David Marsh

I don't play fantasy football... Generally speaking I know next to nothing about the NFL that isn't Duck related. But last year I gave those who did okay a bad time all the time for not having Justin Herbert as their QB when they could have. Sure ... They said they were fine wih their picks but they knew I was right.

But are they Huskies anymore after they transfered? I know at Oregon we have a saying of "once a Duck always a Duck" (which is starting to feel a bit more hallow with the transfer portal but that's another conversation) But I'm pretty sure a transferring Husky is just "was never a real Husky" or just a traitor. That fanbase disowns their own so quickly that I don't think they are Huskies anymore when they leave ... Or were ever Huskies to begin with according to their fanbase. So I don't think a Husky gets smarter... Because they were never a Husky to begin with. There were a ________ in Husky clothing.

I absolutely love how the Husky fanbase (at least via the quotes provided) still thinks Oregon is going to be as poorly coached as they were in the field last year. We have ditched the prevent offense for something that will score loads of points and we will have a brutal hard hitting defense. That in addition to all of our talent that is on that roster. Sorry Huskies... You may have upgraded from Jimmy Lake but the Ducks upgraded perhaps even more. I do think if Cristobal was still HC at Oregon then some of the Washington comments would sound more true... Instead of just outlandish and hilarious.

Well the problem with the game name at this point is that it hasn't been given an official replacement name. So I'll call it the civil war still because I don't have an alternative. In person I might say "the game formally known as the civil war" but that gets to be way too many words real fast. Calling it anything else doesn't have any context for other fans. You know ... The whole reason why words have meaning so we all know what we are talking about. So for now calling it the civil war is what it is... Just waiting for it to have a new name which at this rate may never happen it feels like. Though I'd be fine calling it "the yearly beaver butt kicking"

I like it... But I like it only once a season.

I remember seeing this video at some point. That second play covered would have been an easy scoop and score for Oregon.

If either Thompson or Butterfield we're outright beating Nix in partactice, as in really leaving little doubt who qb1 was, then I'd say start them. But if it is just close then I'd say Nix has the edge with expirence.

I have thought about this and I think that he might have gotten an additional season but on a very short leash. It would have shown that, yes, Oregon can recruit a quarterback and get results on the field. If Helfrich were to get another year then it would have come with the firing of Hoke and some oversight in the DC hiring process. Probably get Wilcox at that point or something like that. I'll have to think some more on this and maybe write an article on it later.

I only watched the Championship Game last year because Dan Lanning was coaching otherwise I wouldn't have had any interest. The SEC thinks of themselves as the minior league for the NFL and in many ways they are but so is the rest of College Football. If they broke off on their own they would still make money but probably not see much more growth than they are currently seeing, and might actually see a decline in their revenue. After all how relevant would Alabama if they were contained only in the SEC fish bowl?

Or Dyer was down... Or any of the other messed up calls in the 2010-11 championship game against Auburn. But those weren't Pac-12 refs.

Exactly! That is the key to winning big is depth... Well and luck. I don't think lsu would have won their last championship if Burrow was hurt. Bama keeps on winning because injuries rarely doom their seasons.

Another big one can be 2013 when Marcus Mariota had a partial mcl tear from a cheap shot when playing against UCLA. MM stays healthy Oregon goes undefeated that year and probably faces FSU in the national championship game.

Sorry to bring up that memory it always pains me as well. And yes our starting center was lost as well in the first half that made everything worse.

Dennis Dixon will always be the biggest "what if" for Oregon football and a missed opportunity. Though in truth I didn't follow Oregon football back then... Though oddly enough I do still remember where I was when he suffered his season ending injury. I find that Adams and the 2015 season really just sat at such a cross roads. For program history... That is another article for another time that has been brewing in my mind as that year is so fascinating.

I think the spring game shows off quite a bit of receiver skill being coached up. Players are getting open or just making plays in traffic. Spring games are always dubious but I think the receivers love him and I think we will see some impressive results.

I'm just going to put out a little advertisement here... My Tuesday article this week does take a look at Vernon Adams and the 2015 season. It was a wild season and Adams is probably one of the most fun and exciting quarterbacks of all time. He made those passes look easy. An incredible player.

I think the recorded chainsaw is slightly better because at least it is original. It is kinda adorable in it's own way... A sort of "look at me! I'm different" sort of thing... Both are bad though.

The foghorn is great ... It.has an ominous feel to it... Like impending doom for the other team. Bettet than a siren which is just loud and obnoxious.

I mean we saw first hand how the Willie Lyles incident at Oregonay have only been seen as a "slap on the worst" but a reduction in offical visits really did hurt Oregon's recruiting in th Helfrich years. Even now with some of the best recruiters in the country say that they need to get kids in campus to stand a chance. Then we have the USC Reggie Bush sanctions that demolished their program. Between the sanctions and Carol leaving USC that really was the kiss of death to the program. USC hasn't recovered from that blow...

On his thoughts about pac-12 coaches having an intense back and forth and "sparing" if you will... I think Lanning v Riley is where all eyes will be in that regard. I think Lanning is going to crush some USC fans when his defense keeps Riley's offense in check and Dillingham's offense is too much for USC to handle. So I think we are looking at the early stages already of an intense coaching rivalry in the PAC. There is already a rivalry brewing between the two in terms of recruiting, just wait until they play each other. I do think the fans will make a bigger deal out of it than the coaches but still.

NIL is pretty much all under the table or can be anyways. So how is anyone to actually know unless we see tax returns or something of the like.

I think Cristobal deserves to be on the list due to his recruiting ability and though we feel he has underperformed at Oregon, he did win a rose bowl and a couple conference championships. I think Riley is a bit high. I don't think he warrants a top 5 position on that list, top 10 sure I suppose.

If I were Camden Lewis I would be pretty intimidated by all these specialists coming in to compete. This has been a weakness of the program for too long and it is good to see the kicking side really getting the attention it deserves both in recruits and in practice.

I was wondering the exact same thing... Could it be a jab at Jimbo for losing BADLY to Oregon in 2014-15 in the Rose Bowl? There was a big article about the downfall of FSU and though FSU was on some shaky ground for 2014 they still had an undefeated season. Undefeated that is until they played Oregon. After they played and lost badly to Oregon it looks like the entire FSU program came off the rails and fell to pieces. It wasn't Oregon's doing per se.. but Oregon exposed some deep problems in Jimbo's culture that were so bad that he opted to leave than try and fix that mess.

I wouldn't be surprised if Tom Snee isn't returning to the program as they picked up two punters.