[Revisionist History, What Would You Chose?]

The loss hurt.....but having the pressure on the Doogs for the last 5 weeks has been beneficial to us.  

[Oregon OC Will Stein Named Potential Candidate for Houston Cougars HC Job]

On 11/26/2023 at 12:17 PM, SilverDuck said:

And if we've learned anything about DL, he probably has a list 5 deep of what coaches he would go after at every coaching position, anticipating that the Ducks' success will mean other teams will come calling.

Yep, we are in Bama/Georgia strata for now in terms of coordinator poaching....there will be a rotation through the program as long as we are successful.

 

In a couple of years, we will be rehabilitating someone like Chip or Billy Napier into a second chance HC.  I hope we hang on to some position coaches that recruit like banshees and maintain the culture.

[Jonathan Smith...STAY With the Beavers!]

Agree totally with Mr. FishDuck on this.  Jonathan Smith is a Duck nemesis.  I have animosity toward the fine gentleman ever since a crappy November night in Corvallis in 1998.

[Are Oregon's Corners Too Physical for the Pac-12?]

The number one aspect of the Pac-12 I will not miss is the officiating.  It has always been a detriment to style of play and the comparison to other Power 5 conferences.   A huge chunk of the conference's "softness" reputation is due to the way Pac-12 officials were groomed for league play.

 

Once we found out that Limo Larry was trying to control game calls live from a "central location" it confirmed that the Pac-12 was an outlier in how it viewed the role of officiating as "consequential" to the game.   Other conferences let the flow of play, coaching, game planning and player talent dictate the action with officiating as a "last resort" competitive element.

 

Now we get to smash mouth with the big kids and leave the nursery school behind.  Good riddance.

 

Oh, and I won't miss road games at Stanford, The Palouse, Bean Dip Bowl, and the Arizona Desert either.

[Recruiting, What It Takes]

There 100% Czechoslovakian Ivory

[Caleb Williams....Here is Some Autzen Advice for Saturday Night...]

This thread needs a "Trigger Warning". No, wait, the word 'trigger' is triggering.  Uh...?

 

Somedays I feel like Kerock the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, who struggles with modernity

 

[Thank You Mr FishDuck for Last Night's Meet Up Event]

Wish I could have been there.....

[Rationale for Predicting a Blowout vs. USC]

Caveat: I am no genius.

 

That said, I would run the ball and bleed the clock until they can consistently stop our backs.  Keep the ball out of Williams' hands and build a lead through a quick first half.  

 

After a 7:30pm cold November start in Autzen, and a 3 score deficit at Halftime, if the Ducks get possession to start the second half and score, the Trojans will fold.

[Michigan Sign Stealing Takes a Great New Turn Called Karma]

Wow....the plot thickens

[Caleb Williams - Out Rest of Season?]

What's an 'Acho'?

[So Should I Do It?]

I suggest watching it in June.  By then the Ducks will have finished the best season in school history and the loss will be the catalytic moment you will want to watch in the dark depths of "the off-season"

[It Might Be Ugly - WSU on Saturday]

While I lament the downfall of the Pac-12, two things I will struggle to miss are playing Stanford and Wazzu....two teams that haunt my OBD dreams.

 

[The Tree Just Whipped the Buffs]

Prime's humility would be more impressive if it showed up when he wins, instead of only when he gets his aZZ handed to him.

[Famous FishDuck Keys to Beating the Huskies]

On 10/13/2023 at 7:52 PM, Jon Joseph said:

Good! I'd be nervous if this peripatetic bozo went the other way.

 

I guess I will have to, reluctantly, watch Gameday tomorrow.  A show that has turned into a parody of itself.

 

Bring back David Pollock!

Wow...how right you are.  I haven't watched that show, or ESPN in general, for a few years....and I remember why now.  Gameday is a jock version of The View.  Four people talking at once and somehow saying nothing.

 

I was never a fan of anti-Duck Pollack, but McAfee makes him seem erudite.  According to the Google, Pat was a Pro Wrestler, Punter, and "kickoff specialist."  They couldn't find some one with more insight than that?  

 

Where's Ray Guy when you need him.....or George Blanda?  26 year pro football career!

 

[UW Has an Extra Week to Fix Weaknesses]

Pressure is on the Doogs.  There are higher ranked, at home, with Gameday and all eyes on them, and they won in Eugene last year so the lazy narrative is that they should win due to all of the above

 

If we protect the ball and can get to Penix, we will neutralize the home field advantage. Then it comes down to turnovers and penalties.

 

I like being the road dog here.  

[Beavers vs. Utes: Who is Your Pick?]

I think the Utes win ugly.....19-17

 

DJU needs a pristine pocket to complete long throws.  Utes will disrupt him enough that he throws 2 picks.

[QUAAAAACK! 2026 5-Star DL Tony Cumberland Commits to Oregon]

Another site suggests he will reclassify as 2025

[Bryce Boettcher - Another Eugene Product & Surprise]

I like the Joe Walker comparison for Bryce....both in terms of style of play and being a surprise star to us fans.  

 

Kiko was a high profile recruit...Joe was a JUCO transfer.  Bryce is a walk-on.

 

All three are instinctual ballers who deliver a payload upon impact.

 

 

[Positive Article on Deion Sanders from the Wall Street Journal]

I saw the 60 minutes segment on him that made him more sympathetic to me than I was before as well.  

 

It will be interesting to see if he continues coaching past his kid's college era.  He doesn't need the money, or he could make the same money with less work, given his brand.  So if he continues coaching when his sons are in the NFL, then he must have an abiding passion for developing young men.

 

And there is seemingly no limit of young men who need mentors, coaches, teachers and parental figures in their lives.  I teach at a community college covering a chunk of rural Oregon, and I would love to have more guys like Deion leading young men to become their best selves, instead of slowly giving up on their circumstances.

 

 

 

[Pac-12 Whip Around - Week 3]

Would you be referring to the Sac-O-Suds in Wahzoo City? 

 

[Did YOU Have Serious Questions About Oregon After the Game?]

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.

[Preseason Team Goals]

On 9/14/2023 at 1:14 PM, David Marsh said:

That one could have been a bigger problem. But in 2014 Oregon made it to the national championship game. 

 

We just didn't have a deep enough roster to win it. 

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

[So, How'd He Do - Mark Helfrich?]

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

[OBD Members: You are the Few, and Darned RARE in Today's Culture]

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.....

 

[Weird: I've Lost All Interest in Oregon State]

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.