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#175

#3 Oregon 32

#2 Ohio St 31

Gameday was awesome. McAfee was hilarious and the Duck continues to win. Oregon fan makes 100k field goal

Game script went almost exactly how I predicted 

Catch that should have been a pick on first drive.

Bassa rips it’s away before Kazmerik has possession. Should have been a pick for sure. Leads to opening TD. 

Harmon ripping the ball away from Judkins for a fumble. Hunt the ball, Harmon didn’t even go for the tackle. Jordan James rips off a huge run after to set the tone. Then scores on the next play. 

Autzen creates multiple false start penalties 

Missed FG from 44… oi vei sappington 

Evan Stewart breaks out. Poncho has a bad snap and the next play Stewart hits a double move. 2 plays later he’s catching a fade route for a TD. 4 catches for 109 1 TD yards 2 minutes into the 2nd quarter. 

Onside kick. Just like the scene from the replacements, where’s my bitch. Boyle kicks it straight at the upman for osu and Oregon recovers. Saleapaga recovers it. 

Traeshon Holden spits on OSU defender. Ejected with 11:31 left. Dan Lanning immediately talks to him on the sideline, confirms that he did spin on him, gives him a pat on the butt. 

Tez gets going with a big TD on 3rd and 9, second big play on OSU corner Denzel Burke. Oregon retakes the lead heading into the half. 22-21

Half

Ohio St fans in bathroom “by far the loudest stadium I’ve ever been in”

Big 4th & 1 call around midfield. TE drag route off play action to TFerg for a chunk play. Leads to another 4th down attempt, Oregon comes up short on 4th & 2.2 straight throws to Herbert, didn’t love that. Tez was wide open.  Love the aggression from Dan. 22-28

Legit nervous at this point in Autzen. 

3rd & 3, Will Howard misplays the snap and OSU has to punt. 

Nervousness gone. 

JJ huge blitz pickup. So awesome. Next play, DG keeps for a 27 yd TD scamper. 29-28

Oregon stuffed on the goal line trying to run behind Conerly.

Sappington FG puts Oregon ahead 32-31 with 1:47 left. 

Matayo with the big sack to start the drive. 

Yes it was OPI, obvious push off from Jeremiah Smith. 

Ryan Day missed the fact that the game clock was running. 

12th man penalty 

Ohio St fans melting down on Twitter

Will Howard slides to end the game 

Matayo…and the whole DLine . Wow what a game. 19 yards rushing allowed in 2nd half. 

Conerly and the whole OLine, unreal game. DG barely bothered all day long. Only 2 TFLs allowed

Nitpick- Redzone offense needs to be better. 

OSU hasn’t given up 100 yd rusher or receiver, gave up both to Oregon. 

Oregon ran through Ohio Sts face. 8 plays over 25 yards. Over 500 yards of total offense. 

Gee Scott stats 3 for 46, two of those receptions were on 3rd downs

Ducks vs Them

Jab jab jab … knockout. Perfect metaphor from Dan this week. 

Top 5 sporting event Ive ever been too

Oregon solidified itself as a Big 10 championship and National championship contender. 

On to Purdue 

1-5, 0-3 in conf 

#2 Oregon -28.5 o/u 58.5

@ Purdue 

Friday Night at 8pm 

Is West Lafayette the Big10 Pullman? Weird things happen there at night. 

Purdue changed QB (Ryan Browne) and OCs going into the Illinois game and played much better. 

Lost in OT 49-50 

Browne ran for 118 yards on 17 carries while throwing for 297 and 3 TDs. 

Purdue was down 27-3 in the 3rd quarter and battled back vs Illinois. Should have won the game on a late fumble by Illinois QB Luke Altmeyer,  but they called him down. Game never should have gone to OT. Went for 2 after the first TD in OT and Illinois wins on a sack. 

Ducks must have a spy on Browne and control him in the running game. Devon Jackson and Bryce Boettcher must have big games. 

DG must avoid a letdown and have zero turnovers. Do not give Purdue any life. 

Purdue defense giving up over 9 yards per pass, ranked 128th in the country. 

Will Purdue be able to bounce back emotionally to keep this game close? This is the same team that had players out drinking before Oregon St… they just lost a heartbreaker and have the #2 in the country coming to town. Do they fight or do they roll over. Purdue could lose this game in the first quarter. 

