Could Oregon be the next Clemson?

[DuckzRule]

This seems like a far-fetched question but I'll still ask it.

Clemson, in their complete prime, was actually a team that could compete for natties and even won two against Alabama (one in miracle fashion and another in blowout fashion) despite being in arguably one of the worst football conferences in the NCAA.

Oregon in the other hand is in a similar conference to the ACC but we haven't won anything yet, but most likely due to stubborn coaches, now with the Dan Lanning hire, could we become the next Clemson and Dan Lanning could become the next Dabo Swinney?

If he can constantly field good teams then I bet yes but we still have a long way to win a national championship.

[karlhungis]

This seems like a far-fetched question but I'll still ask it.

Clemson, in their complete prime, was actually a team that could compete for natties and even won two against Alabama (one in miracle fashion and another in blowout fashion) despite being in arguably one of the worst football conferences in the NCAA.

Oregon in the other hand is in a similar conference to the ACC but we haven't won anything yet, but most likely due to stubborn coaches, now with the Dan Lanning hire, could we become the next Clemson and Dan Lanning could become the next Dabo Swinney?

If he can constantly field good teams then I bet yes but we still have a long way to win a national championship.

Our window to be the top of a weak conference just closed. I don't think the Clemson analogy works any longer. USC will be a force and there is a good chance that UW will be good again.

[thatbpguy]

One thing Clemson had that we haven't was a generational QB that was coached up well and fully utilized. Perhaps we will now at least get our QB's coached up and really see what they can do.

[GoDucksTroll]

One thing Clemson had that we haven't was a generational QB that was coached up well and fully utilized. Perhaps we will now at least get our QB's coached up and really see what they can do.

Besides the term generational usually being overused, we were in a national title game with a Heisman winning QB who set all types of efficiency records at the time and he passed for 333 yards and ran for 39 more in that game.

A game that was a one point affair until the last play of the third quarter. A game where they left so many points on the table (hello Dwayne Stanford and Evan Baylis) and could have won. If injuries/suspensions didn’t rob us of Darren Carrington, Pharaoh Brown, Devon Allen, Bralon Addison, and Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, or if DeAnthony Thomas and Terrance Mitchell hadn’t gone into the draft and had come back for one more season...

What has been lacking and something Clemson has had is great coaching on both sides of the ball AND, more
importantly I think, is talent/depth of talent all over the roster. You throw in a Troy Dye or Noah Sewell on the 2014 roster in place of Rodney Hardrick that alone might have been enough to tip the scales.

An elite QB talent is almost a necessity, or so I thought - but 3/4 teams in the CFP this season have pedestrian QBs.