Jon Joseph

And the Beavs just throttled a good ASU O. The Beavs will be coming in fired up. The Ducks now out of PO contention? As you so noted Utah was run down and run over by the Beavs run game. However, the win at SC was the Beavs only win on the road this season. Should be a very interesting game. Who wants it more? Oregon settling for a Rose Bowl chance or the Beavs going for their first Rose Bowl shot in many the year?

WHY? Look at the man's record at FAU and Ole Miss. With this group of Ducks athletes Kiffin would be putting up 40+ points game after game. And the D at Ole Miss does not stink. Plus, the guy can recruit.

It's year 4. I have no patience left. QB's developing? Where? On the bench? WRs developing? As blockers?

My good friends, I am just short of not caring. The same thing we saw at ASU in 2019, we saw last night in SLC. And if you saw Herbert play tonight; well, that is a further reason for frustration. More proof that this coaching staff does not have superior athletes prepared to play to their level of ability. There is NO excuse. Injuries, youth of roster, not enough experience with a coach who has been a HC for over 70 games, to justify or excuse the failure to win when it matters.. None whatsoever, The failure to make the PO in 2019 and 2021 is all about incompetent coaching. And IMO, this cannot be excused by superior recruiting, a 1 point win over 3L Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl or hidden behind a complete Fiesta Bowl no show vs Iowa State and a loss to Stanford team that did not belong on the same field. Oregon was PO worthy team in 2019 and 2021. The failure to reach the ultimate level is squarely on the shoulders of this coaching staff.

God bless you. The 2022 schedule? Opening 'at' Georgia with a QB who has not thrown a pass in for real playing time? And not against Portland State but against UGA? I love your and others optimism but I just don't see it?

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN? That was a sterling effort throwing and running the ball. UNDERUTILIZED. Such a shame and such a waste of talent at Oregon. Let's take the best QB in CFB and put him under wraps so he doesn't screw up. Fed up!

Oregon has quality QBs in the locker room with quality WRs to throw to. But this potential excellence will not be seen in a risk adverse offense. In a playing in a phone booth O that depends on smash mouth O that the D knows is coming. The O has been buried in a go slow, non Chipper O. Oregon should have run 20+ more plays last night. Oregon has a 5 star QB on the bench who along with talented WRs and TEs are buried in this O. Bringing in stud race horses and letting them run like a horse and buggy in today's CFB? Why did Bama beat Arkansas on Saturday? Because of a wide open, aggressive passing game, Cristobal's O is destined to fail in today's CFB. It is far too easy to defend. The OL is good but it is not the Packers OL that could move you off the block even when you knew what was coming. At Utah was there a single hurry up play on O? Did Oregon ever pressure the Utes with an up tempo O? No. Oregon played slow ball with an adequate not great, QB.

Should we dismiss losing on both LOS? THIS was a game for the Golden PO ticket. This was a complete no show. vs a team that lost at BYU, SDS and and OR ST. A trip to the Rose Bowl? A trip to a consolation prize. When will you be ready to acknowledge that Mario is not a big time coach? I saw the 2019 melt down at ASU. I watched last night as a team being built to dominate both LOS lost on both sides of the ball. The guy is golden at winning games, barely, in Autzen, But this is a HC who will never take OR to the Final 4. A coach with a roster advantage who cannot win at Stanford or against a 3L Utah team on the road. Please stop with the Mario props and the excuses. Props for being a good man? Yes, For being a great recruiter? Yes. A guy who can have his team ready to pay? NO. Dan Mullen is available, Dave Aranda and Matt Campbell are available. Hell, Justin Wilcox is available. Gary Patterson is available. In 7O+ games as a HC Mario is close to .500. I'm tired of people thinking that an exhibition Rose Bowl game is a big deal. Do you want to challenge against the best, on occasion win at Ohio State and go 9-3? Losing to schools roster-wise inferior to Ducks Scrapping by inferior teams the Ducks should blow out? I for one am no longer willing to trade excuses for wins. If Mario makes the Rose Bowl it will be a battle of a Pac-12and a B1G team not good enough to win their conference, Ask yourself, where would Oregon finish in the B1G E or W or in the SEC E or W?

EPIC FAIL! Chance to erase the 2019 at ASU no show; no show Fiesta Bowl; 2020 Ls vs CAL and OR ST? How is it possible to take an L vs Stanford your 2nd unit should defeat? What Oregon CFB head coach in recent history would lose a game in this manner? Not Bellotti. Not Kelly and likely, not even Slick? Oregon looked like a lower-level Mountain West team last night. Not a San Diego State level team that beat Utah, a BYU team that beat Utah, or anywhere close to an Oregon State team that beat Utah. Yet, Mario continues to receive all kind of support because of his recruiting and defeating a 3L Wisconsin team in the Rose Bowl by 1 point, with the NFL rookie of the year at the wheel. He is an excellent recruiter as proved at Bama. And a very good OL coach as he proved at Bama. He is a good man and a good person as he proved at Bama and has proved at Oregon. He is a mediocre at best head football coach. Which is OK. Most of us reach a certain level in life at what we do professionally and if advanced beyond this level, most of us fail and fall back. Oregon is competing in a CFB, billion dollar arena. Oregon's coach can close the deal on the recruiting front but not on the playing field. And the field Mario is playing on is a piece of cake compared to competing in the B1G, SEC and even the B12. Every excuse: give him more time; too many injuries; the team is young; altitude; is at this point in time simply BOGUS! Do I as much as I admire Mario as a person, have a better option for the Oregon HC? YES. But why would anyone come west to coach in a conference that has not made the PO since 2016? A conference with an insolvent network. A conference with many the football budget less than AAC and Mountain West schools? A conference that has many games KO when most of the country is in bed? It's time for the TEAM to move on. In terms of a HC, and so as not to be saddled by inferior partners who do not have the money or the desire to compete at the highest level of CFB.

