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Yes, I did.....but I also felt like Wazzu had 3 or 4 one in a million plays to keep it close. For the life of me I don't remember them now though. Couple of bail out bombs with Ward escaping pressure. Maybe a PI or other flag to extend plays? But I had that game circled as a trap given it was the first conference game, and it was Wazzu, whom I never took for granted after 2004.

A failed drug test contributed to the roster deficit for that NCG as I recall.....

If you remember his press conferences it was similar—clearly knows the game but is light on charisma and gets tongue tied

This is the closest thing to another site I joined in the early 90's (yes, dial-up era) that was also a great community which shared info that was hard to get back in those days on recruiting, scrimmages and practice updates. But it sold to one of the big recruiting sites and was immediately flooded with rage-aholics and trolls from partner websites with very little mod control. I started to feel like a chaperone at a frat party.....

Canzano and the Beavers are perfect for one another. Like "No" Goe, he has historically dumped on the Ducks with too much glee for my taste. Let him and the Beavers toil in obscurity from now hence. Rodents alike.

That article is a stellar example of high quality sports journalism. Goe should've studied your form and process for his own self improvement as a journalist! In reading that piece, I wonder if Phil's "broken relationships" created during the Hayward renovation with the families Jaqua, Hatfield and Bowerman were ever as bad as Goe suggests and where those relationships are now.....

Ken Goe has being a long suffering Duck hater for decades. His narrative has always been about doom-casting on the Ducks rather than cogent sports analysis and insight. I take great pleasure in knowing that the Duck's increasing success over the years coincided with his career at that fish wrap, forcing him to have to watch our games and occasionally write a 1000 words that barely hide his seething Duck enmity. Ken "No" Goe is the proverbial.....

Noah was dinged up on the opening kickoff.

I think "havoc" may mean something different to DL than "sacks" or even TFL's. It's a more general idea of disruption with containment and forcing QB's to make spot reads and decisions under duress.

Gun to my head….. I don’t think Neon coaches after his kid is drafted. He has enough money and doesn’t strike me as a grinder necessarily

I think it is THE highest...over 7000 ft. maybe

Phil and others have set-up an investment fund to cover ongoing fixed costs of maintaining and enhancing facilities. And it might even cover coaching salaries. This happened over a decade ago now, IIRC? Division Street is a separate entity to cover NIL expenses. So as long as operating revenues (tickets, merchandise, media rights, etc.) can cover operating expenses, the Ducks will be fine. This is why the B1G had to happen. I think the Autzen work will be enhancements to generate more revenues as much as an expansion. Think more luxury boxes, expanded food and beverage options (seat service sections), gameday experience packages, full weekend packages with shoulder events before an after a football/basketball game. If they add seats it will be a modest amount. Too many people (like me) have given up season tickets for the 70inch at home, and the Valley is growing but slowly compared to larger urban centers. But, if the B1G means the return of more day games, and these longer weekend packages are available, including an RV spot, or other new accommodations close to campus, then I would consider season tickets again. Ducks will be fine. One hitch I see coming though, is a debate about Title IX. Essentially mens football and to a lesser extent, men's hoops, are the only reliable profit generators. Those profits fund the other sports. Someone is going to test that legally. I suppose worst case Uncle Phil et al, establish an endowment for DAF to cover those costs?

It already started...before the final whistle. Lots of great storylines in this final Pac-12 season.

TCU-CU game highlighting early the annual divergence in PI penalty discernment between conferences. Big12 refs swallow the whistle from time to time......Pac12 crews in recent years appear to be paid per flag.

I think the transfer portal has really helped compensate for Chip's main weakness, recruiting. UCLA will be a stout rival as long as he is around.

Whittingham is Belottiesque in his ability to do more with less.

UF’s starting DT goes 435lbs! And Utahs 275lb center just hip dozed him about 5 yards on that last run up the gut!

I know who was wrong....the recruiting services and their regional experts. Of course, those MENSA cases evaluate on "Sunday" talent, so maybe Flowe will be starting for the Packers in 3 years?

I didn't read the article so my comment is sort of meta....but I don't see how Title IX can remain status quo when the it's Golden Goose (football) is undergoing a sea change that demands the value of the players is recognized and compensated at a market level. Title IX is a benefit for student athletes paid for by revenues generated by the efforts of football players, and to a lesser extent, men's basketball, in the main. If those players deserve to be compensated for their value, then more of those revenues will be needed to pay for the increased expenses. Chip Kelly has been hinting at this for 3 years.....

In this preseason article discussing the secondary, Tysheem Johnson references the complexity of Lanning's scheme compared to Ole Miss. "Like an NFL defense" with switches, checks and terminology that require deep playbook knowledge. This backs up what we discussed here on FishDuck last season when Lanning had to scrap much of that playbook given his first and shortened off season with OBD. Many have said that this offense will score and that the key to the season is getting off the field on 3rd downs for the defense. Aside from keeping Nix upright, that is the prime directive. Integrating Coach Hampton and the whole defensive playbook seems to have happened. Now, they just need the live results on the field. Oregon Ducks relying on transfer safeties Evan Williams, Tysheem Johnson to lead overhauled secondary WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM The transfers from Fresno State and Ole Miss have been working together throughout fall camp.

Reminds of Jason Williams, a WR the Ducks had in the early 2000's maybe? He was out of central casting for an All-Star WR....size, speed, routes, etc. But he was cursed with hands of stone. Flowe is a prototype LB but can't diagnose a play for the life of him....bad angles, easily faked, prone to spastic penalties.

I love these analytical scheme breakdowns on this site. always have and always will. Thanks to all who grace us with such content, in this case, Coach Boles! i can’t believe it’s almost football season

Is the 2021 local legacy Wunderkind 5* QB Sam Huard still their 4th stringer?

I have mad respect for Whittingham.

I have just read two separate threads, the main thrust of which, respectively, were: 1. Dwight Jaynes doesn't get the new Duck billboard campaign's ROI 2. Colin Cowherd is a ratings opportunist (cleaned this up a bit) Color me shocked.....these two have been pontificating and whiffing for over 3 decades. If Dwight Jaynes were the Ducks AD, we would be looking up the standings at George Fox