-
Finish your profile right here and directions for adding your Profile Picture (which appears when you post) is right here.
BigDucksFan
-
Posts
495 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Articles
Events
Posts posted by BigDucksFan
-
-
It was over when it started. A tough watch.
-
Interesting
-
Steve Sarkisian the HC of Texas has received a commitment from 5 star QB Maalik Murphy of Gardena California. Steve also hired Jeff Banks, a former Washington State punter with recruiting ties throughout the Pac-12. A few days later he hired Pete Kwiathowski a Washington defensive coordinator.
It's clear he's "Out for Blood" on the Pac-12 and getting his revenge.
You can read more right here from Fansided.com.
-
IMO, the Ducks should look toward the future starting now.
The Ducks still have a couple of issues that need to be improved in order to make a run at the National Championship.
1) The Ducks defense needs time to settle in with its new DC and to get injured players back on the field and caught up with actual play time.
2) The Ducks still have a QB problem. Brown IMO will not get them a playoff win. He may get them there but that is as far as he can take them. Also keep in mind that if Brown starts the season Butterfield will transfer out in a heartbeat.
3) For the Ducks to win a National Championship they have to "make a run at it", rather then be a naturally part of the championship rotation. They have to have the Sun, the Moon and the team in the right position to get thru the playoffs and into the championship game.
4) The Ducks need a heavy weight running back that can take a beating and get the TD's. The two light weight backs we have now won't hack it thru the playoffs and a championship game.A run at a National Championship would better fit in 2022 then in 2021. A third Pac-12 title in 2021 would be a solid goal.
-
1
-
-
The California state assembly has started another bill to focus on college athletes rights. AB-609 "The College Athlete Race and Gender Equity Act"
This would require California universities to pay football and men's basketball players big dollars in royalties for the use of their name, image and likeness.
It would also prevent universities from building athletic facilities just to keep up with other schools. Things like locker rooms, weight rooms, arenas, and other.
This bill is an extension of the radical requests made in the #WeAreUnited demands signed by Pac-12 football players last summer.
More details can be found in the Dallas Post right here.
-
On 2/19/2021 at 8:58 AM, Jon Sousa said:
As does everyone else. Certainly, MC is not only modeling it, but also teaching it to all his coaches. All of the recruits talk about their relationship with MC.
Yes, the HC is the backbone of any program.
-
3 hours ago, Mallard said:
Only two? Why weren't you also watching the replay of Wyndham Clark in third place in the golf tournament like me?
You are a true Duck for sure.
-
How long did it take for the girls to get down by 20 ??
Not long.
-
We should have an improved year but a monster year will depend on how smooth the improvements are.
For example:
Will our transition to a new QB be without squabbles ??
Will Flowe be healthy and has he been keeping up his own development ??
Will MC let Moorhead call all the plays and not interfere by demanding "dives up the middle" on 4th and short ??
Will our lightweight backfield of Verdell and Dye hold up, stay healthy and produce ??I don't see us getting into the playoffs in 2021 with a one loss season unless USC and Washington are highly ranked and of course we beat them both. If we can take another Pac-12 championship 2022 looks very promising for a "monster year" and a National Playoff run.
-
Nice video, thanks for posting it.
-
As you point out in your article, QB's from top college teams go higher in the NFL Draft then those from lesser college teams, but that doesn't mean they are actually better QB's. Time will tell about Tua Tagovailoa but I'm glad Justin plays for the Chargers.
-
If that guy does announce the game the best way to watch is with the volume off.
-
3 hours ago, Kentduck said:
I’m glad and a little surprised that he will participate in all the football activities. Do you suppose the football coaches gave him any other choice?
He's just taking a different transfer portal.
-
Clear that UW doesn't have the same "Football Program Culture" that UO has. It use to be we would read stuff like this regularly at UO, but not much since MC.
-
12 hours ago, Ryan Robertson said:
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.
