I just rewatched the game. Believe it or not, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was at the time the game was live. I guess that once you know the outcome, the shock of the mismatch is cushioned.

This team is pretty good…. or so it seems to me. I know that some of you will not agree, but I still kind of like Bo Nix. He has great athleticism. He’s a fighter, and he can zip the ball. He has room for improvement, but he has ability.

This team has good young talent. Lanning is also a young talent. Look for both to grow as the season progresses. I believe that Oregon played Georgia better than the score would indicate. Georgia was the better team, but by the end of the season that gap could narrow.

How many PAC 12 teams would have done better against Georgia than Oregon did?. I would suggest zero.

Everything rides on how Oregon reacts to this beating. If this deflates the team’s confidence and resolve then we have a problem. If, on the other hand, this game is a motivator to get better and never be in this situation again, then this team should end up with a good record. It all starts at the top.

Dan Lanning is reputedly unrelenting in his resolve to improve. I’ll bet that they do improve and by season’s end they’ll be a very good team. I’m still looking forward to a good season.

Kirby Smart is a good coach, but I suggest that he start an exercise program, go on a diet, get some platform shoes and work on his personal decorum. That fat little punk does not impress me one bit.

Went with high noon for this week. Here are my thoughts:

Foot injury from late in week before game. Big blow

Some bad losses, but I can’t think of a more humiliating non-Helfrich game.

We’ve never had a team this talented, and never been destroyed so badly since the pre-Brooks bodybag days.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen an Oregon team so poorly prepared, or create so many opportunities by missing tackles.

This week in the War Room an early preview of the EWU game plus looking at Oregon's newest commit Blake Purchase.

Good afternoon all, I decided to do a deep dive on the three known NIL 'collectives' that are out there (Division Street, Eugene NIL Club, Rucks Rising) with some depth and hopefully better clarity. The piece is long, but a part of my personal site since this kind of delves way off topic of recruiting and football coverage:

I just read it. It might pain me, but I agree with him.

I believe that Oregon has good talent. Just having great talent doesn’t win football games. Great talent with poor fundamentals, bad schemes, inadequate game preparation, is really a waste of talent.

I especially like Dan, but his team did not look well coached. He, of corse, knows that, and will use this as a learning experience. What is surprising is that the basic fundamentals, especially blocking and tackling were so poorly executed. He obviously was successful in drilling fundamentals into his Georgia players. It is time to do the same for Oregon.

This was as we had heard recently. Staff really loves his game

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Date: Sept. 6 at 6:15 p.m.
Finalists: Oregon, Notre Dame, Iowa State, Washington, Colorado

2023 4-star edge rusher Blake Purchase has set his decision date and will announce his long-awaited commitment next Tuesday (Sept. 6) at 6:15 p.m. PDT. Along with announcing his decision date, the Colorado-based prospect announced his final group of five that includes Oregon, Notre Dame, Iowa State, Washington and Colorado. He took official visits to Oregon, Iowa State, Washington and Cal this summer. Notre Dame was a late offer, so he never was able to take an official visit to the school. That's positive for the Ducks as Notre Dame has been viewed as the top contender alongside Oregon since the Irish offered. Prior to that Iowa State, where his brother plays, had been the top competition for Purchase's commitment.

Oregon still remains in a strong position heading into his early September announcement.

Here's what he previously said about the Ducks a few weeks ago.

“The plan coach Lanning and coach Lupoi have for me and them both coaching edges at a high level, definitely that piece and then being a West Coast kid, always seeing Oregon football is a big thing for me. Every year, Oregon could be a top-five team in the country.”

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The 🏈Top 25 will be released later today.
Here are some early predictions and I hope CBS is correct that Oregon lands at #16 but I think that the Atlantic is more realistic.

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Good column today from Scott with his 3-2-1 -- three observations, two questions and a prediction.

Scott, in his 5th quarter assessment and Ramsuer in his post on Reconsidering the Team both made excellent points about the good and not so good on Saturday. Certainly we’ve all done our own analysis and as I was thinking about things it reminded me of a book I recently read and how the following bears consideration:

Scott Galloway is a very successful business owner, author and Marketing Professor at NYU's Stern School of Business. In his new book, "The Algebra of Happiness", he explains this quote:

Our perception of how bad things are is typically much worse than they actually are in reality and our perception during good times is that they are much better than they really are.

Just some food for thought.

Ok..I'm not scared.

1. I am, for the most part very excited about the O.

THOUGHTS:

Mario Reduxx (pun).

Gotta get the WRs involved...WRs need to create separation...need to throw over the middle more than once per game...wash...rinse...repeat.

2. I thought the line played well....other than false starts.

3. We have a plethora of good RBs that will do well in the PAC...if only they can catch.

4. TE gonna be a position of strength.

5. 7 needs to get more involved and needs to run better routes.

6. QB...ok...here we go.

Bo is apparently the best we have.

Thompson and Butterfield could not beat out AB or BO.

Facts are facts. Two coaching staffs and they both bring in transfer QBs...our recruits cannot beat them out. PERIOD.

Based only on this game, there is a reason Bo transferred.

5 years and he still stares down receivers. Doesn't look at secondary or tertiary receivers.

I get that a first or second year QB stares down receivers but a guy with his experience?

So...at the risk of being reactionary after only one game...against a potentially great team....our QB situation is mediocre at best.

Thought I would get it started:
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Some words of wisdom and clarity

An already heartbreaking story gets even more heart-wrenching as Webb's girlfriend announced she was pregnant with his child.

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Will they have one in Atlanta?

Great column from Scott this morning, going in-depth on what he expects the defense to look like Saturday:

What is your prediction on the final score of this big matchup?

Wanted to start it yesterday, but got hung up installing new lockers. With that in mind...we had 58 days

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Matt was there live for us and has a story coming!