From our guest reporter today: “We were noticing earlier in the week that their (Oregon’s) offensive line had tendencies that helped us key into run (or) pass and a couple areas we could take advantage of,” said senior linebacker Tate Romney, “and obviously our defensive line was keyed into that. That was one big thing that gave us a big advantage.” What were those tendencies? “Just their offensive line had a few stance indicators for most of the time run/pass,” said Romney.

Dante Moore’s season appears over for reasons outside his control, while Drew Mehringer’s dismissal looks less like a reaction to Illinois than the final step in a process Oregon had already begun. Take Two: Sometimes the Evidence Is What We Actually Have ducksportscentral.com/p/take…

If you cover a team - a Coordinator Hot board is a thing. Will talk to some contacts later today to get more details, but this hot board is just a breakdown of the most discussed names for Oregon’s offensive coordinator opening, weighing who fits Dan Lanning’s vision, and who has a realistic chance to land the job. ducksportscentral.com/p/the-…

I did not want to be reactionary to the Drew Mehrignger news yesterday - so I let it sit for a while and then composed some thoughts. The Drew Mehringer era is over after seven games, and the numbers show why Oregon could no longer afford to wait for the offense to correct itself. ducksportscentral.com/p/oreg…

Today in the Inside Read, the Ducks have six days to absorb an offensive coordinator change, discover an identity, & prepare for a Chip Kelly offense that arrives playing some of the best football Northwestern has ever played. My initial thoughts: ducksportscentral.com/p/dsc-…

Today on the Fifth Quarter the problems are familiar. The answers remain elusive. My initial analysis of what went wrong in Champaign: ducksportscentral.com/p/the-…

The Drew Mehringer era is officially over in Eugene. While the timing of the firing catches some off guard, the reality is the trajectory of this offense required an immediate, drastic pivot. Tomorrow I will have a full breakdown on why this move had to happen today, the advanced metrics behind the collapse, and what comes next.

Sometimes what we lose is not the end of what we were building, but the beginning of something we could not yet imagine. The difficult part is learning to recognize the difference. ducksportscentral.com/p/sund…

Given the disaster travel day this week from @AmericanAir hopefully they don't fail me again today.

This play made no sense in the moment. It feels like someone was trying to 'prove' they were innovative without actually being innovative.

A not good illinois rushing attack had 225 yards today. Wat will a Chip Kelly offense averaging 205 per game do next weekend?

The mot diffilcult - yet best decision I have made in leadership is a firing decision.

I wrote last week that the toughest part of leadership is recognizing when you have made a bad hire - and rectifying the bad decision. When will Dan Lanning recognize his own bad decision? It is DIFFICULT to make that call, but it can also be very necessary.