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I hate to see the Ducks again use a 1 year wonder in Brown when there is so much talent in the QB room. Unfortunately, this past year the young qbs didn't get much camp time to hone their abilities. With Thompson coming in and still two young recruits, if we're able to have a full spring and fall camp, who knows which player could emerge as a potential starter. Shough may not be the answer, but maybe one of these 3 will be.

Kansas City was fun to watch. Their offense was so varied, and so many variations off the same plays. I loved their shovel passes, even the underhand pass. You can still have power as well as finesse and trickery.

My assumption is the two were sitting out due to contact tracing, meaning they were exposed to a test positive case and are required to quarantine for 14 days. During that 14 days, they , themselves, may become contagious for 3-4 days prior to developing any covid symptoms if they were to contract covid, so I also assume they are being tested regularly. Why they were allowed to be with the team in the facility is beyond me.

Just now saw that Cyrus Habibi-Likio has entered the transfer portal, apparently to get more playing time. He was never going to be the go to back, but he's been pretty useful for short yards. We need another bigger back.

I'm sorry but from my perspective, I think comparing Covid to Influenza A isn't reasonable. Regarding the influenza vaccine, it's incredibly ineffective and is based on a guestimate of what strains will be prevalent that year In a given year, we have 9-45 M influenza cases, up to 500,00 hospitalizations, and 12-60,000 deaths, with the majority of those being end of life infections. In less than a year, we've had 22 million Covid cases, 370,000 deaths, 3rd leading cause of deaths for 45-85 yo citizens, and 2nd leading cause of death for people over 85 with most professionals suggesting it's under reported in that age group. While I'm retired, colleagues have kept me up to date regarding local hospitals cases, and Covid is not something to take lightly, especially in an aged population like many on this forum. Both illnesses affect end of life and medically compromised patients most severely, but Covid is significantly more deadly and significantly more contagious with a significant percentage of long term after effects. It remains to be seen what the dynamics will look like once a large portion of the population is vaccinated, and what the time frame is for immunity from that vaccine. As far as how it is handled for the next football season, at this point I see it as completely up in the air based on accessibility to vaccination, compliance to being vaccinated, seasonal infection rate, unknown longevity of immunity, and what the state will allow at that point in time. So far, our state has been more cautious than most.

I was pleasantly surprised at Shough after the first game. He looked confident, passed and ran well. I just can't believe it's the same guy I watched the last two games of the year. He looked like the cat on a hot tin roof. I hope they can do something get his confidence back. Butterfield looked intriguing and talented, but I'm afraid he doesn't fit what they want in a mobile quarterback. Without the mobility threat, the offense Oregon runs will be even more limited. Millen won't be the answer, Brown is a short termer at best, so unless they are able to fix Shough or Butterfield is more mobile than projected, Thompson and Ashford might ultimately be the answer.

I think this post is really a great answer to how things will go at Autzen this fall, and as of now, it's completely up in the air. Hopefully, with 8 months to go and the vaccine rolling out quickly, Covid will be starting to be in the rear view mirror. As far as the vaccine, everyone will have to make their own decision, but from my perspective, I will get it ASAP. I'm retired from the medical field, and really don't see a big downside. Our bodies are attacked by antigens continually. The vaccine is simply an artificially constructed antigen simulating a Covid antigen attack. The vaccines potential long term negative effects are certainly far less than the potential 10% from the real disease. With a projected 90% efficiency, it appears as a win-win.

In our litigious world we now live in, I would think it would be very hard for the University to open the gates to Autzen to just everyone. There would simply be too many possible reprecussions, both legally and socially to allow them to do that. As a state run institution, I would also guess they will have to answer to whatever the state mandates they do. I certainly have no answers, as I see both sides of the vaccination issue. It would be difficult to allow only vaccinated people and not allow others, yet equally difficult to just let everyone in.

What concerns me also about the pathetic offense is how it will play with future recruiting. How many times have we seen top recruits say Oregon was their dream school. They grew up watching DAT, Mariota, etc.. That combined with the uniforms, fast paced offense, and facilities gave us an edge in recruiting. We'd be in their top 6-8 schools right out of the gate. The kids growing up now, potential future Oregon players, will no longer see Oregon as exciting, innovative and a name brand, instead just another ordinary school with a plodding offense, decent defense, and playing physical football.

It was an incredibly sad and embarrassing day for Oregon and the Pac 12 in front of a national audience. We laid an egg on national tv. We were outmanned, outcoached, and outplayed in every facet of the game. We've given Helton a lot of verbal abuse over the years for abundance of talent with poor coaching, and it's becoming apparent to me that we're no better. We've lost players to covid, injuries and opt outs, but so have all the other schools. I'm so glad we didn't play Ohio State, and to even think we're anywhere near the elite teams is ludicrous.