Oregon wins if

They start strong and minimize mistakes. 

Oregon loses if 

West Lafayette is the Pullman of the Big10, chaos and shenanigans ensue. 

Prediction

Oregon 48

Purdue 13

Oregon 40

Purdue 9

Last Take 

Moving sucks

#174

Oregon handles Michigan St

31-10

Defense once again dominant 

Struggle on first drive but the forced a fumble on the goaline 

5 sacks, lots of pressures (Burch with 2.5 himself) 

Only gave up 250 yards total

Held Spartans to 2/11 on 3rd down 

Offense still has work to do 

Gabriel throws two RZ picks 

First one was his fault, second one was on Will Stein

Finishes 20/32 257 yds 2 TDs, 1 rushing TD, 2 picks 

Jordan James has a great day 24 166 1 TD 

Oregon now 5-0 and ranked 3rd in the AP Poll 

Ohio St #2 5-0

Oregon +3.5 O/U 53.5 via ESPN BET

4:30 at Autzen Stadium, TV- NBC

College Gameday in Eugene, one of their favorite locations. Who should be the guest picker ? 

Ty Burrell? 

Joey Harrington? 

Buckeyes coming off a 35-7 victory over Iowa

Oregon DLine will best tested against a quality OLine

Oregon has the 6th best pressure rate in the country 

Secondary will need to play disciplined and aggressive 

Need to force Will Howard to make mistakes with pressure and confusion and keep the ball out of Jeremiah Smith and Emeka Egbukas hands

How much does Will Howard run the ball? 

Cannot allow Ohio St to get the running game going with Quinshon Judkins and Treyveon Henderson 

OLine must keep DG clean and clear holes for JJ

DG needs to play mistake free football, no turnovers 

Feed Jordan early and often to open up the passing game and get some explosives

Evan Stewart, Trasehon Holden and Terrance Ferguson will be key in this game as Ohio St will try and take Tez away. 

Keep the ball away from Caleb Downs 

Oregon wins if…

Ducks win the battle of the trenches and get a few explosive plays on offense.

Autzen must make a difference

Oregon loses if …

Ohio St is able to run the ball, play their style and control the game. 

Autzen noise and Oregon front 7 will be the difference in the game. 

Predictions 

Oregon 34

Ohio St 31

Jessie

Oregon 38

Ohio St 33

Herbert vs Nix on Sunday in the afternoon window

Nix has looked better the last two weeks. Herbert still has no oline or weapons.

Chargers -3

I would take the Broncos and the points

Lynx vs Liberty

Thursday night 5pm

Lynx 3-1 vs Liberty this season

Last Take

Playoff baseball is awesome and I'm a sad Mariners fan.

#173

Oregon handles business against UCLA in the Rose Bowl

34-13

4-0 1-0 in Big10

Move up to #6 in the Ap Poll. Behind 1 loss Georgia

Game was not as close as the score

Defense only gives up 172 total yards

Holds UCLA to 1-10 on 3rd down

Forced 2 picks and got 4 sacks 

Burch, Harmon and Caldwell lived in the backfield 

Bruins tried to pick on Nikko Reed quite a bit. 

Boettcher gets first career pick and continues to fly around 

Offense played well but not up to the standard 

9/15 on 3rd down 

Gabriel 31/41 278 yds 3 tds and 1 awful int (tez fell down) 

OLine was great in passing game, 0 sacks. Need to be better in run game

Jordan James continues to run angry 20 car 103 yds 1 TD. Noah doesn’t look as explosive this season, still coming back from the injury. 

Tez Johnson has a big day, co offensive player of the week in the Big10, 11-121-2 tds. Just missed a passing TD to Herbert on trick play. 

Where is Evan Stewart? 

Terrance Ferguson in concussion protocol 

Sappington misses extra point, 1 kickoff outta bounds 

Michigan St Spartans (3-2 1-1 in conf)

Oregon -24.5 o/u 52.5

Friday at Autzen Stadium 6pm pst kickoff 

Wins 

FAU, Prairie View & Maryland 

Losses 

Boston College and Ohio St (last two games)

Derrick Harmon revenge game 

Familiar faces 

Jonathan Smith 

Aidan Chiles 76-135 1058 yds 5td 8ints 

Jack Velling 13-185 0 tds 

Oregon wins if…

They hold against Spartys blitzing and take advantage when they go man coverage.

