Charles Fischer

I have all these picture captions in my head that the, "FishDuck without Nobility" would like to use. But my better judgement says to let you make your own internal captions for it. Whew! So wrong, on so many levels... (I am going to hang onto this one for future reference)

If Washington State goes undefeated....yes. Canzano just confirmed it in his column, as they could not be denied. Check their schedule below...as their biggest game will occur in just two weeks against....Boise State. Damn! That is it? Look at the rest of that schedule....whew! Is that the opposite of what Oregon or Georgia has as a schedule? 2024 Football Schedule WSUCOUGARS.COM The official 2024 Football schedule for the Washington State University Cougars

Perhaps they slipped him in, and I did not notice, but I did not see Bedford play.

OK, I have to admit that your selection would send a massive message. However, it is going to take ton more games proving ourselves in that area to get that rep. The defensive line still has more games, more to prove and they can. DG does fit within our known profile....

I think that what Fisch did at Arizona is a coaching miracle. From where they were, and to be able to recruit and put them into the top-15? Thus why with Washington's resources--I'd rather see him at Florida.

Alex, I think your suggestion of what Oregon's identity should be is right-on. Already known nationally!

That is because they believe they are good people...better than Duck fans. Of course these are the people who destroyed another conference with the money they stole from those who earned it in a previous conference. And they blame everyone but their own administrators over the years for their current dilemma.

And ANOTHER that did not age well...

No, this did not age well either...

Another one that did not age well...

This post that did not age well....

Ruh-Roh! Is a job opening up?

Since I am an admitted sicko who is a terrible loser, and even worse winner....I had to go over and see what the angry Beavers had to say. I think the delusion is now clearing from their eyes... -------------------------------------------- "I don't know a lot about football, but that Defensive Plan just looked absolutely inept." "Maybe someone who knows more about football can explain why we didn't stunt, shift or blitz against an O-line that was trying to "find its identity." (Their D Coordinator coached at Oregon, and was not exemplary for us.) "We’re a middle of the road MWC team right now." "We just got our doors blown off by a good team. It sucks. It means nothing. This was a loss we knew was coming. Let it all go. End the series. Immediately." "Keep in mind, that was also the most expensive roster in college football. We were basically the Oakland As against the late 90s Yankees." "That is why this series needs to end. Watching something I’ve loved my whole life get destroyed for no reason is brutal enough. Continuing to put your fans through that is unacceptable." "Offensive line did him 0 favors. They were pushing us like we were sled machines in the 2nd half. It was brutal." "The series must end. Everyone needs to email the President and AD. There is NOTHING to gain. We have a league, we’ll have media money. I’d rather fly up to Seattle or down to Stanford or UCLA for our one P4 OOC game when we get to 2026." "Reality smacked me in the face today. I thought this team could keep up with Oregon. Credit to the ducks for playing like the team everybody expected them to be preseason." "What's sad was that the talent gap is just so apparent. I saw 5 and 6 man pressures early on and we got NO penetration. I think they figured there was no reason to blitz and leave the back end exposed (pun intended) if we had no shot at getting home." "If we never played them again, I could not care less. I had hoped it’d be the same, but it’s not. It’s time to build more rivalries." "It is time to stop playing Oregon in any sport. It is hard to compete with Phil Knight buying any player he wants." "Maybe Oregon is just that good and we win all of our other games vs the P4, but that’s the first time in a bit where I saw our team and thought they were just flat out too weak and slow to compete." "The talent gap will only bigger over time." "I hope this finally convinces those people who say Stars don't matter. Well Stars do matter. At the tune of 49-14." "Why should we go to Oregon next year? Why should we play them anymore? They decided to leave for greener pastures. Uncle Phil is dropping millions to see his team fetch a title. They left us for dead. I really think there’s no reason to continue this rivalry. We were left for dead and they were the primary cause." "I don’t see the value in playing the game. If the Beavs are going to play a power conference team, I’d rather it be the LA schools or Bay Area. At least there’s recruiting benefits to those games. I also don’t see hole being willing to come to Corvallis in the future either." ----------------------------------------------------------------- (Good thing I never said I was noble)

So many of the game knee-jerk reactions do not age well, and they would be better served to wait until the game is over. Although the best example was last year, when Portland State scored early and gnashing of teeth here was pretty severe. At the end of a 81-7 game--they too, looked pretty silly.

I did not think that experienced offensive linemen had deteriorated in the early games. Nor did I think our OC got stupid overnight as some suggested... It is quite evident he was holding back the playbook, as he popped quite a few surprises at Oregon State. Flawless blocking doesn't hurt either...

Chargers are 2-0 with a 26-3 victory over the Carolina Panthers. Herbert only threw for 144 yards last week, and only 130 yards this week? Harbaugh likes to run the ball! Who knew?

Well, I’m going to politely disagree. When they played Picard and Poncho…that told me they did not want to play Strother. They also indicated to me that they weren’t confident in Strother when they recruited Bedford, because we already had Harper returning at left guard where he had been most of his career. I do not think they had confidence in Strother, thus why they did not want to play him much, but I believe he has proven himself now.

True, as we will have three experienced guards for two positions. A former weakness could turn into a strength!

I am not worried, as we have a perfect schedule for proving ourselves, and moving up if we keep winning.

Let's just say that I have plenty of content over the next two weeks before we play UCLA, but something I want to point out is how left guard No. 50 Nishad Strother, is blocking incredibly well. He is shielding/sealing the defenders inside superbly with left tackle Josh Conerly No. 76 on some plays, and with center No. 72 Poncho on others. I pointed this out in my analysis on Friday, and I am seeing more of it today. Matthew Bedford is not a shoo-in for starting when he returns, as I really like what I see of Strother's run-blocking thus far. More later...

Yes, we have some B1G teams looking better than expected, and on our schedule such as Michigan State(3-0) and in particular Illinois (3-0) is looking impressive. It is kind of exciting, a new conference, and new teams to learn about in anticipation of playing OBD.