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Ryan Robertson
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I think this title is some of my best work.
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On 11/5/2023 at 9:56 AM, Notalot said:
Fyi, it was in full fall color, sunny, blue skies and low 70’s. I was there with 81,500 of my closest friends.
Nothing beats a Saturday in the fall!
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I personally think that TVD would be cool to see, and it would make Miami realize their HC might not have what it takes when he goes crazy under a new offense.
As far as guys like Cam Ward, or de Laura: they both have transferred once, so they'd have to sit out a year unless they're grad transfers (I think). Both are definitely dynamic, so they'd be interesting.
I saw someone mention Fifita, and I can't see him transferring after taking the starting job as effectively as he has.
I wonder if a guy like Brayden
Fowler-Nicolosi would look to transfer P5 after having such a strong year. Or maybe a guy like Diego Pavia could make the jump.
Or of course there are the non-FBS QBs. No idea what they look like though.
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With BoDacious leaving for the NFL after a storied career (hopefully culminating in some playoff WINS), next year the Ducks will need a new man under center.
The obvious successor is Ty Thompson, who has been really good in mop-up duty all season long. The kid has shown growth, an ability to run the offense he had never shown before, and (just to bring it back to mr. FishDuck himself) a field PRESENCE.
But is it enough to win the starting spot?
I'm not so sure. And if Dan Lanning holds to his tendencies, he will bring in a transfer QB, despite two guys presumably returning, and two recruits coming in.
So my question for all of you:
Who is the WORST quarterback transfer you would take from another school?
Someone you think could challenge for the starting spot, but maybe they haven't played fantastic throughout their career (think Bo Nix, Anthony Brown, Tyler Shough on his way to TTU).
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Duck fans:
I'm very glad to be back writing for you. I've got a few interesting article ideas that I expect you will enjoy.
I am back for what should be an incredible season, and I will bring you the best Sunday articles I can as long as I keep writing!
Also of note: I convinced my wife, whose birthday is January 1st, that if the Ducks make the Rose Bowl/Playoff that we should go, so maybe I can get some good in-the-stadium coverage!
Go Ducks!
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Yesterday I had an article discussing the mentality of Washington compared to that of clemson.
Here UW is complaining about having road games before they play us this year. It's the exact mentality I was talking about...
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7 hours ago, Haywarduck said:
The real issue with the dawgs is that they have won nothing. At Oregon the men have won 19 NCAA team championships and the women 14. At Washington the men have won 0 NCAA titles.
Washington is proud of having made it to the playoffs, but they lost. They are also proud of their football title, but that wasn't official, and there were other issues with it too.
At Oregon you see the intent to win and the history of winning. This is why I also urge Cristobal to recruit speed and leverage our Track program. The synergy between our football program and track program has allowed us to be a dominant program in the past and can help us in the future. It is surprising to me that we haven't seen more of this from, arguably, the greatest recruiter we have ever had.
Clemson has 6 men's NCAA titles. WSU even has one and OSU has a few NCAA men's titles. You look at the other Pac-12 programs and they have much more than an almost championship or a claimed title. The Washington program is just hot air. This is why it is more likely we will win another 12 straight against them, than they are of ever winning a men's title. Without Petersen the dawgs are doomed.
The dawgs claim they are a blue blood program. They wear the purple and gold to try and continue that farce. The dawgs aren't an elite program. They are, rather, descendants of decades of losers, and posers, nothing else.
So even if we give them the 94 natty, it has been 28 years since then. It's been 20 since they won a Rose Bowl. They suck and they're in denial.
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5 hours ago, MaiTaiDuck said:
I think your a little over board about the PAC 12. Yes for sure Larry Scott in my opinion should have been fired 6 years ago and why PAC 12 presidents didn't see the writing on the wall is baffling at best. I don't believe one minute with a full season and off season of Football training can't elevate Oregon back to the top regardless if SC, or the Mutts get relevent. I would never want Washington to be better at anything because I just cannot ever see myself ever voting for them in anything pertaining to sports. Thanks for the info and I do agree mainly about Scott. He killed the conference but I don't believe it will never rebound with the right guy in charge. Anyone ever hear of Merton Hanks?
I would say that Oregon might be able to squeak in to the playoff, sure, but it is going to have to be a 13-0 team. The perception is that bad at this point.
The only way that they won't have to be perfect and make the playoff is if the teams they play look better nationally. Stanford is in a down stretch, so we have to rely on the other historically notable teams, a la UW and USC. No one is going to take an oregon team beating a bad Stanford, a mediocre UW and a mediocre USC seriously.
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3 hours ago, BigDucksFan said:
Excellent article Ryan, you hit the nail on the head with every sentence. Thanks for putting it together.
Your point of the Pac-12 undoing the damage that Larry Scott has made (like you said) "is going to take a significant amount of time and effort" to correct, if it can be done at all.
Your points of
- the Pac-12 being out-recruited by the East,
- going 6+ years without going to the playoffs,
- getting the snot beat out of them in bowl games,
- having fewer players taken in the NFL draft,
- playing their games in the middle of the night,
- having the best team in the Pac-12 being no better than the third or fourth best team in the SEC,
- having incompetent refereeing in all sports,
points to the bulk of our problems that Larry Scott and the other Pac-12 leaders have put us in year after year. Yes, unfortunately Larry has not been the only problem over the years but the Pac-12 only has one other president to weed out still. (Can you guess who ??)The way out of this mess is not going to be easy for Oregon fans to swallow. Having USC and Washington be better then they are now is not something that we fans will like, accept or enjoy but it has to happen for the Pac-12 to get back to respectability and back to the National Playoffs and a National Title.
