Charles Fischer

I do not agree...

Because they couldn't score with it until their starters went against our "2s?"

OK...there are not my facts, but what I am given due to media credentials. --Oregon is undefeated and 10-0 in the Big-10! --The Ducks have 15 Straight wins when scoring 30+ points, going 34-4 when scoring at least 30 under Lanning. (Rethinking "Defense always wins?" in 2025?) --Oregon has won 37 consecutive times when scoring first, 35 straight when leading after the first quarter, and 27 straight when leading at halftime. --The Ducks have 21 consecutive regular-season wins, the longest active streak in the nation. --Coach Lanning is 29-0 when keeping opponents to 24 points or less. --Dan Lanning at 38-6 is the most wins EVER by an Oregon head coach after 44 games. --Bear Alexander had FIVE tackles. --RS Freshman safety Aaron Flowers led the defense with a career-best seven tackles. --Blake Purchase had his first career start for the Ducks. --In three games, Dante Moore completed 78% of his passes, (50-64) for 657 yards and seven touchdowns to one interception. Interesting stuff! (I am counting my blessings as an Oregon fan)

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I've been pondering again, (Always a bad thing?) and like you--was not pleased with our rush-defense, as Coach Lanning was not. Yet we know that the two Northwestern touchdowns were scored on the second team defense by the starting Wildcat offense...so just how bad is it? If we left our starters in, we probably would have got the shut-out, but isn't it more important to get playing time to the young-guns that will be starting in the next two years? How does freshman Na'eem Offord learn without getting burned in game-speed? Do you want him to learn that during a game that counts in 2026 or 2027? That is one important question we all need to ask? I've decided that playing time is more important for linebackers who are out of position--to learn at game speed--and is what they need to experience. It was garbage time...who cares? Second question; just how realistic is it for us to expect perfection from the team? Yes, the No. 1 defense gave up more ground yards than we wanted...but they kept a Big-10 team scoreless while they were in there. Isn't that the goal?\ I do think we have to readjust our thinking to the new conference; if any conference is known for tough offensive lines that bull for rush yards...it is the B1G, because they have to in order to compete. Even weak teams will move the ball on the ground against us. We lost three starters on the defensive line to the NFL from last year, but recall how well Purdue ran the ball on us? We won 35-0, but the Boilermakers got over 200 yards rushing off us, (Linked) and anytime you rush for over 200 yards, that is pretty darn good, and you will usually win. While demanding the best feels good...how realistic is it? Look at the college scoreboard, and you will see teams with good defenses, (Like Georgia and Notre Dame) get a boatload of points scored on them. I think it is pretty unavoidable these days, as everyone has the firepower on offense to score. Thus why I think Will Stein will strive to score as many as possible because when we face good teams like Penn State...they are going to score a bunch on us. Just a reality, IMHO. Agree?

Very humble, and so refreshing! So much we did not know about him...

I think it is a cool uniform with a great tribute....but any other home game please...

Wear a black uniform against Oregon State? Really?

DrJackPlaidPants! One of the great handle names on the forum that evokes pleasant memories of past champions in the state. As you know, Oregon won 34-14, and DrJackPlaidPants predicted a 35-17 score, that was only four total points off. Winner! It is wonderful to see all the great names of this forum entered in the contest each week, and if you have not--join the fun! Congrats Again to DrJackPlaidPants!

Their new conference is worse than the Mountain West? It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Oregon State 14 Texas Tech 45 Washington State 10 North Texas 59 How 'Bout Those Scores?

Good game to win, yet point out our flaws to work on. The development of many of our freshmen, is encouraging and promising for later in the season, and the future.

While our defense has not been perfect, and given up more ground yards than we are comfortable with, the bottom line is that they have given up zero points at halftime, which is certainly the goal for the first half! Ol’ TerryM9 might be pretty darn close on his score before it’s over!

While Dante has missed a few passes, he has thrown a couple of extraordinarily accurate passes. This gives him fantastic confidence going forward, and this is as good as I had hoped to see from him early in the season.

And New Mexico is up 14-7 on UCLA? The Bruins can't stop the running game of the....LOBOs?

Boy, I don't know because the designated "Star" is Jaden Canady, the transfer from Ole Miss, and he has been all over the field as that fifth defensive back. First, with five defensive backs....if the Free Safety, (Dillon) is up closer, then we still have four DBs to combat the passing attack of our opposition. And...I cannot help but think this was brought about because of the unique talents of Thieneman?

Playing a safety up closer to the box, (in the middle) allows Dillion Thieneman to crash in run-support, and yet help out in the mid-zones in pass defense. It makes sense against a run-heavy B1G conference, and we had it implemented on us in the Rose Bowl...so we know it works! It morphs into a Tampa-2 kind of defense for passes, but I think it takes a very savvy safety, (such as Dillon) to make this work. Although...I believe Kingston Lopa was playing this spot in relief, and he sure brought the wood on some running plays. Thanks for pointing this our Eric, and we look forward to more of your thoughts on this and other elements of the team! Kingston Lopa

What is remarkable to me is how nearly two-thirds of the conference only have recruits travel only a third or half as much. We have a tall disadvantage to overcome, as prior coaches knew, but Lanning and his staff overcome these barriers.

I've been staying in touch with 30Duck, who has a tech issue and thus why he has not posted in a while. He hopes to be back in a few weeks, but he did give me HIS prediction... Oregon 46-14 Two Turnovers Two Sacks 268 Passing yards

Hello My OBD FishDuck Forum Friends! What is your prediction of Oregon versus Northwestern? 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. We Have Two New Rules: If two winning scores are the same? The first one who posted wins, automatically. TerryM9 gets 42-6 locked in every time as his. (I love this guy!) Please follow directions, as I need all that is below for tiebreakers: --the winner --the score --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team --the number of passing yards by the Ducks. My prediction is: Oregon 48-13 2 3 251