You watch Oregon stack all these five-star quarterbacks like Dante Moore and Dylan Raiola battling it out this spring and I cannot help but think back to the 1980 season when we had Buck Belue running the show. That was a kid who took snaps under center, handed off to Herschel, and made plays when he had to. He was not worried about some transfer coming in to take his job because he had earned that spot through blood and sweat in the August heat.
This whole Oregon versus Georgia debate for the 2026 CFP favorite just does not sit right with me. Coach Dooley built this program on line play, defense, and running the football. We won a natty in 1980 because we controlled the line of scrimmage. Now everyone wants to talk about flashy quarterbacks and who has the most five-stars on paper like that means something.
What matters is whether our guys are hitting the sleds, running the 110s in the Georgia humidity, and learning what it means to wear the G between the hedges. That is how you build a football team, not by collecting quarterbacks like baseball cards. The portal and NIL have turned this into a rental car business and I miss when a commitment actually meant something.