Force Aidan Chiles to make mistakes with pressure and confusing coverages 

Oregon loses if …

They beat themselves… penalties, losing on 3rd down, special teams mistakes 

Predictions

42-16 Jessie, Oregon wins

38-9 JD, Oregon wins

ProDucks

Herbert hurt again 

Bo Nix

12-25 60 yds 1 TD  in a 10-9 win over the Jets

Bucky Irving

10 49 1 TD in a 33-16 win over the Eagles

JPJ 

started and played well in the Raiders 20-16 win over the Browns

Last Take

New Stomp out Cancer jersey bought with haste

#172

First Big 10 Conference game…. Against UCLA (1-2) 

8pm kickoff @ The Rose Bowl

Oregon -24 OU 55.5

Lone win was against Hawaii 16-13

Lost to Indiana 42-13 at home 

Lost to LSU 34-17 on the road (looked good in first half)

Injuries? 

Bedford had “a setback” in practice during the bye week.

Jahlil Florence still not ready to go 

Familiar Foes

Moliki Matavao at TE

Bryan Addison at Safety

Harmon and Caldwell could wreck this game

Garbers has struggled under pressure this year (4 ints)

and UCLAs OLine has struggled up the middle. 

UO secondary vs UCLA WRs

Ducks will need to tackle well to avoid explosive plays vs players like J. Michael Sturdivant

Gabriel could feast on a depleted UCLA secondary if the OLine gives him the time to do so. DB Kanye Clark suffered a season ending injury. 

UCLA was already allowing 295.3 yards per game in the air, which has them ranked 128th in D-1

DB Devin Kirkwood will need to have a big game for UCLA.

Ducks OLine will need to stop DT Jay Toia from causing havoc in the backfield. 

Prediction Oregon 45 - 13

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Pac 12 vs Mountain West

The Pac-12 is suing the Mountain West over what it calls an unlawful and unenforceable “poaching penalty” that could cost the rebuilding conference more than $40 million for adding Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State and San Diego State, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court.

Utah St has also agreed to join, putting UNLV in a position to be the swing school in this latest round of conference realignment. Memphis has said no to joining the Pac12 and will remain in the American Conference. 

A merger would be the best outcome for College Football.

Pro Ducks

Buccaneers 7 Broncos 26

Bo Nix 25/36 216 9 carries 41 yds 1 TD

Bucky Irving 9 carries 70, 3 rec 14yds

JPJ 21 snaps, 1 pressure 

Herbert left game in a walking boot

Purdue Uber Story

Yes, it's true…

Last Take

Oklahoma has benched Sophomore Jackson Arnold for true Freshmen Michael Hawkins Jr.

Venables also had some unprompted comments on how DG left saying “I didnt know I even had to fight this fight, I didn’t realize you (gabriel) was even considering coming back.” , DG responded with “Im right where I need to be”

#171

Ducks Beat Down the Beavers

49-14

Oregon stays @ #9 in AP Poll

Miami jumps Oregon to #8

Why do I feel like Oregon will play Miami in the playoff? 

Ducks Wake Up and Play Connected

Took care of business on the road in a rivalry game. 

Getting out of Eugene was in fact a good thing

Only 3 penalties for 36 yds

Defense Shuts Down Beavers Offense 

Boettcher has career game; 11 Tackles & multiple pass breakups 

Hold Beavers to 301 total yards for the game

Phantom Roughing the Passer penalty gifts Beavers 2nd touchdown

Ducks dominate 3rd quarter to put game away, allow 20 yards and 1 first down 

Dan Lanning “ yeah I think ultimately we wanted to walk away from this field saying we were the tougher team, the more physical team”  “it was an issue” 

OLine Comes Together and Dominates 

26 first downs, 4-6 on 3rd down, 0 Punts, 0 sacks 

DG looks comfortable; 20-24 291 2 TDs, 4 carries 64 1 TD. 3rd quarter seam route to Tez was best throw all season. 

