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"...enough to be the G6 champ." That Sept. 26 game when Boise State visits Western Michigan could be interesting. If you were the CFP Committee today, what would you consider a better performance? BSU at Oregon? Or, W. Michigan losing at Michigan on the plus-one second? W. Michigan is defending MAC Champ. You might say the MAC is a weaker conference, but if WMU beats Boise State... Though, BSU seems to "get up" for consequential games. I think that is something a lot of fans overlook with BSU. How many games per season do they have to dial up the emotion, as compared to Power4 teams?

Excellent article. Thank you. If our O Line figures it out and can give DM a little time, we will be making a lot of teams pay with 25+ yard strikes downfield this season.

They are an extension of the run game. Getting a player into space with the ball in their hands. It worked fantastic for Chip and company but defenses have know how to defend in space and if they can tackle in space then it's easy to slow down an offense.. It also felt like there were some missed blocking assignments on the perimeter on Saturday as well. Lock down those assignments and I think they work better. But open up the vert passing game and the defense can't play so close to the line of scrimmage. I'm not advocating getting rid of short passes because sometimes getting small chunks is all you can get... But those vertical passes were deadly and we need to see more of them.

Money & exposure are always good things... but not so wonderful unless you win. Hopefully, in the next few days, our defense can figure it out, and our O line can protect DM better. And I'm still betting that BSU is a Top-15 team.

Those behind the line side passes fail most of the time and receivers are usually tackled before the line of scrimmage. Why do coaches insist on using them?

"To the fan, does the start time really matter?" As a fan, of course I couldn't care less what time the game starts. But I'm not the one down on the field playing football. And I could be making a issue out of a molehill. Perhaps a 9:00 AM body clock start time doesn't impact players. But I remember the last year when we had a 9:00 AM start against an average at best Northwestern, and if I recall correctly, we struggled. I realize that is completely anecdotal, but I'm curious. When I get a little time, I'll do some research and look at teams over the last 10 years that played 1) On the road, 2) Games that started at 9 AM according to their body clock, and then I'll share the data.

Thank you, David. Lasso the Cowboys!

Where's Perich? At Minnesota, he was impressive returning KOs and punts.

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I agree.

Happy Labor Day Monday, Lots has already been discussed about the BSU game but I do believe this will be the x-factor the Ducks will need to take advantage of this season. The Ducks Need to Unleash the Vertical Passing GameOregon survived Boise State a team that seems to bring out the worst in the Ducks.

Oregon is 1-0, but Boise State left behind a lot more than a seven-point win. Three things that stood out. Two questions that got louder. One bold prediction as the Ducks head to Stillwater. Check out the DSC Inside Read: DSC Inside Read: A 3-2-1 look back at Boise State and ahe...Three observations from Oregon’s opener, two questions that follow the Ducks to Stillwater and one prediction about where the offense goes next.

Heather D's rankings after week 1. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49839984/projecting-college-football-playoff-top-12-week-1

Oklahoma State falls to Tulsa, will face Oregon nextOregon's Week 2 opponent, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, didn't have an easy go of it either in Week 1 — but the difference is that while they fell behind early, they never found a way to come back, losing 24-10 to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on the road. Not only are the Golden Hurricane a Group of Six team in the American Athletic Conference (AAC), but they reside in Oklahoma and are considered the "little brother" to the Cowboys and Oklahoma Sooners. https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2026/09/06/oregon-football-week-2-opponent-oklahoma-state-falls-tulsa/91643155007/

The Oregon Ducks are more than a 3-touchdown favorite at Oklahoma StateThe Ducks have turned their attention now to week two of the 2026 college football season and they travel to Oklahoma State this coming weekend as a massive favorite. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/the-oregon-ducks-are-more-than-a-3-touchdown-favorite-at-oklahoma-state-289598415/

Approximately 76.7% of the United States population lives in the eastern and central time zones. That works out to about 3/4 of approximately 340,000,000 people. That is lot of potential viewing eyeballs. Businesses pay top dollar to advertise their products/services to reach the target audience. Networks need to show numbers to get top dollar. To the fan, does the start time really matter? Avid college football fans on the west coast watch Game Day at 6 am Pacific. And that show is a shell of what it once was. My youngest son played college ball from 2001 thru 2003 at a west coast school with a horrible program. I asked him how he and his team mates felt about 9 am starts in Alabama, Louisiana and Texas? Dad we are getting to play football, stay in fabulous hotels and have fun. Then we pick up 3 hours of time flying home, which gives us more time to do what is really important. I asked before I thought it thru; What is truly important son? Hanging out with girls, Dad! DUH..... For this Duck grey beard, a 9 am Duck game means i happily do my wifes honey do list Friday. For me it is Duck football. Anytime, any place, anywhere. It is must watch TV. For a sporting event this game has very little appeal to viewers outside of Oregon, Oklahoma and Lincoln Riley. Go Ducks.......

Fentress on the D. https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2026/09/oregons-defense-was-supposed-to-dominate-boise-state-heres-what-went-wrong-instead.html

Despite 378 yds passing against a tough Boise State the fickle odds makers drop Dante in their opinion. Look at who the other favorites played against! Oregon Ducks On SIDante Moore’s Heisman Trophy Odds Take Surprising Turn Af...The Heisman Trophy race did not waste any time getting complicated. Week 1 produced dominant performances, unexpected contenders and a few results that already

You can blame The Mouse. They base everything off of Eastern Time. ESPN is carrying the game so they put it in their 12:00 ET window. Disney merged ESPN and ABC Sport into one division and since ESPN produces sports on ABC they didn’t want it to overlap with Bama/UK at 3:30 ET or Texas/Ohio State at 7:30 ET. They consider the 3:30 and 7:30 windows as their prime slots, so they schedule their best matchups there. They did schedule the A&M game at noon on ABC, so they (and ASU) also get an early start in College Station. I guess they don’t mind the overlap in the noon window because it’s not prime viewing time.

There were indeed better in the second half. But the fact Meringer was displaying the same tendencies to get cute like Will Stein did throughout his tenure in Eugene is concerning to me. Those sorts of plays consistently were broken up by elite teams and I wish OBD would go away from them.

Speaking of . . . bummer that Charles' winners check was only good if you claimed you win within 5 seconds of it being posted. Thanks for playing.

The optics on this are just so poor. especially given that Western Michigan pretty much dominated the game and clearly looked to be the better team on this day-and in a hostile environment at that. Hail to the victors...NOT!

I'm guessing that this subject has been discussed at length, but does anyone know who the braintrust is who schedules these start times... and why a consistently Top-10 team tolerates it?