re: If Oregon was in the SEC, they'd be crushed

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Please tell me more ... If Knight is simply an alumnus/booster, how does he influence the roster?

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he paid for most of our state of the art facilities. Jerseys and gear. etc. Trust me nobody would have even picked up Oregon's calls if we still had our pre-nike facilities. some of the worst in the country.

I'm going to make sure I understand Subby's point. He is saying that if Oregon were located in the South, and recruited SEC talent, and played an SEC schedule, they would be a better team.

In other words, if Oregon were LSU, and LSU were Oregon, they would have kicked our arse.

Can't disagree with that.

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In other words, if Oregon were LSU, and LSU were Oregon, they would have kicked our arse.

Can't disagree with that.

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Well, close. If Oregon were LSU PLUS Phil Knight's alma mater. Basically, if Oregon combined its advantages with LSU's advantages, they'd be a better team. Daring postulation, I know.

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we don't want the SEC...who would want to travel that far week in and week out

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But trips to TExas and Oklahoma are just a hop skip and jump away!

Ha Ha

Both teams had droped balls, and yes the pass to Peterson was nice, but 3 or 4 shots downfield doesn't make your passing game vertical.

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In this hypothetical situation/alternate universe, if Oregon was in the south they would be in the heartland of football and have recruiting pipelines in the richest, star-laden states. We would have an SEC defense and an SEC o-line that would hold its own in the trenches and our offense wouldn't get stifled like this. It's much harder to recruit those athletes all the way from the Pacific Northwest because kids like to stay close to home.

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So how does one explain Ole Miss, Vandy, UK, and most of the time Miss St? Those are the teams you would be if you were in the south..

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more thoughts - this year's team is vastly weaker than last year at the moment. Lost a lot of talent on the d-line and at linebacker, and lost vets on the o-line. Matthews (yee starting for the Eagles), Bair, Clark, Rowe, Paysinger, Talmadge Jackson, (and Cliff Harris) were all gone from last year's defens

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So..LSU is vastly better than last year's Auburn and they stopped you cold. You just need to get over the fact that you'll never be better than us..

Now get the frick out of here with your nonsense

Have a nice day

So you admit the South has more talented players than the NE?

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more thoughts - this year's team is vastly weaker than last year at the moment. Lost a lot of talent on the d-line and at linebacker, and lost vets on the o-line. Matthews (yee starting for the Eagles), Bair, Clark, Rowe, Paysinger, Talmadge Jackson, (and Cliff Harris) were all gone from last year's defense. I hope the young guys can gel quickly.

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You seem to be the only person in the world that thinks this.

I think Oregon will be fine. DT did not help Oregon by publicly proclaiming that if they lost this game they had no shot at the MNC. Best thing about Oregon is they lost the first game of the season. As long as everybody else slips up they still have a shot, they just have to take care of business. The squeak in the wheel is Boise. They beat an SEC team (this might not seem that impressive around late October- I think Georgia loses to S.C. this week and then folds the tent) and don't really have anybody else on their schedule that can beat them. TCU maybe but not with that defensive effort last Friday. But the point is Oregon can't worry about everyone else. I feel they will end up being a top 5 team and if you can do that you have a shot. Hell in 07 no one here thought we had a shot after Arkansas but we somehow got in.

All of this theoretical stuff matters not... people need to realize that if the Ducks opponents cannot keep up with the speed and tempo they will do just what they did last year to many opponents. LSU had the time and talent this year to handle both the speed and the fast tempo. I was really suprised and impressed with the Tigers open field tackling this year (so far). I do not see a lot of teams the Ducks are going to play that can handle these dimensions very well. Time will tell but I think the Ducks will still do well this year. Most LSU fans will be pulling for them because it makes our schedule look that much better. Good Luck and remember "Fear the Hat!"