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What will also be interesting is IF we win, is that we should jump Ohio St. Both three loss teams and a recent head-to-head win. They lost to a SC team that we beat. But would the committee? We already have 'Bama 8 spots above a Tennessee team that pretty much crushed them. An Indiana team that lost to Ohio St. 8 spots above them. I think the explanation was that they placed teams in pods, then compared the teams within the pod and for some reason Ohio St. was not in the same pod as Indiana and Tennessee was not in 'Bama's pod. I've decided to listen to my 3-month-old grandchild for the explanation since his gibberish equals the committee's.

Couldn’t agree more. Great breakdown of how Johnson’s tweaks of the same plays from previous week finally got the offense going. Particularly liked Eric showing the simplifying of reads, and the narrowing of the read range from 80 degrees to 40 degrees in the passing game that allowed DR to get comfortable and confident.

From Ohio Duck No. 16 This would allow the Ducks to make the B1G championship game which and a win would be the sure way to make the playoffs. My biggest rooting this week is for the Ducks to beat Ohio State in Columbus. That is the biggest game of all the college games left to play this year for the Duck's chances. I'm not convinced OBD are out of the playoff picture without a B1G championship game win. Here's why. If the team that played the final 21/2 quarters vs Northwestern is the the Ducks team going forward there is a chance of winning out. Beat Ohio St. in Columbus (certainly a big challenge but doable, I think our back up QB is better than theirs) Beat Michigan at home (not as big a challenge, but take nothing for granted at this point but doable) Beat Michigan St. on the road - definitely doable Beat Washington at home - again definitely doable That's 9-3 with wins over Boise, USC, Nebraska, Northwestern and Ohio St. All in contention for a playoff birth though certainly not sure things. Losses to: Oklahoma St. who has a chance to win out themselves and be 9-3, Texas Tech will be tough, but its a home game and they have not lost at home this season (39 vs OBD is the least they have scored at home). UCLA still undefeated at this time by 2. and Illinois which could be the only really bad loss (looking at their remaining schedule they could end up 5-7, if they manage to go 2-2 the rest of the way they are a respectable 7-5) Given that our worst games were following an injury to our starting QB and it took time to adjust, that we made a needed adjustment in the coaching staff (jury's still out but the first game was promising), we will have won 5 straight games... that 9-3 record vs. one of the tougher schedules in college football and considering the circumstances, presents a good case for the Ducks to be in. I think if we win out and look pretty good doing it, we are in.

This thread is for playoff discussion. The other thread is for playoff articles.

I'm old so my opinion probably doesn't count for much of anything at all. I love the look of these uniforms, but I really do like seeing some of our actual colors from time to time when we're out there.

