Quack Fix: Oregon picked to win the Pac-12, Aggressive Playcalling and Leadership Skills

• Things will be different with Chip Kelly gone to the Philadelphia Eagles but while Mark Helfrich has tried to calm fears by claiming things will be about 99% the same with a few tweaks, there's an aspect to Chip's game management that people seem to have mixed feelings about. On one side is a call for the aggressive playcalling to continue. On the other side, lamentations over not enough kicks and conservative plays. One thing I know for sure... as soon as the first mistake happens, we'll be hearing a whole lot of "Chip wouldn't have done it that way". I'm thinking about halfway through the Tennessee game, these comparisons are going to be almost deafening.
• One of the great things about college football is the constant renewal and change from year-to-year. Players from last year have to step up as leaders, not only at game time, but from practice-to-practice to help those that are now in the position they once held.
• The media picked Oregon to win the Pac-12 title in 2013 and while many of us had pegged this year as a big year for national title hopes, I'm just not ready to dismiss Stanford yet. They'll have adjustments to make in losing Stephan Taylor but they are in a much better position at quarterback and bring 6 of their front 7 players back on defense. If they can get good production out of their running game, it will be hard to bet against them repeating.

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