Chas Man

It's looking like our date with the Dawgs in Seattle is going to be, in Coach Lanning speak, a significant challenge and a great opportunity. Who would have thought a bye week would be so eventful? And we still have the hope that Miami stumbles in Tallahassee, or the BuckNuts take a fall against Minnesota.

So, to this point, what is our signature win of the season? It's looking like it might be Montana State or Northwestern!

Was Jim Knowles tenure as OSU's defensive coordinator the zenith of his career? His Penn State defense looks a step slow and completely confused.

Looks like Penn State might lose to Oregon twice! They look like dead men walking.

We have a Heisman caliber quarterback. We have a pretty talented defense. We have a rare head coach (and coaching staff) It's all good!

Tried to like these, but man, the uniforms seem like a whiff this time around. What's up with the mummy theme? Are mummies a big thing with young people? Brings back bad memories of the Mandrake fail. Seems like more of a distraction than added value. Disappointing for the biggest football event of the year. Oh well, if we can pull out a W I'm sure I will love them. And maybe they'll feed into DL's theme of "Play the game, not the occasion." Go Ducks!

I'm going with "mature beyond his experience" Dante Moore. One highly effective, oblivious to the environment, distribute the ball to your plethora of playmakers drive for what looks like an effortless score will suck a lot of the hype out of the white out throng. From then on it's, "Play the game, not the occasion."

No mention of DM at all in the mid-week injury update. Hmm... https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2025/09/18/oregons-midweek-injury-update-for-week-4-game-vs-oregon-state/86217924007/

I'd love to see them bring these bad boys out for a repeat performance. "Are You Not Entertained?" Part Deux! Thumbs down, the throng of 100,000 making an early exit. Rinse and repeat. White Out = Our Time to Shine Go Ducks!

Speaking of not being happy with BIG scheduling: Both Ohio State and Penn State (the BIG's favored children) have bye weeks before playing the northwest teams. Adding insult to injury, the favored Nittany Lions play at home following their bye week with Oregon traveling 3,000 miles. Talk about stacking the deck. Oh well, I think Lanning uses it to dial in his boys and we win in spite of the BIG powers that be. Go Ducks!

Donte insured the win for us IMHO. Most Surprised By: The lack of push from our offensive line. With guys like Sadiq and DM bringing the blocks no matter the circumstances, you would think the 6'5" 330lb road graders could shove someone smaller and weaker off the ball simply because they want to. Not sure what to make of that showing today.

Wish the back ups played with a little more "want to". Glad I'm not a gambler betting the spread.

A defensive tactic I've never seen before: Let's have most of our defenders looking over at the sidelines when the ball is snapped! Hard to play lock down when you don't know what you're are supposed to be doing when the play starts.

One of the obvious benefits of scoring in bunches early on is that the game is essentially over at halftime, allowing for LOTS of playing time for your young and talented roster. One of the things I recall from Georgia (and Alabama's) natty runs, is that they were deep at every position, and when a player went down, often a player of equal (sometimes better) talent stepped in. Lanning has assembled that kind of talent in Eugene, and there's no time like the present to get them on the field accumulating real game reps. Come playoff time, we are going to be deep & experienced. "If you're good enough, you're old enough."

Can I be your equipment manager?