Week 10, the Week we were all waiting for. The week when preseason-ranked No. 2, 8-0 Oregon would play No. 1, 8-0 Ohio State in the Shoe to determine the No. 1 team in the land. But that was yesterday, and yesterday's gone.☹️ However, No. 23 Oregon at No. 12 Ohio State is still a B1G game amongst the best games of the 2026 season. Week 10 sees No. 20 USC and No. 4 Indiana on a bye before SC plays Indiana in Bloomington in Week 11. However, Week 10 delivers B1G CFB Playoff elimination games and coast-to-coast P4 elimination games. Playoff Committee Rankings. FanDuel odds. Pacific time game kickoffs. BTN = Big Ten Network Big Ten Games. Friday the 6th of November - 5-3 Nebraska -4.5 vs. 5-3 Illinois - 5 PM Fox Will the football gods ever allow the Cornhuskers to hold onto a 4th-quarter lead? Finish the deal, and 5-3 Nebraska would be 8-0 or 7-1. Saturday the 7th of November - Michigan 5-3 -13.5 vs. 2-6 Michigan State - 4:30 Peacock Michigan QB Tommy Carr, Week 9's B1G Freshman of the Week, visits Autzen in Week 11, along with some guy who used to win a lot of games in Salt Lake City. --- No. 8 - 8-0 UCLA -5.5 at 5-3 Minnesota - 9 AM Fox With its No. 3 strength-of-record ranking, UCLA ranked No. 8 by the playoff committee is a B1G in your face. Bruins, don't trip in a Gophers hole. --- 4-4 Penn State +1.5 at 5-3 Washington - 12:30 PM FS1 Penn State plays at Seattle for the first time since 1921 in the Weren't We Once Upon a Time Ranked Game. 🙃 --- 2-6 Maryland +6.5 at 3-5 Purdue - 9:30 AM BTN Surprisingly, tickets are still available. 😁 --- 2-6 Rutgers +16.5 at 5-3 Wisconsin - 1:15 PM BTN I don't mean to be Fickel or to Badger a team that's down, but some folks just can't handle success. I hope Bucky enjoyed its moment in the glow of the AP Poll rankings. The good news: With Wisconsin's choke job at Iowa, Notre Dame's B1Ggest win of the season got smaller. --- WEEK 10 B1G PLAYOFF ELIMINATION GAMES - No. 21 Iowa 6-2 +2.5 at No. 26 Northwestern 6-2 - 4:30 PM Fox Will Northwestern bounce back from a close loss on the road at No. 23 Oregon as it did after a closer loss at No. 4 Indiana? Will the Hawkeyes hand the Wildcats the first loss in renovated, state-of-the-art Ryan Field? Does Chip have anything in his bag of tricks that the winningest coach in Big Ten history has not seen before? With a loss, will Iowa stay ranked? With a win, will AP Poll No. 26 Northwestern move into the playoff committee's Top-25? Iowa should not have been tossed from the AP Top 25 with only 2 losses. Two-loss Northwestern with two 'quality losses' should be ranked in the playoff committee's Top-25. In-conference losses in the Big Ten count. In other conferences? --- The B1G Game of the Week - No. 23 Oregon 6-2 +10.5 at No. 12 Ohio State 6-2 - 12:30 PM CBS No. 1 8-0 Ohio State hosts No. 2 8-0 Oregon in a matchup that college football fans have looked forward to since the teams were ranked first and second in the preseason AP Poll. This will be a matchup of the two college quarterbacks expected to be drafted 1st and 2nd in the 2027 NFL Dra ... Darn It! Why did I have to wake up! 🤪 This is still a B1G game, no doubt, but not the biggest game in a Week 10 packed with games that will impact the 2026 playoffs. And Raiola vs. Fahey was not the QB Moore exciting matchup we were anticipating, just Sayin. 😒😧🥸 However, stuff happens! 🤮 Will OBD continue its possible playoff resurrection? Or will it be Brutus that keeps on dreaming about spending January 25th in Las Vegas? Hey, Sportsline - Ohio State 31 - Oregon 18; this prediction is No Fine! 🤬 --- On3's look at Week 10's Playoff - Impact Games - Game times Eastern On3College Football Playoff rankings disputes will be addres...The College Football Playoff Committee released its inaugural rankings on Tuesday evening, leaving many people scratching their heads. It's an annual Truck the Bucks!

J-Mac's experience and sure hands will be vital to move the chains this weekend.

Then there is the kid out of Sweet Home that passed a few weeks back. Not sure all the details. Some guys at work that live in Sweet Home were saying it was a hemorrhage. With Donte mental health issues he has made public, I han see where he would be chuck full of fear (my speculation). Football is not a game for the fearful. I was saying multiple things in this post. I am grateful you picked up on the most concerning point. The other point is my more pessimistic side, just something I have noticed but hope is wrong.

looks like green and yellow has been relegated to the role of highlights - feathers on the helmet and swoosh on the shoes. Sigh.

OUT: QB Dante Moore RB Jordon Davison WR Messiah Hampton TE Andrew Olesh OL Dave Iuli OL Trent Ferguson DL Matthew Johnson S Aaron Flowers LB Brayden Platt PROBABLE: WR Jeremiah McClellan NOTES: -Olesh makes his first appearance of any kind on the availability report. -McClellan hasn’t played since the Oklahoma State game on September 12. He broke his foot in warmups ahead of the Portland State game on September 18 and was seen doing light movements/warming up on the field ahead the Northwestern game. He did not dress out in helmet, pads, etc. -RB Dierre Hill Jr. is not listed after not playing in the second half with an undisclosed injury against Northwestern. -Hampton will miss his third straight game following his arrest on Friday October 30 stemming from an October 18 incident. McClellan Could Be Big for First Downs!

You might be right. The doctors haven't cleared him so maybe it's worse than we thought. The brain is not something to mess with. Two weeks after Dante's injury a player from Southern Nazarene University (D2) named Tyler Ulrich was killed while making a helmet to helmet hit on an opposing player. He was unresponsive on the field and he eventually died from a subdural hematoma a couple of days later in the hospital.

