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Short addition: It is real though, but it's part of East coast - West Coast stuff about life in general. The east coast doesn't get the west coast and frankly the west coast does get the east coast and that's why they moved to the west coast. Hope you understand what I'm saying. Ad in that when the east coast thinks of the west coast 99% of the time they are thinking LA, ugh! The PNW is virtually non-existent.

The Oregon injury report comes out at 10:30 (two hours before the game). No need to get too worked up until then as the rumors will fly in all directions until then. I expect a mix of truth and fiction in the rumor mill but who knows.

Here's the deal with me. I graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and I'm a VCU basketball fan. I also lived in Portland for several years, wish I had never left. As one of my Portland friends told me when we moved back east, "You'll be back, you're not one of them anymore." He was joking but there's also some truth in there. I am a strange critter in that I actually root for both of the Oregon power conference schools, I don't say that too loudly on this forum. I am sick over what has happened to the PAC and how OSU has born the brunt of that. Gradually I trended more toward the Duck, because I love how they do things without a box, not outside of the box but the box simply doesn't exist. So, I'm a Ducks fan for the past twenty or so years and will be the rest of my life. Here's my point. I'm also a VCU basketball fan and we don't have a football team, so I can be all in on the Ducks. When we VCU basketball fans talk football, we can't talk VCU football, so we talk about other teams and how we are fans of other teams. As far as I can tell of the several hundred fans on the RamNation forum, I'm the only Oregon Duck fan, but for those who follow college football with some knowledge of the game the Ducks are pretty well known and respected. It's the casual fan that formed their opinions decades ago and will never change them that really don't get what is going on in Eugene, Oregon right now. The ducks are a national power now, and they are here to stay. In a year or two Indiana will lose a coach, they will go back to being Indiana... 'nough said. But Oregon has gone through coaches and continued to improve, to innovate and build a solid program and a very solid athletic department overall. I believe Dan Lanning is here for a while, but if he left, we'd make another good hire and the program would continue to be a national power. We know something about that at VCU, where we go through bright young coaches and launch them on their careers elsewhere regularly, but we keep winning a lot of basketball games. We've come to believe it's as much VCU as it is the brought young coaches. Oregon is the same. Yes, the bright young coaches are great, but IT"S OREGON! Finally Oregon is at least on the verge of being a destination job. Why not? You can coach at a national power and live in Eugene. Who would want more?

Oregon Ducks On SIConfusion Surrounds Oregon Receiver Dakorien Moore’s StatusOregon Ducks receiver Dakorien Moore has quickly proven why he was one of the most sought-after recruits in the country. The former five-star freshman has emerg SI.com just reported that the DAK injury posting was taken down, so who knows. Nothing more yet on Harkey.

Down field early, punish them for loading the box. Use Moore's mobility, move the pocket, roll out, half roll out, use the threat of him running without him necessarily looking to run. Save the cutesy stuff for the fourth quarter if everything else is not working. Too many of the cutesy plays have turned into wasted downs early in the game. We don't need wasted downs. A fast start would be wonderful, I'd love to see us up 14-0 after our first two possessions. Make them play from behind, change their game plan.

Ducks 28-17 1 3 260

Well, this is going around social media right now. Twitter is often times filled with a lot of fake BS. I can’t tell if it’s real because I don’t have a Scoop Duck account to confirm if Justin Hopkins really reported this. If true then it’s going to be a long day for the offense. It basically says that Dakorian Moore and Harkey are out and Sadiq and Davison are questionable. However, there is nothing on the injury report. I remember last season the news outlets jumped on the Jordan Burch injury fairly quickly. It’s addressed in this article as being rumors for now. We’ll see later on today. Autzen ZooOregon at Iowa gridiron clash, updates on weather, odds,...The line has stayed steady and the weather forecast has worsened for Oregon at Iowa while injury rumors are swirling.

Oregon at Iowa gridiron clash, updates on weather, odds, injuries...

I enjoyed watching USC because they have skills players... and because Northwestern is as boring as a lame high school team. And as a side note, just seeing the nice so cal weather made me think how much our weather is going to suck until April. I miss the pac12. Oregon and Washington HAD to join the Big10 because there was no where else to go. I wonder if USC and UCLA are happy that they left the Pac12 and destroyed the conference? USC vs a team like Az St, or Wazzu would have been more entertaining than Northwestern. The better the Big10 conference, the better the recruiting goes for Oregon. Top players don't want to play in a bottom league.

