Recent content by bluemountain

Given all the injuries and our lack of talent on defense, the fact we will at worst go 6-6 is a solid season in my book

On a neutral field, UCLA is probably 10-14 points better than us. We have a history of playing poorly on the West Coast, so I'll say UCLA 34 - UI 10

wasn't Notre Dame after him as well?

Brando has been around a long, long time. I remember watching him on ESPN back in the 80's, when college hoops was the only major sport they carried. With Gary Danielson having retired, the only guy I can think of who is in the same category would be Brad Nessler, who is quite good IMO. Todd...

As others have said, the key is to keep it close into the second half. The longer it goes, the greater the opportunity for doubt to creep in and for them to choke

I will be happy if we win by any score. We are not good enough to take any game for granted, particularly on the road. UM has decent talent, probably better talent than us to be honest. They have just been very poorly coached, which I hope doesn't change now that Lox is gone

I was in the stands the last time we beat Oregon at home back in 1970 (I was 7 at the time). My dad went to Oregon so he was excited to see them play - they had Dan Fouts and Ahmad Rashad (Bobby Moore at the time) on the roster. I don't remember much about the game, but I do seem to recall we...

This is very disheartening - it's all about what is best for me in the near term, what is best for everyone in the long term be damned. Indicative of our society as a whole unfortunately

Yeah, that's the only thing that gives me pause here. Vegas knows something we don't

I'm showing my age, but I remember a game in which the Cowboys swapped Craig Morton and Roger Staubach every play at QB back in the early 70's against the Bears. The Bears won, thanks in large part to that poorly conceived experiment.

Yeah, if Oregon sticks with Raiola this could be a 52-7 type bloodbath. This is just a really bad matchup for us, particularly with an inexperienced QB and a shaky O-Line

Vaaks scored 19 points in 20 minutes, so I suspect he will find his way into the lineup somehow

Unfortunately, this game will be just what the doctor ordered for their offense

Hence the reason I'd like to understand how Bret plans to improve talent identification and allocation of funds before I'd donate a large chunk of $ to the program. I don't need to see results before I donate, but I'd want to understand how we are going to correct past poor performance in that...

I think you misunderstand what I'm saying. Again - fantasizing I have an extra million to give to the program. I want to give the money and I'm prepared to give the money. Having said that, I can clearly see that BB hasn't done a great job recruiting and with the portal with the money he has...