Oregon moved from 11th to 5th in my savvygameline.com system of ranking teams and predicting football scores. The Ducks are Savvy-predicted to win again this week.
I have that and predictions for all PAC-12 games after a brief comment about PAC-12 coaches.
When an underperforming program has a coaching change, it is predictable that the program will make a significant upward spike. It’s become my theory that hype produces hope, and hope produces results. In other words, the more hype, the more hope, and the more hope, the more wins, at least for a while.
Whether that upward spike continues long-term depends on the merits of the new head coach.
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