Charles Fischer

I agree with you. Perhaps if he was in the box--he would see receivers downfield being missed. His reliance on the "check-downs" has become excessive, at least for this game, IMHO. Although an experienced QB would make him look better on the sidelines!

I think we are safe with Will Stein as well!

Last spring and summer--you read my words about how, if ANY team can get a great, experienced portal transfer quarterback...it is OREGON. We've proven how our coaching benefits them, and their experience gets us through the tough moments, and the tough games. I thought it was dumb to NOT take an experienced portal quarterback. "There is no replacement for experience," I stated, and I could not understand why we would stand pat, when, as Indiana demonstrated....good, experienced QBs are out there, and can get you through the epic games. Would we have lost that game with Bo Nix at QB? With Dillon Gabriel at QB? No. They would have been able to create more points because they have BEEN THERE before with Simulated Pressures coming at them. But...as the season began, I began to believe Tez Johnson, and the quotes from coaches that surfaced in the telecasts of the first couple of games. But Saturday showed us..."there is no substitute for experience." Dante Moore will grow and improve, but it will be at OUR expense, of losing games. This is what every QB goes through; there were times he rolled out too soon. Step up and lead your throw downfield to the receiver breaking open. Don't get happy-feet, and cut half the field off before you have to. Yes, I know it is hard to recruit QBs to be back-ups, but this is a new era with NIL, and coaches must adapt. Last year's 12-0 regular season would have been 10-2 with a talented, but inexperienced quarterback, and Gabriel was the difference in a bunch of big moments. He had been there, and done that. Of course Dante could grow into a superb QB by the end of the 2026 season, but how many games do we lose when an experienced QB would not have? This is an option teams did not have in CFB before, and Oregon should be capitalizing on it with no apologies, IMHO. Regardless...we will still see a ton of WINNING Football.

That massive thud you heard was the Bandwagon Oregon fans jumping off. This is a good gut-check time for real Duck fans, as loyalty is something to be admired--even when you lose. We have a few people here who, like a-pig-in-mud....love to wallow in the negative. And that's even when Oregon is good. But I can't complain; everyone is stating the negative, and that is what a forum is for, and the negative will give us satisfaction later when Our Beloved Ducks learn and improve from this experience. And the big thing...I don't see anyone venting on us, as stating negative is usual and fine, but venting is extreme negative done ten times. Thus this loss reflects the positive of this forum; we, as a community have grown. While we are a small number, it is something to be proud of...to be associated with such people of civility and honor. This team will be quite different come December, and I don't mean the Penn State type of different, IMHO. It will be fun to watch the progress, and thanks for everyone for maintaining dignity, and not joining the Bandwagon Oregon fans. I am an Oregon Fan....NO MATTER WHAT.

You know, there a ton of fans out there where I would enjoy what is happening to Penn State. (Like Buckeye fans?) 'Lion fans I do not wish this upon. PSU fans don't deserve this, but as William Munny said to Lil-Bill in Unforgiven....

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DrJacksPlaidPants. I groan not because he won, but because he was the only one who picked Indiana, and against Our Beloved Ducks, and was correct. Good on him, and congrats. Thanks to all for being a part of this contest every week, and for being a part of this unique community. As for Our Beloved Ducks?

Boy was I wrong. We got beat in the trenches, and that is where I thought we'd win. And Dante Moore ignored open receivers further downfield, and focused too much on the check-down option. Drives were stopped by not throwing to open receivers downfield, and by sacks given up by our offensive line. I salute Indiana, as they were great in player performance, and coaching. But Oregon has much more upside, but can we attain it yet this season?

Here we are my Duck-Buddies, the thread for pondering the actual game as it happens. Let's discuss before, and during the game! I have made a major change in how we will moderate our GameDay threads. Bottom line, is that you will be allowed to spew your frustration, to vent, as you wish. But Note the Parameters: --This is for GameDay threads only; you have to behave in the regular forum threads as in the past. --You cannot take shots at those who disagree with you, just like in the forum during the week. Remember how we discussed this upfront in this thread. Let's Have Fun Posting During the Game!

Thanks for providing that...as context is crucial. Maybe this could provide a little bulletin-board material for Tosh today?

I see that Ohio State has a 10-0 lead in late first quarter, and Alabama and Missouri are tied, 7-7.

Oregon! Well four out of five did, with Des Howard, Sabrina, Nick Saban and Kirk Herbstreit going with the Ducks, while Pat McAfee admitted his wife was a Hoosier, so he went that way. In the end....that is nice, but their picks don't matter; the same number picked against us vs. Penn State, so we gotta get it done today!

Same as last time!

I think it is clear....Mullens would not expand by 10K. A few thousand more--perhaps. He will want to leverage more suites and high-end opportunities which don't take much space, but generate revenue. I think 60K is tops, probably from 54K to 57K, and standing room...

John Canzano interviewed Rob Mullens, and I was surprised to hear that expanding Autzen by 10-12,000 is probably NOT in our future? JC: Saturday’s football game against Indiana will be sold out. It feels like you could use 5,000 more seats or maybe some upgraded club or suites that you could upsell. It feels like there’s some money out there for the University of Oregon to recoup. Where do you stand on the expansion of Autzen Stadium or some upgrades? RM: "We love Autzen Stadium. It is a tremendous home-field advantage and tremendous experience, and it’ll be sold out on Saturday. And trending very close to being sold-out for the rest of the year. We’ll have standing-room-only tickets on Saturday. So it’ll be packed, it’ll be loud. That’s something we are always studying. We’re in the middle of a significant facility project right now. I can see out my window in our new indoor football practice facility. And then once we get through that, obviously, we’ll start (looking at it). We’re always thinking about Autzen, and now we have this new $20.5 million line item (revenue sharing) and the financial pressures of ‘What can we do?’ to increase our base and fund third-party NIL to our student athletes. The formula has changed a little bit. Football generates 80 percent of the revenue here. Autzen is our economic engine. And obviously, we want to make sure that we’re staying at the forefront with our fan experience in Autzen, particularly as we’re having success." JC: Could you ever imagine building a new stadium? Or would it always be, what could you do to Autzen? RM: "It would always be, what can you do to Autzen? It’s a special place, and we want to make sure that we continue to have that huge home-field advantage that it presents to itself. There are some limitations because of the number of parking spaces and traffic, just the road infrastructure. That’s one of the things that I thought you captured well (in your reporting from Penn State). When you look out at Penn State and you just see tailgating forever, the amount of parking in proximity to the stadium is pretty impressive. JC: If you had unlimited seats, how many could you sell for Saturday’s game against Indiana? RM: Yeah. The thing that’s always complicated with that is, obviously, we’re a top five football program in a top-10 matchup. But you always want to make sure that you have the number that’s right. That you’re packed and you keep the atmosphere. But I don’t think you ever want to overbuild. When it’s rolling, yeah, sure. There probably is some left on the table. But I think for us, with the road infrastructure, the parking, as we look at it and deliver the experience that we want to deliver, there may be a few more thousand (seats) there, but I don’t think it’s significant." I could not bring you the whole interview, but Mullens expressed concern with making the budget these days considering the new additional cost of NIL, and the cost of providing the resources to create outside NIL to athletes. I sense things are tighter and tougher than being discussed, and I am surprised about Autzen, since I thought we could sell another 10,000 seats for Big-10 games for most of the season.

Good one! How did he know what I look like?

Awwwww...

I salute him....pretty good trolling!

OK...this could be funny...

The Top-Ten newbie is full-of-himself!