[Maple Leaf]

Sort of agree with you about this year's Beavs, but I don't think they'll hit the division finish-line in first place. Re 2021 Oregon in 2021, it really doesn't take a juggernaut of any kind to dispatch Stanford this season. And don't forget that the Ducks are 4-0. They do what they need to do to win, no matter the talent level of the opponent. As the season ages, their blades will get sharper. Cristobal's a winner. And he's hungry.

Historically, Cristobal's teams have had at least one faceplant every season, including blowing a game in which they were up 24-7 and facing first and goal from the 1 yard line, and then failed to seal the win with a ten point lead and 4 minutes left in the game.  The following year, they blew a lead against Auburn with 2 minutes left, and last year, they blew leads against OSU (4 points with 2 minutes left) and Cal (failing to score at all in the second half), and then got beaten pretty handily by Iowa State.  The win against tOSU this year may finaly represent the Ducks breaking through, but history says that they will lose at least one game that they should have won.  Hopefully it is against us.

What Cristobal is, is a recruiting juggernaut at Oregon, with recruiting classes ranking in the top-15 of the country (and usually the top of the Pac-12) every year he's been head coach.  By sheer recruiting talent alone, Oregon ought to be far and away the best team in the Pac-12.  Usually, but not always (*cough* USC *cough*) recruiting prowess translates to on the field success, and Oregon fans have good reason to be hopeful.  But recruiting is only one of the coach's jobs, and I am not yet sold that Cristobal can optimize how his recruiting talent translates to on the field success.  He's certainly better than a parade of USC coaches since Carroll, but is he Chip Kelley?  TBD.

BC

You mean Chip "Best Years Behind Him" Kelley? When the Chipper wins a Rose Bowl at UCLA I'll start paying attention. Cristobal got one after his second full year as HC in Eugene. Guy's bound to be the Pete Carroll of Oregon.

Cristobal played his college ball at Miami, if Miami continues to struggle maybe Cristobal becomes the head coach there, if he stays with the duckies I do not see Stanford winning the north more than once every five plus years.

[Maple Leaf]

Sort of agree with you about this year's Beavs, but I don't think they'll hit the division finish-line in first place. Re 2021 Oregon in 2021, it really doesn't take a juggernaut of any kind to dispatch Stanford this season. And don't forget that the Ducks are 4-0. They do what they need to do to win, no matter the talent level of the opponent. As the season ages, their blades will get sharper. Cristobal's a winner. And he's hungry.

Historically, Cristobal's teams have had at least one faceplant every season, including blowing a game in which they were up 24-7 and facing first and goal from the 1 yard line, and then failed to seal the win with a ten point lead and 4 minutes left in the game.  The following year, they blew a lead against Auburn with 2 minutes left, and last year, they blew leads against OSU (4 points with 2 minutes left) and Cal (failing to score at all in the second half), and then got beaten pretty handily by Iowa State.  The win against tOSU this year may finaly represent the Ducks breaking through, but history says that they will lose at least one game that they should have won.  Hopefully it is against us.

What Cristobal is, is a recruiting juggernaut at Oregon, with recruiting classes ranking in the top-15 of the country (and usually the top of the Pac-12) every year he's been head coach.  By sheer recruiting talent alone, Oregon ought to be far and away the best team in the Pac-12.  Usually, but not always (*cough* USC *cough*) recruiting prowess translates to on the field success, and Oregon fans have good reason to be hopeful.  But recruiting is only one of the coach's jobs, and I am not yet sold that Cristobal can optimize how his recruiting talent translates to on the field success.  He's certainly better than a parade of USC coaches since Carroll, but is he Chip Kelley?  TBD.

BC

You mean Chip "Best Years Behind Him" Kelley? When the Chipper wins a Rose Bowl at UCLA I'll start paying attention. Cristobal got one after his second full year as HC in Eugene. Guy's bound to be the Pete Carroll of Oregon.

Cristobal played his college ball at Miami, if Miami continues to struggle maybe Cristobal becomes the head coach there, if he stays with the duckies I do not see Stanford winning the north more than once every five plus years.