Oregon Coach Dan Lanning has warning for the Big Ten

[BrighteRed24]

I do think it will be more of a struggle for UCLA & USC than Washington & Oregon long term. I think They can all assimilate more like Penn State did than Nebraska due to their current state.

No one besides maybe UCLA will struggle as much as Nebraska did joining the Big Ten imo. Nebraska's failures are far less what the BIG did and more on what Nebraska didn't do.

Watching USC get beat twice last year by Utah, makes me think they will struggle more than most think.

Utah plays like a Big Ten school and couple that with the fact that USC will likely have to play cold / snowy road games in November which will create challenges for their offense.

 

[Truewooper]

Yup that's about right coming from the Wimpy 12. Oregon doesn't have the size, power or strength for Lanning to be talking his shit. Oregon wouldn't be top 10 or anywhere near it with a B1G schedule. To be honest when Oregon gets here this conference is going to physically beat them into oblivion and quite a few of these teams in the B1G have just as much speed as they do.

Not Iowa though. I still remember Trey Palmer lol.

 

[king_kong_]

Yup that's about right coming from the Wimpy 12. Oregon doesn't have the size, power or strength for Lanning to be talking his shit. Oregon wouldn't be top 10 or anywhere near it with a B1G schedule. To be honest when Oregon gets here this conference is going to physically beat them into oblivion and quite a few of these teams in the B1G have just as much speed as they do.

Oregon just beat ohiost in Columbus in a relative down year

Something like zero B1G teams have done that in a decade

 

[AVeritas]

my sense is that the b10 is top heavy and way overrated based on last year's cfp. the sec is clearly #1 top to bottom although their bottom is bad too. the p12 #2 although we'll see what happens in south bend tomorrow for clarification. then the other three in a coin flip based on matchups.

 

[auski]

Hahaha he was taking over a Mike Riley Nebraska team, come on.

and you forgot the asterisk by "national championship"

Scott took over a Mike Riley’s team and made it worse.

 

[scarletred]

Scott took over a Mike Riley’s team and made it worse.

Not physically..

 

[Tetonia]

Scott took over a Mike Riley’s team and made it worse.

Riley was in charge of the quickest and most effective draining of talent from a football program possibly in history...

....will forever be convinced that Eichorst was a Trojan horse sent by Wisconsin meant to destroy our football program for a decade, at least. Worked really well. He hired Riley.

 

[drubendall]

Watching USC get beat twice last year by Utah, makes me think they will struggle more than most think.

Utah plays like a Big Ten school and couple that with the fact that USC will likely have to play cold / snowy road games in November which will create challenges for their offense.

USC and UCLA are going to hate this conference

 

[king_kong_]

USC and UCLA are going to hate this conference

same UCLA that currently possesses a top 5 defense in the country?

from where I sit UCLA's football and hoops teams look like they'll require the least adjustment to their new league.

that said, I'm sure they'll still hate it because who doesn't/what's to like

(Oregon's D is currently 6th in the country in yards allowed/game)

 

[phoenix4nu]

Riley was in charge of the quickest and most effective draining of talent from a football program possibly in history...

....will forever be convinced that Eichorst was a Trojan horse sent by Wisconsin meant to destroy our football program for a decade, at least. Worked really well. He hired Riley.

The drain started with Pelini. Riley wasn't able to fix it.

 

[scarletred]

The drain started with Pelini. Riley wasn't able to fix it.

Disagree.. started with Eichorst hiring Riley..

 

[GBR_Atlanta]

Disagree.. started with Eichorst hiring Riley..

Agree. Riley completely destroyed us. Man…remember all the injuries? I’m not sure I’ve ever seen such a soft Cornhusker team.

 

[phoenix4nu]

Disagree.. started with Eichorst hiring Riley..

Go back and look at the roster when Pelini left. There wasn't much talent there. Riley didn't do anything to make it better.

 

[leodisflowers]

Go back and look at the roster when Pelini left. There wasn't much talent there. Riley didn't do anything to make it better.

If only he signed Bookie.

 

[scarletred]

Go back and look at the roster when Pelini left. There wasn't much talent there. Riley didn't do anything to make it better.

And what we wouldn’t have done being 9-4 or 10-4 the past 5-6 years..

 

[big red22]

Ah yes, the Central Florida McKenzie Milton's.

I expect Oregon to immediately be one of the best teams in the conference. B1G will soon be the deepest division by far.

Alabama = Ohio State
Georgia = Michigan
Texas = USC
Oklahoma = Oregon (Should be Nebraska)
LSU = Penn State
Tennessee = Nebraska (The Has Beens with street cred)
Auburn = Washington
Kentucky = UCLA (Basketball Schools)
Missouri = Iowa
Florida = Wisconsin
Mississippi State = Purdue
Arkansas = Illinois
South Carolina = Maryland
Vanderbilt = Rutgers
Ole Miss = Michigan State
Texas A&M = Minnesota
Northwestern > Nobody
Indiana > Nobody

I think they are both comparable, and if Nebraska ever gets good again Oregon and Nebraska switch spots

 

[moralvictories]

Not physically..

Mentally, they were worse than they were under Mike Riley.

 

[drubendall]

same UCLA that currently possesses a top 5 defense in the country?

from where I sit UCLA's football and hoops teams look like they'll require the least adjustment to their new league.

that said, I'm sure they'll still hate it because who doesn't/what's to like

(Oregon's D is currently 6th in the country in yards allowed/game)

No, more like they’re going to hate going to Bloomington, Piscataway and Lafayette. They’ll be fine wins and losses.

