"Climbing is easier than hanging on" - Duck football

[Donuthole]

I have not believed all year that they will split. If Oregon wins the first game the P12 title game is in Autzen with a trip to the BCS on the line. If Southern Cal wins the P12 title game is back in the Coliseum.

Whoever wins round 1, wins both games. I've held that belief since August.

You've had your team penciled into the conference championship since August? Bad karma, there.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

You've had your team penciled into the conference championship since August? Bad karma, there.

I should have said "if" both teams make it. Of course like all good Ducks, in August all I was thinking about was our first rival on the schedule Arkansas State. This week we play a rivalry against Colorado. WTD!

[Art Vandelay]

An interesting article about Chip Kelly

Here is the part I hope Bishop Doman reads:

What do you want to be?'" Kelly said at a recent clinic. "That is the great thing about football. You can be anything you want. You can be a spread team, I-formation team, power team, wing-T team, option team, or wishbone team. You can be anything you want, but you have to define it."

[Parrot Head]

An interesting article about Chip Kelly

Here is the part I hope Bishop Doman reads:

I just heard the Cheshire Cat quote -- again -- in sacrament meeting this week.

[Hsaru]

An interesting article about Chip Kelly

Here is the part I hope Bishop Doman reads:

All Doman hears is, "hey I want to be all of those at once, it'll be the super-offense".

[BigPiney]

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Hsaru]

If USC beats ND is Oregon the shoe in for the 2nd NC spot?

[BoylenOver]

If USC beats ND is Oregon the shoe in for the 2nd NC spot?

I almost think the Florida/FSU winner has a better shot. Oregon needs to win the PAC-12 to have a shot.

[Hsaru]

I almost think the Florida/FSU winner has a better shot. Oregon needs to win the PAC-12 to have a shot.

I don't think Florida has a chance with no SEC title game. FSU is 11th are they really gonna jump Oregon if they beat Oregon St and UCLA decisively?

[BoylenOver]

I don't think Florida has a chance with no SEC title game. FSU is 11th are they really gonna jump Oregon if they beat Oregon St and UCLA decisively?

Florida will be 4th tomorrow. A win over a top-ten team will solidify their spot. A ND loss would position them perfectly behind the winner of the SEC title game.

The only thing that would keep them out is the desire to avoid another all-SEC BCS title game, but even then, the computers are in their favor enough that voter sentiment wouldn't be enough.

[The_Douger]

I do not think Florida is anything special this year.

[Hsaru]

Voters have shown they will drastically alter their votes in the last week to avoid what they deem is a farce of an NC. Tons of people moved Nebraska way down in the polls and moved Colorado up to try and get a Colorado-Miami title game I think in 2003. Missed out by fractions of percentage points.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

If USC beats ND is Oregon the shoe in for the 2nd NC spot?

No. Oregon isn't even getting to the P12 title game most likely. It wasn't our year. Remember the Alamo Bowl! is the new motto in the Eug.

[The_Douger]

I bet they'll get a BCS game as an at large, don't you think?

[BoylenOver]

I do not think Florida is anything special this year.

Their SOS is very good; they have wins over 3 teams in the top 12 of the Sagarin ratings, and lost in OT to a 4th; and a win over FSU in Tallahassee would be icing on the cake.

Sure, they aren't dominant, and they trailed Louisiana-Lafayette with 3 minutes left in the game last week, but in terms of resume, they're as deserving or more than comparable teams.