Charles Fischer

How you doing Gary?

A long-time photographer for many universities, Associated Press, and on occasion, FishDuck.com....Gary Breedlove, was shooting the Playoff game last Saturday. Recall the touchdown when Dante Moore ran to the near corner of the end zone for the touchdown? Gary took a string of pictures of Moore coming RIGHT AT him, and did not budge. At the last moment Dante sidestepped Gary, and went back to celebrate with the team. Meanwhile Kenyon Sadiq came up to Gary and said, "You didn't move!" Gary, replied, "no, because his reflexes are a lot faster than mine." (All us Greybeards can identify with that!) Sadiq chuckled and joined the celebrating...

You and everyone are welcome to your opinions....as I am to mine. So...you refer back to Oregon's ONLY regular season loss in two years, and it was not to a team that is 20th in the nation, or unranked, or simply a bad day; it was to the current No. 1 team in the nation. Fans are frustrated with the one loss, but I think we're better now than the sixth game of the season on October 11th.

I am stunned, as I did NOT expect this. Have you all noticed how Poncho and Dante prayed together after the games? I think they have a tight bond, and this bodes well for Dante staying.

Fifty one points, (51!) and he still catches crap. Wowsa.

Note how he had limited respect for Alabama...."very few of Indiana players were wanted or recruited by Alabama." That is more important than winning the game?

You can only hope, and I sense he's feeling the "pucker" already! (Go directly to 3:10 in the video)

Meh. I think after this year is completed and a Big-10 team wins the 'Natty for the third time in a row, that it will be shown that while the SEC is deeper? The Big-10 has the best teams.

A TON of SEC players have come to B1G in the NIL-Portal era. I did not anticipate how a couple of Big Ten teams could load up on portal athletes from the south to the degree that we have. It has been quite a leveling of the playing field between the two power conferences…

I think a highly coveted 5-Star safety (see below) coming in this winter, and one RS freshman safety ahead of him returning probably had more to do with it. And that is not counting 5-Star Safety Trey McNutt coming back from injury as well... Whew! No. 2 Safety in the US joining us soon?

As we know...before the injuries, Benson was just a fill-in option, not necessarily one I had confidence in. Now? He is a TOUCHDOWN MACHINE, and the recovering receivers will have to earn their turn because being better than Benson right now--is going to be hard. McClellan? An occasional target has now become a trusted WR who has proven to make TOUGH CATCHES. I won't say he will be a great receiver, because he is one NOW. Don't you love watching players get their confidence and blow up?

I think Dan Lanning rolled the dice, as he KNEW we had the game in hand...in the early second quarter which is when he began major substitutions on defense. I did not note everyone filling in, but at halfway point in the second quarter we had Lopa, Jackson, Gray, Green, Purchase and Offord in there. That is six I noticed right there, as it was the earliest I've seen such subbing in a long time. Dan knows...there is no substitute for experience. Look how McClellan and Benson have flourished over the last four games, and Lanning knows that he loses a TON off the defense next year, and needs to get them ready. He gambled playing them, believing he was going to win the game, and the points given up were sacrificed for the good of next year's team. But it was much more than he or Tosh wanted, and apparently both let the defense have it in the locker room later.

Usually the winning margin is much closer, but one our favorite members, GatOrlando, won the contest with a margin of 13 total points. The actual score was 51-34, and he predicted a 48-24 for the winner! I love seeing prominent OBD forum members win, and we offer our congrats to GatOrlando! Thanks to all for taking part, and the next one is going to be a dandy to predict... Let's All Celebrate!

Incredible catch, and a beautiful fish! So very cool…