Darren Perkins

Ah, an Altman comparison, that can only be a good thing.

Good stuff. The team seems to be growing together at just the right time.

Getting healthy is key, such as having Thibs back healthy.

Would be nice if the Ducks can build some confidence throwing the ball downfiled in this game, for sure.

I'm not quite sure they were at a point where they could go all run, they still needed some first downs. They were just awful decisions by AB.

Certainly not win games with his arm, though his feet have worked well late in games. As you point out his main limitation is throwing the ball downfield, is this something they could improve upon? Could Moorhead scheme something up to help this out? Teams should be looking for those sidline passes, perhaps the Ducks can use that to their advantage by pump faking to the outside then hit something over the middle... but of course it all comes down to AB's accuracy.

I think he just needs to do whatever helps him call his best game, and that may well be up in the box!

Yup, and this is a great opportunity this Saturday to fine tune the areas that the Ducks excel at.

True. I think if the Ducks are in command late, instead of putting in Thompson, they should keep AB in and work on some areas.

Great take, Joshua. While I'm not expecting the Ducks to rise to Georgia's level, I just hope they can crank it up a notch to carry the team through the remaining, relatively soft, schedule.

Exactly what had popped in my mind....

High flying Defense paired with a bend but don't break Offense! Go Ducks!!!

If the Ducks could only just step up the Defense AND Passing game .... boy am I asking for a lot!!! ; )

When I mentioned 2007 I was referring to that era of football (like the LSU Tigers back then) not specifically the 2007 Ducks, but you make solid points about that 2007 team. Certainly not on Georgia's level, but the Ducks can step it up on D to help win out a relatively weak remaining schedule.

Hopefully, the early season injury is behind KT, and we can get a fully charged KT leading the defense to fully come together and put up a terrific performance. There have been flashes, now we need a complete game.

Yup, defense for sure. The Ducks are going to need to channel their inner-OhioSt performance to win this one.

Yes, defense! We've all been complaing about the offense so much lately we forgot that there are other things to complain about!! ; )

So true, and we may well be on our way to being know for Defense, who'd of ever thought?

Different vibe is right. Usually there is an extra little spring in my step on gameday. But today, I have the same type of feeling I had when I was 11-years-old and my mom had to drag me to church. There's a definite sense of foreboding for I'm afraid I what I'm about to watch. A Duck win is not enough, a crummy performance in which the Ducks just barely escape will feel no different than a loss. The Ducks need to make a statement. Hopefully the rumors swirling that MC is going to open things up are true. Hopefull this leads the Ducks to runaway with a 56-17 win are true.... but will only be believed when seen.

The powers that be got Helfrich out of there in lightning fashion in 2016 when it became apparent he was losing the team. Can the powers that be please have an intervention with MC?

Yes, it's sad. It would almost be better if we didn't have the talent than having the talent and flushing it down the toiled. ugh, if feel your pain.

I think it is safe to say that if this doesn't get to a respectable bowl game, they will play extremely uninspired in a lower bowl and get beat.

Yeah, that's the thing, we don't know how they are doing in practice.

If we lose to Cal, the season is essentially over. Ducks need to bring it. Hopefully they found something inspirational during the bye week.

My glass is also half full, just not sure if it is half full of water or air.... hmmmm....