This choice of who will be Larry Scotts replacement is so darn important and it can't be wrong or the Pac-12 will implode and be gone for good. We will only get one chance at it and the nation of players and fans are watching.
It didn't make it in the article, but the conference needs big games in the conference. Oregon played USC in the conference championship, it was the dream game for the conference but the game was completely irrelevant. They need the games to be more highly billed.
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8 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:
Ah Ryan....great article and so timely for us. You had me at "Troy Dye" and I could not help but think of the analysis by Coach Boles recently of how the SAM linebacker needs to be "a big safety" in the DeRuyter defense. You can check the article again here, and ponder the fit of Henry into that role and perhaps that is where Oregon sees him?
It is funny how when Troy Dye was signed with Oregon...he was just another 3-Star safety listed here that Oregon would check to see if there was "potential." Henry could be a good fit in the new defense-agree?
Troy Dye flattens Wisconsin....
Charles,
Troy Dye was seemingly omnipotent. He easily has the best nose for the ball I've ever seen at Oregon. At least on film, HT (as he will henceforth be known) looks like he is cut from the same cloth to me.
If Oregon can secure the commitment, he would fill a huge need on the defense.
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30 minutes ago, Mudslide said:
Folks are commenting on the overall depth chart of qb's...e.g. Ashford being 4th or 5th, etc. Can someone direct me to find the official list of Duck qb's in the charts? I have seen projected depth charts surmised by media writers before the season even started. But nothing ever official except for the top 2 during the season.
Many thanks.
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3 hours ago, ptdduck said:
Schooler ran a 10.76 1OOM and long jumped over 23 foot in HS. He had good straight line speed but not much wiggle. He could really high point the football on the back end of the D and had good range.
His touchdown in the first game of the year this year was pretty impressive, and showed off some athleticism I forgot he had.
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So I get curious about guys who transfer out of the program from time to time. I'll look up their stats and highlights to see how they are doing, just to see if it was the program or the player that was an issue.
Brenden Schooler is a guy I was always confused about. He doesn't, to me, seem like a power 5 caliber player.
But there he was at Texas, a decent team this year, with 12 catches for 140 yards and 2 touchdowns in seven games.
Its nice to see guys take advantage of their opportunities.
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24 minutes ago, BigDucksFan said:
A very enjoyable analysis Ryan, I thank you for the detail of it.
"The offense is lost", yep thats for sure
"The defense is too complicated", not good, not good at all.You pointed out some good details and I don't know the answers to the questions it brings up in my mind, but I do have one observation of my own that I want to add to yours.
My observation of this game is simple and boils down to one question that I have: Why did the Cyclones "Big Guys" seem to be much bigger than our "Big Guy's" ?? Oregon got push up and down the field like a rag doll being run over by a bronco bull.
Personally, I think that one was on the players. They lost the off season weight lifting program. It would appear that Iowa state players were lifting weights while the oregon players were not. Whether or not there is an organized program for strength training, the players need to be doing it.
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5 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:
Great article about the game by the FishDuck correspondent, Ryan Robertson, who was in the Press Box of the Fiesta Bowl and can be read right here.
He makes some observations about the defense that I have not noted anywhere else and now I am going to go back and see what he means.
Charles,
Let me know once you've gone back and watched. The linebacker thing was more early season, but the players trying to figure out where they needed to be as the ball was snapped happened all game.
That is inexcusable since Iowa state was taking up the entire play clock before the snap.
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1 hour ago, AnotherOD said:
I see the article saying Oregon opens at Ohio State next year.
FBSchedules.com has Oregon opening with Fresno State on Sept. 4th and Ohio State as game two on September 11th.
Did something change? The tOSU site has the Oregon game listed as still on the 11th, and the Fresno State has their Oregon game still listed as on the 4th. Did something change and those sites just haven't updated, or is Oregon opening up with Fresno State?
Ohio State has an early opener listed on the 2nd (Thursday) versus Minnesota, instead of most everyone else on the 4th. If the old rules apply about when you can start fall camp, Oregon opening against tOSU (no Fresno State) on the 11th would mean I believe Oregon starting 9 days later, which would be bad.
Thats my mistake! I could've sworn it was the first game, but I should've verified before writing it.
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Hey all!
As promised, im repping us hard in the press box!
Ducks Face the Liberty Flames on Jan. 1
in Our Beloved Ducks
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Seems to be a fair amount of doom and gloom in the replies here.
Not me! I am super excited! It isn't often I've been in a position to go to a bowl game, and this will be interesting either way!
Scenario 1 - guys play, we blow them out, and experience catharsis for the way the championship went. Add a great trophy to the case, and head into the spring with a good final memory of this squad.
Scenario 2 - the draft eligible players don't play, and we get to see if Ty is the guy! The young players are so much fun, and our defense is constructed to beat this run-heavy opponent.
Tickets are purchased and we are booking the hotel now! It's only a 3 hour drive from Sierra Vista, you couldn't keep me away from this game!
Go Ducks!