Now that is completely horseshit. I’m a state of Oregon fan that happened to attend OSU and Portland St, and ASU for that matter. Go find another avenue bro. When the Ducks actually win something worth crowing about I will be right there cheering them on. At this point they are a good program, let’s see if they can get to the next level. We can revisit this as soon as they do. I’ll be here.
They are already a 10 win team. So recruiting has done that. What exactly does a 10 win team get? This year it gets you a bowl game. Next year they expand the playoffs to 8 teams right? So winning a playoff game should be a goal right? At least?
The playoff is 12 teams next year. Being a top 12 team (out of 133) in the country is a solid accomplishment for the vast majority of programs, Oregon included.
Yeah, I forgot the playoffs are expanding. However, imagine if it was remaining only four teams, what would you think in my imaginary scenario?
Thanks for that info. I was unsure. I think it will be more exciting and I would hope the Ducks should be there.
Quite the departure from “elite” is the point. I have always and in the thread and conversation have maintained they are a good team. Just not great.
True, but to be fair, I’m not sure there are any ‘great’ teams in the country this year. Georgia? Just got beat by the 9th ranked team. Michigan? Not super-impressed with them. Washington? Scraped through too many close calls to be considered great. FSU? Don’t think anyone had them tagged as a great team, and certainly not now with their quarterback out. Ohio State or Alabama? Meh. I think the Ducks could hang with any of them and might win if they got some breaks.
I don’t know? Seems like we will get to see exactly how good Washington is. They are one of the only undefeated teams. Very hard to go the entire season undefeated.
It might be between Michigan, Washington, Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. Kinda glad we're not in this because I have a feeling I'd be pissed at the outcome. More pissed than losing a straight up fight to Washington.
I can't imagine Florida St isn't in the discussion. Going to be wild. If we didn't already have a 12 team playoff coming, this year would've been the end of the 4 team playoff with this mess!
so, it's Michigan and Washington for sure then it's FSU, Texas, Alabama * FSU has a national championship level defense; and they are an undefeated conference champion with wins over LSU, Clemson, Duke, and Louisville. Will be very hard to leave them out * Alabama has looked like a top-4 teams for several weeks and they kept getting better. They are the SEC champion. And they have wins over Ole Miss, Tennessee, LSU, and now #1 Georgia * Texas is a won loss Big-12 champion. They have the fewest ranked wins and 3 wins by 7 points or less. BUT, they beat Alabama at Alabama recipe for chaos and whichever team is left out is going to scream bloody murder
