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Looking at recruiting through the "lenses" of recruiting history may place the Ducks on the outside looking in. However, talent acquisition has now entered a whole new era, of which I believe Oregon is primed and ready for. Up until several years ago I was always under the assumption that recruiting to a program that has a winning tradition, but is so remotely isolated regarding all the recruiting "hotspots" and the areas of fanatical devotion to the sport of football; was always going to regulate OBD to second tier recruiting status. Slick Willy, Mari-OhNo, and now Sir Lanning, combined with the "new" face of college recruiting, transfers, and NIL programs, have proven otherwise and no longer makes the isolation a recruiting disadvantage. Yup, YOU CAN recruit top tier talent to "That Team Out West". When Oregon shows a continued and successful "pipeline" into the NFL, along with continued success in the new NFL-Lite on a yearly basis; location of the program will mean a whole lot less to top tier recruits. Especially since OBD now plays Coast to Coast in the B1G, and top recruits are awash with NIL money, it is far easier for said recruits families to see their protegees perform in a top tier football program than ever before Last "advantage" I see for That Team Out West. These are all young men, each at their own levels of maturity and growth. ALL not yet the Men they will finish growing into. So, often it is a good thing to "remove" oneself from the comfortable and familiar (and distracting) situations to help refocus oneself and start to discover the truly important things in life's pursuits as an individual. Oregon apparent isolation, will in fact, most likely be seen as an advantage by many Oregon players turned NFL pro when looking back on the program that helped get them there. So much so that after our first "Natty" we should be recruiting right along side the Alabama's, Georgia's, and Ohio St.'s of the NFL-Lite world! Think we are making a lot of blue blood recruiting powers.... nervous. 's is

The upside to the Oregon Offensive is apparent. Talent at All levels. OL "gelling" as a cohesive unit over the next two weeks will be key. Lots of promise shown on the road last week, but has to become The norm. (Playing to Oregon's standard). I believe when this happens the running back room will be more able to show their full potential. Wide receivers are going to stretch the field and open up the field more for Gabriel (especially in a "floating" pocket) to pick and choose his targets, or take off for a long run of his own. The OL is the key to allowing ALL of this to become available to Oregons offense. If what we saw on Corvallis becomes the "floor" for this OL, then watch out B1G!!! Conference scoring records Will fall to the all mighty Duck!! 's!

SEC has been "gaming" the system for DECADES. Never trust that conference to play fairly or within the "spirit" of the rules. When you have an overstated influence on how the rules are interpreted or created, naturally you set yourself up with an advantage. Would Love nothing better than to see each SEC team get beat in their own backyards during the playoffs. Know it's not realistic, but would still Love to see it. Anyway, a whole lot more football to be played until then so, GO DUCKS!

Maybe it has something to do with protection for a "leftie" quarterback? But was nice to see our "leftie" protected as well as he was. GO Ducks!

The Oregon Running Back room was able to "release the hounds" with a much more improved offensive line play. Wave after wave of Oregon runnings backs being shoved down Beavers throats. Defense came to play And Boettcher is a Beast! He was everywhere and that rundown, across the field, was...impressive (maybe he can start a bidding war for his services btwn NFL and MLB). The team I think ALL of us expected to see at the beginning of the season. (But, Wait!!! No special teams TD's???? Slackers.) GO Oregon Ducks!

Thankfully the "replacement players" have left the building/field. Welcome Back OG Oregon Ducks players! THIS is what I've been waiting to see this season!

And all available to stream from Apple TV(?), or the like for a HUGE television/steaming contract to pay each school 10-15 million dollars each. Good luck winning super conference games against teams with 60-80 million TV budgets. Yeah good luck with that.

Oregon wins 42-16. 1 turnover 3 sacks 333 py Still won't be close to a perfect game but a game where we need to look and play a lot more like the Oregon Ducks we anticipated. GO QUACKERS!

Love your weekly analysis. Makes my viewing pleasure, that much more, informative as well as entertaining. Keep up the good work. Thanks.

Whhhaaatttt??!!! You mean to tell me that the team that doesn't find the means to put more points up on a scoreboard, by Whatever options are available to do so in any particular game, will eventually come out as the losers of said particular game???? I swear football fandom life is soooo complicated and unfair. Maybe We, as fans, should have our own NIL to soothe over those "unrealistic" events! Thank the Football Gods that OBD figured this out before last week's game, whew. GO Quackers!

I want to see proper communication, execution, cohesiveness, focus, and most important of all....FIRE behind it all. Simple right?? Need to start playing "championship" type football or it could end up being a very long, "cristobal-ish" type season. Still successful but Not Elite. Let's Go Ducks...Bury the Beavers!

I believe this may be Right On! As much as I tend to discount preeseason pollings and prognostications it should be noted that Boise State was the preseason Favorite to be the G5 representative (and rightly so with that "Heisman caliper bowling ball" of a running back), with their ONLY regular season loss being to Oregon. Then having the first round playoff Boise St. visiting Autzen against a "#5 seed", Oregon. Might, could, still happen and won't that be a fun buildup after what we just saw on Saturday. Boise State, not having Ever lost to an Oregon football team, came into Autzen looking to make a statement and were Not intimidated at all. They gave us a Game! But...we gave one right back to a Very good football team. This WAS NOT Idaho. Obviously this football team still has a long way to go until they can be, correctly, viewed as a Playoff team. But, resilient games such as was just played, getting scoring from unexpected sources (TWO, kick returns for TD's.....Ok maybe One and a half!), and an obvious improvement in several areas from week one; I can only hope this does become a Positive over the course of the season. Anyway. The next two games, Oregon State and UCLA will go a long way in determining the direction and potential of this team. After that there will be no "wiggle room" in playing expectedly as a cohesive and dangerous team. Yes. Only time, and games played, will tell. GO DUCKS FOOTBALL!!!!

