Despite Whittingham in the post game conference saying he was keeping OC Beck until the end of the season, he just got fired.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/michigan-fires-jason-beck-offensive-coordinator-buyout/

Michigan has an elite defense that can rush the QB (We know Dylan turns to Hyde with an aggressive pass rush), but no offense to speak of.

Now with a new OC who will likely change to calling plays that take advantage of what the players are good at it's making me nervous.

They had close losses to Iowa, Minnesota, and Indiana. And they beat Oklahoma.

But they just lost to Mich St and barely beat Rutgers.

So I would say they are a 500 team that you should be a little bit scared of.

They would beat the bad Oregon, but the good Oregon should take care of business. If it was to be an away game, I would be a lot more nervous.

Edited yesterday at 01:25 AM1 day by oregon123

When things are going south, you have to fire either the OC or the DC.

I don't see this firing as being the least bit scary. I see Whit trying to cover his butt for bringing the highest-paid OC in CFB, $3 million a year, with him to Ann Arbor.

Beck tried to turn a decades-long downhill running attack into an RPO brush-blocking scheme, resulting in an epic fail. From preseason ranked to possibly not being bowl eligible. With a multi-million-dollar QB benched?

I'm more concerned about playing in East Lansing on Friday night, November 20, with an 8 PM Eastern kickoff.

Sparty, after defeating Michigan in Ann Arbor, and I think defeating UW at home this Saturday, will be fired up to take down the Ducks in a close-to-exclusive Friday night broadcast window.

Defeat UW and Sparty will be playing for bowl eligibility against Oregon.

Michigan has a solid defense; this won't be a walk in the park, but I think OBD is on an upward trend at the perfect time in the season.

Can OBD overcome 3 losses? Unfortunately, the next three opponents will not help the strength of schedule or the strength of record. But keep on ballin' while keepin' the faith.

(And, gulp, this Saturday, fight on for SC🤬.)

OBD defense can turn this game into a route. Whether it is Underwood or Carr, if we get the same defense that played against OSU, this game shouldn't be close.

Michigan is in utter disarray right now, players texts about the program being leaked to social media, OC being fired, and KW openly being questioned about play calling...there is a LOT to turn around there.

This LOOKS like a game that a focused Duck team should absolutely dismantle. I hope I don't regret saying that!

13 hours ago, Solar said:

Despite Whittingham in the post game conference saying he was keeping OC Beck until the end of the season, he just got fired.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/michigan-fires-jason-beck-offensive-coordinator-buyout/

Michigan has an elite defense that can rush the QB (We know Dylan turns to Hyde with an aggressive pass rush), but no offense to speak of.

Now with a new OC who will likely change to calling plays that take advantage of what the players are good at it's making me nervous.

I was thinking the same thing. Especially since there is a trend where teams that fire their OC's win the following week (UO and OU).

6 hours ago, Jon Joseph said:

Can OBD overcome 3 losses? Unfortunately, the next three opponents will not help the strength of schedule or the strength of record. But keep on ballin' while keepin' the faith.

(And, gulp, this Saturday, fight on for SC🤬.)

Yep. If Oregon and USC win out, Oregon is in the B1G Championship game against UCLA.

1 hour ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

Yep. If Oregon and USC win out, Oregon is in the B1G Championship game against UCLA.

Alrighty...taking one for the "team".

GO TROJANS!!!! FIGHT ON! and win out your remaining 3 games!

(Dang that taste bad. Now have to go wash my mouth out with soap...)

Fight On! (Blech! 🤢)

8 hours ago, Jon Joseph said:

When things are going south, you have to fire either the OC or the DC.

Or, if you are Ohio St., fire your special teams coach.

Sources: Ohio State fires special teams coordinator Discher - ESPN

4 hours ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

I was thinking the same thing. Especially since there is a trend where teams that fire their OC's win the following week (UO and OU).

Our defensive doesn't have any offensive tendencies to work with now, although it should be pretty obvious there will be much less side to side play, more "this is Michigan" north and south plays.

I'm just worried if their defensive pash rush makes DR play anything close to what he did against UCLA, and Michigan's offense isn't completely incompetent this could be a very close game we could lose or at least wouldn't be a beauty contest win.

Lanning during Mehringer an promoting Johnson and seeing the offensive IMPROVE is often the opposite of what happens when an OC is fired.

At best the new OC might get one or two good games if the other team is sleeping on them... See UCLA last year against Penn State but the rule is that if an OC (or DC) is fired it's for the head Coach to signal that they are serious about making changes to the fanbase.

I'll tell you what I think, since I know you're dying to know.

And that is, after 54 years of being in Oregon Duck football fan, I finally have come to the conclusion that I don't know jack squat about this game. Almost every time I think I figured something out about this game, reality smacks me down hard.

However, I did say that fire and heat refine us and show us our true character/colors... as long as it doesn't burn us up. And my money was on Dan Lanning coming through the fire as an even better coach. He seems to learn from his past mistakes. That is a rare gift and talent.

So, basically, all I've got is GO DUCKS!