I have a feeling that Iowa will sell out to stop plays that they guess that Oregon is going to execute. So some misdirection will break that down. I hope the Ducks do not run a Mario style offense - pound it up the box and then have third and long all day long.

20 -13 Ducks 1 1 150

Rumors swirling of as many as 4 guys out on offense Saturday, anyone else? I guess it has hit some of the bigger Duck forums, Scoop Duck, Ducks Rising (plus Reddit): "Dak is out, Harkey out , Davison will play and Sadiq is questionable. This is info from a insider forum"

I will add, the team did perform better, Shelsted adds a lot to the team, and the offense will get better as they begin to play with each other more. Altman still is a great coach, and I expect him to continue his tradition of having his teams perform towards the end of the season. We have had games like this in the past, and we've also lost some stinkers, so it isn't like this is unheard of to struggle in the first couple games. It's a different type of team, we will defend better than some of the previous seasons, and I do think we will rebound better. I just wonder if we'll be able to score enough. Simpkins and Evans are the key to everything, they have to shoot better in order to open up the inside. Simpkins had a bad shooting night, but he's probably the one best suited to being an option to either get shots for Shelsted or providing a out ball to Shelsted or Bittle. Lindsey was terrible at the line, but looking at his past he has shown some ability to shoot from the outside, so there's some hope there. Simpkins was a 37 percent 3 point shooter last year, if he can just bump that up a little bit it would be big for us. Pryor will hustle, he'll defend, but he can't shoot, and I'm worried that will be a big downfall for us.

Ducks 24-20 2 2 222

Yes, keeps Riley in LA a bit longer.

Sir, you seem to be lost.

Horrible horrible shooting once again. Oregon has one shooter who is above average behind the 3point line which is Shelsted, that is pathetic, absolutely pathetic, and that's on Altman not recruiting players who can shoot the ball reliably. I know I'm a broken record, but I just don't understand how you don't see that when you have a point guard like Shelsted and big man like Bittle, you have to surround them with snipers from the outside, not a bunch of slashers. We don't have one guy who is just a dead eye from outside. If I were an opponent I would sag off everyone other than Shelsted and make Oregon shoot 25 to 30 3s because it looks like this might be Altman's worst shooting team ever. It is early, but we don't hit open shots, it's not like all of these 3s are contested. Our defense will be decent, but to win we'll need to convert that D into fast break points and we'll have rebound better on the defensive glass. I do think we have the potential to be a better rebounding team than last year. I really hope I'll eat my words, but it doesn't look good. I like Stewart, that guy needs to start. I would play a big lineup with Evans at the 3.

Ducks get 18 more points on free throws. Rice gets 14 more points on field goals. That's the 67-63 difference. That margin on free throws reminds of watching Lute Olson harass the refs at games in Tucson.

Final - USC 38, Northwestern 17. Are you happy now? No. 😧

Great post, Doctor. We heard a lot of the same coming out of Columbus when Dan purposely put 12 defenders on the field late in the game. I agree with you; this tactic should not be allowed. 🤬 Then again, shouldn't the smarties from Northwestern have spotted this move? 🤔 SC 35 NW 17 with 6 minutes left in the 4th Q. 7-2 SC can now sit back and watch its next two opponents pound one another in 'perfect' Midwest November weather. For OBD, I'm hoping this will be a November game to remember, beginning with a joyous plane ride back to the Pacific time zone, with the final three games of the regular season being played in the Pacific Northwest. Go Ducks! - Hand Kirk his 90th Big Ten loss. 😁

Ducks win 67-63! Not pretty, and the hold-overs lead the way....Shelstad, Bittle and Evans. We generated a ton of fouls in the second half and got a lot at the line. Not quite ready for Prime-Time!

Talk about a shooting slump. Lin is now 1 for his last 18 shots. Yikes!!!

54-49 Oregon with five minutes left. Anybody's game...

It’s a move that I might save for a championship game. Leave it to Riley to burn it against Northwestern.