4 hours ago, DanLduck said:

Hearing announcers question our "toughness" every week is like hearing the comments "catch by Tez Johnson, he's Bo's brother" each and every time, it's annoying.

or or or... did you you know... Bryce Boettcher plays baseball?????

32 minutes ago, The Kamikaze Kid said:

Calling that two feet out of bounds two point conversion good was the worst call I've ever seen. Even in real time, he was clearly out of bounds.

Get to the 7 min mark in the unafraid show and he says that the officiating was atrocious.

1 minute ago, Jon Joseph said:

OBD D players being mugged all game with 0 holding penalties called

I saw too many and I haven't sat down to study the film.

They were also super generous with all the short yardage gains for a first down for Iowa.

That fourth down pile didn't look like he made it... But they gave it..

And there was another tackle on a RB in there that he might have barely gotten the line to gain but they placed the ball an extra yard for him.

Feels like we are certainly on the outside of the conference still.

1 hour ago, Jon Joseph said:

With no intention of being pejorative and just askin', does OBD need an S+C coaching change?

No...

From what I've seen these injuries emerged from this last week of practice.

Dak had a non-contact injury which sucks but they happen sometimes.

Harley with a twisted ankle... They also happen not sure there's much a S&C coach can do to prevent that from happening.

Sadiq apparently was begging to play today but from a health perspective they said no. He's been dinged up but from the sound of it he's played through it.

48 minutes ago, spartan2785 said:

They found a way, but that last defensive play will absolutely drive me insane that we had 4 in the box against a running QB!

I'll rewind and say that drive had several bad defensive plays. 3 and long and Iowa gets a long pass.

Fourth down and they get another long pass.

Yeah that lady play stings as it resulted in points but that drive should have ended long before that play.

Delay of game? That clock was at zero for a solid second..

Last play before the end of the quarter..

Blatant hold on Iowa goes uncalled.

Tackle had Bear from behind and dragged him away from the play.

Just going to say it. My last article critised Whittington and the trend continues...

Whittington seems to want to prove me wrong and I'm ok with that.

https://fishduck.com/2025/10/the-oregon-rb-rotation-needs-to-change/

15 minutes ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

Typical bye week hex. Defense will have to pitch a shutout. I don’t think the passing game was going to be really effective due to the weather, but now the threat isn’t even there if Sadiq sits out.

With Harley and Sadiq out in more concerned about the run game they are both great run blockers.

1 hour ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

As well as Lane Kiffin.

Sounds like Lanning does chew his players out as well.. he just doesn't do it in front of the cameras.

There was an interview where Dante Moore says that Lanning would cuss him out over some bad passes and a lack of ball security in practice. We just didn't see it because it wasn't on camera.

Some green... Finally!

Oregon Rutgers happened for the first time this year.

On 11/3/2025 at 9:25 PM, oregon123 said:

If I were the coach, since he was buried on the depth chart, I would have moved him to receiver. He might have done well at it. Nothing at all to lose. He is the right size and build and he has to be fast to play cornerback. Again, we don't know what his injury has done to him. He was not the first talented Duck to flame out after injury.

But who would he supplant on the receiver side of things?

Justus Lowe started some games last year with Tez injured and he has barely seen the field this year. The receiver room has a ton of talent in it as well.

2 hours ago, HappyToBeADuck said:

Last year tOSU and OBD's were #1 and #2 for most of the season. And the conference has won the last 2 Natty's and may get a threepeat this season. When was the last PAC team to win a Natty? Just usuck......

I will take that narrative over the fun and crazy of the PAC anytime. As you do, I find myself checking scores and flipping channels to watch parts of the many SEC games of the century every week. Very few BIG game match ups are compelling.

I wouldn't change our situation in this college football environment for anything. We are in the right conference for the health of our program.

Looking at little brother is depressing enough to make me be grateful for where we are.

4 hours ago, GatOrlando said:

From experience, I can tell you that I'm starting to really dislike Missouri and Texas A&M in the same way I do South Carolina, and Ole Miss. It's taken a decade, but there's genuine feelings that weren't there before. Give it some time. It won't ever be like the old PAC Twelve, but that's because you grew up with that conference. Kids growing up today will grow up with new rivalries.

When Utah and Colorado joined the Pac-12 most fans felt the same way on the west coast. It took about 10 years of rather frequent games to build up a relationship between Oregon and Utah to make that game feel exciting.

Oregon and Colorado got a supercharged relationship and rivalry with the Lanning v Sanders narrative but that only lasted a year.

I know it will take years to get more excited about the games against B1G opponents. It will happen but it will take even longer for me to get interested enough to watch non-Oregon B1G games. With the Pac-12 I would watch a bad Washington State team and a bad Cal team throw the ball at each other for like 700 yards combined passing. I cared about those teams, not as much as Oregon but I cared enough to tune in.

I know it will all take time and rivalries aren't built in a day, week, month or even a year. They take a good decade to form and longer if those games are every other year.

6 hours ago, GeotechDuck said:

I find it interesting that the national media is finally starting to pick up on it. However, most outlets are framing this as an issue over the past two years, when this has been an ongoing issue with him since 2007.

He was on the West coast for the Oregon years. You can't expect national media to pay attention to what goes on over here... Our game started too late at night for them to stay up for.

Then before he was at Oregon we was at Bama and no one remembers what he was doing before that.

Oof... Yeah the injury hit him hard as he lost last season and the last recruiting class was just bonkers good.

Interesting note... This does signal the LAST DB in that first Lanning recruiting class to depart the program. I believe now that all DBs recruited in Lanning's first class are now gone.

35 minutes ago, Mike West said:

Not sure you can ask more from the secondary since there really hasn't been an effective pass rush this year.

I haven't figured out the numbers but how much of the pass rush not getting home is down to the speed of the release? Feels like there have been a lot of quick passes opposing offenses have tried to use because they wanted to get the ball away fast.

But I know that hasn't always been the case this year as well.

Feels like MU is not as effective this year but TT is having a great year.

It's a very good defense that will continue to need to develop.

I know our linebackers are kinda the weak link but they aren't as weak as I think their reputation is. They are asked to do a TON!

Part of me thinks that maybe to set up the linebackers better to more regularly succeed something in the base scheme should change. But I'm not sure what that would look like or if we even have the right players to do that.

Getting some redzone stops would be nice. However, a lot of the points scored on us in the redOne have also been either field goals or when we've had the backups on the field late in the game.

Most drives don't get close to the redzone.

2 hours ago, 1Ducker1 said:

Isnt that the only game they one?

They beat Lafayette a couple weeks ago.

And I know about as much as that school as you do. Soooo... I suppose it counts as a win.

Hey... They'll raise another pac-12 champs banner.

19 minutes ago, DanLduck said:

Not all teams are paying 4+ M!!

I'd say most aren't.

But everyone is paying.

37 minutes ago, DanLduck said:

You have to wonder just how long boosters will be willing to buy a QB each year?! They don't seem to be worth the huge cost.

All teams are buying a quarterback evey year.

Only difference is if it's someone already in your roster or someone from the portal.

2 minutes ago, Solar said:

Mario isn't going anywhere for a few more seasons. He'll continue to tease them with greatness just enough to stick around.

https://fishduck.com/2021/10/cristobal-has-spoiled-fans-by-winning-the-off-season/

Talked about it when he was here. He does a great job in the off season that generates hope for the program. In so many ways he's a fantastic off season coach. Just don't let him coach any games.

And just like that... miami is staring down missing the playoffs.