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Dec 24, 2022Liked by John Canzano

Really happy for OSU landing DJ in portal ! Pac is for sure a QB of riches in 2023. What could Amazon do promoting all these head 2 head matchups?

The firing of Nick Rolovich at WSU was a travesty and Cougars are now paying for this Covid govt. overreach. I hope Nick is successful suing the pants off the University / Inslee / State of Washington and wins BIG

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Reports of the Pac12's demise are proving completely false. The Pac is soaring.

Happy Holidays and best wishes in 2023 to the BFT family and our Dear Leader, John freaking Canzano.

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Dec 24, 2022Liked by John Canzano

The PAC 12 is the most interesting conference in CFB.

And DJ to OSU would be the most interesting portal transfer.

I'm ready for next season.

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Dec 24, 2022Liked by John Canzano

2 Uiagaleiei's 40 miles apart in Oregon = SERENDIPITY!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.

Thank you John for this Great site.

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Can't take credit for actually calling it, but I definitely believed Jonathan Smith and OSU made a lot of sense for DJU to rebuild his NFL prospects.

https://www.johncanzano.com/p/canzano-pac-12-coaches-split-on-who/comment/10966512

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Dec 24, 2022Liked by John Canzano

Thanks John!

Please keep up the "human interest" aspect of your stuff. Loved seeing the relationship between DJ and Father.

Admitting past mistakes - Love that kind of

Parenting

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Dec 25, 2022Liked by John Canzano

I am cautiously optimistic. As a Beaver how can I be otherwise? I read where OSU offered Uiagalelie when he was in 8th grade. Interesting how things might pan out.

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Dec 24, 2022·edited Dec 25, 2022Liked by John Canzano

Pretty easy to get excited about this news. Could be the start of something special for OSU. Jonathan Smith’s blueprint for success may have been accelerated, schedule-wise, thanks to the portal.

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Dec 24, 2022Liked by John Canzano

I cannot understand for the life of me why anyone, even a happy coach would be smoking inside a restaurant and put it on social media. I like Lanning and like his demeanor, but this was a real “oops”.

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Dec 24, 2022·edited Dec 24, 2022Liked by John Canzano

I hope DJ works out for the Beavers. His departure from Clemson was probably the best thing for all parties concerned. He needed to go to a new environment because he was going nowhere in Clemson. Personally, I'm kind of leery of situations like this because Utah has had some recent negative experience with highly touted transfers (Jake Bentley and Charlie Brewer).

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Dec 24, 2022Liked by John Canzano

Happy Christmas, Everyone!

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Dec 24, 2022Liked by John Canzano

I agree with jon joseph and his thank you for the great site. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

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Dec 24, 2022Liked by John Canzano

JC, re your talk with Dillingham. Of course he will deny a distraction. Maybe a couple of follow up questions on play call reasoning would be enlightening!

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My brother is a Beav. He's 71 and deserves to see a Rose Bowl. If the Ducks falter, I'm all in with Oregon State.

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Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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Churn, flurry, squall, hard to find a word to describe the state of college football at the moment. Merry Christmas, John, to you and your beautiful family. And to all the other knuckleheads, as Wilbon affectionately calls us, who delight in your updates, insight and inside skinny regularly. Charlie

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