Your so right. And to think it's been like "forever" since a Pac-12 team ran the table.
-
1
-
-
17 hours ago, Jack Reacher said:
Wait what? Is this a serious post? If it is serious, I don't believe it will age well . . .
If you consider Yanez and Diaz No. 1 and No. 2, you are seriously underestimating Jordan Dail. She's an excellent pitcher and has beaten teams like LSU and No. 1 UCLA with lesser talent surrounding her.
Makenna Kliethermes was a top 10 pitching recruit in her class. Equivalent of a 5* in football. Her club team DeMarini Aces won the prestigious Independence Day Tournament and also did well at PGF Nationals. She has staff ace potential upside. So far in her career as a Duck she hasn't surrendered a single run. (an unearned run today)
Pretty similar story for Raegan Breedlove. Another top 10 caliber pitcher. She throws 68 mph and low in the zone. Megan Langenfeld who knows a thing or two about pitchers raves about her. She, too, had big time club ball experience with Universal Fastpitch and she made a mockery of her HS competition in northern CA (a microscopic ERA of 0.39 with 878 strikeouts and just 77 walks).
If you took out Yanez and Diaz, a staff of Dail, Breedlove and Kliethermes would be formidable and be one of the best staffs in the PAC (looking like the best conference in the country this season) outside of UCLA, UW and U of A.
I believe this is the best staff in the conference, if not the country. To be clear, other schools may have better individual pitchers such as Rachel Garcia or Megan Faraimo at UCLA, but I don't know of a school that is 5 deep with arms as good as Oregon has.
Yes, Jordan Dail is good, but Yanez, not so much.
-
It's hard to keep up to date but a great idea to "Pin" it to the forum.
-
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.
-
2
-
-
And why is this guy still employed at the Pac-12 ?? And getting paid for months after he finally leaves ?? Could it be so he can pay off his loan that he received when he first started and never made a payment on ?? Why oh why do we still have to put up with him ??
-
6 minutes ago, David Marsh said:
Should be true yes ... But I don't eat nachos during Oregon v arizona anymore because Oregon always seemed to lose when I did that.
Tostitos is looking for you.
-
2 hours ago, Coach Bowden said:
Tyler was the epitome of the college scholar-athlete. He was an extremely hard worker and well-liked and looked up to by his teammates.
He has a great arm, he’s a very good runner and he’s a hard nose competitor.
So what happened? I think he was poorly coached as was Justin.
There seems to be too much emphasis on recruiting versus COACHING!
It’s OK for a 4th or 5th string player to transfer, but when a Starter leaves there is substantial damage done to the future of the program.
Go Ducks!
Yep, that about sum's it up correctly. Please note that some schools can do great recruiting and great coaching. Oregon can do great recruiting . . . . . . . .
-
2
-
-
The color of the uniform has nothing to do with the scoreboard.
-
1
-
-
1 hour ago, geoquack said:
The other four Power 5 conferences have released their schedules. The Pac-12 has not. Is this just more evidence of incompetence at the league offices?
Yep, that's about right.
-
You said it all in the last statement
"Perhaps Shough saw the writing on the wall and thought it was better to move on. I don’t know, but wherever he goes, I wish him luck.
-
2
-
1
-
.jpg.cf7ef59bc3c643d4717b9cf8989361a7.jpg)
Texas Breaks the Bank to Get Steve Sarkisian
in Our Beloved Ducks
Posted
College football is all about money. If you want top coaching you have to pay the money for them. Can the Pac-12 keep up ??
Steve Sarkisian is guaranteed to make at least $34.2 million through his 6 year contract. $5.2 million his first year +$200,000 raise each year, 2 cars, 20 hr of private airplane use per year, a $250,000 relocation/temporary housing allowance and $1.2 million if he is still head coach on Dec 31, 2024.
Most of his coordinators and assistant football coaches will exceed $1 million per year all with guaranteed yearly raises.
You can read more here with Ksat.com.