Ran for 240 and 4 TDs

Jordan James is running like the opposing defense slapped his Mom; 12 for 86 2 TDS

Special Teams once again contributed 

Blocked FG on Beavers opening drive 

2 pt conversion out of the swinging gate

Atticus kicks well amidst the Boos  2/2 lg 39

I literally said “oh no” when the Jayden Limar screen was called, I was wrong

Next Game

9/28 @ UCLA, more then likely the 730 or 8pm game

Huskies lose to Wazzou, love to see it 

24-19

Ran a speed option into the boundary on 4th and goal only to get stoned by Coug defense 

Last Take

Oregon Hockey is Back! Home Opener 10/25 vs Iowa State, first game 10/11 vs UNLV

#170

Oregon Survives & Platypus Cup Preview

DG takes a lot of the responsibility in Postgame interviews. When asked about boos “it’s FEBU”

Oregon only averages 3.0 ypc vs a bad BSU defense. OLine gives up 4 sacks and 7 TFLs. 

Explosives and Special Teams save the day

Fumbles and lack of 3rd down conversions (3/14) put game in jeopardy.  

9 penalties…

Platypus Cup Preview

Oregon -14 o/u 50.5 via ESPN BET

OSU 2-0

38-15 over Idaho St

21-0 over SDSU on the road 

237 rushing yards vs the Aztecs

Jam Griffin & Anthony Hankerson each get 16+ carries

Gevani McCoy 15/25 for 160 yards

Gabarri Johnson comes in at the end of the game and goes 2/2. 

Oregon wins if…

They win in the trenches. 

Oregon needs better OLine play to unlock explosive plays in the run game, which will make DGs job a lot easier.

The DLine needs to get more penetration to get early contact on ball carriers.

Oregon St wins if…

They win in the trenches.

Beavs undersized DLine could give Oregon trouble upfront

OLine needs to clear lanes for Griffin and Hankerson.

Predictions

Oregon 42

Oregon St 17

Bo Nix makes NFL Debut

26/42 138 2 INTs

 It did not look good

Bucky Irving makes NFL Debut

9 carries for 62 yards, 2 recs for 14 yards

Last Take

#168

Schedule Preview & Season Predictions

6 of Oregon's 12 opponents have a new HC this season

Vs Idaho @4:30 at Autzen

9-4 overall last year

8-4 recorded predicted by Saturday Blitz

Vs Boise St 

8-6 overall last year. New Head Coach - Spencer Danielson (last years DC)

PPF Projected wins : 7.4

FD O/U : 9.5

@ Oregon St

8-5 overall last year. New Head Coach - Trent Bray.

PPF Projected wins : 7.1

FD O/U : 7.5

@ UCLA

8-5 overall last year. New Head Coach - DeShaun Foster (Eric Bienemy at OC)

PPF Projected wins : 5.6

FD O/U : 5.5

Vs Michigan St

4-8 overall last year. New coach, Jonathan Smith (OSU). Aidan Chiles at QB

PPF Projected wins : 5.8

FD O/U : 4.5

Vs Ohio St

11-2 overall last year. Chip Kelly new OC.

PPF Projected wins : 9.7

FD O/U : 10.5

@ Purdue

4-8 overall last year

PPF Projected wins : 6.2

FD O/U : 4.5

Vs Illinois

5-7 overall last year

PPF Projected wins : 7

FD O/U : 5.5

@ Michigan

15-0 overall last year. Defending national champs. New head coach Sherrone Moore.

PPF Projected wins : 8.7

FD O/U : 9.5

Vs Maryland

8-5 overall last year

PPF Projected wins : 6.6

FD O/U : 6.5

@ Wisconsin

7-6 overall last year

PPF Projected wins : 7.5

FD O/U : 6.5

Vs UW

14-1 overall last year. Lost to UM in title game. New head coach. Jedd Fisch

PPF Projected wins : 8.1

FD O/U : 6.5

Bold Predictions

#167

We back!!!

