Today in the Wednesday War Room, a look at what's left for Oregon in the 2025 class on the defensive side of the ball:

A quick look at offensive recruiting for the rest of the 2025 class.

Penn state 20 - West Virginia 6
Halftime

Just a heads up, but Comcast subscribers, with the B1G network, are likely to be blacked out on the west coast.

Some morning after thoughts from the tighter than expected win over Idaho

Wasn’t sure where else to put this, so it gets its own thread. Cam Ward had some words for SEC fans in the media and Gator fans at the Swamp. From ESPN:

Afterward, clearly perturbed that one of the biggest storylines entering the game was that the Canes never had played in an environment that loud before, Ward had a message for Gator fans.

"I played at USC," said Ward, who transferred to Miami from Washington State. "USC wasn't packed, but it was louder than this. I played in Oregon, it was louder than this. The Pac-12 gets misspoken for. Some advice to the fans: If you're going to be loud, you have to be loud when we're huddling. Can't just be loud once we break the huddle. By that time, there's no point. We hear the play. We communicated already. But it was a good atmosphere to play in. And I'm just excited now we were able to get a victory."

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Autzen fans know how, and when, to be noisy. Ward was letting folks in SEC country know that they have work to do to match the passion & football knowledge of some of our fan bases out West. Tip of the cap to Cam.

We will be traveling back to Portland in a bit, I already have the Sunday Morning Sidewalk piece scheduled for 10:00 am today but will probably not be on the boards for a buit as we park the RV, get everything put away and then pick up Fiji.

I thought Brandon did an exceptional job with all of the social stuff last night and it is very appreciated! We were able to get you perspectives on all five player interviews plus Dan LAnning's comments last night.

The game was not what many of us expected, so the Sunday Morning Sidewalk is my chance to look back from the morning after perspective.

Thank you everyone! The gamer thread last night was really a great thing. Lots of engagement and I like that kind of thing around here.

Good morning, our regular Sunday feature - The Fifth Quarter is up with the good, the bad, and the ugly from the offense, defense, special teams, and coaching perspectives:

Here is our article following Tez Johnson’s post game interview

Pretty good conversation here

Some notes from Gabriel following the game:

Our article on Matayo's comments tonight

Here is our recap of what Boettcher said following the game:

Our article following Lanning's press conference

Very competitive game so far

i see on the 2024 team recruiting lists that Colorado is bringing in over 40 transfers.

What does that mad man think is the secret to building a team? One and Done short timers who will never meld into a team? His kid will again be subjected to harassment and possible injury to apease his old man?

i hope some saner minds can see what this kind of team management can lead to and stop it.

As promised, I have here in my currently unstained hand 5 football cards.
Troy Dye rookie card
Brian Hinkle card
Gary Zimmerman card
Coach John Robinson card
Deion Sanders either Rookie or second season card (I'll check later) Gotta believe if you are going to win this thing.

Scoring is different this year and while the main winner gets the cards, the secondary one gets the glory.. Main winner is most points
The third guy can just brag a little. Second it the guy with the best average score (minimum of 7 games) Third guy is the one with the most wins.
Yep, it's possible for one of you (or me) to claim all three

Scoring is simpler this year
100 points for correctly picking the winner
50 points for each exact score for a team in the game
25 for the correct spread
To determine the weekly winner in case of a tie is first one in.

Some of you lurkers, please come out of the shadows for just this one little thing. We'd be happy to have you and one of us 2nd year veterans is bound to keep you out of the bottom spot.

With that in mind I kick it off with 59-0 score vs Idaho

Today in Flock Talk, how 2024 reminds me a lot of 2014 - but with a higher ceiling.

It’s a Bay Area love fest … pure hatred.

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No, I’m not making up a stupid song, but I will post any build up tweets in here

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