JabbaNoBargain

I project 11-1…some traditions with Duck fans seem to live on 😆 I think I can’t take this format anymore, was a good run y’all!

I’d take it a step further, we were about to fully grab the momentum there, instead they scored 6 on the next play. Which is my point, that’s the stuff that happens when we play them. Make it stop.

I think OBD need some situational play calling improvement, more negative plays created by the D, and less penalties. There were a few times when we out schemed ourselves, particularly with going 0/3 on 4th down. We don’t need to act like we have Mike Leach level of talent and need to compensate. Line it up! IMO - the stats are actually pretty good for a first game with two new coordinators against a team we always struggle against. Held them under 300 total yards and 2.6 ypc, almost doubled them up on total yards. There seems to be collective amnesia that we have never beat BSU by more than 7 😆

Offense has been fine. Stats are fine. D needs to actually create a negative play once in a while. We’re giving up 2.9 YPC, gaining 5.8 YPC. Have double the passing yards. TOP and zero turnovers the biggest factor so far.

Offense has been fine. Stats are fine. D needs to actually create a negative play once in a while.

Aside from rushing being light, the first half stats were perfectly fine. We only gave up 140 total yards. Dante threw for 163.

Hopefully we learn not to schedule these guys moving forward, regardless of the outcome. We’re 1-3 against them and the only win was the year we went undefeated…and we still needed a freaking miracle to beat them. For whatever reason, learn, adapt, and quit scheduling these guys. Accept it 😂

Check down Dante. He seems exactly the same as last year so far…. Let’s go

I’m okay with him not returning another punt in his career. Fair catch inside the 5 and a muff?

A finish!

Not in week 1 imo

O line has been fine with pass protection. Run blocking bigger question

Totally. Write check, cancel game, schedule Sac State.

Not sure why we keep scheduling these guys

Simple for me, O-line not looking like it did last time we played these guys.

Well, looks like between transfers and recruiting, BSU added 45(!) 3 star recruits in the 2026 cycle…which completely flies in the face of their recipe for success the last 20 years. “PAC12” Side note - CSU added 63 3 stars to their roster this year.

That UNC game was some seriously hot garbage imo. The Stanford game was a bummer in the end, but a fun comeback. Rooting hard for the MWC this season for some reason 😆

This isn’t Portland State…but it also might not be the same BSU we’ve seen the last couple decades. They have a completely retooled offensive line kicking the season off against an experienced NFL defensive front on the road, that alone should be a big yikes for them.

I mean, you can apply any logic you want. If you use the measuring stick of 150 years, Yale is tops with 18 claimed titles. Time for my annual photos recognizing true greatness!

Having lived in Raleigh for 4 years recently, I can tell you firsthand Bubba isn’t serious about football at all imo. He likes to spike 2-3 seasons of ticket sales with a circus and then move on. If it works out, great, but onto the next circus if not.

Nothing overly surprising to me in this poll, great to be in the thick of things! Interesting that UW thinks year 3 of a coach means something in 2026. I thought Indiana winning it all last year in year 2 pretty much turned that model on its ear. Their 2025 and 2027 classes barely crack the top-25 with 2026 composite around #12. Their QB left…and came back. I guess I’m a bit skeptical and agree with their 7.5 O/U.

I’d go Coach MB. Brooks toiled and got us to breakthrough eventually, but MB sustained and grew. Brooks couldn’t quite bridge and build upon the Ogburn flirtation and regressed despite having Chris Miller in the 80s. I mean, he did finally progress from 89-94, but it didn’t really felt like we “belonged” until MB to me. Talk about a slow burn, wowsers! My general recollection growing up in the 80s is we were completely dependent upon the starting QB being able to try to carry us to 6-5 to magically break through and make a bowl game. Oh how I used to dream of playing some crappy bowl game in December. The second there was a QB shoulder separation or a bad QB transition we were…terrible.

Don’t disagree, in fact I posted I consider them a rival in this thread…but it’s been 16 years since PC escaped, and they haven’t made any version of the playoff since. That’s the joke imo, the OG Blueblood of west coast football hasn’t made the playoffs in a full generation. USC is fairly unique, they could get back fast in a big way, like few others could. Until they breakthrough with the right coach, they’re kind of giving off Nebraska vibes until proven otherwise 😆

Impact on our trajectory as program is where I’d land, in chronological order: Musgrave - first breakthrough, ended our quarter century bowl drought Wheaton - The pick and gang green changed everything Harrington - First new look QB that got us sniffing at what was possible Mariota - multiple breakthroughs, won a fairly significant award

Pretty tough! These having not been mentioned so far is wild: Van Brocklin, Fouts, Miller, Musgrave, Royce, DeForest, Bobby Moore, Wheaton. Royce is actually our all time rusher and total TDs leader, talk about under the radar.