Football Position Preview

QB - Dillon Gabriel 

RB - Jordan James, Noah Whittington, Jay Harris

TE - Terrance Ferguson, Kenyon Sadiq, Patrick Herbert

WR X - Traeshon Holden, Kyler Kasper, Jeremiah McClellan

WR Z - Evan Stewart, Jurrion Dickey, Justus Lowe

WR Slot - Tez Johnson, Gary Bryant Jr

OLine

LT - Josh Conerly

LG - Marcus Harper

C - Iapani “Poncho” Laulu

RG - Matthew Bedford/Nishad Strother

RT - Ajani Cornelius

DT - Derrick Harmon/Keyon Ware-Hudson

NT - Jamaree Caldwell

Edge - Jordan Burch, Elijah Rushing

Edge/Jack - Matayo Uiagelelei, Teitum Tuioti, Blake Purchase

SAM - Emar’rion Winston, Blake Purchase

MAC- Jestin Jacobs

Money - Jeffrey Bassa, Devon Jackson 

Boundary Corner - Jabbar Muhammad 

Field Corner - Kam Alexander/Sione Laulea

SS - Tysheem Johnson, Aaron Flowers

FS - Kobe Savage, Kingston Lopa, Peyton Woodyard

Star/Nickel Safety - Brandon Johnson, Nikko Reed

K - Atticus Sappington

P - Ross James

NCAA Football ‘25 discussion

#166

On todays pod...

NFL Draft

Record 8 players taken overall

Bo Nix #12 to Denver 

JPJ #44 to Raiders

Troy Franklin #102 to Denver 

Khyree Jackson #108 to Minnesota 

Brandon Dorlus #109 to Atlanta

Evan Williams #111 to Green Bay

Bucky Irving #125 to Tampa Bay

Jamal Hill #188 to Houston 

Other QBs in NFL Draft with Pac12 ties

Caleb Williams goes 1

Jayden Daniels goes 2

Michael Penix goes 8

Chargers add Tackle Joe Alt and WRs Ladd McConkey/Brendan Rice 

2025 Draft Look ahead 

CB Jabbar Muhammad 

WR Evan Stewart

WR Tez Johnson

OL Ajani Cornelius 

OL Josh Conerly 

QB Dillon Gabriel 

Who gets taken first ? 

Spring Game 

Game looked very sloppy early on. 

QBs looked…ok

DLine and RBs looked great 

Injuries 

Kobe Savage - Head 

Dontae Manning - Arm

Traeshon Holden - Hamstring 

Jurrion Dickey - Walking boot 

Duck fans showed up, estimated 40k Flockers filled Autzen, ranking tenth nationally 

Projected Depth Charts

Position battle you’re most excited about  

Ducks major contender for Alabama Transfer Safety Peyton Woodyard 

Dana Altman adds transfers

Guard 6’4 Ra’Heim Moss from Toledo averaged 15/5/3 last season. 1 season of eligibility 

Big 6’8 Brandon Angel from Stanford averaged 13/4/2 last season. 1 season of eligibility 

Kelly Graves adds 3 transfers 

Guard 5’9  Nani Falatea from BYU averaged 15/4/4 as a sophomore in 22/23.

Guard 6’0  Ari Long from Washington 

Big 6’4 Amina Muhammad from Texas 

Last Take

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#165

On todays pod...

Dan Lanning says no to Alabama

DeBoer to Alabama - Portal full and lots of Decommits

Fisch to Washington - Program in absolute shambles 

Brennan to Arizona - Fifita and TMac both commit to stay

Transfer Portal Mayhem

Former Duke Nickel Brandon Jennings commits to Oregon

Former Texas AM WR Evan Stewart commits to Oregon

Former Houston DL Ja’Maree Caldwell commits to Oregon

Targets

Washington CB Jabbar Muhammed - Scheduled to visit Oregon after already visiting Texas and plans to visit Alabama.

Wishlist

Alabama OT Kadyn Proctor - former 5 star, and started every game for Alabama last season. Oregon was in the mix before his previous commitment

Alabama S Caleb Downs - Star safety

Exits

TE Casey Kelley - ECU

CB Cole Martin - ASU

Cam McCormick returns for 9th season. Former Oregon TE now playing at Miami.

Defensive coaching shake up 

DB Coach Demetrice Martin accepts 

Safeties Coach Chris Hampton elevated to DB Coach

Analyst Brian Michalowski and GA Rashad Wadood elevated to bigger roles within defensive coaching staff

Should Oregon Men's basketball be ranked?

On the mountain trip, Colorado tonight (7:30) and Utah on sunday (Noon)

13-3, currently only undefeated team in Pac12 at 5-0. Every other team has 2 conference losses.

Mookie Cook (Vs Washington on January 4th) and N’Faly Dante (Vs Cal on January 13th) have both returned to playing.

Bittle is on his way back, may even be as soon as this weekend.

A split would be huge for Oregon on this trip vs 2 good teams. 

Oregon Women's basketball

Will bring someone on to go deeper, but two big wins over Arizona and ASU to keep the ship afloat. 

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