Charles Fischer

If Oregon beats Ohio State, and continues to win...then the OSU/Michigan game becomes less relevant. By contrast, the battle of the Os at Autzen will have a huge TV audience I believe, due to how curious everyone will be. How good is Oregon? That is the question they will tune in for...

We call it, “Yell—O” night!

Trojan fans are delighted with the prospect of Lanning long-term...

My feathered friends, an article in The Athletic about Dan Lanning was published this morning, and it was superbly researched and written. In good faith, I cannot copy the whole article, but I will give you a few tasty-tidbits including what is in the title. I suggest subscribing to this publication and they have a one-dollar per month fee is all this first year. Tons of great stuff from them... The article wraps the information about Coach Lanning around the tattoos he got just over a year ago, and what he conveyed to the artist, Alec Turner of Eugene in the process. Turner admitted that never has an Oregon coach come to him for a tat, and this production encompassed Lanning's life to date. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Think Dan Lanning Will Leave Oregon? Check the Ink by Christopher Kamrani Excerpts Trent Figg, head coach at Division III Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Mich., is one of Lanning’s former teammates and roommates. Figg says Lanning hasn’t changed since he’s ascended college football’s coaching ladder. Figg’s scouting report of his friend Dan Lanning (not head football coach Dan Lanning) is succinct: He’s a social butterfly and the life of the party at all times. He loves action movies. He likes to smoke a cigar. He likes to cook steak on his own stovetop. He still wears white Nike dress socks to work every day. “He’s the most loyal person I’ve ever been around,” says Figg. “Like, if you talk about why he stayed in Eugene instead of going to Alabama, he sees the value in how people have invested in him, and he fully believes in himself. He’s a very confident person. And he totally believes in what he has at Oregon.” Lanning: “Loyalty to me is giving the best you got every day, 10 toes down on the job that you’re responsible for and owning that and realizing success will come from that. I get to live my dream. I get to do exactly what I signed up for and what I’d hoped.” “How cool is that? (Turning down Alabama) That’s who I committed to,” Dillon Gabriel says. “That coach is the guy everyone wants for the right reasons. He’s great at connecting with people, he listens, he understands, he can translate that into action from a guy who’s been in it for a long time. Everything he’s said has come to fruition. He just keeps it real, and I think you can appreciate that. He just does the easy things at an elite level. He’s mastered it. That’s exactly why people want him.” “Dan likes to prove people wrong,” Figg says. “Dan knows he can win a national championship at Oregon, and he wants to show the world he can do it.” “I love being part of a program that’s proactive,” Lanning says. “They’ve always wanted a great product. This is a place where you can create that.” But in talking to Lanning, Tat Artist Turner says he felt like the head coach is sold on the life and pace of his hometown. Before Lanning walked out the doors, he told Turner something the artist now fully believes. “He told me he wanted to retire here,” Turner says. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good gosh my FishDuck Friends, with Dan Lanning...

Many B1G pundits have been generous, but the majority know nothing about us--and simply throw a dart as to what they think of the future is of the Ducks. He put Lincoln Riley, Kirk Ferentz of Iowa and James Franklin of Penn State ahead of Lanning? And I had some respect for Big-10 Ted for another video done recently? Not now...

No, I am not talking about Lincoln Riley. But below is astounding...where would Oregon be without the portal?

Exciting take about Oregon and Dan Lanning...

Fantastic point. Imagine if Dano was recruiting to a school in Ohio, or Georgia, or Texas.

I agree with that, but with the way he is recruiting the high school talent...it is only a matter of another two years before all this superb recruiting at the HS level truly comes to fruition. I also agree with you in that he will always rely on the portal to plug holes, or to add when exceptional opportunity presents itself, but I do believe the number of starters from the portal will be a ton less in three years. And if not? No problem, as Dano has shown already that with the portal he's....

Quotes like below from the article above never get old... "Riley might have made appropriate staffing adjustments, but the residue of last year’s failed 8-5 season likely contributed to Harmon choosing Oregon over USC. The Ducks are closer to a national title than the Trojans are. Harmon’s decision can be seen as rational in that context." Interesting note....the author of the article, a hardcore Trojan, actually shot pictures for FishDuck when we played at USC years ago... And he is still helping me with quotes like that!

Before the move to the B1G....remember the chortling of Trojan fans?

I wish I could change the popular narrative of the two Washington losses last year. Most focus on the fourth down plays, (of which Bo blew one of them, yet Stein gets the grief) but nobody takes into account THE major factor for those losses. The second half of the first UW game and the entire second UW game was played by the Oregon defense without BOTH corner starters. Yes the reserves were adequate, but when you consider how good Jahlil Florence and Khyree Jackson were as starters....and we only lost by three points to an extraordinary passing team? Do you all think that our corner starters are worth at least THREE points? I do, and I believe it is the primary component in the loss. Against a primarily running team? No. But against that very skilled passing opponent--the slightest margin of talent made all the difference in a game such as that. I should copy this off and refer to it often over the years...

The best recruiter is a tall order, considering what is occurring around the nation at the nation's elite programs. Yet you make a great case, and adding the retention element is crucial, as anyone can check Colorado as the "prime" example. They brought in a ton of transfers, and the revolving door continues, with the 'Buffs losing many players they wished would stay. Another element to this is his astounding rate of success with who transfer in; very, very few portal players have not worked out for Oregon which points to amazing research and vetting by the staff and in the player visits. Lanning does not have a juggernaut like Alabama, Georgia or Ohio State....yet. But he is succeeding at a level well above his weight class, and it has many of us fans shaking our heads at all the good fortune. The real test is if you take Division Street and all of Oregon's resources and plug in a different coach? You do not get the same results. Lanning is exceptional! Come to Oregon!

It's OK to have a different opinion; if he runs a 4.80 as you say--then he won't be playing, and it will sort itself out soon enough. We have a lot of safeties in the room, thus by comparison--his speed will be revealed early on.

I believe that No. 44 Teitum Tuioti is the next big success at Edge, the elite pass-rusher. He had two sacks last year, but had 2.5 in the Spring Game alone? That is development, but he also showed extraordinary skills covering the pass downfield against one of the best tight ends in the nation, Terrance Ferguson. He is quite the athlete.... I believe when the season is done--he will have the most sacks.

Maybe I should consider that as well?

I'm sure USC will be fine...

The same after seven innings.

Same, down 4-3 after six innings.

Crap! We trail 4-3, but left the bases loaded and stranded!