Charles Fischer

Dan Lanning loves messing with O-Line coach's head with his blitzes. We saw much more of them last year, and he knows that with a high scoring offense--it puts pressure on the opposing offense to score and keep up. Thus he can dial up the blitzes and create turnovers the way Nick Aliotti did when Chip would get a big lead. Thus he sees the need for an explosive offense. My belief is that he wants to match what Georgia does on defense, but have a slightly better offense. I could live with that! Great interview, as Colin does it well, and Dan really makes you comfortable.

Do I agree? NO. I think Terrance Ferguson is a better TE, and Josh Conerly Jr. at offensive tackle. What an offense!

Look, we are not at the top of the rankings yet for 2025 high school signees, but by the end...we will have a blockbuster class because this year is "harvest" time for all the seeds that the Lanning staff has planted over the last two years. The most recent offensive tackle verbal spoke of how Dan Lanning has been recruiting him for a couple of years. Note below that Oregon has eight verbals thus far, and all but one is a Rivals 4-Star? A super high quality class! Omigosh! Washington has five verbals, and NONE are 4-Stars? Good gosh, the class at Oregon State compares closer to the Huskies class than the Oregon class does. Wowsa. It does my heart good to see them both at an equally BAD level! Bow down to the Huskies? Naw, before long they will be Lanning's Lapdogs!

I completely agree with the restrooms, and the WiFi....and the others, but I think those others would cost way too much to fix. My other suggestions: --We need more "yell" traditions, and something unique that sets us apart. "Shout" is wonderful, but we need more of which are shorter and gets us going... --We need to be wearing "Yell-O" much more often. Wearing black to the Ohio State game is stupid-as-hell, as it makes the stadium and crowd look small...and looks ugly on TV.. I have a novel idea....how about wearing the official colors of Oregon, and provide the yellow coats, vests, etc. for sale? Nothing like an a Yell-O stadium....

Orange-headed wacko step-child?

A good thought...perhaps make it bit more distant, like... Second Cousin?

The Pig-2 want to pull the ultimate rip-off. They want to steal the money, AND join a Power-4 conference after everything shakes out over the next two years. If they worked as hard to build their brand and audience, as they are at stealing millions from others--they would not be in this fix.

It is hard to believe the amount of writing he does pretending that reality does not exist. Below are his comment, and some Mr. FishDuck thoughts about them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: Suppose Oregon State and WSU were going to add eight G5 teams to their conference. Who would be the top choices? For me: SDSU, Boise State, Memphis, Tulane, USF, UConn, Colorado State, and UNLV. — @IceDevilCA A: I’m only adding six unless you put a gun to my head. I prefer to wait and see what happens in the ACC and the rest of the landscape. But San Diego State would be at the top of my “want” list. The geography works and you’ve got a toe back in Southern California. After that, I’ll take Boise State, Colorado State, UNLV, Fresno State, and Air Force. FD: The free-market has shown that the Pig-2 are not Power-4 quality, and what is listed above is simply shifting Mountain West teams into a another conference. The Pac-whatever would still be just another Group-of-Five conference, and no amount of Pig-2 lipstick can change that. That maintains geographical integrity and gets the Pac-12 to the NCAA’s minimum of eight conference members. If Stanford and Cal are eventually available and interested, I’d want some room to add them, but I wonder if the Bay Area schools would be caught dead alongside the members I’ve noted. For those who think that OSU and WSU should just accept relegation and join the MWC, I’d offer that they’d be surrendering more than $200 million in assets by doing so. That would be dumb. Under the circumstances, you’re either rebuilding or accepting a no-brainer invitation to a P4 conference. FD: Of course! If you have been overpaid for decades by the Pac, and you can steal 200 million you did not earn...why shouldn't you steal from other former conference members? Canzano is SUCH a good guy, such a moral man!

No doubt Oregon will have to work hard to retain this verbal, as Florida is a long ways away... I LIKEY....

