Charles Fischer

That is a poorly written "blah-blah" article that tells us nothing beyond the obvious. And he confuses us--is he referring at times to the '23 class or the '24 class? Regardless...USC has to win one of them?

I recorded it, and when I learned they won--watched it last night and could hardly believe it. If the injured players has not been--I can't imagine what this team could have achieved this season. They can still make the Tournament, but darn near have to win out from here. Cousinard is as advertised, and more. And I still don't understand why Soares started and was allowed to play at all. The team has a ton of upside, but I think Dana misses his long-term assistants more than even he realized at first. Well, that and the constantly changing roster....thoughts? Jermaine Couisnard

Pretty incredible portal recruit analysis, recruiting and coaching by the Oregon staff!

I love how we are going after State of Washington recruits aggressively--stick it to the Huskies too! Thanks for the update Alex!

I did not watch any NFL for years until Justin Herbert began playing for LA, thus I have begun watching an occasional Charger game during the season. This weekend will the most NFL for me in who-knows-how-many years. Gotta watch the Chargers with Justin, but I like the 49er offense--they still do some Zone-Reading, and I love how they pull offensive linemen into space. And I gotta catch a Viking game once in a while, and now with three Ducks in that game and it went to OT last time--can't miss football for me. How about you? Saturday Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers (Arik Armstead/Deommodore Lenoir), 1:30 p.m., FOX Los Angeles Chargers (Justin Herbert) at Jacksonville Jaguars, 5:15 p.m., NBC Sunday New York Giants (Kayvon Thibodeaux) at Minnesota Vikings (Troy Dye/Johnny Mundt), 1:30 p.m., FOX Troy Dye still stirs up the crowd...

I am not Dazed, but what matters is in the fourth year, as I believe we will improve next year on defense and special teams, but we are not going to be "there" yet. So whatever the other schools do in the meantime--good for them. Once the Dan-Man has this going like Kirby...what they do...

We really did have a bad defense and special teams. To think that a couple of bad coaching decisions kept us from 11-1 in the regular season is amazing. Had we gone to the Playoff--we would have been embarrassed like TCU. Dazed was right....by the time the complete team is built and ready to contend for a 'Natty--Lanning will have tightened up the "decision area," IMHO.

Already happened. Stetson Bennett. How Stetson Bennett went from walk-on to national champion WWW.FOXSPORTS.COM Former walk-on Stetson Bennett never gave up on his Georgia dream. Now, the QB is a national champion, Martin Rogers writes.

That is not de-recruitment, as has been described a couple of times. How Dan Lanning Will Trim the Football Roster to 85 FISHDUCK.COM I read the posts on the Our Beloved Ducks forum where the question often was, "we are way over our 85 scholarship limit–how are we going to trim anywhere from... Lanning Laws: "That Won't Last a Week at Oregon" FISHDUCK.COM The Oregon fan base is excited about the arrival and results thus far of Head Coach Dan Lanning. Yet we know very little about him beyond the obvious résumé...

Good article giving us perspective, and the NC sure honed that in for many us.

But is he part of the filtering process that Georgia does? If so... How Dan Lanning Will Trim the Football Roster to 85 FISHDUCK.COM I read the posts on the Our Beloved Ducks forum where the question often was, "we are way over our 85 scholarship limit–how are we going to trim anywhere from... A five star leaving Texas ATM is different than this...why leave the two-time national champion? Something smells fishy here...

No you are not. We can say anything about anyone in the world here with only one exception.....we cannot get personal with current players and coaches. That's it, as negative about player performance and coaching decisions is fine...you bet--go for it. Everybody is confused, and of course they never read the rules or pay attention to my monthly references to it in here. They think...."I can't write negative," and that is completely wrong. The rules are at the top of the site....always have been! Not jumping you, woundedknees, but boy this comes up a lot. No. 26: Do not get personal in your posts about the current Players or Coaches: Discussing player performance and coaching decisions is what message boards and forums are all about, and encouraged. However, we must not get personal or nasty toward them. Questioning a play-call or whether a tackle should have been made (Performance-related) is fine, and give your thoughts as to why in one direction or the other. Whether a coach should be retained or a player replaced is also fair-game because they know they are in the public sphere and that goes with the territory. Let’s discuss their shortcomings in terms of player performance and coaching decisions, but Ad Hominem attacks on them are forbidden. To be clear, OBD members can write anything about anyone in the world, and that includes former Oregon players and coaches, as they are not current and thus you can go for it!

Right. It is crazy with a dozen for one position? Two at most needed in an obvious passing situations? This is called, "finding out who can play?" There will be huge fallout in this position over the next year... And it will show veterans that they better play hard every down.

It was coaching as well, IMHO. But I do believe that this is a three-year install, with it coming together in the mid-2024 season. This year will be an improvement, while late 2024 will be the beginning of something special in defense at Oregon. 2024 is my fantasy defense, and I'm sticking to it!

If Riley were to take the NFL job, (which he might to get out of HS recruiting, portal recruiting, and recruiting his own guys to stay) then all the current signees to the USC 2023 class could opt out...and Oregon could benefit! At minimum it would help us immediately with speedster Rodrick Pleasant, and 5-Stars Duce Robinson and Nyckoles Harbor. Duce Robinson

Watching that meltdown?

Gotta feel for USC fans?

Look, I thought Grinch was awesome at WSU for Mike Leach...but the wolves are howling down there! USC Fans React: "If the defense is terrible again the whole blame will shift to Riley." "Let’s hope we get Oregon State Grinch and not back half of the season Grinch. No excuses next season because looking like he will actually have some dudes." "Can we make this thread the official "I NEED TO RAGE POST AND TROLL THREAD," and merge any future anti-Grinch posts here so that the 50 year old men-children have a place to play?" "The program isn't committed to winning national titles like we were told they were. That is disappointing." "Just another B12 team." "Championship talk is hollow from Riley. Penix gonna hang 80 on us lol." Gotta love it!

Some of the guys returning are going to need to step up their game...which is what Lanning wanted. He knows we needed D-Line depth badly and went out and got some great transfers last year, and now is building on it.

Unbelievable. This helps Oregon in so many ways...our growing image being one, and what Lanning is building. Whew!

I have so many cool photos from the FishDuck photographers...it was time anyway. There is an idea....provide a batch of photos for OBD members to be able to download and use as a background/screensaver on their screen?

A point mentioned on other sites is that often a scholar will not want to get their Ph.D and their Masters at the same university? I don't know anything about that, and those of you in academia or retired from it can tell us better. And I withdraw my comment about it being about NIL; I was disappointed and hot-headed. Not fair to slap something on him when I know no details. This was the screensaver on my home computer....guess I have to change it!

I am very disappointed with this...you put all this time and money into a player and he leaves after this first good year? This must be an NIL thing...

The background photo that those who have desktop or laptop can see has Cota celebrating after catching the winning touchdown in the Holiday Bowl. Look who is circled, (Justin Herbert) and pointed to by the arrow. (Phil Knight) Kind of cool the photographer caught that...

Again, as referenced in the recent article about trimming the roster to 85, I believe that in this first year, Lanning simply did not want to be too rigid and tough on the players as he needed to first build the relationships and build cohesiveness. But I believe he will be demanding that of the future when he has a full roster that is primarily four and five star players. Then we will see players transfer out, and those who remain will be disciplined and tough.