Charles Fischer

Hello My OBD FishDuck Forum Friends! What is your prediction Ohio State versus Notre Dame? Take your shot and let's have fun with it... Let's get these predictions started, and remember I look for the differential between your predicted points with both teams from the actual points. I will use the tiebreaker information when needed, so provide all the data below! Entries without ALL the information are invalid, and predictions on other threads don't count. And please check the other posts in this thread to prevent putting up the a score that has already been predicted. We had one week where four entries were the same score! Please follow directions, as I need all that is below for tiebreakers: --the winner --the score --the amount of turnovers Ohio State creates --the number of sacks Ohio State records on Notre Dame --the number of passing yards by the Buckeyes My prediction is: Ohio State 30-20 1 2 262 Go B1G!

I put up a prediction thread with tiebreakers in a Pinned Post; this is where our official contest takes place, but it is fun to discuss the "why" of your decision in this thread.

I don't know...

Amen Duck-Brother!

Well! That did not take long for Chip to adopt the mindset that some Buckeye fans have; "We did not get beat by the other team...we beat ourselves or the refs beat us." I have to assume that not only is he taking on that attitude, but he is also playing to the massive Ohio State audience. And I have to think that some of the things written about his track record since he left Oregon have stung him over the years, as he is a very stubborn and proud man. Could you imagine Dan Lanning saying that in public? No, as he has more class than that. Sure builds things up for future games between the schools!

There are two objectives; one is to be able to publish as many spam advertisement posts as possible, and if I and the moderators did not intervene....there would have been 15 pages of spam posts when you showed up on the morning of Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving last year. We have 50 posts per page, and you can do the math as to how many they posted. Together, we deleted them as they appeared, and then I would go into the Admin dashboard and lock the spammer who signed up in our registration system. But then they would sign up with a new name and IP address, or and associate would do so. It was a busy night and morning. I assume they get paid by the spam messages placed? Don't know. The second objective is trying to take over a site so their spam ads will be seen by thousands until everyone realizes the site has been invaded and do not return. They are very persistent. Now they have AI helping them to try by automation to sign up, and thus far--I've been able to detect the difference between spammers and real people. There have been a few that I was unsure, so if I call the phone number and nothing exists, or wrong number--I know it is a spammer. A nice vacuum of my time...

From what I've seen of interviews with players being recruited over the years....the most important person to them is their position coach. A "scout" cannot have the same relationship, or same connection. But what do I know?

Make that SEVENTEEN times as another from Lobnya tried again last night...whew! Yes, when we had a coordinated attack from a dozen of them on Thanksgiving night a year ago...the time spent was significant in dealing with it. That is why I created the manual approval process, as it is a hassle, but it saves a TON of time if a Spammer gets in.

Believe me...I've thought of that. But I do not want to discourage or turn away anyone who wants to join our community. Usually when they want to join...it is right now, and often will not come back if it appears we are closed.

Krasnomayskiy, Tver Oblast St. Petersburg Leningradskaya, Krasnodar Krai (Twice) Lobnya (Five times) Moscow (Seven times) SIXTEEN times in the last month this forum has been attacked by Spammers in Russia. But they are from ALL-OVER Russia and it is unusual. It is routine to get attacks from Russia, India, Pakistan, China, Ukraine and even from parts of the US. But this many times from different places in Russia makes me think it is a coordinated attempt to penetrate our registration system to mess-us-up. My new system requires that I personally check out each new registrant, and have to manually approve them. Thus nobody gets through, but damn! A black-hole of time... Krasnomayskiy St. Petersburg It's a slow time, and thought I'd share my fascination with it all.

(Short article) Now why would this be? Oregon Ducks are already living rent-free in Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti's mind AUTZENZOO.COM Despite never facing each other during the 2024 regular season, the Oregon Ducks are already living rent-free in Indiana Hoosier head coach Curt Cignetti's mind

Moving to a higher profile program is something I can understand, but this I cannot. Clearly, there is quite a background story to this...

I don't agree with that perception, because Oregon has won too many games in the past with new formations, new plays and new surprises thrown in at key moments. We have seen unpracticed-in-game plays used by Lanning, and before that we saw a ton under Helfrich and Chip Kelly as OCs. It got to be a guessing game for me when Chip was coach....how long had the play been in the playbook, and now used for the first time? I've detailed before how a play had not been run in four years--and was sprung to score a TD. Coaches do this all the time, IMHO. (P.S. I don't think the pass plays that hurt us in the Rose Bowl had been used in games before by Ohio State)