Charles Fischer

I am so fascinated with this game! Well, I've known that for years...

I understand. It isn’t good enough that Oregon is No. 2 in the nation in scoring, and averaging 44 points a game, and what did we put up today? I don’t think people appreciate what we have, as opposed to expecting perfection. (IMHO) As I am going through the game, I see we attacked them with some new tactics I had not seen before that I will cover in the off-season. People will disagree with me, and that’s fine. Goodness knows I have been wrong my share of the time too!

Michigan's defense looks pretty stout; offensive line pass protection is going to be paramount when we play them...

Disagree. He correctly identified poor pass defense as I did in my preview article, and he attacked it. Bo threw a low ball, and the receiver missed it on the first series--of which the WR was wide open.. The play was wide open also on the third down before the field goal. My gosh Tez was so open, but the pass was blocked at the LOS. Good play-call, not Stein's fault on either...

With six minutes and 22 seconds left in the first quarter, Oregon ran an overload blitz that made the Liberty quarterback throw the ball away. Dorlus was in on that play…

I thought OC Will Stein called not only a great game, but really identified weaknesses in the Liberty defense. I certainly like some of the innovation, and there was one offensive formation that Liberty was not prepared for. That is something to break down in the off-season!

I’m going to check it when I go back through the game later, but I do not recall a single bad snap by Poncho, and considering how well we ran the ball, it was impressive. I did not notice any glaring deficiencies from our freshman replacement at center. Anybody else notice anything?

I could swear I saw No. 3 out there...but I did not hear his name!

I would usually root against an SEC team, but now have added incentive for a future B1G fellow conference member in the Wolverines. Thoughts about this game?

The difference of a QB in all the little things, and the knowledge of the offense and the defense you are going up against? A newbie QB certainly would have scored, but not to that degree. The difference of an experienced QB cannot be overstated, as it can offset other weaknesses of a team, and catapult a team that is good into great. I am not real surprised at how much Oregon scored; I thought we would move the ball easily enough, and frankly was so surprised at how well an ol Chip Kelly Outside Zone Read did throughout the game. They were weaker at perimeter defense than I saw coming and I salute the defensive staff for identifying it. I certainly thought that Liberty would not make the drops and mistakes they did on offense and would score more. But I am quite happy with the result. I was hoping we would rise to the occasion on defense, and we did.

Let's move to new threads on the front page. Start one!

Let’s Go Ducks!

Here we are my Duck-Buddies, the thread for pondering the actual game as it happens. Let's discuss before, and during the game! The vast majority of you are GREAT in this thread, but you must remember that this forum is different, as we require civilized discourse. Discussion of negative is fine, but don't vent on us! Rule No. 31d covers GameDay Thread Conduct, and it is not hard for the vast majority of us--just a tiny few who need to reign it in when things don't go well for Our Beloved Ducks. Let's Have Fun Posting During the Game!

Good gosh this will get ugly in conference...wait until we play Arizona, Stanford, UCLA or USC? (or Washington State, or Colorado...and we have to play them all twice?) We only scored 41? On the Beavers? Somebody please...give me some upside?

Beer AND coffee!

Wow… No. 4 Arizona lost at the ‘Furd, 100-82? Whew!

The trendy thing with IPAs now is nearly every new beer has a ton of citrus in it. Thus, no need to add more, IMHO. Love this one...

Why? Why do we enjoy the misery of Cristobal? I will NEVER be Noble...

We have games playing today, but look who is at the top of the standings...even if for a day... Gotta enjoy it!

I never fuss with that nonsense. But I am impressed with the flavor of Widmer's versus others out there.

Hello My OBD FishDuck Forum Friends! What is your prediction versus Liberty? Take your shot and let's have fun with it... Lets get these predictions started, and remember I look for the differential between your predicted points with both teams from the actual points. I will use the tiebreaker information when needed, so provide all the data below! Entries without ALL the information are invalid, and predictions on other threads don't count. Please follow directions, as I need all that is below for tiebreakers: --the winner --the score --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team --the number of passing yards by the Ducks. My prediction is: Oregon, 34-20, 2, 1, 322

It is as good as reason as any to have either an Oregon Craft Beer IPA, or a famous Oregon Widmer Hefe...watching 2023 Oregon games!

Two really big ego guys...