I think we have the talent and resources. I don’t want to see Bellotti go, but a few more years without a BCS appearance with the talent we have and it might be time. Think about this…

Let’s say we lose another game or 2 (entirely possible). We don’t make a BCS bowl. That means that if we don’t make a BCS bowl in the next 2 years it will be 10 years between BCS appearances. I may be out of line, but I expect more than that… I mean, Utah, Boise State, and Hawaii expect to make a BCS game once every 10 years!

It’s obvious that we can achieve the highest level of success with the right personnel in the right formations but when should we start expecting that situation EVERY year?

Never. Oregon will most likely never reach that point. There is no miracle move that will turn us into a power.

Oregon is slowly gaining more talent, but these things don’t happen overnight. We must win more games, and do a better job finishing out the season.

Also, what’s up with all the angst around here. We lose one game to a good team and everyone starts questioning the entire program?

I don’t agree with the angst, but felt it needed a home.

No angst here. I’m talking from a hypothetical situation. I still think we could win the PAC 10 this year…we ARE in 1st place right now hahahaha

I just want to know where people’s breaking point is. If teams like Boise State can set their target for a BCS game every 10 years, why shouldn’t our target be more?

I’m old enough to remember when losses weren’t the slightest bit painful. They were simply expected. Any win was a big win, even if it was against a lame-duck WAC team or the then hapless Beavers.

Why do so many of us – yeah, I’m probably guilty – overreact to a loss, even against a quality team like Boise State? Expectations, misguided as they may be.

“…these things don’t happen overnight” is absolutely dead on. The program has turned so many corners. Remember when going to the Independence Bowl was huge? Now beating the Huskies is expected. Losing a game at Autzen is nearly unthinkable. The Ducks start seasons ranked and we expect them to stay there every year. We expect to reload, not rebuild.

A little angst this week, maybe. But the big picture is still bright. With quality recruiting, more years of great non-conference schedules and continued stability on the coaching staff, it should stay bright. The Ducks are relevant as a football program and anyone who says they aren’t is being elitist or foolish. I’ll be mostly satisfied if it stays that way through the peaks and the valleys. That certainly was not the case for a long, long time.

Now is a great time to be a Duck fan!

This column could apply almost word for word with the situation at Cal.

If you guys figure out the answer, send it down south. Because with the renovations for the stadium (finally) underway the difference between the schools will be little more than green vs blue, some truly bizzare helmets & unis in Eugene, and the presence of more Nobel laureates in Berkeley.

Or at least could one of the mods somehow pin it or something?

its a little hard to climb on the “Dump Bellotti” bandwagon. I remember when we were total shit. When you just prayed you won the Civil War because at least then you had something.

We’ve got it pretty good.