#9 UCLA @ #10 Oregon (Oct. 22, Sat 12:30 PM Fox)

[UOducksTK1]

I'm super confident in this game. Oregon is legit. I didn't think I'd be saying that before the start of the season (especially not after the Georgia debacle) but this team is special. Sneaky good. Maybe even good enough to win a playoff game.

I think we run the table and win the Pac-12 title. Our schedule shapes up so nicely from here on out.

UCLA is legit as well. I have more faith in Chip coming off of a bye week than Lanning. With how unprepared we were for Georgia, I don't have a lot of faith that we will take full advantage of the bye week.

This is how I feel. Chip is very good after BYEs and he's operating at a high level right now.

[nogerO]

I'm super confident in this game. Oregon is legit. I didn't think I'd be saying that before the start of the season (especially not after the Georgia debacle) but this team is special. Sneaky good. Maybe even good enough to win a playoff game.

I think we run the table and win the Pac-12 title. Our schedule shapes up so nicely from here on out.

UCLA is legit as well. I have more faith in Chip coming off of a bye week than Lanning. With how unprepared we were for Georgia, I don't have a lot of faith that we will take full advantage of the bye week.

Wow. New coaches, new system, new QB, 10 days practice in pads and playing the defending champs in Atlanta? What exactly did you expect? I was hoping we would stay within 28. Wow.

[karlhungis]

I'm super confident in this game. Oregon is legit. I didn't think I'd be saying that before the start of the season (especially not after the Georgia debacle) but this team is special. Sneaky good. Maybe even good enough to win a playoff game.

I think we run the table and win the Pac-12 title. Our schedule shapes up so nicely from here on out.

UCLA is legit as well. I have more faith in Chip coming off of a bye week than Lanning. With how unprepared we were for Georgia, I don't have a lot of faith that we will take full advantage of the bye week.

Wow. New coaches, new system, new QB, 10 days practice in pads and playing the defending champs in Atlanta? What exactly did you expect? I was hoping we would stay within 28. Wow.

And we weren't even close to what you hoped. Wow.......

[dthomas=ddixon]

I’m curious why 1 game, the first of Lanning’s HC career and the staff’s as a whole, outweighs the 5 where we’ve shown to be exceptionally coached and prepared? Georgia knew exactly what we were running on D, no other team will have that advantage.

I get the respect for Chip but he’s been a mediocre head coach post-Oregon. He can still scheme up and call a game as good as anyone but they have to stop us first. Something no remaining defense has the ability to do without us beating ourselves.


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[GrandpaDuck]

I'm hoping with the extra time Chip outsmarts himself like he did with all the time before the Auburn NC game. I'm sure his anti-spread packed formation was not what Auburn expected at all, the problem was it sucked as was his decision to read Farley instead of the ends. Too much time for the active mind can be a bad thing (I hope).

[UOducksTK1]

I’m curious why 1 game, the first of Lanning’s HC career and the staff’s as a whole, outweighs the 5 where we’ve shown to be exceptionally coached and prepared? Georgia knew exactly what we were running on D, no other team will have that advantage.

I get the respect for Chip but he’s been a mediocre head coach post-Oregon. He can still scheme up and call a game as good as anyone but they have to stop us first. Something no remaining defense has the ability to do without us beating ourselves.


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Not even factoring in the Georgia game, I still think is a toss up game. CK is deadly when he's on a roll. And he hasn't been on a roll in a long time, so for now I have to assume he'll be operating as the CK of old, which is insanely effective offensively. Our defense will have to have an A- game or better for me to think we will win. Anything less than that, then it makes me nervous this will be a 40+ point shootout where a couple turnovers or 4th down conversions will make or break the game. Making it more of a toss up then I'd hope for a top 10 Oregon team hosting anyone.

[Weston]

I'm confidant about this game, but the defense needs to improve for me to feel as confidant as you are overall.

I second that. Especially the secondary. And Sewell and Flowe need to at least start to fulfill their potential.

[ducks5ever]

I’m curious why 1 game, the first of Lanning’s HC career and the staff’s as a whole, outweighs the 5 where we’ve shown to be exceptionally coached and prepared? Georgia knew exactly what we were running on D, no other team will have that advantage.

I get the respect for Chip but he’s been a mediocre head coach post-Oregon. He can still scheme up and call a game as good as anyone but they have to stop us first. Something no remaining defense has the ability to do without us beating ourselves.


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It's not necessarily fair to give the first game as much weight as you're saying. However, Georgia has been the only tier 1 CFB opponent we've faced all season, and it is fair to make comparisons to how we'll perform this weekend with respect to Georgia (and not BYU/Eastern Washington/Arizona).

I'm not 100% sold on Bo Nix given his inconsistent past, and the only time he was under pressure to make plays (albeit against one of the best defenses in the country), he couldn't make them. Personally, I think we have a good shot to win this weekend, but it's far from a shoo-in

[buckmarkduck]

I’m curious why 1 game, the first of Lanning’s HC career and the staff’s as a whole, outweighs the 5 where we’ve shown to be exceptionally coached and prepared? Georgia knew exactly what we were running on D, no other team will have that advantage.

