Phalanx wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2026 9:28 am
Anyway, we were all pretty high on him after the USC game, so it seems funny to be casting stones at Lanning now.
True, but I imagine most Duck fans weren't that familiar with Raiola (I, for example, had mostly seen highlights and the ATQ breakdown).
Raiola came out and put up a QBR of 98.4 (and a passing efficiency of 199.5) against a ranked team on the road. I don't know if people expected that every night, but maybe a bad game going forward might be a QBR of 55-60 and a passing efficiency of maybe 120?
The next game at home he had a QBR of 3.0 (and a passing efficiency of 29.5). If there ever was a situation were it might be expected fans to have gotten a false or inflated impression, that would probably be it.
squintsdd wrote: Tue Oct 27, 2026 2:29 pm
The bigger question is why is Oregon relying so heavily on transfers instead of developing their own qb
How do you develop QB's when they transfer out due to depth chart?
Million dollar question. Depends on what the school is willing to pay you to sit while you mature/learn, and what your keepers are whispering in your ear what they believe is your worth. Dante is an outlier. I have to believe an incoming player knows their real chances to play coming in. Developing QB’s now seems to be at the behest of lower division, or lower ranked programs, likened to minor leagues. For the upper echelon teams, it’s all about cherry picking from the have not’s.
Low risk, high reward. You pay 6-7 mln/year for a proven, upperclassmen QB, who you don't need to spend years developing and hope he pans out. Its a smart strategy in the current college football environment, given how many 5 star HS qbs don't make an impact on the college level. Sadly, its what the game has become...
especially if nobody on your staff can coach/develop the QB position
