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Offensive tackles and inside linebackers are where my focus will be. Hoping to see smooth sideline operations with new Coordinators. Dante's growth in reading and reacting to defensive shifts. I am comfortably calm despite losing Lupoi and Stein.

It's a League game, Smokey.

The Justin Wilcox special....aka, why Justin never got a sniff of the UO sideline as a coach.

Dan Lanning was on Rich Eisen recently and was asked about this. He carefully offered some insights while stressing that he was not making excuses. AgaInst OSU, he reminded us that the Ducks sat for 25 days after playing in the B1G Championship, while OSU played the week before against Tennessee. Last year, running back room devastated, O line injuries compounding and 2 checked out assistants due to open transfer portal while the season was still going on. This context matters to some extent, I'll eave it to each to form their own judgments.

Bill Walton was not wrong when he dubbed the PAC-8/10/12, 'Conference of Champions'

My only gripe is that we should never play in botulism burrito stadium.

I love this on every level

It is possible that those who took lots of NIL money from Oregon recently, and didn't deliver to the market value, are spinning a narrative as damage control on the way out the door. Unnamed internal sources who corroborate the narrative sounds like thin soup to me.

At the core of his contention is the idea that our schedule is brutal. It is. I am more optimistic than he is about our chances, but 2 losses is not hard to envision.

Thanks, Charles....still hope to connect with you at a tailgate one day! GO DUCKS!

In addition to your list: LBers: has Devon Jackson figured things out? Can Platt & Williams contribute meaningful snaps? Nickel: who flashes promise? Jett Washington: can he be special from Day 1 as I hope he can be?

This is so smart....the same logic needs to be applied to any future Autzen/Moshofsky work. That is to say, striving to maximize the revenue per attendee at every event. This is the wisest growth model in my opinion, as opposed to just higher capacity. The move to the B1G conference especially makes this strategy the most efficient driver of future cash flows.

On a podcast from TOS it was speculated that Crepea was moved because Coach Dan complained about his journalistic style to an editor at O-Live. No evidence was proffered, only supposition.....yet, it seems highly plausible to me.

I have been watching the YouTube version of the Duck's press conferences during Spring Football. I have been curious about the new coaching staff members and must say that I have been impressed with them to a man. What they may lack in experience in their new positions, they seem to make up for in terms of charisma, culture and connection with the athletes. I fear in-game efficiency and composure as the unit blends but am pleasantly pleased with the intellect and passion of them all. Also notable in these videos is the absence of James Crepea. Previously, Aaron Fentress struck me as the most odious of the O-Live NegaDuck Journos. But James Crepea quickly eclipsed even Fentress when he showed up. I read (I think--at my age, it's possible I dreamt this) somewhere the the AD expressed displeasure with Crepea and he was shifted to the Beaver's Beat which, if true, seems a little too "on the nose." His need to demonstrate his gridiron acumen, in the form of a press conference question, was tedious and I don't miss him.