PittDuck

Well that can only help next year!

Now THAT would be a fun game to watch!

Charles, thank you again for your tireless dedication to providing a safe place where we fans of OBD can come to learn new and timely information about the Duck teams we love. We can share our thoughts, hopes, frustrations, and even anguish with each other or we can simply read about the thoughts, hopes, frustrations and anguish of our fellow fans. We may not always agree (what family does?) but we are united in our fondness for OBD! It is my fondest hope to all readers of this forum that each of you and yours have a safe, happy and healthy Thanksgiving weekend, punctuated by a thorough stomping of little brother! Go Ducks!!!

I think between 10 and 15 is where the Ducks belong. We were never the 3rd or 4th best team in the land. We were deluding ourselves if we really thought we were!

Or to put it another way, “Mr. Cristobal’s system came far closer to gaining the conference 6 million and getting his team into the playoffs than did any other coach in the conference.”

I agree Charles that most are not thinking that. But there are a vocal few that seem to be saying precisely that they want him gone. With that kind of attitude/thinking, Rich Brooks not Mile Bellotti would never have gotten Oregon to a Rose Bowl. It is too easy to forget that this is a game. Played by kids. On any given day, Murphy’s law can and will rear its ugly head. Often times, the best team does not win. IMHO, it just seems way too early to be calling for MC’s head.

I’m pretty sure there are at least 9 in the PAC 12 and well over 2/3 of existing coaches nationwide that coach worse than MC.

I have to confess, I have had doubts about the Ducks beating the Beavs since I watched the Beavs run the University of Spoiled Children into the ground. I am not feeling any better now after watching what Utah (who lost to the Beavers) did to us last night. The Ducks are going to have to shake off last night and play to their potential in order to win this next game,

About the only thing I can think of that would kill my enthusiasm for Duck football would be firing a head coach for going 9-3. That would simply disgust me. What coach in their right mind would even want to work for a program that would do that.

Let’s hope for a W next week so the Ducks waiting for another shot at Utah be like…

Not only is the game formerly known as the civil war being played for state supremacy this year, the PAC 12 North championship goes with the Platypus this year! Can OBD bounce back and claim the title of King of the North? Do they have 3 more victories in them? And if they do take the north, can they beat the Utes in Las Vegas? The Salt Lake Shellacking could be the dagger that ends the 2021 campaign, or it could be the wake up call needed to take it to the next level. We shall see next weekend. Win, and the Rose Bowl is still on the table. Lose, and what, Sun Bowl? Just askin questions of my fellow FDF followers…

CFP is out. Will we be in the top 15 tomorrow? Can we beat these guys in 2 weeks? Are we looking at the Fiesta Bowl? Oh the anguish!

In reality, we have been over rated since the win in the shoe. Not that we are happy about this, but Most of us felt this was a 9-3 team back in August. still, it makes us feel like…

While I like our uniforms this week I gotta admit that Utah’s Battleship Grey is a cut above any of the grey’s the Ducks have ever worn.

I wonder if we will do any better against them in the PAC 12 championship game? our defense simply cannot stop them.

Did we forget how to make a 3rd down stop?

Yes Charles, the CFP is a crock. At best it is an Invitational Tournament where the invitations are determined by a ”neutral” group of people (who are heavily influenced by ESPN and other media sources) who chose four of the most qualified 6 or so candidates. A true playoff would pit the conference 5 power winners (who all play 9 conference cases and 3 non conference) plus the three best records from the rest into an 8 team, single elimination playoff. That would make playing for and winning each conference championship meaningful, while eliminating the need for a “playoff committee” to make or break the season for a few teams each year. Crock is the correct word! That said, Go Ducks!!!

I hope you are wrong too SWDuck, but I can’t help think that such an outcome would sure make the ESPN honks happy.😖

The game I am wanting to see has Oregon winning 35-24, 3TO (2 picks and a strip), 3 sacks, 180 passing yards and 300 rushing yards (two 100 yard rushers)! KT and NS come uncorked and both have banner games!

That is what I am going to be rooting for 30Duck! A good old fashioned stomping! A tOSU loss to Sparty would also be a nice development!

And built to stay that way!

It helps when your QB is 6’ 3”, 226 lbs and runs like a FB! While somewhat short-sighted to not give TT and JB some quality game reps, I think either will do fine if thrust into service. Great GIF Charles, LOL!

And now the teams in the Bahamas tournament have got to game plan for her!

Way to go JustDucky!

I too thought he scored before he was stripped. From Canzano’s article the Pac-12 Network ... uses high-quality equipment, production trucks and refuses to cut corners and go on the cheap when it comes to the quality of the picture you get on your screen. Part of that is the state-of-the-art technology and high-speed infrastructure the network shares with its 12 member universities. ESPN cheaped out and went with the minimum number of cameras, and the announcers knew it. I don’t know if PAC 12 cameras were even there. ESPN wouldn’t heave looked at their footage anyway, but PAC 12 refs should have.