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Dante Moore is ranked No. 1 in CBS Sports' ranking of the 2026 Top 50 QBs. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-qb-power-rankings-dante-moore-oregon/ Someone at CBS Sports must have noticed that No. 2 Golden Archie Manning finished 38th in the 2025 QBR rankings. Auburn WR Cam Coleman transferred to UT and has been proclaimed as 2026's top transfer. In 12 games last season, Coleman had a drop rate of 6.7%. In 14 games last season and with more throws targeted in his direction, Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith finished with a drop rate of 1.8%. Other Big Ten QBs in the top 50 and when Oregon will play against them if their team is on the 2026 schedule. No. 5 Julian Sayin - Week 10 in Columbus The 2025 Heisman Award finalist who finished 2nd in 2025 QB Ratings is ranked behind Miami's Darien Mensah? Dante is No. 1, in part, because of his receiving corps. Ohio State doesn't have a good receiving corps? I'll give you Baby J and match him against Jeremiah. But unlike Sayin, Mensah will not play against six teams ranked in the preseason Top-25. --- No. 7 Jayden Maiava - Week 4 in LA. In front of 54,00 fans (🤪), Maiava got off to a good start against a bad opponent. --- No. 8 Josh Hoover - Indiana - Hoover enters 2026 with the most career passing yards in CFB. --- No. 17 Demond Williams - Washington - Week 13 - Autzen Stadium Why is a QB who put up over 3500 yards of offense in 2025 ranked this low? --- No. 24 Bryce Underwood - Michigan - Week 12 - Autzen Stadium One of 2026's BIG questions: Under the leadership of a functional, post-puberty coaching staff, including OC Jason Beck, how much will Bryce improve? Michigan has a tough schedule, but if the offense improves, eight home games give Michigan a chance to finish 10-2 and make the 2026 PO field. --- No. 25 Rocco Becht - Penn State Coming into 2026, Rocco's 26 career victories are the most in CFB. --- No. 26 Anthony Colandrea - Nebraska - Week 7 - Autzen Stadium Will the 2025 Mountain West Player of the Year have similar success in the Power 2? --- No. 27 Katin Houser - Illinois - Week 8 - Champaign-Urbana, Illinois In 2025, Houser led East Carolina to a 9-4 record with a bowl win over ACC Pitt. --- No. 31 Malik Washington - Maryland Considering the support, or lack thereof, that Washington received from his teammates in 2025, the true freshman and now sophomore had a very good season. --- No. 35 Nico Iamaleava - UCLA - Week 6 - Autzen Stadium In 2026, with a better surrounding cast from Bob Chesney on down, I think Nico will perform better than this ranking, and UCLA will finish 8-4 or 9-3. --- No. 36 Drake Lindsey - Minnesota Another B1G QB who is ranked too low. The deeper conference? Interesting test when Mississippi State visits in Week 2. --- No. 41 Colton Joseph - Wisconsin The Badgers open the season against No. 4 Notre Dame and No. 6-ranked QB CJ Carr. Joseph and Wisconsin will have a chance to prove themselves against the toughest Week 1 opponent a Big Ten team plays. --- Also on the schedule: No. 15 Drew Mestemaker - Oklahoma State - Week 2 - Stillwater, Oklahoma The waters will be anything but still in the Cowboys' home opener when Oregon comes to town. 2025's FBS leading passer Mestemaker is joined by 18 North Texas teammates who followed coach Eric Morris to OK State. --- And a HUH? for: No. 19 Keelon Russell - Alabama - Russell has never started a game for Alabama. No. 30 Lincoln Kienholz - Louisville - Like Russell, Ohio State transfer Kienholz has never started a game. No. 24 Louisville opens the season vs No. 9 Mississippi and No. 3-ranked QB Trinidad Chambliss this Sunday in Nashville, Tennessee. If anything, Trinidad, the best dual-threat QB in CFB, may be ranked too low. BEAT BOISE!

QB, or not QB? CBS Sports has Dante ranked at the top of the 2026 CFB QBs. Someone at CBS Sports must have noticed that Golden Archie finished 38th in the 2025 QB Ratings. And perhaps someone at CBS Sports noticed that new UT WR All-Universe Cam Coleman had a 6.7% drop rate last season. Jeremiah Smith played two more games than Coleman, and with more throws coming his way, had a drop rate of 1.8% https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-qb-power-rankings-dante-moore-oregon/

If the B1G isn't already tough enough - You can have the best recruiting classes and the most draft picks, but without solid coaching, you will not ipso facto have the best teams. As to the SEC being deeper than the Big Ten, I'll match a down Auburn with a down Wisconsin. And Week 2 sees Oklahoma at Michigan, Ohio State at Texas, and Mississippi State at Minnesota. A small but interesting sample of what should be more games between the Power 2. Why not more? ESPN and its water bearer, Greg Sankey. [ Sorry, Badgers QB Colton Joseph, but Cortes didn't burn the boats; he scuttled the boats. I'm hoping Wisconsin doesn't s(t)ink this season. 😁] AP NewsMichigan coach Kyle Whittingham is a man of discipline, l...Michigan coach Kyle Whittingham will turn 67 in November while preparing to play rival Ohio State, but the 6-foot, 220-pound former linebacker looks fit enough to play some snaps for the Wolverines. AP NewsWisconsin reaches out to its past as it attempts to recap...Wisconsin reacted to back-to-back losing seasons by tackling the dual challenge of restocking its talent base through the portal while making sure those transfers understood what it takes to win.

