Charles Fischer

They and our neighbors to the north are Rat-Bastards....

Unbelievable. I am blacked out in EUGENE! I need a game recording for analysis purposes, and will be scrambling between now and Saturday for solutions. I am on hold right now after yelling at Xfinity...

Frankly, I’ve seen enough of DeBoer to last a long time.,,

So sweet to have Jordan writing again for the football season! He is the epitome of our writers...who do it for the love of writing. He is a Managing Editor for a small newspaper in SoCal, and has a family with two small kids. And he writes for FishDuck? David Marsh is in a similar spot, and both these guys are FishDuck Heroes!

Goodness. All people have to do is a Google Search! Must we provide EVERYTHING here?

Amen my Duck-Brothers and Sisters, as I learn so much from all of you. This feedback, frankly, is surprising. My sense was that we were posting too much, so it is good to ask, and great to get responses.

I NEVER thought the day would come....someone pinch me!

The BEST compliment, as that makes my-world-go-round. Thank you!

We have been wrestling with conflicting issues concerning posting all the news articles that you see everyday. On one hand, they are incredibly handy, and prevents having to go to 20 different sites to see Duck News. Yet I worry about too many crowding out discussion, of which is THE objective of a forum. I want discussion, and not to become another news source or data aggregator. It is also a very careful balancing act of how many articles to provide. Too many and we don't read any of them? Our objective originally, a year ago was...."bring it all here." But now we have been thinking of just getting you the majority of the major news per day, which might only be about a dozen articles. We do have all the major site links up in the "News" page at the top of the site in yellow letters if you want to go check out other sites for news. So We Need Your Feedback! --What percentage of articles posted do you read? --Are there too many posted? --How many is an ideal amount? Just the most important? --Do you even want them at all? You can answer below or email me charles@fishduck.com for privacy if you like. THANK YOU!

He is a Rivals 4-Star! Vander Ploog | TheDawgReport N.RIVALS.COM Vander Ploog - 2025 4 Star Tight end for Troy (Fullerton, CA) on Rivals.com

Oregon looking for a flip Tight end is a position of need for Oregon as head coach Dan Lanning and the Ducks work on a class that ranks No. 12 nationally. They’ll be one to watch moving forward with Fullerton (Calif.) Troy On300 tight end Vander Ploog following a scholarship offer this week. The 6-foot-6, 210-pound Ploog is tabbed by the On3 Industry as the nation’s No. 12 tight end and No. 206 prospect overall. He gave the Huskies a verbal in June.

Remember...Our Beloved Baseball Ducks have finished No. 12 in the nation two years in a row! Jacob Walsh

This article discusses the four that made the top 100 list, but the Ducks have a bunch of other transfers as well. Big news in that the All-Time Home Run leader, Jacob Walsh is returning for his senior season at Oregon! And the most promising pitcher to transfer in...came from Washington! Four Ducks land inside Baseball America's top 100 transfer portal additions 247SPORTS.COM As the transfer portal season for baseball wrapped up, Baseball America released a list of the top 100 players with four incoming Ducks making the list.

We do not know Dan's total compensation package, because a Non-Qualified Deferred Comp plan is not reportable and we saw stuff written about how Phil and Dan have something set up on the side that will assure Dan being a wealthy man. However, Non-Qualified Deferred Comp plans do have stipulations of time of employment and/or achievement thresholds to meet in order to get the money or NIKE stock. BTW..."Non-Qualified" simply means it is not an IRA, a 401-K, a government sanctioned retirement savings device, a "Tax-Qualified Saving Vehicle." NQ Comp plans are very common in business to retain great employees over time, thus I believe strongly in the "smoke where there is fire" concerning what has been written and rumored about the existence of this NQ Def. Comp plan set up for Dano. I think there is a plan between them...

Every week it will happen right in front of them...but each team will not believe it until they play Oregon. I really don't think most fans, even Oregon fans "get" what we have on defense--as I outlined in the article. Tysheem Johnson getting a sack on a Safety Blitz!

Amen Duck Brother! When we wear Yell-O....the background for TV is incredible. And I am biased because of how good the background for pictures in FishDuck look...

USC Fans are GOOD with it...

It looked good against Colorado last year...

I will admit this looks good on TV...

Are there going to be enough fans to fill in behind the Oregon bench?

My FishDuck Friends, what Dano is doing on the quality side of recruiting as never been done at Oregon before. Yes, we've had some flips that have moved Oregon's Rivals ranking down to No. 12, but it is still early. Note how few we have compared to the others, thus our ranking has a ton of upside for later. Note also the average recruit ranking for 2025 is an astounding 4.07? That has not happened or been sustained before...geez. No. 2 in the nation for quality--wowsa. 2025 all-teams football recruiting team rankings N.RIVALS.COM 2025 all-teams football recruiting team rankings by Rivals.com Note how for 2026 class, we have five verbals and all five are Rivals 4-Stars, for a perfect 4.00 average! Both classes at 4.0 or better average? Insane. 2026 all-teams football recruiting team rankings N.RIVALS.COM 2026 all-teams football recruiting team rankings by Rivals.com Can you believe it?

Wow. In another rare instance, Rivals is giving a higher ranking than the others when usually--Rivals is lower and tougher to qualify. Dutch Horisk is a Rivals 4-Star, and he was offered by a pretty good group of schools other than Oregon, such as Texas A&M, Penn State, Tennessee, Miami, USC, and Oklahoma. Others see upside! Dutch Horisk | DuckSportsAuthority N.RIVALS.COM Dutch Horisk - 2026 4 Star Strongside defensive end for St. John Bosco (Bellflower, CA) on Rivals.com