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Yea, I don’t see Michigan shutting down the explosiveness of OBD. The may hang with us for a little bit, but after 4 quarters, we will have hung one on them!

Outstanding post Steven A, it says a lot about this year’s team and their success! It another of the many reasons why OND are so fun to watch. Thanks for sharing it.

The only way this gets fixed is to have trained referees who do not work for a conference. For that to happen they need paid full time during the season. I don’t see that happening because the way it is done now is cheap and easy. It’s not like there will ever be NIL monies for referees. Why use some of the gazillions they pocket to pay for a quality product, when you can get by with an ok much-of-the-time product for pennies on the dollar?

Thank you Charles, and thanks for letting us play! It is another of the many things that makes this site great! Yahoo! That’s one a year for the last two years! I must be on a roll! I would have rather watched a 28 point second half, but deep down I was hoping DL would play deeper into the bench in the second half, to preserve the 38! Go Ducks!

Ducks 38-10 2 TO 4 Sacks 345 yards in flight. OBD offensive sequential plays will turn into chunks of yards sprinkled with explosion plays. That will fire up the crowd and the Autzen Advantage will strike again, allowing OBD defense to create havoc and chaos! Should be a fun game to watch!

Testy trojans trashing their team and coach. Bawling Beavers bellyaching about their plight, Bitter Buckeyes lamenting their loss, and putrid purple dogs whining about our success. What a time to be a fan of OBD! Keep the throttle down Dan. It only gets better!

An uninspired schedule for an uninspired team playing before uninspired (and irrational) fans… Cant say we didn’t see this coming.

Thanks David, great ponder point article! While I did not agree with your premise going in, by the end of your article I find myself in agreement! Using NW to spell Tez is really a great idea, and giving the young buck RBs more reps is a good thing as well.

Of course tosu isn’t any good, they lost to Oregon for klatt’s sake… it will take OBD beating the pants off tosu again, on their way to winning the Natty before these clowns give our Mighty Ducks any respect.

Charles, I agree, and I believe the difference is DL’s FEBU mentality that OBD are always playing themselves. That mindset of continuous improvement. OBD are locked in on doing better than we did last week, that 1% improvement from yesterday. The opponent doesn’t matter. Improve your game, whether is is against yourselves, or a faceless opponent. JUST GET BETTER! Go you wonderful Ducks, Go!

OBD have moved up the rankings to where the Target now rests squarely on their backs! Right where they should remain as long as they remember, they are playing to be better than they were last week. FEBU. The Ducks are in the driver’ seat. Ok, I am gonna step out and ask: Will Army and navy both be undefeated when they play? Who will win that one?

#10 is playing light out so far! #8 isn’t doing to bad either! 87% accuracy not too shabby!

Is it me or is the Defense missing a lot of tackles?

Had to get it across 3 times for the zebras to not overrule the we got it across. Go Ducks!

Green numbers and neck, yellow trim and hats on white definitely pops and another touchdown

They appear to be following your script Charles! While looking good!

Trap game? I want to see a bear trap for the boilermakers! GO DUCKS!!!

Ducks 45-13 2 TO 4 sacks 345 yards passing Go Ducks

OK, that makes me feel better. The Ohio State apologists are just killing me, watching some of these talking head pundents, coaches, and players is really starting to make me sick. From “they didn’t beat us. We beat ourselves”… to “we just left too many plays on the field“… to “it wasn’t just one call“… Get over it. The Ducks won. The better team won. The team with the most yards won. The team that controlled the line of scrimmage won. The team with the least penalties won. The team with the most points won. OK, for the sake or argument, let’s play their little game. The replay shows it clearly that Jeffrey Bassa intercepted that pass so tosu does not score first. Let’s say the ducks punt then we strip the ball, then we score, just like we did, 6 to nothing. We make the extra point, 7 to nothing. They punt. We make the field goal (that we missed) 10 to nothing. They score, 10 to 7. Then we score our second TD and go for one instead of 2, 17 to 7 Ducks! We score our field goal 20 to 7 Ducks. tosu scores their second TD, 20 to 14 Ducks. We score on Tez’s long touchdown end of the half 27-14 Ducks at half! Second half, they score 27-21 Ducks. We then take the field goal instead of turning it over on downs, 30-21 Ducks. They score their touchdown in the third quarter 30 to 28 Ducks. We take the points again instead of turning it over on downs, 33 to 28. DG’s score in 4th quarter makes it 40-28. Our final field goal with 1:47 to go makes it 43 to 28 Ducks! Guess what to all the coaches, the players, and the pendants from tosu, you didn’t leave more on the field than we did. You did not get hosed by the refs more than we did. You did not beat yourselves, THE DUCKS BEAT YOU. Fairly. Squarely. And Surely.

DG will have to up his game to get to the top of the leader board. No more picks, 75+% completion rate, 3+ TD from here on out would probably do it!

Great article and one that hits home for me as well! In the face of adversity, OBD came out with the W! tosu can say they beat themselves all they want, but we know better. Had we scored in the opportunities we had, gotten the bounce, or the calls, last night would have been a 44-24 beat down by OBD. In the olden days, all of those mishaps would have translated into a Duck loss. DL and this team refused to let it. It really does feel like a new era is upon us!

I like it! Pay the refs and hold them accountable through a transparent system of performance reviews. Full-time Professional Referees who have to get critiques and training every week Oh, but where would they come up with the money to do that, you ask?? How about .0001% of the salary of each and every member of the coaching staff of every team?

Great insight, as usual Mr. FishDuck! Almost has me wanting to change my prediction to a shutout for OBD! Seriously, I believe we will be treated to some new offensive plays we have not seen yet, and some sequential plays that will put tosu on their heels. Like you, I think Tosh will dial up some blitz packages that will cause plenty of havoc and chaos for Howard and the tosu offense. If OBD plays to The Standard, we will change the narrative. My desire is to see the Ducks dominate the LOS on both sides of the ball. It won’t be easy, but we have the talent to do so.

Ducks, 28-24 2 TO 3 sacks 284 yards in flight. DG plays error free, hits 2 TEs and 1 WR. for TDs, James gets 100+ and a TD. Defense turns in a stellar game, throttles tosu RBs, gets a pick and a fumble. Autzen Roars! tOSU sets a season record for the most 3 & outs. Go Ducks!

THIS! This is why FishDuck is the best fan forum there is. Outstanding breakdown Charles, thank you. The depth and insights you point out leads to fascinating discussion between the forum participants. I value the discussion and feedback your articles always generate. I continue to be pleasantly amazed at some of the outstanding football minds that regularly post here. Some of the thoughts I read are similar to what I have been thinking, only more eloquently phrased. While I have been somewhat anxious about the game, knowing we have not played anything close to the caliber tosu brings to the table, you remind me that they have not played anyone close to the caliber of OBD! It is precisely this discourse that keeps this old greybeard coming back for more! Thank you Charles, and Go Ducks,