Remember when Nebraska dominated college football? It seems like ancient history. Even longer ago than Oregon appearing in two national championship games. 

In case you are wondering, this is what decline looks like. A great head coach is replaced by a mediocre one, who downgrades other key coaches.  As a result, players underperform, the team loses more, and recruiting suffers.

There's still a lot of talent here, although there are no more Mariotas or Freemans or Buckners waiting in the wings. We might see 7, 8, even 9 wins from this team, although a conference title seems like quite a reach. Beyond 2016, it is hard to imagine that the Ducks will be more than one game over .500 in Pac-12 play anytime soon.

Duck Dynasty? Dead.