David Marsh

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.

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.

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/

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I'd say most aren't. But everyone is paying.

All teams are buying a quarterback evey year. Only difference is if it's someone already in your roster or someone from the portal.

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.

Also.. just wanted to share this video. Run vs Pass and some game theory. It gives a little insight I feel if we apply it to Lanning's defense as well. Try and stop both but a bit more emphasis on stopping the pass. I'd argue that until this year our biggest defensive weakness has been our secondary.

I feel like Oregon's run defense is very hot or cold. When it's hot it's a freaking wall. When it's cold we get gashed for chunk yards. That can probably be said about every run defense and defense in general. We ask a TON from our linebackers for sure and if they are out of position then it can really hurt.