows the same progress against Michigan, at least we can go ahead and point to some successful work done by the staff. Michigan DC Jay Hill I believe is considered a very good and I don't see this current Duck offense running successfully all day to stay on schedule; and, I doubt he is going to let Raiola be as comfortable as the last two weeks. It will be interesting. All in on the idea, and have typed a few posts myself, about Danny Ford at Clemson in 1981 being the last one, and few college football HC winning a NC before 40 (only 4 I think). However, one coach has taken over and won a National Championship at age 40 in his second year as a head coach. Bob Stoops did in 2000. Now, some will say Oklahoma and sure, valid; but, Oklahoma had gone 23-33-1 the five years before he was hired, with one 25 point blowout Copper Bowl loss to BYU in a 6-6 season being their good year. OU also was 14 years removed from its last NC and 11 years removed from its last AP Top 15 finish. Turned it around nearly immediately. Being a HC at or around the top tier of college football isn't easy (as Ryan Day is probably living again this week). With the new rules, I am sure the higher a coach climbs the college football ladder, the shorter the leash gets. As former Boise State HC might say of coaching at the top "It ain't intramurals brother!". 🤷‍♂️

Jordon Davidson out for the Michigan game. https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2026/11/oregon-ducks-lose-top-running-back-for-second-straight-week.html

You can't spell Dope without a POD. 😁

SI or BS? CBS Lock of the Week - OBD Over 24.5 - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/picks-usc-indiana-texas-tech-oklahoma-state-tom-fornelli-lock-week-11/

I think even if sc beats Indiana, they will not jump us as we are in the same pod and it seems the commish is saying head-to-head only matters if you are in the same pod ie why Tenn is behind 'Bama. 🫰

A freshman QB, bad OL play, and underwhelming play calling certainly were factors in Jeremiah Smith's performance against OBD. But make no mistake, DL and DC Hampton absolutely schemed for him.

I think the other clear message the playoff committee is sending with Boise St. lingering at #24, is that G6 has no room for error. They are not feeling charitable at all with G6 schedules compared to Power 4 schedules. All Power 4 teams should be rooting for Boise St. to slip up just one more time, possibly even in a win. This committee is looking for any opportunity to move G6 out of the Top 25 and free another spot for Power 4. Politically, it's much easier leaving Boise St. or North Texas at home than Notre Dame or Miami.

I disagree. Same roster with same injuries and personal issues? Name two coaches who would do better? LSU, Texas A&M might be interested.

Oregon 31-6 5 sacks 2 TOs 269 Passing yards

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The Men and Women of Oregon Cross Country claimed the Big Ten Championship title.

Oregon 28-21 1 2 178

I've never thought he should be on the hot seat, but I also have never thought that he's an excellent coach considering the gigantic sums of money Oregon has paid for recruitment these last few years. I think there are probably several coaches who could have done more with the same roster. There are certainly several coaches who whave done more with a worse roster.

Oregon wins 48-21 1 Turnover 4 Sacks 264 Yds passing

I'm pretty sure firing your offensive coordinator, let alone a personal friend, midseason is about as clear a demonstration of accountability as you could ask for.

Some see Dan Lanning as a shooting star, a fleeting spectacle whose brightest moments are already behind him, its brilliance beginning to fade. Others see the North Star, a fixture around which something far greater is still taking shape. I prefer the latter. 🦆

I'm not so sure about that. We've also kept extra blockers in for max pass protection. Now our OLine is starting to get their footing and building confidence. I'm so thankful we finally have dudes that require a lot of attention on defense. No one can guard either DAK, Stew, JMac, or JJ one on one. Our receiving core is by far the best we've ever had at Oregon. Keep throwing the ball and letting those guys make plays. The running game will open up.

Don't forget about 1958, hate to see the 20th century Duck Rose Bowl history accidently made to sound even worse 🫤.

As an engineering manager I've modelled my approach to employees after great college football teams. Recruiting, evaluation, and development done with a standard of excellence. I consider Lanning's hire of Meh to be the worst outlier I've seen from any successful program that I can remember, which includes Cristobal 's missteps as well. He just learned some important lessons at everyone's expense, but I do think he learned, the hard way, as opposed to just remembering everything, but learning nothing as some do. It actually reduces risk going forward of something similar happening in the future. Changing coaches might only serve to restore that risk, while introducing a whole bunch of other risks of simply underperforming what Lanning has always done successfully too.

Oregon 24-12 2 2 313

Ducks 38 - 9 2 TOs 3 sacks 205 P yds

What does accountability translate to? He holds himself accountable which is why he fired Mehringer. I don't think he realistically could have fired him earlier (I mean with hindsight sure but not in the moment) ... Oklahoma State was outright unacceptable but sometimes those things happen and the UCLA was a loss with Raiola getting his first start and played his worst game. The Illinois loss showed there was no improvement and there was a Nebraska win between the UCLA and Illinois losses that made Raiola a hero along with the USC masterpiece. Firing Mehringer after a Nebraska loss would have been one thing but not after a win over Nebraska. Mehringer was absolutely the wrong hire and Lanning made some other wrong hires in this pool of coaches as well. It just took until this season for some of those hires to truly reveal just how inadequate they are for this team. The blow out losses to Ohio State and Indiana absolutely suck too... but for Indiana you can see the extenuating circumstances that helped lead to that loss and perhaps next time he'll know what to do. But lets get real even a distracted Will Stein was a better option at play caller than Mehringer though we wouldn't have known it at the time last season. Lanning gets to prove this off season that he has learned and make the changes needed to this program. If Jay Johnson is auto promoted to full time OC and no one is fired I'll be concerned and I won't try to pump sunshine on that, you have my word.