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The No. 6 Oregon Ducks are walking into one of the biggest stages in college football on Saturday to tackle No. 3 Penn State before a raucous White Out crowd at Beaver Stadium. The College Gameday crew, including a likely shirtless Pat McAfee, will do their level best to draw all eyes to Happy Valley for a heavyweight rematch of ... Read More Source Read the full article here...

Sorry to hear that Charles! I worked in an industry that involved a lot of heavy lifting for 20+ years in my youth. My back muscles were so much stronger than my core that I developed a severe case of sciatica. It got bad enough my doctor said I looked like I had cerebral palsy when I walked. Luckily, I was able to control it with a ridiculous amount of core conditioning (like at least 200 crunches a day in my 40's). It lasted long enough that I will forever have a high level of empathy for anyone who suffers chronic back pain. I'll be praying for you!

Oregon 32 - 21 2 -t/o 2 - Saks 267 yds

DUCKS 35-28 2 TO 1 SACK 257 YRDS

30Duck has provided his prediction of... 34-27 Ducks 1 Turnover 1 Sack 246 Passing Yards MUCH more reasonable than mine, but my emotions got the best of me...

Hello My OBD FishDuck Forum Friends! What is your prediction of Oregon versus Penn State? Take your shot and let's have fun with it... Let's get these predictions started, and remember I look for the differential between your predicted points with both teams from the actual points. I will use the tiebreaker information when needed, so provide all the data below! Entries without ALL the information are invalid, and predictions on other threads don't count. We Have Two New Rules: If two winning scores are the same? The first one who posted wins, automatically. TerryM9 gets 42-6 locked in every time as his. (I love this guy!) Please follow directions, as I need all that is below for tiebreakers: --the winner --the score --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team --the number of passing yards by the Ducks. My prediction is: Oregon 38-20 1 1 279 Does My Score Look Familiar? This is the uniform we should be wearing...

BTW...everybody is welcome to start pondering threads. Help us out and get the discussion going!

I am not sure to reject all the praise, (Former OL Coach Neil Zombokos never liked, "any sugar for our offense") or to love it, as I am seeing some superb analysis out there praising our defensive "matchup-zone," or the rushing skills of Matayo U. that is under-appreciated, or how good our offensive line is, or the uber throwing skills of Dante Moore. They have a ton of proof for their assertions, as they show video and break it down. I see it, and agree, but again....it is only four games against weak opponents. I am beginning to feel a lot better about Our Beloved Ducks...how about YOU?

This is very similar to what I am dealing with. I hope your recovery comes about, as I hope mine will.

As one who suffers lower back pain, I can certainly emphasize. I can still walk for exercise with the help of an elastic belt, but can only go 10-15 minutes before having to sit and rest a few minutes. This is the long-term result of a bad auto accident in 1998, but thankfully, the problem didn't become terribly noticeable until 2-3 years ago (yeah the doctors told me it would happen eventually). What I can't do very well any more is drive for long distances or be comfortable on long plane rides. Sure hope your recovery proceeds steadily and is a good one.

Ahhh. I appreciate the nuance with the rollout. Maybe the author took that same factor into account.

The Nike Goddess wing design is from the statue in the Louvre in Paris, France. https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/a-stairway-to-victory

Get well brother, I appreciate your years of work here.

Yes, that Denzel. Hope this heading into Week 5 B1G Power Ranking provides some great movie memories and a few smiles. 😁😁😁 Off Tackle EmpireBig Ten Power Poll: Denzel EditionYour best source for Big Ten news, analysis and opinion from the fan perspective. Neuter the Nits!

I have many months of healing work to do, and I will not be able to walk well enough by then. But I know that NJDuck is going....perhaps something can be arranged?

On the play you are referring to...it was not a drop-back pass, but a rollout, IMHO. The Beavis DE read it perfectly and followed the pulling tackle to Dante as he was trying to roll left.

Bodes well for us against Penn State. Hoping we come out as No. 1.

One side of the helmet has OBD's "normal" wings and in a tribute to Bowerman/Knight, the other side of the helmet had wings patterned after Nike, the goddess of victory.

Hey Charles, Sorry about the back. I have been fighting that myself, (dang these old Ducks!). I have a stinking wedding to go to this weekend so I couldn’t make the white out, but I am only four hours away for Rutgers. Maybe if you’re better we can meet there?!

I plan on it. I’m parking in Lot 25. We’re going to walk to the stadium and catch the CATA blue line to the Old Main Lawn. Afterward, we’ll head back to the car to change clothes and get ready for the tailgate. There will likely be an ice cream stop at the creamery in there somewhere.

Health first my friend. At least you will have the big screen to yell at. GO DUCKS!

Will James, again, get the blame? Is James Franklin the guy who made Penn State great again...This is the season Penn State and James Franklin have been building toward: the chance to go from great to elite. Has his coaching been holding them back, or did just need a superior roster?

CBS Sports Tom Fernelli advises CFB fans to place a wager on the Ducks! https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/the-six-pack-picks-for-penn-state-vs-oregon-alabama-vs-georgia-and-tom-fornellis-lock-for-week-5/

ESPN takes an in-depth look at OBD's uniforms. ESPN.com'Our tradition to is to be untraditional': Inside the lif...Throughout the past two and a half decades, Oregon has pushed the envelope when it comes to uniforms.

I like to have new helmets of each year for the avatars we all have when we post. As I was doing the photo-editing....I noticed for the first time that the wings on both sides of the helmets were different! How cool! Did any of you notice?