Charles Fischer

Yep, we had a “thread-hyjack” going on… Back to the damn Huskies!

Players like Tysheem Johnson, (below) and Holden on offense will improve even more with one more year...

This also means the pool of transfer QBs for USC is drying up....

With that offense? Not much downside!

Whoops! Apparently that was a hoax, and I thank the OBD member in that area, Notalot, for researching and confirming that the tweet at the top is not true.

You have not read all that has written about this issue. Phil did not help Oregon until we went to the Rose Bowl and Cotton Bowl on our own. Winners want to work with winners, and we had to prove it on our own first. Oregon State has not done anything like that, and besides--they have tons of alumni who have done well in business, yet have not been attracted to the program. Again...not Oregon's fault. Even with that first project...the indoor facility bears the name of the major donor at the time Ed Moshofsky, a former Oregon player who helped get the project going.

It is reported on another site that there is another visitor this weekend, and he does not want his name leaked. Could it be Harbor? Harbor is an elite athlete that I wanted bad last year, and is an elite track athlete as well. Get'im Dano!

This makes Gary Bryant Jr. expendable if the Texas A&M transfer decides to join us. I'd like Bryant, but he may decide to leave if the transfer comes, and if so--it is a good trade for us. With Tez and Holden in hand, things look good. Now we need Ferguson to stay!

We are not blaming them for the demise of the conference, but they are blaming us. The major component in why they are in this spot is their athletic department management over the decades. They did not do anything to make their brand special, to build their fan base, and now they want to blame their current situation on Oregon?

Life is good, and discussion is better when Darren Perkins is writing for FishDuck....

Good idea, since most will not have a dawg-in-the-fight.

It almost feels like they are spacing these announcements out? So that each player has a day to be in the glow of a wonderful announcement?

More coming later to savor… You may raise an eyebrow at my "wording" in the title, but for those who have followed my umpteen posts, and over 600 articles I've written on FishDuck over the last dozen years--the "B" word is routine and reserved for Washington. It is the one bad word allowed here and not caught by the profanity-software, and is permitted for use by everyone in context to Washington. I never use it for other teams because...1) no others generate the antipathy from me that Washington fans do, and 2) Oregon State has fallen so far in my view that they are not even worthy of denigration that comes from respect. The Game! With the small lineup due to injuries, the Ducks are surviving and flourishing, but not dominating at all. We are 10th in the conference in rebounding, but we are No. 1 in the conference for turnover differential, which means this group is taking care of the ball well, and creating turnovers at a high rate. Oregon is No. 2 in the conference for steals, and you see a ton of Ducks poking the ball out to other teammates, of which starts a fast-break. We used to own Hec Edmondson when Payton was here....can Jackson Shelstad revive that?

No sweat, I got your back. No. 1...amen Duck-Brother, as it will be nice to have an uneventful off-season. It makes for less conversation here, but we also won't have people going bonkers. Glad you pointed out another very positive development from Dan Lanning. No. 2...it sure is nice to have new members like you jumping in and contributing as you have. OBD members...if you joined in the last three months? Dive in, as this Duck Pond is safe and you do not need any expertise; just give us your thoughts, and that's it! No. 3...We have a number of new members that have been fun to read, and I invite all the newbies to get started, and keep going!

An assistant lost, but the leader, Wilson Love, is still with us and that is big.

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Experience is everything....

Truly one of the best passing seasons ever…

Make all NIL contracts to require post-season participation.

If we'd had a 12 team playoff this year...I cannot help but wonder how many of these teams Oregon would have beat.

It does make you wonder...how good would Herbert have been with this offense, these players, and these coaches? Plug in Dan Fouts? Whew!

George....how were you going to improve on 22 million--that had contingencies? Even 30 million being rejected is nowhere close to what Oregon will get with 49 million a year averaged over 10 years, minus the 3.5 million average per year exit fee from the Pac-12. (Oregon State's ransom) We get 23.5 million a year MORE for leaving, and you could not even match that difference with your entire offer? Let me guess...it is the FANS fault, right?

Interesting point to ponder....what if Justin Herbert played at QB at Oregon this year? Whew!

Incoming competition at safety...