DrJacksPlaidPants

This guy make a great point. Just make sure to read his whole post. “Champions miss, the great ones fix it”.

That happened with very competent OC/QB Coaches in Dillingham and Stein. From what I’ve seen this season, Merringer and Ka’ai would just make him worse. Furthermore, why would I want a QB like Underwood when I already have Smith Jr. on my roster?

Let him have the first series. Raiola would technically be coming off the bench after that.

He still needs to start the next game if Dante can’t play. Raiola is much better coming out of the bullpen.

I made mention to a fellow duck fan at work that this was the most 'Helfrich' loss I've seen since Helfrich was coach.

The NFL is filled with teams and players who stink it up on a weekly basis. One good example is a former Duck QB who earns eight figures annually.

Fan confidence is the least of Lanning’s worries. If his players lose confidence they’ll quit playing hard for him and his staff. This week’s Nebraska game is a good litmus test. If they get dominated (which is a huge possibility) then we will know he has lost his team. That’s when he needs to start making wholesale changes. Better to get his big recruits valuable experience than lose them to the portal. As it stands, the vultures are starting to circle above the football facility waiting to pick off the likes of Moore, Lott, Nacho, Jett and McNutt to name a few.

This is going to sound crazy, but I would rather have his understudy, Jerry Neuheisel. He's young, he has some experience with play calling and he's a good QB coach.

Kind of an underwhelming game, but the best one in this time slot.

USC has made a great number of untimely bad hires. I say untimely because Kiffin and Sark have done well since they were dismissed, but weren’t ready for USC at their respective times. USC is only one hire away from being great again, but they will never have a run like they did in the 2000’s. So, they rely in gimmicks like the juice boxes thinking that it’s good enough to prop themselves up until Oregon fades into obscurity. However, Oregon won’t fade like Beavis because they don’t have to rely on other programs to carry them. They will always be a step ahead in facilities, uniforms, marketing, etc. Autzen Stadium is no longer the grassy hill with bleachers carved into it. The old gravel parking lots have been replaced by mausoleums. The Ducks have deep pockets and are a national brand. Kids don’t care about “zero natty’s” because they all feel they can get the first one. If haters think that Phil Knight’s mortality will change the Duck’s fortunes then they don’t have a clue. Oregon is here to stay and will always have one of the biggest stacks of chips on the table.

I’ve seen this type of hit play out in college football for many years. In every instance but this one, the defensive player had a dejected look on his face because he knew he had to go sit on the sidelines and not play football with his teammates. This is the first time I’ve seen a player celebrate and be fine with sitting on the bench for 3 quarters. He acted no different than a man who was going to receive a bounty payment. The only way this jagoff could’ve been more tone deaf is if he wore number 32 and brown leather gloves.

He’s automatically down in the NFL as well. The reason is they don’t want defenders to even think about touching the QB on a slide.

He did end up going for the throat with that 4th down conversion on their last TD drive. Raiola made a great throw to Stewart and we all watched any sense of hope leave the USuC team.

Brian Kelly is expected to be named the new USC head coach.