re: Oregon Will Win BCS

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I can't see them being a national powerhouse

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They already are a national powehouse. Sure, they haven't won a natty title, and mostly mediocre in bowl games historically. But, like say Beamer's VT, have played for one in recent decades, and made a respectable showing.

Oregon is in a talent lean environ, and yet as you mention, have been a major Top 10 player going back to Harrington. Ever since Rich Brooks 1994 team earned him the Rams gig, Bellotti, Kelly, & Helfrich have built it up with Phil Knight program dinero, and kept milking Cali, and recruiting nationally like Tennessee once did when winning.

Has UDub's slide since Don James heyday aided it? Post-Donahue UCLA? Cal/Stan up-and-down status over thast twenty-plus years? Sure, those slides had to help them, but UO has been consistent, are a monster now.

Oregon has hit auto-reload status, the HCs and QBs may be a turnstile at times, but the results stay the same..talented HC leading talented roster..Ws galore.

USC, UCLA, Wash, ASU,etc..may or may not get back to former glories, but UO is going nowhere, IE gonna stay a power, if not maybe become a bigger stronger one?

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We hear this every year

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Really don't. No one has expected Oregon to win it all. Except this year, they are good enough.

It still seems very Oregon esque to be THE team in week 7. There's a long way to go.

They always pimp oregon. They made it once. They lost. To Cam. It's over.

There's just a fundamental lack of recognition in this thread of the simple fact that this is the most talented team Oregon has had since CK arrived from New Hampshire, and quite frankly it's very possibly the best Oregon team of all time. Now, with a program with as little history as Oregon's that might not mean much, it's true. But this team is built for a title, and suddenly Oregon is winning with lean fast athletes that don't give up a size/strength advantage. Oregon has possibly the best QB in college football, possibly the single most explosive playmaker in college football, a center that is being talked about as a first round draft pick next year, and a couple of other OL that have NFL futures, a secondary being discussed as perhaps the best in cfb (with two corners who will certainly play on Sundays) and a deep, long and athletic group of defensive linemen who might all themselves have NFL futures. (If there is a weakness in the current defense, it is at linebacker where the Ducks lost two key players to the draft last year, including Kiko Alonso who is well on his way to becoming the defensive rookie of the year now) ... but the LBs are fast and film room junkies and they are playing better than anyone expected.

Oregon learned big lessons from their bowl losses - Ohio State, Auburn - and that LSU game. They learned they needed to keep upgrading the caliber of athletes on the roster, and over the previous few recruiting cycles they've done just that. They've been meticulous and thorough in demanding height in the trenches for leverage, and they've made sure that everyone makes it in to school. Oregon has evolved, and sooner or later you all will come to appreciate it.

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Taking that bet is stupid. Any team at this point has less 50% odds. A fair bet would mean you pay $1000 and the odds on Oregon should be at like $250.

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Apparently you aren't very smart - odds on Oregon to win a National Championship are around +225. That would mean that if you bet $1,000 you would win $2,250. Pretty big fail on your part.

The media wants their dream matchup of Bama vs Oregon

LSU crushed Oregon
Auburn beat Oregon in BCS

I'm still not convinced Bama will be best of remaining unbeatens if they win out.

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LSU crushed Oregon
Auburn beat Oregon in BCS

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Is Oregon the same team every year?

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If they make the Championship, lets see who they play. I personally think Bama or LSU beats them at that point. Our D will be much improved and have a month just to concentrate on that offense. We could still out athlete them like we did last time. Bama is Bama. Saban would have that figured out after a month of planning as well. That said, if the Ducks end up in the Championship against Ohio St. or Clemson, I think they will get it.......and I think there is a very good chance of that happening if they do make it. Ohio St. in particular.

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I think any team they play in the NCG will have a great shot to shut them down. OSU's D-line this year is better than LSU's, and OSU rotates 10 guys on it, so the depth is there. Can't compare with Bama's D-line because it is a 3-4, but I would take OSU's D-line 10 times out of 10 against LSU's.

Oh, and I would take Meyer over Les with 5 weeks to prepare