I have to admit, I completely lost track of Chip after the Las Vegas Raiders fiasco. I know that there are some who still dislike how he left Oregon, and when I see highlights of those Duck teams....dang, what a show that was!!

I am of the opinion that Chip caught lightening in a bottle with the group of players Oregon had at that time and how they incorporated into the system. He struggled to adapt past that at many of his stops. I bear him no ill will, Oregon certainly secured a center stage spot since Chip.

It almost pains me to see him here now....but who knows, maybe Northwestern can become an offensive juggernaut.

37 minutes ago, Ktmguy2018 said:

I am of the opinion that Chip caught lightening in a bottle with the group of players Oregon had at that time and how they incorporated into the system. He struggled to adapt past that at many of his stops. I bear him no ill will, Oregon certainly secured a center stage spot since Chip.

He absolutely did and he came into lead an Oregon's taff that was a ton of vets and old timers. And in all honesty they kinda worked out some of the bugs to the up tempo offense under Bellotti.

Alioti knew and understood that the up tempo offense meant the defense response needed to change. People tend to have strong feelings about the whole bend-but-don't-break defense but with Oregon limited recruiting strength and talent pool that was the best option to keep the defense on the field for a long time.

The support around Chip at Oregon was special and allowed him to do what he was best at. He didn't have that anywhere else... Well Ohio State I guess.

We'll see how he does at North Western.

Interesting hires by NW coach Braun. NW brought in Chip as OC and Jerry Neuheisel as the QB coach.

Chip and Jerry have their work cut out coaching QB Aiden Chiles, who started at Oregon State, followed John Smith to Michigan State, and lost his starting job last season to jersey-stitcher nightmare Alessio Milivojevic.

Chip flamed out with the Raiders, but he was not working with a top NFL roster, and Pete Carroll was past his prime.

Chip has his construction uniform on in honor of the renovated Ryan Field, scheduled to open in early October. 35,000 capacity in a state-of-the-art, wired to the max, stadium.

https://nusports.com/facilities/ryan-field

NW plays a cruel and unusual 11 straight games in 2026 without a week off. A Halloween visit to Eugene and Autzen on October 31st will be NW's 7th game in a row. The only break in the schedule is that one of the 11 games is at home vs G6 Ball State.

The week before the game at Ohio State on a spooky evening could be a trap game for OBD. Ohio State pays a Halloween visit to USC.

Colorado is NW's P4 OOC opponent. The game will be played at Martin Stadium, where OBD played NW last season.

I think NW will go over 5.5 wins with six or seven victories and again, go bowling.

David, great call on Nick A. No defense shut down Cam Newton like the Oregon D shut him down in the BCS title game. Nick's D came through. Chip's O?