Early on, Mahomes knew that Bo had 'IT.' AP NewsPower shift: Mahomes saw it early: The moment Bo Nix sign...The Denver Broncos ended the Kansas City Chiefs' nine-year reign atop the AFC West last season. Patrick Mahomes sensed the power shift even in mid-November 2024.

New sponsor being added to the field. Oregon Athletics’ New Partnership Part of Nearly $34 Million Agreement

More good rumblings on frosh RB Smith Dierre Hill Jr. sees shades of Saquon Barkely in freshman RB Brandon Smith

How our recruits did this last weekend. Which Oregon football commits stood out in first big high school weekend

The Bear is locked and loaded. Oregon’s Bear Alexander Wants to Accomplish Something Historic

We know this game is on CBS. This means it will be streaming on Paramount +. For those of you who can stream and have good equipment, the Paramount + picture will be noticiably better. GO DUCKS!

Dierre Hill Jr.'s improvement will help the Ducks and also allow him more onfield reps. Oregon Ducks On SIDante Moore Gets Candid on Dierre Hill Jr.’s Big ChangeOregon Ducks running back Dierre Hill Jr.’s true freshman season played a key role in the program’s College Football Playoff semifinal finish in 2025. Hill drew

Here is the first edition of From Both Sidelines featuring Dan Lanning, Boise State HC Spencer Danielson, DC Erik Chinander, and OC Nate Potter talking about Saturday's game: From Both Sidelines: Oregon and Boise State See the Same...Listen long enough to Dan Lanning, Spencer Danielson, and both Boise State coordinators, and the normal game-week coach speak starts revealing a pretty clear picture of where Saturday will be decided.

Thanks for the awesome update. Great weekend to finish my summer projects, excluding Sat. afternoon of course. Go Ducks!

Bowling Green? I recall that Novosad was looking for place where he had a high probability to start when he entered the portal. In addition to Baylor and Oregon, he held offers from Colorado, Houston, Kansas, Louisiana Tech, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Rice, SMU, Stanford, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech, UNLV, and Vanderbilt. Novosad was rated the 13th-best quarterback by 247Sports in the class of 2023 and the 12th-best pocket passer quarterback by ESPN, earning a 4-star designation by the majority of outlets. Perhaps he knew Dante Moore intended to announce he was returning for another season.

