Can't wait. Assuming they trend as other Altman's teams have during the season, this could be our best shot at the FF since Dillon Brooks et al.


Maui Invitational, Nov. 22-24, great way for some early competitive match ups testing a game a day format. We get sort of a buy with host, Chaminade in game 1, then it gets much tougher with one of Huston, Butler St. Mary's or ND...Roy Williams once said he would play in this every year if he could, as it required some of the same things as post season tourney's, travel, bonding, fun, competition, and his case golf.



Edit, Might have to catch Baylor or UCLA live. Wish they would start those games so Portlander's could attend w/o staying up all night.

QUICK HITS

DYNAMIC DUO: OREGON moved up one spot in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings to #3, the Ducks second highest ranking in CFP history. Oregon was #2 in the final 5 weeks of the 2014 season. UTAH enters at #24, their first time being ranked by the CFP since the 2019 season.

GAME POSTPONED: Saturday’s matchup of USC at CALIFORNIA has been postponed and rescheduled for Saturday, December 4th. Cal had additional football student-athletes test positive for COVID-19 and are unavailable to practice this week or play in the game.

CHAMP GAME IMPLICATIONS:

NORTH DIVISION: Oregon would clinch their spot in the 2021 Pac-12 Championship Game with a win over Washington State on Saturday AND a Stanford win over Oregon State.

SOUTH DIVISION: Utah would clinch their spot in the 2021 Pac-12 Championship Game with a win over Arizona AND a Washington win over Arizona State.

The 2021 Pac-12 Football Championship Game is set for Friday, Dec. 3 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV. To purchase tickets, visit Pac-12.com/tickets.

WHAT BROWN DOES FOR YOU: OREGON QB Anthony Brown was named one of the 20 semifinalists for the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award. Brown has 11 passing TD and leads Pac-12 QBs with 7 rushing TD. The 3 finalists will be announced on November 23rd.

WALK THIS WAY: OREGON OL Ryan Walk has been named one of the 10 semifinalists for the Burlsworth Trophy, the most outstanding college football player to begin their career as a walk-on. Walk has started 16 straight games, the first 11 at right guard and the last 5 at center for Alex Forsyth. The 3 finalists will be named on November 16th.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE: The conference announced some start times over the next 2 weeks. All listed times are local times.

Friday, November 19th (previously announced)

• 6:00 p.m. MT- Arizona at Washington State, Pac-12 Network

Saturday, November 20th

• 1:00 p.m. MT- Washington at Colorado, Pac-12 Network
• 4:00 p.m. PT- California at Stanford, Pac-12 Network
• 7:30 p.m. PT- Arizona State at Oregon State, ESPN

6-day selections for the following 2 games will be announced following the games of November 13th

• Oregon at Utah and UCLA at USC

Additionally 2 game times were announced for Week 13

Friday, November 26th

• 2:00 p.m. MT- Colorado at Utah, FOX
• 5:00 p.m. PT- Washington State at Washington, FS1

AROUND THE PAC-12

#24 UTAH (6-3, 5-1) at ARIZONA (1-8, 1-5)

Sat., Nov. 13 • 12:00 pm MT • PAC-12 NETWORK

UTAH: Have won the last 4 in this series, including the last 2 by a total of 60 points. With a win, Kyle Whittingham will tie Ike Armstrong (141) for the most in program history. 5-1 with Cameron Rising as the starting QB and are averaging 38.5 PPG and 253.2 rush YPG in those 6 games. 441 rushing yards last week, their most since 1991 and the most by any team against Stanford since 1977. RB Tavion Thomas career-high 177 rush yards and tied school record for the 2nd straight week with 4 rush TD. Had 3 running backs with 100+ rush yards in same game for first time in program history. LB Devin Lloyd had 5 TFL against Stanford and was named Lott IMPACT Player of the Week for the 2nd time this season.

ARIZONA: Looking for their first win over the Utes since 2015 in Tucson. Picked up their first win of the season last week, snapping a 20-game losing streak. It was their first win when scoring 10 points or less since 2010, when they beat Cal 10-9. 202 rushing yards in the win over Cal, 3rd time this season they have rushed for over 200 yards. The defense held Cal to just 122 total yards (28 rush, 94 pass), the fewest they’ve allowed since 2008 and fewest in a conference game since 2006.



STANFORD (3-6, 2-5) at OREGON STATE (5-4, 3-3)

Sat., Nov. 13 • 2:30 pm PT • PAC-12 NETWORK

STANFORD: Have won the last 11 meetings with Oregon State and David Shaw is 10-0 against the Beavers. TE/DE Tucker Fisk started on both sides of the ball last week, the first Pac-12 player to do it since Stanford’s Owen Marecic in the 2011 Orange Bowl. QB Tanner McKee’s status is uncertain after missing last week’s game vs Utah. If McKee is unable to go, freshman Ari Patu is expected to make his first career start. Must win their last 3 games to become bowl eligible.