4 turnover on downs in a row. Wait... what!?!? Has that ever happened? To tOSU? In the Shoe?

If this O can continue to move the ball and get points, anything can happen. This D will make sure of it.

Ducks have it rolling imo. They will only get more dangerous from here.

As of now

#1 UGA

#2 ND

#3 UO...

Who is playing better football the past couple games

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by Log Haulin

I'm not worried about MI. Their offense is terrible. Our D is pretty dang good right now. Even if we struggle I feel we can put at least 21 pts on MI. If our D plays as good as it has in recent games then it won't be close.

But I am a little nervous about Mst. Short week of rest and practice then a long flight and a 5:00 PT game start kinda makes me a bit nervous.

3 hours ago, Steven A said:

Or, if you are Ohio St., fire your special teams coach.

Sources: Ohio State fires special teams coordinator Discher - ESPN

That fake punt was HUGE!! It swung momentum, gave OBD confidence, and was definitely the turning point of the game.

HOWEVER, the special teams did NOT allow 38 unanswered points. That was OSU defense and an offense that couldn't get out of its own way to get Jeremiah Smith the ball...

But yeah, the special teams guy is an easy target.

32 minutes ago, Log Haulin said:

4 turnover on downs in a row. Wait... what!?!? Has that ever happened? To tOSU? In the Shoe?

If this O can continue to move the ball and get points, anything can happen. This D will make sure of it.

Ducks have it rolling imo. They will only get more dangerous from here.

As of now

#1 UGA

#2 ND

#3 UO...

Who is playing better football the past couple games

I'm all for being excited, but my money is on ND and Georgia. Not to mention Tennessee, Alabama and Miami.

Our OL is more like Manute Bol when he first entered the NBA-herky jerky and off (timing wise). That is not recipe for success against polished defenses (which you can add Indiana as a matter of fact). Despite being late to the plate, Lanning and his staff have been finding and working out solutions to the limitations this Offensive Line has.

Lanning is so competitive, that he refused to give up the season. The best lesson is losing. It hurts bad enough that you are much more willing to look at everything and start solving problems for real (sometimes you have to lose to learn how to win is so appropriate-love Dream On. That song is exactly what has been happening this year).

For OBD to be worthy of a playoff spot we have to show that DR and the offense can still function and move the ball against an elite pass rush. So this Michigan game is a huge deal in that regard.

4 hours ago, MicroBurst61 said:

Alrighty...taking one for the "team".

GO TROJANS!!!! FIGHT ON! and win out your remaining 3 games!

(Dang that taste bad. Now have to go wash my mouth out with soap...)

Fight On! (Blech! 🤢)

Where's th PEPTO?

I think Oregon has legitimately turned a corner. Some posters were saying that Oregon was in trouble catching OSU after a loss to USC. Ducks absolutely dismantled Buckeye.

Now some are saying the next game will tell us if Oregon is worthy. This will continue through the next 3 games.

Ducks put themselves in this position and they need to destroy every opponent from here on out.

If they do that they will be the 3 loss team selected. B1G CG or not. Show the nation who they truly are and they won't get denied.

Just smash every one in front of them and leave no doubt. The path was opened up with FSU being left out a few years ago.

Get into the CFP playing hot and run that wave to the top.

52 minutes ago, Log Haulin said:

I think Oregon has legitimately turned a corner. Some posters were saying that Oregon was in trouble catching OSU after a loss to USC. Ducks absolutely dismantled Buckeye.

Now some are saying the next game will tell us if Oregon is worthy. This will continue through the next 3 games.

Ducks put themselves in this position and they need to destroy every opponent from here on out.

If they do that they will be the 3 loss team selected. B1G CG or not. Show the nation who they truly are and they won't get denied.

Just smash every one in front of them and leave no doubt. The path was opened up with FSU being left out a few years ago.

Get into the CFP playing hot and run that wave to the top.

Or go 3-0 and hope SC also goes 3-0 and then defeat UCLA in the final Big Ten conference championship game and score the B1G automatic bid.

It won't hurt, but I'm not sure blowout wins over unranked opponents will move the needle.

59 minutes ago, Jon Joseph said:

Or go 3-0 and hope SC also goes 3-0 and then defeat UCLA in the final Big Ten conference championship game and score the B1G automatic bid.

It won't hurt, but I'm not sure blowout wins over unranked opponents will move the needle.

I would just settle for wins from here on out. This season is filled with good teams suffering bad losses that follow big wins. OBD, UGA, Ole Miss, BYU, Ohio State, and Texas have all been “upset” after a huge win.

If you look at ScDucks analysis, it's easy to see why the offense has improved. The plays being run are more conducive to Raiola's skill set. For example, the one bulb screen didn't work, but we didn't keep going to it. At least once we set like we were going to run it, but used it as a ruse and passed downfield to a player they thought would be a blocker. When they thought we were in a passing situation, we ran a traditional delayed screen over the middle to Smith, who easily scored. If our re-tread OC could pull this off (and maybe his other gigs involved inadequate talent rather than poor play calling), surely there were other OCs who could do the same. Even we here knew that the repetition of bubble screens to no good effect was an error.