It's been 4 years. When does 'time' run out?

What would Mario's record be if he played Mullen's schedule?

Dan Mullen is out as the HC of the Florida Gators. UF, USC, UW, LSU, TCU. WAZZU. Lots of big time gigs are open. And when these openings are filled, lots more coaching dominoes will fall. Jimmy Sexton and his clients, already well paid, are about to see even more bank headed their way.

What makes you think Mario wants to throw the deep ball as a consistent part of the O. If we do not already have a QB on the roster who can throw the ball a long way, the recruiting rankings are more than suspect.

TRUTH from Matt Zemeck who is a savvy guy when it comes to CFB.

Washington HC? After Auburn's L at South Carolina yesterday ( I had SC SU +240!) lots of chatter about Harsin leaving Auburn and the SEC W grind, for UW? Harsin was on UW's radar before Lake was hired. Coach Pete, advising AD Jen Cohen, has a lot of belief in the former Boise St coach. Other names that keep popping up: Aranda, Campbell (why leave a B12 that with its new members could score a better TV deal than the Pac-12?) and Justin Wilcox.

I never bet against the Ducks. But I'd take WSU +3 and possibly playing for a Pac-12 N title and OR ST +13 possibly playing for a North title? The Beavs completely shut down the ASU O last night. And the Beavs have a solid run game and more than decent passing game. The Ducks could end up in one of the Rose, Alamo or Holiday bowls.

A McSorley + Barkley help the cause. Those guys were not with JM at MISS ST. The Pirate is doing far better at MISS ST than did JM.

Riley played both QBs last night in the Sooners 1 TD win over Iowa State.

Agreed. But I'd take Kiffin in a heart beat. But why would he come?

Progressing? What difference did you see in last night's No Show vs the 2019 No Show at ASU? In 2019 and last night, I saw 2 Ducks teams totally unprepared to compete and defeat inferior foes. What have you seen in 2021 that convinces you that under Mario the team will not play down to the level of the competition? Mario is not the CEO to have in charge of a long term project. Mario is the same head coach he was at FIU. He will win a conference title in a bad conference but that is the man's ceiling. The faith I had in Mario as a Playoff coach diminished with an L to a Stanford team that OR's 2nd team should beat. Last night, the light went out. He is a terrific recruiter who cannot translate the roster talent to the field. He is a totally risk-adverse coach who is happy to plod to 1 score wins versus lesser opponents. He was a perfect fit as the OL coach and nation's best recruiter as an assistant coach at Bama. He is in over his head as a head coach. Under a very good person, Mario, the results on the field will be SSDD.

Great post. Brown is a career mediocre QB. His 1 win vs a top 25 team came in Columbus. He starts not because of talent but because of Mario Cristobal's comfort level. Look how Stroud has improved this season at QB for Ohio State after opening with a shaky win at Minnesota and a loss vs Oregon. But based on what happened with last season's young QB, Shough, who retrogressed as the season went on, would Mario and this staff have gotten 9 wins out of Thompson or one of the younger players? Mario wants his QB to be part of a grind-it-out- punch-you-in-the-mouth system. That 's it, period. Mario hid the NFL rookie of the year under a bushel. Post season, you will see at least 1 if not 2 Oregon QBs in the portal along with a number of WRs. In 2022, you will see a guy getting his first start in Atlanta vs Georgia. A guy who will not be prepared for the magnitude of the game. For me, after the Stanford debacle, last night was a coaching crucible for Mario. He failed. He had the team no where close to playing like the #3 team in the country. The Pac-12 is once again out of the playoff and limited to the $4m which comes from its guaranteed P5 PO spot. The B1G and the SEC will be pulling down $14M a piece in PO money. There will be no PO appearance to sell to recruits. Frankly, I have no interest in psychoanalyzing Mario's decision making. I don't care who he plays as long as the Ducks play up to the roster ranking and dominate a bad, bad conference. As long as the Ducks consistently perform to a level worthy of the roster, Mario can 'think' whatever he likes. The way he is thinking now will NEVER result in a PO title for the Ducks. Going to the Rose Bowl, if Oregon can defeat the Beavers, is not all that in 2021. The Rose Bowl in 2021 is an exhibition game between 2 multi-loss Pac-12 and B1G teams. It comes the day after the meaningful games, the playoff semi-finals are played. One day after the games that matter are played. This Oregon team never should NEVER have lost to Stanford and to Utah. Never should have let a crummy team like Arizona and others, stay in the game. Mario as a person? Yes. Mario as a recruiter? Yes. Mario as a Playoff winning coach? No.

No, but it is $4M and not $10M for the Pac-12. The Rose Bowl this year is an exhibition game against a B1G team not good enough to win its conference. Recruits want to play in the Rose Bowl only when the RB is a semi-final site. Mario's road record in a far from difficult conference is not good. In its last 8 games as a road dog the Ducks have failed to cover 7 times. Ohio State of all teams, is the outlier. Tonight? The entire team from the coaches on down no showed.

The W in Columbus was by far the best W ever for Brown. That was the first and only time Brown has started a game against a top 25 opponent and won. The young QBs in the clubhouse must have been terribly overrated, are being negligently under-coached, or both? And why recruit all of the WRs? ASU 2019 redeux. But without the furious comeback attempt. Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water with Mario, THIS happens? Hopefully, the Ducks will sit Brown and still have a chance to play for the Rose Bowl?

Goals are still all in front of us? The Playoff is not THE goal?

Gentlemen, should we take this show on the road? HOW ABOUT NO!