The annual oxymoronic is upon us. With apologies to Week 0, Labor Day weekend is when we celebrate the true start of the college football (CFB) season by not laboring on the Labor Day holiday and instead bingeing on college football from Thursday 9/3 through Monday 9/7.😍 Reactions to Week 1 games will undoubtedly follow suit with the overreaction to Week 0 games. I don't believe the UNC offense that put up 13 points against TCU under genius OC Bobby Petrino is ready to rampage through the ACC, that Billy Bob's job is safe, or that Jordon Hudson will use her fifth season of eligibility to captain the Tar Heels cheerleaders. I don't believe TCU will finish the season defeated, or that UVA's beatdown of NC State means that the Cavaliers are a playoff lock. I don't believe the Coliseum will be empty when Oregon, Washington, and Ohio State visit LA. I do believe that former FCS power and now a Mountain West Conference member, North Dakota State that destroyed CUSA Conference member Jacksonville State 33- 7 in Week 0, will contend for the conference title and the G6 spot in the 2025 CFB playoffs. All times are Pacific. Odds from Polymarket Traders. AP Poll rankings, including Others Receiving Votes, are used for team rankings. 28 BOISE STATE at OREGON -24.5 - AP No. 28 Boise State at 2nd-ranked Oregon this Saturday is the closest the Big Ten comes in Week 1 to a top-25 vs. top-25 matchup. Polymarket Traders give Oregon a 95% chance to win and a 52% chance to cover. OBD is the highest-ranked team that Boise State has ever played. This is the B1G's biggest game in Week 1, and Boise State's chance to show off on national TV. Saturday, September 5, 2026, 12:30 PM. The Oregon season that begins with a natiowide broadcast on CBS hopefully ends on January 25, 2027, with a National Championship in Las Vegas. Week 1 football begins with B1G games on Thursday, September 3rd. UMASS at RUTGERS -29.5 - 3 PM Big Ten Network (BTN) - Rutgers has two All-B1G players on offense. Nevertheless, weddings should be attended, and picnics need not be interrupted. EASTERN ILLINOIS at MINNESOTA -43.5 - 5 PM - Peacock - Some B1G team had to get the bird, right? Much B1Gger game next week when SEC Mississippi State visits Minneapolis. UAB at No. 33 ILLINOIS -27.5 - 6 PM BTN - Oregon plays at Illinois in Week 8, with the Illini coming off a Week 7 bye. Underrated Illinois finished with nine wins in 2025 and 10 wins in 2024, with season-ending bowl victories over South Carolina and Tennessee. --- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th INDIANA STATE at PURDUE -36.5 - 4 PM BTN Yes, Virginia, Purdue will win a game this season. Holy Larry Bird! Larry's Sycamores are 5 TD+ underdogs to a team that has not won a Big Ten game in the last two seasons. Mercy! TOLEDO at MICHIGAN STATE -10.5 - 5 PM FS1 Hopefully Fitz's Spartans will handle MAC title contender Toledo in his opener in East Lansing. This should be a competitive game. FRESNO STATE at 14 USC -21.5 - 6 PM Fox At least 54,000 fans will be in attendance, right? SC is favored to go 2-0 with wins over Mountain West San Jose State and Pac-12 Fresno State. This season, Fresno State plays Boise State in Fresno and has a legitimate chance to win the (gulp) Pac-12 title. This is a much better team than the San Jose State team SC defeated in Week 0. This game could be close well into the second half. No. 7 MIAMI -24.5 at STANFORD - 6 PM ESPN Stanford is 1-0 after a close Week 0 win over Hawaii at Stanford Stadium. The ACC starts conference play earlier than the other Power 4 conferences. Last week, UVA sent ACC dark horse contender NC State to the glue factory. In 2025, Miami played ten games, including the title game against Indiana, in Florida. The farthest Miami traveled was a trip to Dallas to play SMU and a postseason trip to Dallas to play Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. This one trip to play Stanford on Friday night is close to the mileage Miami traveled in the 2025 season. Two years ago, when Miami traveled to Berkeley to play Cal and its QB Fernando Mendoza, the Canes were fortunate after knocking Mendoza out of the game to score 21 4th quarter points and escape with a 39 to 38 victory. However, in 2026, Stanford is not as good as Cal was in 2024, and Fernando's in Vegas. I think Miami will cover the -24.5 point spread. (But last week I thought TCU would defeat UNC, and that North Carolina State would cover the 5.5 spread in favor of UVA. 🤬) --- Saturday, 9/5: Games in addition to BOISE STATE at OREGON. OHIO at NEBRASKA -24.5 - 9 AM FS1 Will UNLV transfer and 2025 Mountain West Player of the Year, QB Anthony Colandrea, be able to fill Dylan Raiola's cleats? Will Coach Ruhle defeat a ranked team for the first time in his fourth season at Nebraska? The first opportunity should come on October 10th, when Indiana visits Lincoln. No. 6 INDIANA -40.5 vs NORTH TEXAS - 9 AM Fox This game being the Fox Nooner speaks to the paucity of B1G quality opponents in Week 1. The guts of this No. Texas team can be found in Stillwater, Oklahoma. If Cig releases the Hoosiers and wants to give new QB Josh Hoover as many reps as possible, this game could get as ugly as the kid whose mom puts meat around his neck so the dog will play with him. 🤪 18 PENN STATE -24.5 vs MARSHALL - 12:30 PM FS1 Marshall is ranked 88th in the CBS preseason poll; accordingly, the Thundering Herd represent Penn State's toughest out-of-conference opponent. Week 2 opponent Temple is ranked 104th, and Week 3 opponent Buffalo is ranked 114th. I'm fairly certain Matt Campbell will begin his tenure at Penn State 3-0. 22 IOWA -31.5 vs. NORTHERN ILLINOIS - 1:15 PM BTN No matter the starter at QB, the Hawkeyes cruise. 16 MICHIGAN -28.5 vs. WESTERN MICHIGAN - 4:30 PM NBC Welcome, Coach Whit, to the Big Ten. This is the first of Michigan's eight home games. In-state opponent Western Michigan is the defending MAC champion and one of the favorites to win the MAC in 2026. Notwithstanding Western's Big Mac bona fides, the competition ratchets up a bit in Week 2 when No. 10 Oklahoma visits the Big House. MARYLAND -45.5 vs a Hamper, er, HAMPTON - 5 PM BTN If you are not the Bald Man on Campus and you are watching this game, please dial 1-800-GET-LIFE. NORTHWESTERN -13.5 vs SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - 5 PM BTN FCS Power SDS is not a cupcake. Will Chip and Jerry Neuheisel improve QB Aiden Chiles' play and improve the NW O? UCLA -0.5 at CAL - 7:30 PM ESPN An old Pac-12 at Nite matchup presents an early test for new coaches, Bob Chesney and Tosh Lupoi. Will the UCLA Bruins get some payback for the $10 million-a-year Palamony Payment to the Golden Bears? (If the fight songs sound the same, it doesn't mean you've had too much to drink. 🤪) A sellout is expected, and the majority of fans will not be disguised as empty seats. --- SUNDAY 9/6 - 17 WASHINGTON -27.5 vs WASHINGTON STATE - 1 PM NBC The point spread indicates a rotten Apple Cup for the Pac-12 Cougars. WISCONSIN +20.5 vs No. 4 NOTRE DAME - Green Bay, Wisconsin - 4:30 PM NBC Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman played for Luke Fickell the one season Fickell was the interim coach at Ohio State and coached for Luke at Cincinnati. Can Badgers QB Colton Joseph (😁) stay healthy and keep the game from turning into a blowout? Last season, Joseph's first play from scrimmage was a 76-yard TD run against Indiana in Bloomington, one of the few times in 2025 the Hoosiers trailed in a game. No. 9 OLE MISS -6.5 vs 24 LOUISVILLE in Nashville, TN. - 4:30 PM NBC 91 games will be played in Week 1. This is the one game that matches up Top 25 teams. 😧 --- MONDAY, 9/7 19 SMU -2.5 at FSU - 4:30 PM ESPN After struggling for a win against New Mexico State in Week 0, the 1-0 Seminoles take on SMU, one of the favorites to win the ACC in 2026. The SMU schedule is ranked 54th by SP+. SMU misses Miami and Clemson and hosts UVA. If the Ponies can defeat FSU and win at Louisville in Week 3, SMU will have a good chance of playing for the ACC title and a decent shot at a playoff spot no matter the outcome of the game later in the season at Notre Dame. Get Your Popcorn + IPAs Ready & Let's Watch OBD BEAT BOISE!

