Charles Fischer

People seem to forget that before the days of NIL....the estimated value a couple of years ago of the education and services provided at Oregon for the football players was nearly 2 million dollars over their total time at Oregon. Pac-12 Football Players: All for Them, and NONE for All | FishDuck FISHDUCK.COM Do Pac-12 football players really get it? While that may seem to be insulting to them, it is a question that many of us who do the donating and buying of… Nearly two million in value? You know, that doesn't suck.

Some very interesting perspectives in this article that gives an alternate view to the semi-professional league being bantered about. The problem? It would be the NCAA running it. But the alternative of having the media companies control things is even worse, IMHO. More to ponder--THANKS Mike!

My Duck-Buddies....I am pulled a number of directions as my house closing is coming soon and I just finished moving. But I've been keeping an eye on our Diamond Ducks, and am delighted with the pitching that was recruited into the team over the off-season. Below from one of the above articles... "If Oregon is that deep on the pitching front, and a lot of that will depend of Friday’s starter RJ Gordon and Saturday's starter Kevin Seitter continuing to improve, then Oregon, picked to finish fourth, will have a real chance to win the Pac-12 in their final season." These newbie relievers to Eugene got into some jams with two on base often, and even bases loaded against them, (twice) they managed to get out of it and keep their innings scoreless. Amazing! This is the third game, and we are up against the best hitting team this weekend, and yet we have not seen the following pitchers yet: Toby Twist (highly acclaimed transfer) Matthew Grabmann (Big fastball) Ian Umlandt (From Sherwood, Oregon with good upside) Austin Anderson (Stud senior reliever from Roseburg) Turner Spoljaric (Freshman starter and reliever last year) Leo Uelmen (Freshman starter and reliever last year) Dylan McShane (Raw power from 6'9" frame) Brock Moore (The senior transfer who could be our closer?) And there are some freshman pitchers I know nothing about, but I feel fantastic with the depth of pitching. Oregon looks to have a good team this year!

Remember, when Chip was hired at UCLA, I predicted that he would be a solid eight or nine win kind of coach, “Mora-or-less.” It turns out he was a 500 coach, even below what I projected. I maintain my recent prediction, that the Ohio State offense will not average over 35 points per game in 2024. He is not terrible, but I would take Stein over him in a heartbeat. For greater scoring now, and higher upside, IMHO.

What an incredible crock. They wanted out, just like 10 other teams, but the final two were rejected by all P-5 conferences in the free market. Thus no matter what picture they tried to paint, the reality is, they are MountainWest teams, and have been for decades. They have been overvalued, and massively overpaid for what they provided the rest of the PAC-12 conference, and thus should actually be penalized for the drag on the rest of the conference they have created, due to their lack of building, their brand and their audience. Because they could not be accepted by any of the power five conferences, they re-retreated into the only position left available, and instead of sharing the PAC-12 revenue by those who actually earned it, they choose to try to steal it. Why, nobody else in any other media source is not calling this the greatest sports con of the century, is beyond me. Think of it.., the president of their university is willingly participating in an attempt to deceive everyone of the truth, without taking any responsibility for creating their own results. it epitomizes the victim culture of the day, where you can be completely in the wrong, and yet successfully portray otherwise. It’s sickens me.

I do. Love it.,,

Don...I am with you all the way on this. People who attend games with me are puzzled when I do nothing as the wave goes by...

Oregon is READY for the B1G...

The murmurs from inside the program are that Oregon is having an overall update of the football uniforms--for 2024 as a splash into the B1G! Apparently there are some throwbacks in there? Would they go back this far for a throwback? (So pure...love the leg stripe!) Who remembers Lew Barnes?

Two BIG tackles for Arik Armstead in the first half! I believe that announced that Lenoir caused a KC fumble as well!

Let's get it going!

A Rivals 3-Star who was offered by Miami, Michigan, Ole Miss, Notre Dame, USC and Washington. Matthew Johnson | DuckSportsAuthority N.RIVALS.COM Matthew Johnson - 2025 3 Star Weakside defensive end for De La Salle (Concord, CA) on Rivals.com

Funny how Williams transferred there from Oregon, so he could play more, and he has blossomed.

Do they have a good Nose Tackle? That would finish my wish list…

Dumb move by Ohio State. Prediction: he will not average over 35 points a game with the Buckeyes...even with all that talent. His best years, his peak years were at Oregon. He has been .500 coach since, and Mora was much better. BTW Chip...you still have to recruit! The real question is this....who would you rather have as your OC? Chip or Will Stein? My choice, (in a heartbeat) is below...

Beating the Huskies in any sport is sweet, even if it is ugly. Bastards. My apologies to all; I have not posted much at all in the last couple of days due to my moving out of my home. I sure appreciate others picking up the slack...

I like Mike's idea, but I would want to expand it to 16 teams with eight at-large teams. Too many times you could have a potential national champion who came up short in one game due to injuries, etc. Or take the top two teams in each conference?

Can't enjoy it for long?

Tosh...Good Call!

Updated Rivals ranking puts Oregon at No. 6 in the nation with not many points from fourth. The difference is that all five teams above the Ducks have some Rivals 5-Stars, while Oregon does not in this class. Good-or-Good. Recruiting right there with Ohio State! (Never thought I'd ever write that!) 2024 all-teams football recruiting team rankings N.RIVALS.COM 2024 all-teams football recruiting team rankings by Rivals.com