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We have a chance, but it's a lot to hope for at this stage. I would be happy at 8-4.

I love it. I well remember their athletic director's condescending remarks in the late 1970s about our financial position.

Obviously it would require winning the Big Ten title game. If you like to play around with W-L scenarios in the B1G, you can go here and do your own prognostications and calculations. https://bball.notnothing.net/big10.php?sport=fb

Local long snapping prospect commits to Oregon footballThe Oregon Ducks are adding a long snapper to their 2027 recruiting class. Jamison Walsh, who also plays tight end and defensive end for Cascade High School in Turner, announced his commitment to the Ducks on Thursday. Walsh is rated a 4.5-star prospect by Rubio Long Snapping, ranked the No. 32 long snapper in the country. https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2026/11/local-long-snapping-prospect-commits-to-oregon-football.html

No question a 9-3 Duck team would be worthy to make the CFP. The resume would be strong..... Question is, can they overcome the committee SEC Bias? And in the process climb over enough 9-3 SEC teams? The deck may be stacked against any team that does not win their conference title. Nothing matters unless OBD's handles tOSU this Saturday.... Go Ducks......

I'm happy to post this here instead of in other posts on the same topic. Please move my last two posts from 'CFB Initial Rankings - My Thougths - Yours?' to this post. Thank you. On3Key takeaways from the first 2026 College Football Playof...Only three FBS teams remain unbeaten as we head to November, and two of the three — No. 1 Miami and No. 3 Utah — were rewarded by the selection committee

Lanning's coach speak in regard to Fahey. Dan Lanning Identifies What He Notices First About Ohio State's Luke Fahey

Tale of the tape. Oregon Football: Breaking down the tape for Ducks vs. Ohio State

Stayin' PO Alive - On3College Football Playoff: The 31 teams that still have a...We just received the first set of rankings from the College Football Playoff Committee. You know what that means: CFP debating time. With the CFP

Betting line drops by 6.5 points. Oregon vs. Ohio State betting line sees massive movement ahead of Saturday's showdown

Ohio St.'s 24/7 answers five questions. Did this seem like a special season in the preseason? How does the offense change with Fahey? Is Jeremiah Smith the best Buckeye of all time? Is this a down year for the defense? What does Ohio St. need to do on offense and defense and what is your prediction? Their guy, our questions: Ohio State expert answers five questions about Saturday's game

Gotta love Cig's thoughts. 😍 Ohio State, ranked eight spots lower than an Indiana team it defeated; ranked nine spots higher than a USC team it lost to. It's only a movie. 🤪 On3Curt Cignetti calls out CFP rankings: 'SEC gets a lot of...Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti called out the College Football Playoff rankings due to their love of the SEC, in his mind anyway. That goes hand in hand

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.