This is from the Podcast of Champions. If you haven't found these guys, they are a fun listen. Formally covering the Pac 12, they switched to the BIG. David is the ucla guru and hates Chip and Riley. Ryan is the USC guy, but not a homer by any means. Somewhat irrelevant in the way they get off track constantly, but a fun listen. I use 1.5 speed. Here is the link to the pool. Give them a listen. Podcast Of Champions 2026 Survivor Pool

And we won't back down! https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49796730/tennessee-chancellor-says-sec-not-budge-nfl-rule I imagine the SEC will get an objective ruling from a state court judge in Baton Rouge, right? Chaos follows Kiffin.

ESPN's Heather Dinich lists Boise State at Oregon as this season's 2nd most impactful OOC game behind Ohio State at Texas. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49735073/college-football-playoff-watch-september

I had read, at least in this case, the QB battle was pretty close but Kastantin was given the edge due to being a better rushing threat (100 carries for 530 yards and 5 TDs last year). Novosad had 56 carries for -18 yards over 33 career high school games (I can't find any career rushing attempts in his 7 Oregon games). I believe Bowling Green (under Eddie George) has been known mostly as a run-heavy RPO based offense (favoring mobile dual-threat QBs). I also read Bowling Green will have five new starting OL (four graduating and one transfer), so that might have played a bit into the choice as well. I guess Novosad is expected to play unless Kastantin (perhaps literally) runs away with the job; but, Bowling Green is looking more and more like an odd choice for Novosad. Maybe it was his best available choice I guess?

But... It WAS SJSU. 26 points against USC? USC is going to be up against several much tougher opponents. Depth will likely be a major factor for the Toejamz as the season progresses

Finally back from the off-season! Boise State will play us tough. Until such time as we blow them out (hasn't happened this century) I am going to assume the game will be in our control but the score will look closer than the game really is. I'd personally rather see our O-Line get a ton of reps late into the 3rd. Let's go into Stillwater next weekend and take care of business; then get the 2nd and 3rd units as much playing time as possible against Portland State.

Might be worse! Novosad seemed like he was actually in a very favorable QB system at Dripping Springs. Will Stein clearly had followed him before coming to Oregon as OC too!

Ouch, hurts almost as much as Ty Thompson failing at Tulane.

I really thought a change of scenery might do him good; especially dropping down a few levels in competition. But it's pretty clear now why Brock Thomas made the leap over him last year! https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2026/08/31/oregon-football-austin-novosad-named-backup-bowling-green/91541274007/

This is one of the best interviews of Poncho I have seen

Ducks on NFL 2026 rosters - The NFL Flock continues to grow - https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/all_oregon_ducks_who_made_nfl_rosters_after_cuts/s1_16787_44243139?utm_source=mb&utm_medium=email&mb_edition=20260901&mb_loc=right_h