The Kamikaze Kid

Top 10 by Conference SEC 4: #1, #5, #8, #9 Pac 3: #6, #7, #10 BIG 10 2: #2, #3 Big 12 1: #4 ACC 0 That minor league about to disband Pac whatever conference has the second most top 10 teams in the country. Lanning is set up for a playoff run every year at UO. He will be financially compensated at SEC rates for his success. He has everything he needs right here to compete for championships. He's not going anywhere.

I think Miami has just fast tracked to where the UO would have been under Mario year 5. He has clearly lost the locker room and doesn't have the roster to just go out and auto pilot close wins like he did here. I thought Mario would have a tough time in Miami but I didn't even expect this harsh of a face plant coming out of the gate. If his coveted recruiting class goes up in smoke, assistants bail, and no one else returns his calls, the Mario era may be over. Maybe it already is.

Wet Paper Bag: 1 Mario's Coaching: 0

Top 10 SEC 4: #1, #5, #8, #9 Pac 3: #6, #7, #10 BIG 10 2: #2, #3 Big 12 1: #4 ACC 0

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He also mentioned that he threw a bunch of trick plays in this week to give the fuskies even more to have to think about and plan for. He also didn't call them trick plays. Made it sound like they may become part off the standard offense. Dude just out coached Chip and is already setting the stage for more against the purple pups.

A round of applause for Tre Benson of FSU. 15 carries for 128 yards (8.5 yards per carry) and 2 TDs. BTW Miami had 126 total rushing yards. 1 reception for 25 yards 16 touches for 153 yards and 2 TDs!

I just can't root for Notre Dame to win ever but if they disappoint me by not losing, I can except that.

What I got out of that interview is that the coaches themselves have formed a team and they are out playing the competition every week. We often see coaches act in their individual interest and jump at the first available promotion out there even if they jump right into a dumpster fire. These coaches seem to playing the long game of creating team success that could turn into a promotion onto a great organization down the road. If Dilly jumps at either the ASU or Auburn dumpster fires now, he sets himself up to fail in a few years then he'd have to return to OC for a few more years then take another low level head coach job and rinse and repeat. After a few years of leading a high octane offense into the playoffs, he may end up with a Texas, Notre Dame. LSU type offer. Lanning and Dilly seem to be reinventing football much like Chip did. I see no reason why they would quit before they have it figured out.

Hmmm

UO 66-13 4 4 380

UGA gets it done and gets it done big.

Oh no. What if Dante Moore takes the Auburn job and takes Dilly and Lanning with him?!?!

Oh boy. Another week, another rumor. Maybe Dilly takes both the ASU and Auburn jobs. Maybe Lanning goes to the NFL and coaches both the Cowboys and the Steelers. Maybe just maybe nothing happens at all.

I think this is kind phrasing for he's no longer with the team. It sounds like this decision is mutual. A mutual decision is a kind way of saying a disgruntled player has been removed from the team.

A ratings driven machine like college football has to love a good story line. The Ducks returning to national prominence with a wonder boy first year head coach, a wonder boy II offensive coordinator and a Heisman Dark horse QB running a dazzling offense make this team must see TV. 12-1 with a 12 game win streak since a game one beat down by the defending national champs practically screams rematch. It will happen because it has to happen.

With the Ducks leading the Pac and #8 in the polls at 7-1, I'd say they are contending for a title (or at least a playoff spot) right now.

Kelly just got schooled by a head coach coaching his seventh game. That same head coach is putting together a great recruiting class. After guys who don't fit the new system portal out and are replaced with guys that do fit, this team should slide right into that #4-5 position and be in the playoff conversation every year. They look like they made the best coaching hire in the country last year. The new coach brought in the best offensive coordinator available, the in coming recruiting class may have the best QB, receiver and running back in the country. I'd even say we'll win the portal wars this year and win them big. All I see is UO stock going up up up at a rapid rate. I see UCLA stock plateauing and receding, I see Miami stock in a dumpster fire. The UO looks to me to be on the most optimal path moving forward that they can be.

I'm rooting for Seven to find his niche on this team. I also realize that he may feel that he could find that niche elsewhere. After the season, I'm sure many currant players may move on to teams better suited for their skill sets and the coaches may fill those spots with players that better suite what their looking for. In the end, things should work out for the best for all involved.

Sadly, no matter how much NIL gets pumped into a Mario run program, 4 OT 14-12 wins over UVs will be his ceiling because that is all his offensive imagination will allow. Today we are grousing at how the Ducks should have put 60 on Cal and 42 was underwhelming. Last year we were just thankful to get a forth and goal stop to survive against Cal with mostly the same roster. Miami is seeing their results swinging the other way with mostly with the same roster. Doing less with more is just how Mario rolls.

I notice an absence of discussion about a rather large elephant in the room. What if Lanning + Dillingham = two football savants ping ponging off each other building a super team before our eyes. Maybe it is in their mutual interest to stay teamed up for the next two-three years and reinvent football together much like Chip and Aliotti did a decade ago. These two coaches are still figuring out a lot of things about team management, roster construction, recruiting operations and much much more. Dillingham is in a prime position to both learn on the job and be in title contention year after year. The prime jobs will all be there waiting when Dilly is ready.

UO 41-17 3 4 315

I see Utah as the new Stanford. Beavis looks like the new kid on the block. For #3, I'll go off the board and say SD St. Welcome to the Pac. Now hold down that SoCal fort.

This year's UCLA team may end up being Chip's peak there. His offense is one of the best in the nation and is being lead by a QB getting Heisman attention. So Kelly at his peak since leaving the Ducks just got out coach by a coach and offensive coordinator coaching in just their seventh game at their positions. That fact still boggles my mind. It's hard to grasp what we're actually witnessing take shape before our eyes. If things play out as expected, the UO will either make the Playoffs or be sitting at #5 or #6 in the country by the end of the year. I would imagine that if the Ducks run the table in convincing fashion, the buzz around this team will be too strong to keep them out of the playoffs.

Here's how I understand the options. 4 teams = 2 SEC + BIG + whatever 8 Teams = 3 SEC + 2 BIG + whatever 12 Teams = 4 SEC + 3 BIG + 3 other conference Champs + whatever