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I think I want USC to be in full arrogance when they play Ohio State.

Agree that both should lose... But, if USuC wins, they maintain a top 25 ranking. That's good for us. The dawgs can go 0-12 for all I care. I'll be hoping the condoms win.

24-7 late 2nd

Score?

Wowsa. Michigan losing to Minnesota 20-14? Wisconsin stomping Michigan State 31-3? Northwestern BIG over Penn State 34-13 last night? This might have been a good weekend to be in a bye...

Looks like Tosh is taking it on the chin to UNLV.

The big surprise has been how we all knew the offensive line had things to figure out, but our defense is the near-opposite of what we anticipated. Granted, we can improve and become elite, but that is still "iffy" and would require an impressive upgrade, of which rarely happens. Our offense is scoring enough to win, but our defense has a long ways to go...IMHO.'

Charles, this team has problems for sure, but all of the are between the ears, most of which will can continue to be resolved over the season. I don't have any issues with our cornerbacks. We've got our best 3 on the field being effective in positions that fir their strengths. Finney is at his best around the ball, it's a good situation. Our safeties are a bit mixed, Koi Perich has all the athleticism in the world but can't take a good angle and fit the right hole if his life depended on it. I believe Jett Washington will replace him permanently soon enough though. I do believe Flowers has improved his coverage a bit. It's easy to roast USC's culture, but they played us significantly better than last year. That was a good team playing good football that we beat. OL continues to improve, our OC is improving significantly as well with play calling and design. As per my other article I think it is a huge thing for Dan to travel to improve his coaching instead of improving his talent. I think he is seeing that he has the talent to win but the scheme and position coaching is letting them down a bit. He's at Oregon and Oregon innovates and he needs to innovate his schemes, especially on defense. I think our DL is playing much closer to their potential than previously. You can expect a bunch of pressure and sacks with a gap control scheme.

Pretty tough! I can't imagine rooting for EITHER team!

Just watched Minnesota put in a 2nd solid win in a row.

For the first time in my entire life, I will be pulling for UW to win a football game.

We had The Toilet Bowl in ‘83. Maybe this will be The Troylet Bowl for two very deserving programs.

Stats are fun to look at but until they take precedence over the score board Im goin with the win/loss record. Ive seen many games where the losing team had better stats than the winner.

Two offensive plays in a row lead to two interceptions. Michigan plays Santa gifting Minnesota 10 points and handing them a 20-14 lead.

Oregon has played 3 ranked teams. Thats a tough way to open a season. They have to have, by far, the toughest schedule to this point.

Michigan is struggling with a struggling Minnesota team in a battle of who wants it less. Wolverines lead 14-13 in the 4th.

Looking ahead after the Trojan-Huskie game... USC has Ohio St. and Indiana on their schedule. Washington has Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana and Oregon on their schedule. The Huskies have the tougher schedule ahead. I want both schools to have four conference losses. So I'm pulling for the dawgs. Yuk!

I’ve wondered the same thing. With Chip, there really isn’t much question about whether he can coordinate an offense at the college level. What he did at Oregon helped change college football, and then he went to Ohio State and helped coordinate a national championship offense. Put that kind of experience with the talent Oregon has right now and it’s pretty hard not to wonder what the ceiling would be. That said, I’m trying to be fair to Drew Mehringer and Chris Hampton too. Both have shown flashes, and I understand why Lanning promoted guys he knows, trusts, and believes in. I actually respect the loyalty. My concern is more about the timing. This feels like a roster built to contend right now, and having both coordinator positions going through some growing pains at the same time feels like an awfully big gamble. And honestly, the offense isn’t even the side I’m most concerned about. They’re working in a new offensive line and don’t have nearly the same returning experience at some of the skill positions, yet we’ve still seen stretches where the offense looks very good. Statistically, the defense has been the much bigger disappointment, especially considering how much experience and talent is on that side of the ball. That’s the part that’s hardest for me to reconcile with the roster. Maybe the better approach would have been to promote one of them and make a national search for a proven coordinator on the other side. Give Mehringer his opportunity, for example, but bring in an established defensive play caller, or vice versa. There are a hundred different ways it could have been handled, so I don’t pretend there was one obvious answer. I just think trying to develop both coordinators at the same time, with this particular roster and these expectations, is a lot to ask. And while everybody is wondering what this offense would look like with Chip Kelly, I’m over here wondering what this defense would look like with somebody like Nick Aliotti calling it. 😂

Michigan is looking pretty underwhelming against Minnesota. A red zone pick six saves them just before half 14-7. Wisconsin is taking it to the perpetually underwhelming MSU 17-3 at the half.

Does make you wonder if this edition of OBD would be a more legit national title contender this year with CK engineering the offense.

No!

Watcha watching? Got UGA v. Randy on for a bit. Vandy just tied it up at 7 end of 1st quarter. UGA defense isn’t that much different than what I seen from Oregon last week. It is Vandy and Oregon played a top offense last week. UGA is more aggressive with pressures for sure. They play with with more intensity. Just more violent. If Dan can raise the standard in practice and Washington gets healthy who knows? Please figure out the safety play.

Final score 2-0. Only score comes on a bad snap for a safety.

This is not meant as a knock on Will Stein or our current coordinator, but I remember wishing we would hire Chip after Dillingham left. I am concerned about him vs our defense again. Congratulations to NW and their new stadium.

Their new stadium looks amazing. And how awesome is it that it's exactly 100 years after the first field was commissioned, that they're playing their first game in the new stadium. I thought they played spectacular, and you can see Chip Kelly's influence shining. It's too bad he'll go on to suck at an NFL job next year. 🤣