BTW....that makes seven of eight commits are Rivals 4-5 Stars, and that will help our Blue-Chip rating in the future! 2025 Oregon Ducks Football Commitment List OREGON.RIVALS.COM The definitive source for all Oregon news.

This makes overt sense, yet my gut feeling is that with Stewart going deep, Tez on drag patterns across the middle, and Ferguson on seam routes...Gabriel is going to go bonkers with our passing attack, IMHO. Passing or running? It is good-or-good! Traeshon Holden

Ha! I forgot about that, and thank goodness for the coach to point that out. Yep, the Counter is a constraint to the Inside Zone going one direction, and the running back begins that direction, and the pivots and goes the other direction following the pulling linemen. For linebackers following their keys of the RB direction--his steps get them going to one side of the LOS, but with pulling the linemen--the other side of the LOS has a nasty overload of blockers over there. So the Counter is a constraint of sequential play, and this play in the analysis is a constraint off that! Love it.

The time of the year when the topics to write about are scarce, thus a click-bait type of article. Stein will have Gabriel doing just fine with the best receiving room in America, one of the best TEs in the nation, with one of the best offensive lines in college football. And a Will Stein offense? I predict....

Probably one of the other Pac-12 teams joining, as USC is coming back strong. They should have been in the playoffs this year, IMHO.

Wowsa. This is SO IMPORTANT, as frankly the OL recruiting has not had the same level of success as all other positions in the past two years under Lanning. Portal? Yes, but high school recruiting has been OK, not great compared to the trenches on the defensive side. Remember, Rivals is a tougher ranking, and he is a 4-Star with them and was offered by 13 teams of the SEC, including Georgia and Alabama, Oklahoma, TAMU, etc. Most all the biggies including Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson, and even USC offered as well and Our Beloved Ducks prevailed! Whew! Ziyare Addison | DuckSportsAuthority N.RIVALS.COM Ziyare Addison - 2025 4 Star Offensive tackle for Carrollwood Day (Tampa, FL) on Rivals.com

Everyone is entitled to an opinion here, and note I was not disagreeing. What bothers me are four months of posts about the sport, and I never see some of these "fans" until Oregon chokes in a Playoff game. Then they gotta come in drop some negative that is obvious to all. The loss hurt me bad in how our pitchers collapsed, but having fans who I never see post about the sport now coming in to pile on? Geez.

So for 60 games I am cheerleading nearly to myself about Oregon Baseball....but let something bad happen? The Boo-Birds emerge. In 84 years before Coach Waz...we made the Regionals a total of 7 times, but have four times under Waz already, and back-to-back Super-Regionals, of which has not ever been done at Oregon before. He has not solved the pitching problem; he gave young men a chance to be the hero, and they crumbled. It happens in all sports. There are times I am very disappointed in Oregon fans, as fans that do not support a sport...except to come in and dump on it during the playoffs? Be better.

So for 60 games I am cheerleading nearly to myself about Oregon Baseball....but let something bad happen? The Boo-Birds emerge. In 84 years before Coach Waz...we made the Regionals a total of 7 times, but have four times under Waz already, and back-to-back Super Regionals, of which has not ever been done at Oregon before. He has not solved the pitching problem; he gave young men a chance to be the hero, and they crumbled. It happens in all sports. There are times I am very disappointed in Oregon fans, as fans that do not support a sport...except to come in and dump on it during the playoffs? Be better.

8-4 good guys after six innings!

Same score after five innings.

7-4 Oregon after four innings!

Omigosh! Oregon is up 7-2 after three innings! Anson Aroz saved a home run!

Good gosh! What a start! Oregon up 4-1 after one inning with back-to-back-to-back home runs by Chase Meggers, Drew Smith and Anson Aroz. Whew!

Right. If anybody has been reading what I’ve written 50 sometimes over the course of the season, they would know that I have been critical of our pitching. And I say again earlier in this thread, that the next step is improved recruiting in the pitching. I am not saying we don’t have room for improvement at all. As I too am critical. But I just wonder where all these critical fans have been for the last four months… ”We love you when you’re winning.”