OREGON STATE: 4-0 at home this season, looking to go 5-0 for the first time since 2012. A win will make Oregon State bowl eligible for the first time since 2013. RB B.J. Baylor needs just 30 yards to become just the 2nd OSU player in the last 10 years to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. ILB Avery Roberts had 13 tackles last week, his 6th straight game with 10+ tackles and has done it in 8 of 9 games this season. Roberts’ 103 tackles are 4th most in FBS. K Everett Hayes kicked a 60-yard FG last week, the longest in OSU history and tied for the longest in any conference game in Pac-12 history. Relieved Defensive Coordinator Tim Tibesar of his duties with LB Coach Trent Bray taking over the rest of the season



ARIZONA STATE (6-3, 4-2) at WASHINGTON (4-5, 3-3)

Sat., Nov. 13 • 4:00 pm PT • FS1

ARIZONA STATE: Have won 11 of the last 13 meetings with Washington but this is the first meeting since 2018. All six of ASU’s wins this season are by at least 15 points. RB Rachaad White had a career-high 202 rushing yards and 3 TD last week to earn the Pac-12 Rose Bowl Player of the Week. White was the first Sun Devil to put up 200+ rush yards since Eno Benjamin in 2018. Held USC to 92 rushing yards, 4th opponent this season they have held under 100.

WASHINGTON: Have won the last 2 meetings with the Sun Devils in Seattle. RB Sean McGrew had 2 rush TD last week against Oregon, his 4th game with multiple rushing TD this season. Head Coach Jimmy Lake is suspended for this game. Offensive Coordinator John Donovan was relieved of his duties on Sunday with WR Coach Junior Adams taking over play-calling for the rest of the season. Must win 2 of the last 3 to become bowl eligible.



COLORADO (3-6, 2-4) at UCLA (5-4, 3-3)

Sat., Nov. 13 • 6:00 pm PT • PAC-12 NETWORK

COLORADO: Won 3 of the last 5 meetings with the Bruins but have not beaten UCLA in the Rose Bowl since 2002. Season-high 37 points and 392 total yards in last week’s 2 OT win over Oregon State. QB Brendon Lewis had 6 passing TD over the last 2 games after throwing 4 TD in the first 7 games. RB Jarek Broussard, the reigning Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, had a season-high 151 rush yards last week for his first 100-yard game of the season. Head Coach Karl Dorrell was both a player (1982-86) and a head coach (2003-07) at UCLA. Must win final 3 games to become bowl eligible.

UCLA: Have won 5 straight home games against Colorado and are 7-1 against the Buffaloes all-time in Los Angeles (5-1 in Rose Bowl). A win would make UCLA bowl eligible for first time since 2017. Coming off a bye week and looking for their first home win since beating then #16 LSU on September 4th. 5-0 this season when they rush for over 200 yards. QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson had 303 pass yards and 109 rush yards in last year’s matchup with Colorado, becoming first UCLA player with 300 pass yards and 100 rush yards in the same game.



WASHINGTON STATE (5-4, 4-2) at #3 OREGON (8-1, 5-1)

Sat., Nov. 13 • 7:30 pm PT • ESPN

WASHINGTON STATE (5-4, 3-3): Have won 4 of the last 6 meetings with Oregon and 2 of their last 3 trips to Autzen Stadium. Coming off a bye week, Cougars are 1-1 under acting head coach Jake Dickert. Looking for their first win over a ranked opponent since the 2018 Alamo Bowl (#25 Iowa State). QB Jayden de Laura has multiple pass TD in 6 of the 8 games he’s played this season and leads the Pac-12 with 17 pass TD. Lead the Pac-12 and are 5th in FBS with 20 takeaways. A win will give WSU bowl eligibility in 6 straight seasons (not including the shortened 2020 season).

OREGON (8-1, 5-1): Won the last 2 meetings with Washington State. 17-game home win streak, the 3rd longest active streak in FBS. Outgained Washington 427-166 last week, the fewest Oregon has allowed in a conference game since 2009. Season-high 329 rushing yards last week which included a career-high 211 yards from RB Travis Dye. Dye has 438 rushing yards and 8 rush TD in the 4 games since C.J. Verdell suffered a season-ending injury. Have converted 23 of 35 on 3rd downs (65.7%) the last 3 weeks and are 6th best in the country at 50.0% for the season. Held Washington to 7 first downs, only allowing the Huskies to convert 3 of 12 on 3rd down.



USC (4-5, 3-4) at CALIFORNIA (3-6, 2-4)

PPD • Re-scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 4th

USC (4-5, 3-4): Had their streak of 8 straight conference road wins snapped last week at Arizona State. With All-American Drake London out for the season, WR Tahj Washington had 9 receptions for 78 yards against ASU, his 2nd straight game with 75+ receiving yards. Freshman Safety Xavion Alford had 2 INT last week, the first Trojan with 2 picks in a game since 2017. Must win 2 of their last 3 to become bowl eligible.

CALIFORNIA (3-6, 2-4): Were without 7 starters last week in their loss at Arizona, including QB Chase Garbers, and were held to just 122 total yards. Safety Elijah Hicks has an interception in 3 straight games, the first Cal player to do it in 3 straight since Griffin Piatt in 2014. Deltha O’Neal did it in 6 straight games in 1999. Must win their final 3 games to become bowl eligible.

