The record probably justifies it, while Sunday's performance does not. Altman needs to settle on his best 8-9 players and let them earn their roles. Going into the meat of the B10 play they need a more focused offense. It sucks when you pay some of these guys to come in to have big roles, but Cook, Bamba and Angel just aint cutting it like they were in some of the early games. I'm leaning towards a core of Shelstad, Tracey, Bathelemy, Biddle and Evans. Altman knows best, but if they are going to take so many 3's, the first 3 seem like the best bet, while Evans and Biddle can work high low and at least someone can crash the boards...Didn't look top 15 at home on Sunday,

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"We settled for a lot of threes," said head coach Dana Altman after the loss. "We were actually 11 for 21 inside. We were over 50 percent, you know. And again, you shoot at 24 percent from three, and you're over 50 percent might want to throw it inside. You might want to get to the rim a little bit more. They didn't block any shots."

Worked on some notes for this last week. Nearly two dozen 2026 and 2027 recruits will be in town this coming weekend. Oregon is not calling it a 'junior day' but it is nonetheless going to be a big weekend for underclassmen to check out Oregon.

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Chip said his guys felt the message of Lanning using a 12th man on the field (resulting in a penalty) was that the Ducks couldn’t stop OSU with 11. Thoughts?

I am very excited about the Jamaican powerhouse Kobe Lawrence. This is just the beginning… wait until he develops…and no I don’t think that he’ll be playing on the D Line.

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Just wondering - wasn't the deadline for declaring for the draft on 1/15?

Unless I totally missed it I did not see anything from Whittington or Savage. They would be the last two left correct?

Some Sunday Morning thoughts following a week at the Polynesian Bowl

The Ducks are lucky they aren't getting blown out. Biddle is so good down low, that's where they need to go. Nobody is shooting well, but Biddle taking this many 3's is crazy!

Super high praise for Biddle and high for Shelstad. I'm so happy for Biddle-- after his injuries and illness he's coming on strong.

As always, our daily recaps from the @polynesiabowl are free. Here are our thoughts from today: Polynesian Bowl stunners: Oregon's recruits dazzle with highlight grabs, elite O-line play, and unstoppable leadership.

“Reports are some players on the Ohio State football team are going to wear two helmets for the game in order to accommodate the record amount of atta boy stickers they received from playing in a record number of games.”





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What recruits does Oregon have on their missions and when will they show up at Eugene?

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Recapping Oregon football 2025 offseason personnel moves​

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With nine incoming transfers, at least 23 players heading to the NFL draft and eight outgoing scholarship transfers, Oregon is presently projected to have 83 scholarship players in 2025.

Safety Kobe Savage has yet to announce whether he’ll return to use the additional year of eligibility granted to former junior college players. Nose tackle Jamaree Caldwell announced he’s remaining in the draft rather than using that additional year and offensive tackle George Silva IV said he would return.


Linebacker Bryce Boettcher was granted a waiver from the NCAA for a fourth season of football eligibility, receiver Evan Stewart announced his return and offensive lineman Matthew Bedford is seeking a medical hardship waiver to return as well.


The Oregonian/OregonLive will chronicle these moves in real time. For those those haven’t seen every player entering and exiting the transfer portal, commitment, signing, assistant coach or support staff member departure and hiring, this will serve as a reference page for the entire 2025 offseason.


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Moa’s brother was a linebacker at BYU last year and has since transferred to Michigan State. Moa is a top athlete on the defense in the state. He was tendered by Oregon last April. During his big-ticket trip to Eugene he was able to watch the Ducks operate as an organization and go through the drills at spring practice.

Coach Dan Lanning recently visited him on his high school campus in person during the open period, he says.

It was an experience which he highly enjoyed.

He is high on the Ducks. I can also confirm he likes Michigan State especially after his brothers commitment. Here is all he had to say about Oregon so far: “good, coach Lanning just recently came and met me at my school and it was unbelievable experience to have him come to my school just to see me. Coach Hampton recruited me and we already have a relationship. I like his energy that he brings to the table.”

We will be hearing more from the star soon on all things Oregon.

Earlier this week we were able to catch up with elite 2026 TE @BrockHarris2026 for this exclusive. Harris has had a great week at the @polynesiabowl playing with Team Mauka.

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On Monday when I got to Kamehamaeha Schools for the first practice I was walking toward the field and Jesse Sapolu grabbed me by the shoulders, looked at me and said 'what position do you play?' This was funny because this is the seventh year we have covered this and we talk to Jesse a little bit each year. He's always a great conversation, but this was the first time he got a little more personal directly with me. The guy is a legend here and very well loved so it was a cool moment (more so for my wife because she is a 49er fan).

The second cool moment this week happened yesterday. As I was talking with Gary Kubiak before the interview we did, he said that he had read my stories for DSA and really liked what we did. While I could not get an official endorsement on the record, it was a nice compliment from him.

We have one more story coming up today (Alai Kalaniuvalu interview) plus the game, but Leslie and I will be out and about most of the day today.

Put together a short edition of Flock Talk: The Podcast with thoughts from Gary Kubiak on Oregon signees and targets on Team Makai at the @polynesiabowl plus the importance of the partnership with Shriners Hospital