Rooting for USC to fail is rooting for Oregon to succeed

dnc said:

BSU game assured me that we are a threat to Oregon.

Call it what you want, but UW definitely opened eyes last week. They're also raised concerns in Eugene.

Bottom line, whatever Oregon can do, many other schools can do better, including UW. Why? More and better resources. Oregon has Phil Knight and Nike. What more can Oregon do that others aren't catching up to, and even surpassing?

Oregon is still in Eugene, it's nowhere near the quality school as many in the Pac-12, and very aware of what's going on up North.

Should be an interesting game this year. Duck fans will be more nervous this year than in quite some time. Youll be able to tell the amount of anxiety with the amount of trash talk by the fans. Expect a lot of that from Eugene this year

1. Maybe. Let's see how good Boise is. Nevermind. Let's just see how good UW can continue to be. Whether "concerns" have been raised in Eugene . . . probably no more than usual. UW has has had some other decent wins last few years, and it hasn't translated to beating Oregon in a decade.

2. Duh. Whatever any school can do, another can do better ... given the right circumstances. Nobody cares that Oregon is in Eugene, any more than they do that Florida is in Gainsville and Oklahoma is in Norman and Nebraska in Lincoln and Penn State in Happy Valley and ... and .... Doesn't matter. Never has. Academics? Is that why we used to get everyone to come here? Back when we were ranked #76 in the US News and WR? Are you serious? How does Arizona and ASU recruit then? Texas A&M? Any school in the SEC not named Vanderbilt? This is such a loser line of reasoning.

3. Trash talk - so, by logical extension, does that mean you're nervous too?

Oregon got good. Phil isn't going anywhere, and as long as he's there, they won't tolerate a coach who isn't getting it done. THAT is why they are good. It's a priority. If it becomes a priority here again, and it seems to be, then we will be good ... again. But that won't make them bad by itself.

I do love the "return to the mean" theory. Of course UW will be good again. But this idea that there is some rightful trilogy in the conference is laughable.

Auburndawg said:

Recruiting is a zero sum game. If UW, USC and UCLA are all strong Oregon will stop getting kids like DAT and Mariotta.

Not necessarily. Each can only have 85. If this theory held true, then UW should not have landed Shaq ... but it did, even after 7-6.

Don't tell me - he's a brilliant aspiring computer science student and came here to study.

Oregon got DAT when USC still looked like a viable place to play. It must've been the cheating.

creepycoug said:

dnc said:

BSU game assured me that we are a threat to Oregon.

Call it what you want, but UW definitely opened eyes last week. They're also raised concerns in Eugene.

Bottom line, whatever Oregon can do, many other schools can do better, including UW. Why? More and better resources. Oregon has Phil Knight and Nike. What more can Oregon do that others aren't catching up to, and even surpassing?

Oregon is still in Eugene, it's nowhere near the quality school as many in the Pac-12, and very aware of what's going on up North.

Should be an interesting game this year. Duck fans will be more nervous this year than in quite some time. Youll be able to tell the amount of anxiety with the amount of trash talk by the fans. Expect a lot of that from Eugene this year

1. Maybe. Let's see how good Boise is. Nevermind. Let's just see how good UW can continue to be. Whether "concerns" have been raised in Eugene . . . probably no more than usual. UW has has had some other decent wins last few years, and it hasn't translated to beating Oregon in a decade.

2. Duh. Whatever any school can do, another can do better ... given the right circumstances. Nobody cares that Oregon is in Eugene, any more than they do that Florida is in Gainsville and Oklahoma is in Norman and Nebraska in Lincoln and Penn State in Happy Valley and ... and .... Doesn't matter. Never has. Academics? Is that why we used to get everyone to come here? Back when we were ranked #76 in the US News and WR? Are you serious? How does Arizona and ASU recruit then? Texas A&M? Any school in the SEC not named Vanderbilt? This is such a loser line of reasoning.

3. Trash talk - so, by logical extension, does that mean you're nervous too?

Oregon got good. Phil isn't going anywhere, and as long as he's there, they won't tolerate a coach who isn't getting it done. THAT is why they are good. It's a priority. If it becomes a priority here again, and it seems to be, then we will be good ... again. But that won't make them bad by itself.

I do love the "return to the mean" theory. Of course UW will be good again. But this idea that there is some rightful trilogy in the conference is laughable.

You must be new here

Why can't Oregon be strong, and UW is strong with them? Since when does Oregon have to be shit for UW to be any good?