'Your mascot is a flightless bird!' HaHa

(Yes, the kid swears, but this is funny as heck!)

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Any twits or tweets from Banks after his aTm visit. Did not see much of a game, No offensive TD's

Very nice opening game with lots of energy for the Ducks. Once again Altman mixing and matching new pieces. Ducks have lots of length available but some of it unpolished. The transfers looked pretty dang good.

This news is coming a little late, but if you weren’t aware of it, I thought that it should be posted.

Georgia Alabama Quack Osu

Love to hear from someone who watched it. I'm hoping it was a PAC12 network game and I can look in later.

From the box score it looks like the 91-34 win was a total mismatch. Idaho State's leading scorer had seven points and the team would never surmount the 50 points Oregon earned in the first half.
The Spuds (?) featured three more players scoring 6 points. On the other side Oregon had three players with double figure totals and five more with at least a half dozen. Obviously, Graves substituted liberally. Shooting percentages had Oregon with 61% to ISU's 22% while from beyond the arc they led 46.7% to 8%. I'm guessing it was not just an off night for the visitors.

Elsewhere, none of the five PAC12 teams playing were tested in their opening games.

Ahmad Moten, one of the fastest rising players in the 2022 class this fall, announced his offer from Oregon this afternoon
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Do you believe it, #3 in the country ? I have never seen a team, and I think a lot of people on the board feel the same way, that, this team has been the most emotionally draining, frustrating, confusing team I have ever cheered for. Do I think they are the #3 team in the nation ? I have my doubts. But, I am damn glad they are.

I think the best is yet to come. .

Kickoff a half hour away with the Ducks warming up on the field.

Jordan Happle is suited down but no Steve Stephens sighting.

Alex Forsyth dressed down but Walk taking snaps from Brown during warmups.

In other coaching news.

Frost will be back next year with a re-worked contract.

I wonder if the re-worked contract goes something like this:

You should be gone but you are a legend here so...you can come back next year and if you win we will talk extension.

However, if you lose you are gone and your buyout is drastically reduced. Otherwise, we will move on from you this year?

Just wondering...

EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon football team moved up two spots to No. 5 in the latest Associated Press top-25 poll on Sunday following the Ducks’ 26-16 win over Washington in Seattle. UO also moved up one spot to No. 6 in the AFCA Coaches poll.

The Ducks (8-1, 5-1 Pac-12) were No. 4 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings released last Tuesday. The new CFP rankings will be released on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 4 p.m. PT on ESPN.

Oregon is in the top five of the AP poll for the fourth time this season, and first since week four. This is the Ducks’ ninth consecutive week in the top 10 of the AP poll. Oregon remains the only Pac-12 team ranked in both the AP and AFCA polls.

The Ducks return home this week to host Washington State on Saturday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Autzen Stadium (ESPN).

On another site I saw the depth chart posted for the WSU game and it listed Walk as the starter! Is that a major error or was he miraculously healed?

EUGENE, Ore. – A pair of Oregon players received more preseason recognition Tuesday, as Te-Hina Paopao and Nyara Sabally were named to the Wooden Award Top 50 watch list, while Sabally was also selected to the watch lists for the Wade Trophy and Naismith Award. All three awards honor the nation’s most outstanding player.

Paopao, who was named to the preseason watch list for the Nancy Lieberman Award honoring the nation’s top point guard, averaged 10.2 points and a team-high 4.4 assists per game as a freshman in 2020-21. She also shot 39.5 percent from downtown while leading all freshman nationally with a 2.40 assist-to-turnover ratio on the way to earning postseason All-Pac-12 honors.

Another All-Pac-12 selection in 2020-21, Sabally led the Ducks in both scoring (12.9 PPG) and rebounding (7.3 RPG) while ranking third in the conference with a field goal percentage of 54.7. She was named to the preseason watch list for the Katrina McClain Award, which goes to the nation’s top power forward, after reaching double figures in scoring 19 times in 23 games and recording four double-doubles.

Preseason Honors Breakdown

Te-Hina Paopao, So., G

» Wooden Award Top 50 Watch list

» Nancy Lieberman Award Preseason Watch List

» Preseason All-Pac-12

» The Athletic Preseason All-America Honorable Mention

Nyara Sabally, Jr., F

» Wooden Award Top 50 Watch List

» Naismith Award Preseason Watch List

» Wade Trophy Preseason Watch List

» Katrina McClain Award Preseason Watch List

» Preseason All-Pac-12

Pathetic a-hole.

I'm wondering where we stand on this AZ DE, he'd be a great addition with Moss on the other end. Anybody know anything?

I would have thought someone would start a thread recounting why Duck fans hate the UW football program and all those associated with it!

Too bad. Playing some good ball. Hope he's back.


Other injuries...

Walk, JPJ, Steve Jones

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Highlighted by the tent review of a play after another play was run, this was the worst oficiated game I have ever seen! How many reviews were there anyways?