Ok. Offensive line seemed a step behind and was just "manhandled" by a defense averaging twenty pounds lighter. I just passed it off as underestimating Idaho as an opponent and not bringing our "A" game. But, this analysis showed a lot more concerns. Hopefully, it is simply an offensive line that is still coming together as a unit, learning to work and protect a left handed QB, but we need to see a lot more cohesiveness and a lot less "deer in the headlights" performance against Boise St. If the OLine doesn't "flow" against a Boise St. team that just gave up 40+, then there will be, should be, some major concerns going into the "new" civil war; and talks of a B1G championship in Oregon's first season as a member will have been Greatly Overstated! Hard to win football games without solid offensive line play, let alone play championship football. I am confident that Oregons OLine WILL become a solid playing unit. But it has to happen NOW, Here at home, before we start into B1G play. Currently I am confident and optimistic that it will happen. Please Oregon O, make me justified in my optimism. GO Oregon Ducks!!

39-20 DUCKS Win! 2 turnovers 3 sacks 345 Pass.Yds.

I have the B1G+ app. It does show a 60 minute OR vs ID recast.

Poison! Seems to me some were drinkin in the "hype", did not bring their "A" game 'cause....Idaho. BIG Hats off to Vandals who were half step faster and finished with...intent. Caught the Ducks sleeping on em at home. Need "reader leaders" on "D" to recognize and call out adjustments for unconventional plays. The "Dr's Visit" will be quite interesting this week and hopefully has the antidote to the poison. In November NO ONE will remember, talk about, or even care how this game went down if OBD is in the driver's seat for the B1G championship. Game next week with BoiseSt coming in, just got a whole lot more interesting. Especially with their 3-0 record against us and a "bowling ball" of a running back who went for a buck-fifty and several TD'S yesterday. Heal Quickly Ducksters!!

53 - 12 DUCKS 3 T.O. 5 SACKS 305 P.Y. 1-0. Bring on Boise! 's

You took the words right out my mouth! Or should I say.... "Keep my "programs name" out you're darn mouth!!". (Kinda wish we could have played em in Boulder this year and hung 70 on em!)

Awesome series. Great hype for the season. GO DUCKS FOOTBALL 2024!

3C! Definitely. Get to listen/participate in two wildly different approaches to "winning" football and player relationships. Plus get to tap the "righteous" dude sitting in 4C, to see which one is actually the "savior" of their respective programs! GO Ducks!

"If you ain't cheating...you ain't trying! (Along with the oft forgotten tail end of that quote). "And it's only cheating if you get caught." Integrity is Hard. Impulsivness is Easy. We ALL need to do better. Out!

THIS, is all ! Wasn't "consolidating" conferences, thus TV contracts, suppose to have streamlined the ability to stream/broadcast college football in order to institute NFL-LITE??!! OH YEEEEAH!!! The consumer is ALWAYS at the Bottom of the "feeding frenzy" and we tend to forget about the multiple layers of "profit sharing" that always goes on behind the scenes between the consumer and the "delivery" of the final product! I guess "capitalist" are going to "capitalize" when the money, odds, and public sentiment (Outrage!) is on their side. (And we wonder why there is such a thing as a Billionaire!) Now don't even get me started on the hoops and hurdles and outright Lies I had to deal with SPECTRUM'S customer service to ensure they were delivering the B1G10 channel that was listed, but not broadcasting. (Thankfully as of August first it became available). Here's hoping Comcast/Infinity gets their "contracts" in order....much sooner than later. Good Luck subscriber's! Until then...Go Ducks!

Yup! The realignment shift has automatically set each season up with meetings between several top 25 teams throughout the season, especially in the Big 2 conferences. With the expanded playoffs and number of games played to reach and win the championship game, there's no incentive to schedule teams that you will most likely see in the playoffs (to be expanded to 16 teams in the 2027 championship season). Before it was imperative to schedule a "marquee" game each season to bolster SOS in order to be considered as a "playoff" team. "Marquee" games now fall to simply scheduling each seasons conference slate. OBD should focus on scheduling "West Coast" teams during the non conference games, especially with teams that were part of the conference formally know as the PAC. I would be fine with no longer scheduling FCS opponents from here on out. Regardless, we as Duck fans are in for a run of highly competitive and entertaining football in the new "NFL-lite. (And YES! SEC Needs to go to a NINE game conference schedule AND until they do they need to be "punished" by the selection committee by lower seeds and further travel requirements during the playoffs, until they do so!.....yeah right!) GO Ducks!

"Let’s see the Ducks have a great week of practice, a great day in Autzen, and a great start to a historic season." YEAH! What he said! GO Ducks Football!??!

Ok...threads like this is one of my favorite aspects of the FishDuck Forum. Instead of posting HAHA'S () on each comment just need to let y'all know I am literally laughing my butt off at most of these...to the point my dog is looking funny at me wondering if I have finally, indeed, lost it! Keep us laughing Duck Ppls!