I am not saying he shouldn't, but I was pondering if he did not replace them at the end of the season....why wouldn't he?

We have not seen any practices or meetings, thus we know nothing about what the truth is--we are all just shooting-from-the-hip our impressions. Now, that is fine because that is what a forum is for, but virtually all our opinions are based on speculation, not what we have seen, heard or felt from exchanges with the players behind the scenes.

For the OC, it is easy to state the truth--that the absence of decent run-blocking destroys all the plays, no matter what is called. Without proper time to throw...none of the passing plays can work. And since he is new at this OC role at Oregon, perhaps Lanning will let him work his way into the role as the blocking improves?

For the O-Line Coach: considering all the accolades he and his players have received--I don't think he forgot it all overnight. Add to this that Mike Cavanagh is back as an advisor/analyst, and he is an excellent O-Line coach who made the JacQuizz brothers a ton of yardage for the Beavers when he was there. The amount of expertise is more than enough, so I've concluded that the problem is way too many inexperienced players.

The only experienced offensive linemen is iluli and Poncho, and the rest have hardly had any. This game showed some improvement, and I would assume that would continue through next year....thus no changes?

One Duck fan I know believes that Mehringer has lost the room, and the reason for the poor play at times. If this is true--Lanning would know it, and act upon it later.

What if we are all operating from a massive lack of information--that Lanning has--and we're wrong? Like you, I want to see the ship righted again....

No. 77 is a freshman, (Tommy Tofi) but a big one!

I haven't rewatched the game. but from memory the O line unit that was in in the 4th played about the best they have all year.

I do believe that Tofi was a part of that group. Hopefully they have found a combo that works going forward.

Get Donte back and who knows. Everyone is losing in the cfb this year. If Oregon can make the post season, win or lose, it is a massive success.

If that happens, nobody gets fired imo.

I’d agree. There are too many parts of the strategy puzzle we just don’t know being taken into consideration by Lanning and those people whose opinions he trusts.

Case in point would be when Dan decided to replace Brock with Dylan. There were people in caves in Siberia screaming for Brock’s head by the 2nd quarter. But DL waited, and guess what? It was the right moment to make the change.

Plain and simple: we don’t know what goes into deciding upon a coach’s fate, let alone when to switch quarterbacks in a game.

Good point, Charles! Our information is just conjecture blended into existence by what we see. Then crafted to fit our personal conclusions.

Those conclusions are part of the foundation for this great Forum.

We all can see the very same game and have hundreds of view points and opinions. It makes for great threads!

Case in point......

I was unable to watch the game live. I followed the Forum game thread and it was clear to me that the sky had fallen and the imminent collapse of the Duck football program was upon us. GEEEZ.....

I then read the post game comments and the majority of comments, AFTER A BIG WIN, were negative. Which, to me is understandable because of the heat of the moment for this great fan base.

So this morning at 4 am I watched the game. My view point and take away was that there was way more positive than negative.

So I watched the game again. Sure love fast forward and rewind. Again, you could see positive improvements in many areas for our Ducks.

I could create pages of positives but do not have the energy or stamina to do that. So here are a few.

O Line play in the first half and thru out the game was improved. More room for improvement, though!

The play calls were solid and diverse, with a few new plays. The only reason the Ducks didn't march down the field and score was because BT missed too many wide open receivers. Repeatedly!

DL and the OC created plays that BT could execute. It was a good game plan. For the most part, BT had time to throw, he was just off and didnt settle down. He had time because the line blocked. IMHO, Brock is not terrible, nor does he suck. He had a bad game. He is a walkon!

The run blocking was improved but there were too many missed assignments by the Ducks. If that improves each week then more points will show up on the scoreboard.

Also as,I mentioned , BT is a walk on QB! He is not 5☆ BN with 60 plus starts. Or 5☆DG with 60 plus starts. Nor is he 5☆DM who will mostvlikely be a first round draft pick.All 3 could read the D and audible out.

The Ducks O Line played well enough to be up by 17 at the half. BT did not execute and JD supposedly fumbled inside the 10. That is what kept points off the board.

Also, consider all the receivers and RB's were true freshmen or sophmores. DS and JM were not out there to help BT. The Cornhuskers could double DM and the Ducks TE. But again, the plays were there, BT just couldnt execute. It happens! Just ask Texas, Georgia, Bama, ND and Mizzou.

The Ducks should have scored 14 points, not 6 in the 3rd quarter.

The D was was exceptional. Nebraska had 2, that's right, 2 sustained drives the entire game. One ending with a very generous, officiated assisted TD.

This team gave IU everything they could handle. They could do nothing against the Duck D.

The D has improved every game since the OSU embarrassment. What more are we expecting from them. In the last 4 games the Ducks have given up 58 points. Like 14.5 points per game. And Bear had his best game as a Duck....

Thankfully, DL pulled BT and brought in DR. For the 2nd time this season, DR came off the bench to lead the Ducks to victory.

The same plays that BT could not execute thru 3 quarters were there for DR. He executed them and pulled out the win.

It was a team win.

For the 3rd game in a row the Ducks, as a team, dominated the 4th quarter. They won 2 out of 3 of those games.

There are certainly things to criticize about this team. But they are improving, a little each week.

I think it's fair, as fans to criticize everything. Negative is easy to find and point out. And i agree that the Ducks have alot to improve on.

But this Duck fan feels it is fair to point out the improvement this week. Remember, the Bruins, a top 10 team needed 7 turnovers and a bad coaching decision to beat the Ducks by 2 points.

Looking foward to more improvement this week and a close, hard fought win against Illinois.

Go Ducks.....

I am aware that our receivers and starting qb and an offensive lineman are hurt. This is real.

We overcame that last game despite a very poor qb outing for 3 quarters.

It's nice to see we have another quality running back.

The defense, is looking much better against the run and pressuring qb

The offensive Line is obviously an issue. Correctable, maybe?

I have hope. Not confidence, but hope! Go Ducks.. All games are winnable, keep winning we are favored in all... but of course Ohio State who looks beatable..