 

[drubendall]

Agree. Riley completely destroyed us. Man…remember all the injuries? I’m not sure I’ve ever seen such a soft Cornhusker team.

Aw shucks. Sorry guys!

 

[bmb81664]

We better not see these west coast teams playing most of their conference away games in Oct and then get only home games in Nov.

 

[Tetonia]

The drain started with Pelini. Riley wasn't able to fix it.

Lol. Go back and look at the recruiting rankings and get back to me…

 

[phoenix4nu]

Lol. Go back and look at the recruiting rankings and get back to me…

Recruiting rankings don’t mean anything. Lol at you.

 

[Tetonia]

Recruiting rankings don’t mean anything.

Oooooohhhh you’re one of those still. Okay

 

[Redblood23]

The B1G has a way of making teams get down in the dirt with them and play their style of football. I don't know how they do it but when you're on the same field it's a little different. It's going to be interesting to see how all 4 teams adjust especially after losing their QBs next season.

 

[BleedRed78]

The B1G has a way of making teams get down in the dirt with them and play their style of football. I don't know how they do it but when you're on the same field it's a little different. It's going to be interesting to see how all 4 teams adjust especially after losing their QBs next season.

Exactly. There's just something about it, and I'm done trying to argue the legitimacy of whatever it is lol

 

[scarletred]

Mentally, they were worse than they were under Mike Riley.

It started from the very beginning being mentally weak with Riley.. Serve up some more ice cream sprinkles why don’t you..

 

[auski]

Riley was in charge of the quickest and most effective draining of talent from a football program possibly in history...

....will forever be convinced that Eichorst was a Trojan horse sent by Wisconsin meant to destroy our football program for a decade, at least. Worked really well. He hired Riley.

Frost took over a Mike Riley team and made it worse. Eichorst true genius was to play voodoo mind tricks on Ronnie Green and Bill Moos and get them to hire Frost. Frost over saw the most effective draining of talent from a football program in history. The record doesn't lie.

 

[Tetonia]

Frost took over a Mike Riley team and made it worse. Eichorst true genius was to play voodoo mind tricks on Ronnie Green and Bill Moos and get them to hire Frost. Frost over saw the most effective draining of talent from a football program in history. The record doesn't lie.

Dude Riley was the worst Nebraska coach of all time. He wanted to hurt us. Frost just inexplicably didn’t care.

 

[The_Man_Behind_The_Man]

Signed his own death warrant. What is it with these guys that coach at Oregon?

 

[scarletred]

Dude Riley was the worst Nebraska coach of all time. He wanted to hurt us. Frost just inexplicably didn’t care.

True Fact

 

[Mr.Scary13]

Riley was in charge of the quickest and most effective draining of talent from a football program possibly in history...

....will forever be convinced that Eichorst was a Trojan horse sent by Wisconsin meant to destroy our football program for a decade, at least. Worked really well. He hired Riley.

Pellllini had been draining that talent for several years.

 

[moralvictories]

It started from the very beginning being mentally weak with Riley.. Serve up some more ice cream sprinkles why don’t you..

But they became even weaker under Scott Frost. That's 100% on Scott Frost.

 

[Baxter48]

I actually hope that the pac 12 schools change the boring big 10. except for Ohio st the rest of the conference is boring I’d rather watch a turtle race than watch Iowa vs Minnesota.

 

[scarletred]

But they became even weaker under Scott Frost. That's 100% on Scott Frost.

SF didn’t realize you have to play 3 phases of the game to win..

I’d agree if the head coach no longer cared to win why would the players..
Seen a different attitude when Joesph took over last year..

 

[auski]

Dude Riley was the worst Nebraska coach of all time. He wanted to hurt us. Frost just inexplicably didn’t care.

Dude, Riley was the better coach. The record doesn’t lie.

 

[moralvictories]

Dude Riley was the worst Nebraska coach of all time. He wanted to hurt us. Frost just inexplicably didn’t care.

Mike Riley didn't want to hurt us. He was a mediocre coach who delivered exactly what pretty much everyone expected, except for our AD who had his head up his backside.

 

[Walleye79]

SF didn’t realize you have to play 3 phases of the game to win..

I’d agree if the head coach no longer cared to win why would the players..
Seen a different attitude when Joesph took over last year..

Mile Riley was a terrible hire and made zero sense. But Frost was so much worse. Absolutely a disaster compared to Riley.

 

[king_kong_]

Mike Riley didn't want to hurt us. He was a mediocre coach who delivered exactly what pretty much everyone expected, except for our AD who had his head up his backside.

yep

.500 coach when he was hired, went .500 in 2 years here

 

[Muskyhunter16]

I actually hope that the pac 12 schools change the boring big 10. except for Ohio st the rest of the conference is boring I’d rather watch a turtle race than watch Iowa vs Minnesota.

Pretty sure that’s the style of football MR is trying to coach our squad into. Yes those teams are boring but they run the ball, stop the run and play good defense and thats proven to be a pretty good recipe to win games in this league especially when you don’t have top notch talent

 

[dragonraider1]

Disagree.. started with Eichorst hiring Riley..

I just love to see the Bo Knows family come out of the woodwork like roaches after fumigation when the Pellini Legend is criticized. Got to love them. They just won't let the dream die.