Charles Fischer

Working, working, working....the Scrap-12? So far..

My Duck-Buddies, I cannot stand even hearing the words, "Pac-12" anymore, because the Pig-2 and the other Mountain West teams are an abomination to the name. When I think of all the national championships won in the conference in all sports--and the current six in the new Pac earned how many? Damn few. It is revolting that the name is used with the current group...which is why they kept it and are spending untold millions to buy teams into it, instead of reverse merging with the Mountain West. They are coasting on the name, as they did for decades, while being overpaid for what they brought to the conference. I am drawing a blank, but we need to come up with an alternate name for the new Pac-12, and I appeal to this amazing community to come up with one we can refer to, and perhaps might catch on elsewhere. Something appropriate for this level of competition...

Good gosh Jordan! I could stay up all night and not come up with this! Love it! "...the Broncos’ bell cow back continues to elude defenders and post wackadoo stats that elicit severe bowel discomfort amongst opposing defensive coordinators. (Talk about preparing for the runs!)"

So, we will play late to compete with other west coast programming...such as Pig-2?

IMHO, they have another G-5, now G-6 conference. But perhaps when the Playoffs go to 16 teams? The top seeds need some cannon fodder in the first round...

I have faith...

I got sucked into that too. Bottom line is that networks need late game programming, and the former Pac-4 fit that bill perfectly. It is a good thing that so many of our B1G games will be at decent times, especially when traveling because our game next week STARTS at 11:00 PM Eastern?

Washington looked to have a whole grade level above Northwestern, and after we dominated Oregon State last week--they looked stronger than Purdue? Michigan State losing to Boston College? (And I have not got to Maryland, Rutgers, UCLA, etc.) Perhaps I am just looking at the bottom of the conference because I thought Illinois and Nebraska had good teams, but not great. Obviously there are great teams at the top, and seems like it might top-heavy? Perhaps many of you have seen more B1G games, and can give me perspective?

Actually...on MIchigan's second touchdown, the Trojan corner/safety at the edge was held badly, and it was not seen or called. Had I been a USC fan...I'd be howling too. It was pretty blatant.

So, Washington is up 17-2 at half, and Beavis is 0-0, (naturally) and Florida State leads Cal 7-6 at the half. Good stuff!

Let's switch the discussion of the evening games to the new thread I started on the front page. Utah up by three, has a minute and a half left, the ball, and 3rd and 3. Make this first down and they win the game; Oklahoma State packed nine men in the box, and the Utes still ran through them for the first down. Great blocking gives me the shivers...

Let's discuss the Huskies, Beavis, Cal and anyone else in this thread since the other got so long. (A good thing!)

Since the title of this thread is for Friday games....let's move discussion of today's games in the thread created for it. My thanks!

Thank you, because that is not from a photographer, but a screenshot from the game. To create, I have to convert the game to MP4 digital, and I spent most of last Sunday searching and finding screenshots for FishDuck articles, and for my use here in the forum. Thanks so much for noticing!

It is a real dilemma for the coaches, because on the offensive line you need cohesion, but you also need to build depth....especially with four of five starters gone next year!

Gadfrie...I got distracted that week and forgot to post the results of the OBD Prediction Contest for the Boise State game! Let us congratulate DuckFan93 as his/her prediction was only eight total points off with 42-31 when compared to a 37-34 final score. My Apologies, and Congrats! Nobody else was even close, so this was a pretty good pick!

He is a former humor writer for FishDuck.com back-in-the-day, and that was his endearing term for the area the Cougs lived in. He wrote some killer-funny articles... You promised me rich farmland with a view, and all I got was Colfax and some dirt! (One of his great lines)

SO MANY good games today, the DVR is going to be busy! Share your thoughts, and do let us know the score of the games you are watching as you have thoughts. Fun day...

I think you are right about Bedford at RG, but Harper seems to play both sides pretty well.

I cannot even imagine how loud and crazy Autzen will be. When Stewart is sprinting for a touchdown--the roar of the crowd will be deafening.

My Duck-Buddies, I normally do not allow any flat-out gambling articles appear in the forum, and I actually quit doing them altogether on FishDuck.com about a month ago. Just placing casino backlinks in articles to help pay the bills, and then I received this article above submitted that truly surprised me. This is a Marketing/SEO company in Denmark, who is promoting a casino site in Costa Rica and the article they sent was the most customized to our audience at FishDuck ever. They linked our forum in the article, and the words of "Our Beloved Ducks" near the beginning is what THEY wrote, not I! I'll be darned...they really read about the Ducks and became familiar with our sites. What a hoot! My thanks for your patience, Charles Odense, Denmark, where the SEO company is located, looks like fun. The SEO company is in Denmark, the casino site is in Costa Rica, and I'm in Eugene Oregon. Sounds pretty global to me!

This was in the 2025 Recruiting thread, and God-Bless NJDuck, Smith72, Steven A., and Jon Joseph for posting these articles and being the best Duck News Hunters on behalf of all of us. This is one of the very rare instances where Rivals rates a player a 5-Star, when the others put him at 4-Star. To make matters more interesting...he is on the offensive line where we need the quality help! It has not happened yet, nor have we fought off the 'Vols response yet, but know that besides Oregon and Tennessee--that this young man was also offered by Washington, (Ha!) USC, Penn State, Oklahoma, Michigan, Alabama, Texas A&M, Georgia, Miami and Ohio State. Whew! Something to watch, as this could be a big impact on a number of levels! Douglas Utu | VolReport N.RIVALS.COM Douglas Utu - 2025 5 Star Offensive tackle for Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV) on Rivals.com Oregon Trending for Four-Star Offensive Lineman - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Four-star offensive lineman Douglas Utu has been committed to Tennessee for three months but Oregon could be making a move.

When Oregon wins....we are awarded the Golden Paddle...and get to use it on the Husky Coach!

Good-gosh there are a ton of interesting games this weekend, so let's start it off now for the Friday games. I am curious; have any of you watched Nebraska or Illinois play yet? Thoughts about them? BTW, I was very impressed with Indiana when I watched the game in 60, as they seem to have a complete team. Are you watching the Cougs play? To me, the USC-Michigan game is another good-or-good result; if USC wins, then it could help us meet them later in the B1G Championship if everything went the right way, and I'd love to see talking-heads spin. Other the other hand if USC loses...

Of course! But it is a LONG SEASON, and you gotta keep some stuff in your back-pocket to refer to later. For like next Friday.... Because I have a backlink order to fill...I will be writing a short article for Saturday with some other tidbits. You know, a title about how the TEs at Oregon block the ISO play--would have been boring as hell. But throw the word "Sniffer" into the title, and everyone is wondering what a "Sniffer" has to do with Oregon football. Fun stuff!