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Penn St sees their comeback take a terrible turn as a TD is followed with a horrible pass in the dirt to a wide open receiver on a failed two point conversion. NorthWestern now leads 34-13.

NW’s rush game is tearing PSU to pieces!

Another TD makes it 31-7 heading into the 4th. This team looks legit and will give the Ducks trouble. Expect them to be ranked next week.

31-7 now

Whats up with Penn States D?

Oregons reputation for elite QB play, 5 years in a row will drive elite wr into Lannings lap. 3 different QBs in five years. And their might be a 4th, I have only seen play 3 quarters of football. He looks like a Dog for sure.

Right now they lead Penn St 24-7 in the third quarter. Chip Kelly has another offense looking dangerous. This team is 3-1 taking Indiana down to wire in their only loss.

Consider this a success. Lot´s of reaction. My thought is that LR needs to get all of his head coaching goals out of his head before he would take an OC position... much like Chip Kelley. After failures at a couple of NFL teams and then at UCLA, he was finally ready to be an OC... but even then he wanted back into the NFL. Is he going to be content at Northwestern???? Time will tell. I don´t think Lincoln is ready to be an OC just yet. Saban did a good job of rehabilitating spent head coaches. Lame Kiffin, Sark... He hired Sark as an analyst and then moved him into the OC role when LK left. I don´t see Lanning wanting to run a rescue mission just yet either. His hires are all of people who are up and coming high energy young people... not older guys needing a retread. All that said, if Lanning would take him, I trust Lanning to do the right thing for the team.

I think the Ducks defense is still a work in progress but playing three ranked teams (two on the road) all with good offenses probably has something to do with it. Has any other top 25 team played three other top 25 teams that are still currently ranked? After next Saturday it will be four teams. Just something to factor in while trying to understand this team. I also don't think that FCS games should count in statistics.

Thanks to Mr. Fishduck and all participants for the question and discussion. Random thoughts... Oregon is ranked #15 now and has played #18, #19 and #22. Are the Ducks overrated at 15? What would our statistics look like if we had played the schedules of some other supposed contenders? Is Oregon underperforming its talent? Offensive linemen are 5-6 of the 11 starters, plus or minus the tight end. Does Oregon have the offensive line talent of a top five team? Coach Terry's units have often been in competition for the Joe Moore award. Has he lost his touch or is he working with less talent this year? Or perhaps with talent that he not had enough time to develop? Joel Klatt said that Oregon's defensive line is playing a "read and react" concept not an aggressive shoot the gaps concept. I cannot tell, as I do not do film study. Is the lack of TFLs and Sacks partly a result of the scheme not the players?

I had that same concern. I would've preferred a most experienced QB coach like David Yost.

Need to take all FCS teams out of everyone's stats realistically. But absolutely... the PSU game has padded out overall stats.

Wow Charles, this topic really hit a nerve! I'm a 'no' as well. I believe his potent offensive philosophy also leads to his teams' Achilles heal. When the rubber meets the road, his teams cannot grind out wins against better teams. They neglect establishing the run and in his world, defense will always play second fiddle to the offense. When your defense doesn't have the opportunity to practice against an offense that can really grind, it weakens the whole team. Others have spoken to character and maybe some of that is true. However, LA is a very easy place to not focus on football and the character of each player also must factor in.

Follow Simeon Birnbaum, and learn more about his XC training with the Men of Oregon.

It makes sense that the run game would suffer with a new O line and injured Backs

IMHO, it would be more than reasonable, and miles more realistic, to remove the PSU scrimmage numbers from your stats, and then re-analyze.

National Stats: Oregon through Week 4 - Total D 68 / Total O 12

If he came with a short, tight leash, then yeah, I’d take him as OC. His résumé is pretty damn impressive, sans the head coaching bit.

If you take out the PSU game, our O probably won't even crack top 20... D is a really disgrace IMHO, with all the NFL-level talent. Something'd better change soon, starting with the next game against a ranked UCLA.

Hope he's not interviewing... 🫥 😁

Through October 1, 2026, with Oregon having played 4 games. CFB Stats Category Oregon National Rank Scoring Offense 47.5 pts/game #5 CFB Stats Rushing Offense 159.0 yds/game #72 CFB Stats Passing Offense 346.5 yds/game #6 CFB Stats Total Offense 505.5 yds/game #12 CFB Stats Scoring Defense 23.3 pts/game #72 CFB Stats Rushing Defense 113.0 yds/game #41 CFB Stats Passing Defense 231.3 yds/game #97 CFB Stats Total Defense 344.3 yds/game #68 CFB Stats So the interesting picture right now is pretty stark: Oregon is #5 in scoring, #6 passing, and #12 total offense, but only #72 rushing offense. Defensively, the conventional yardage rankings aren't nearly as impressive: #41 rush defense, #97 pass defense, #68 total defense, #72 scoring defense. Yikes!

For many of these new young coaches they don't have a safety jet anymore. Koa Ka'ai, to pick on him as the new QB coach for a moment, apparently did most of the work last year with QBs but he still had Stein to fall back on when he needed it. Who does he fall back on and who is coaching him up now?

We have NEVER had NIL to this degree before....pretty hard to know how some will react. Perhaps that is why he is talking a coach who works with professionals?

I completely agree. The massive disconnect between pre-season expectations and our actual performance falls squarely on the assistant coaches—specifically our new offensive and defensive coordinators. The real head-scratcher here is how DL didn't see this coming. It had to have shown up in practice. If you play like you practice, anyone watching those sessions should have seen these red flags well before the first four games of the season. Judging by some of his recent comments—and his trip up to my neck of the woods to meet with the Seahawks head coach—it seems like DL is only now realizing just how much his new assistants coaches need to be coached up.

Great comments from the forum. On a side note i would be remiss if i didn't give Mike West a shout out for his screen shots of the gaps and wide open spaces that our defensive scheme allows. I really feel the offense will improve and add 7 to 10 points per game. But the defense needs some more change ups and variations, soon. In the Texas vs Tennessee game, Texas had 8 sacks. In one game! Do the Ducks have 8 all year? Go Ducks....