The Luck of the Irish. 🤬One of CFB's most dynamic players is out for the Notre Dame game and perhaps the rest of the season. Malachi Toney, please get healthy. The weirdness of the 2026 season never seems to stop. On3Miami WR Malachi Toney undergoing tightrope surgery on in...Miami star wide receiver Malachi Toney's is set to undergo tightrope surgery on his ankle on Thursday, sources tell On3's Brett McMurphy and Pete Nakos.

I’ve done that before, and people broke the deal and the venom carried over to other threads. Then when I call it out? I’m the bad guy for reminding them of what they agreed to. So, I am sorry, but no need to try that again. We are the only civilized forum out there, so let’s keep it that way!

After a tough loss I don't read anything, just ignore all the rehashing. I have a hard time getting too low because like many of you, we have followed the ducks when a 4 win season was great, the dream of a bowl game was just that, a dream. I also understand the expectations have changed, for good reason. After a loss I just think back about all the games we lost 45-0, and then I feel better. We are relevant every year, that is what I feel is important. I looked back but I didn't see this play talked about, if it was just ignore this part of the post. It was a "12 man on the field" type play. It was at the end of the UCLA game. UCLA had just ran for 8 yards on first down so it was 2nd & 2 at the 2 min warning. Oregon had to stop them from getting 2 yards or the game would be over cause they would have run out of time outs. Instead what Lanning did was have Uliagalelei reach over and touch the Offensive lineman for off sides and to give them a first down. Now they had 10 yards to go and they didn't t use a time out. They stopped them and got the ball back. If they hadn't done that they would never got the ball back. He gave his team a chance to win, just what a good coach is supposed to do.

My negativity is usually short lived. Successive games of poor play and coaching compounds and extends the half life though. Something I am finding more difficult to move past is the institution of CFB as a whole. I am pretty frustrated with the direction the college game is going. The further down the road we go, the more it seems to infect all involved in the game. Especially at the player level.

Hmm, maybe create an anything-goes thread and give people an outlet, but delete the content every 24 hours.

I like some school identity.

I don't know, where is the Green and Yellow? Look like Oregon.

I think we were all a negaDuck for a few days.☹️

For a lot of "fans", of a lot of different sports, the illusion is that if you don't go undefeated, blow out opponents by double digits, have multiple top "draft choices", and win the championship every year, then the season is a bust! I get it, I understand it, and in a world that tends to beardown daily on people's lives who are just looking for a consistent "win" or "winner" in their lives, get highly frustrated when the plans and prognostications fail them. For me, l at least, following my "favorite teams" is a pastime, a break, a non serious distraction from the grind that each day/week/month provides. But I always try to keep my fandom in perspective and try to appreciate what it provides as a release and a comaradity with fellow fans. Not to say I don't get frustrated or even angry at substandard results but in the perspective of our lives, fandom should NOT get one so worked up that they lose the fun in just appreciating high level play by highly skilled and talented human beings in an arena of competition. Even if you don't "win" in the end. To quote a character played by the late, great, Sir Patrick Stewart... "It is possible to commit NO mistakes and still Lose. That is NOT a Weakness. That is simply Life." Enjoy what you can and let the unenjoyable roll off your back like any good Duck will do. 🦆🏈🪨's

Remind the Ducks it can be done too.

Exactly, and if you want to see a really poorly coached team, then put a bunch of fools like me on the side line. Doesn't matter how talented the players are we would seldom win a game. But I talk a good game on Monday morning.

I have been on sabbatical from here since 9/6/26 because of this very phenomenon. Sometimes the hyper focus on one specific element can feel like ranting, but I get why it happens…but it made me lose interest. A recent example of “hyper” focus that cracked me up a bit while peeking in was the focus of a thread or two (prior to the first official rankings being released) on winning the conference championship as being the only path to the playoff. I am, and was, pretty sure our best path forward is to win out and NOT even play in the championship game. It is almost 💯 certain there will be multiple 9-3 teams in the field this year, and given how the season has unfolded, if we somehow managed to win out, we’d probably be in. Suddenly the first official rankings come out, and oh, look at that, we be ranked. Anyways, I’m sure I’ll end the sabbatical eventually, but everyone keep the OBD faith burning. Starting next year we probably will have an 8-4 make the expanded tournament, so we won’t have to collectively crash and burn if we start out 4-2 😆

#26 Fr. running back Brandon Smith meets with the media ahead of Oregon Football's road matchup at #11 Ohio State on Saturday, November 7, 2026 (Time: 12:30pm PT | Watch: CBS)#77 Fr. offensive lineman Tommy Tofi meets with the media ahead of Oregon Football's road matchup at #11 Ohio State