I get the respect for Chip but he’s been a mediocre head coach post-Oregon. He can still scheme up and call a game as good as anyone but they have to stop us first. Something no remaining defense has the ability to do without us beating ourselves.


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Not even factoring in the Georgia game, I still think is a toss up game. CK is deadly when he's on a roll. And he hasn't been on a roll in a long time, so for now I have to assume he'll be operating as the CK of old, which is insanely effective offensively. Our defense will have to have an A- game or better for me to think we will win. Anything less than that, then it makes me nervous this will be a 40+ point shootout where a couple turnovers or 4th down conversions will make or break the game. Making it more of a toss up then I'd hope for a top 10 Oregon team hosting anyone.

Chip hasn’t been deadly since 2012.

[dthomas=ddixon]

I’m curious why 1 game, the first of Lanning’s HC career and the staff’s as a whole, outweighs the 5 where we’ve shown to be exceptionally coached and prepared? Georgia knew exactly what we were running on D, no other team will have that advantage.

I get the respect for Chip but he’s been a mediocre head coach post-Oregon. He can still scheme up and call a game as good as anyone but they have to stop us first. Something no remaining defense has the ability to do without us beating ourselves.


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Not even factoring in the Georgia game, I still think is a toss up game. CK is deadly when he's on a roll. And he hasn't been on a roll in a long time, so for now I have to assume he'll be operating as the CK of old, which is insanely effective offensively. Our defense will have to have an A- game or better for me to think we will win. Anything less than that, then it makes me nervous this will be a 40+ point shootout where a couple turnovers or 4th down conversions will make or break the game. Making it more of a toss up then I'd hope for a top 10 Oregon team hosting anyone.

Yeah I just think it’s a lot of hype. They have 1 good win. They played great against Utah but also needed a FG as time expired to beat Georgia Southern at home. The UW win looked great at the time but beating them by 8 isn’t an impressive win at all now. UCLA is clearly a good team but nothing to be afraid of, especially at home.


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[dthomas=ddixon]

I’m curious why 1 game, the first of Lanning’s HC career and the staff’s as a whole, outweighs the 5 where we’ve shown to be exceptionally coached and prepared? Georgia knew exactly what we were running on D, no other team will have that advantage.

I get the respect for Chip but he’s been a mediocre head coach post-Oregon. He can still scheme up and call a game as good as anyone but they have to stop us first. Something no remaining defense has the ability to do without us beating ourselves.


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It's not necessarily fair to give the first game as much weight as you're saying. However, Georgia has been the only tier 1 CFB opponent we've faced all season, and it is fair to make comparisons to how we'll perform this weekend with respect to Georgia (and not BYU/Eastern Washington/Arizona).

I'm not 100% sold on Bo Nix given his inconsistent past, and the only time he was under pressure to make plays (albeit against one of the best defenses in the country), he couldn't make them. Personally, I think we have a good shot to win this weekend, but it's far from a shoo-in

I’m saying we shouldn’t give that game much weight.


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[pezsez1]

I have more faith in Chip coming off of a bye week than Lanning. With how unprepared we were for Georgia, I don't have a lot of faith that we will take full advantage of the bye week.

Haha, really. You have that much more faith in the current-day Chip Kelly who needed a last-second FG to beat... hang on, let me look up the opponent... SOUTH ALABAMA for a one-point win? In WEEK THREE????

That's a far bigger debacle than what happened to Oregon with an all-new scheme/staff against the defending national champs in week one.

I'll always love Chip, but this isn't 2011 and he doesn't have that ace up his sleeve. I'll gladly take Dan Lanning and how we've seen the Ducks rapidly improve with each game since Georgia.

[StevensTechU]

Last year, Oregon beat UCLA 34-31 in Pasadena. It appears UCLA is a little bit better than they were then, while Oregon is quite a bit better than then. Plus this one's in Eugene.

Ducks by 10.

[lmduck]

I'm super confident in this game. Oregon is legit. I didn't think I'd be saying that before the start of the season (especially not after the Georgia debacle) but this team is special. Sneaky good. Maybe even good enough to win a playoff game.

I think we run the table and win the Pac-12 title. Our schedule shapes up so nicely from here on out.

UCLA is legit as well. I have more faith in Chip coming off of a bye week than Lanning. With how unprepared we were for Georgia, I don't have a lot of faith that we will take full advantage of the bye week.

Why would Lanning have not taken advantage of the bye week???? The Georgia game and where this team is now are two pretty different things.


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[GoDucks7]

Chip Kelly hasn't done anything since he left Oregon in 2012. He's not the same coach as he was back then and I think this UCLA team is very overrated. They barely beat South Alabama at home. People keep calling Chip a genius when he really hasn't been a great coach for 10 years. In fact, he's been pretty awful overall and UCLA fans wanted him gone last year. Yeah they could come in and beat Oregon but I'm not as worried as a lot of others are in this thread.