Charles Fischer

Because my article went longer than anticipated....I could not get into another blitz I wish to see. I was astonished to see how fast and effective Evan Williams was in blitzing versus Colorado. The fastest way to Penix is a straight line, and Williams runs it faster than a defensive lineman or linebacker. Oregon has blitzes designed to pull the offensive linemen opposite directions in the A-Gaps, and thus create a slot for Williams to run through. With our advantage at Nose Tackle...this might be a great way to disrupt Penix on key plays. Man-coverage and have the free safety flying like a missile at Penix! It can work because 1) our defensive linemen have already shown how to manipulate offensive linemen to set it up, and 2) we have a massive advantage of our Nose Tackles versus their center, and 3) Williams is quite fast and shown a flair for blitzing already. The QB was a Dead Duck...

The risk of trashing the season is not worth the reward. There are plenty of offensive options, so many weapons where Bo running is only needed on a wide open scramble when passing, or on wide open Zone-Read, IMHO.

Incredible interview--learned so much!

Of all people to be spouting this crap...

From a Georgia site...

Taki Taimani and Jackson Powers-Johnson. (See my article tomorrow)

Nope. Anthony Brown... We wore the eggshell vs. UCLA 2021, and Arizona in 2022... Thibs... Arizona last year....

Hello My OBD FishDuck Forum Friends! What is your prediction versus the damn Washington Huskies? 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, 41-27, 2, 2, 278 Touchdown Ducks!

Part of being a great coach is also being a great recruiter, and Husky fans know that, lament it, and will gradually accept their fate in future years.

Past history is that 90-95% it is. We lose one or two each year, and swipe one or two as well.

Amen our new Duck-Brother! Welcome to the forum, and GREAT first post.

Whew! "I mostly haven’t been impressed with Oregon coaching hires in general. There is always that worry that Phil Knight will use his money as a huge advantage to buy a great coach like he does with facilities and recruits. But it never seems to land a great, experienced coach. Right now he’s overpaying Lanning who tries to tell everyone how good he is because he can’t coach well enough to speak for itself." "Dan Lanning has an inventory of all those 4 and 5 star players provided by Nike Phil; he has on paper an overwhelming talent edge according to the experts. Therefore he is expected to win. He is going up against the team and coach last year that beat him and all that talent at his home field. Kalen has out coached and out played Oregon since the day he arrived at Washington. Lanning gets paid the big bucks, Kalen is paid a sort of probationary salary, a guy who won everywhere but the argument was he had not been on the big stage. Lanning had been on the big stage SEC but as an assistant and coordinator. What you see is his record. The argument could be made that a monkey could be hired as coach of Oregon and win with all that talent. So, who has all the pressure on him? Will he make a dumb call or two from the sidelines due to pressure? Will he go for it when he shouldn't have? Good Gosh forbid, will his mighty ducklings be reduced to duck soup by games end losing by 21? Who has the most pressure on their back?" "Coach KBD has complete confidence in his longtime coaching staff! Watching the sidelines during a game, he doesn't micromanage but if he sees something of concern he'll pass it along accordingly to his staff member(s) and then goes his way. I don't believe Lanning has that same relationship with his staff and it's reflected at times in his decision making and media disposition! He's appears, periodically, to be 'a cat on a hot tin roof' and that will definitely BITE him this Saturday at Husky Stadium!" "Anyone giving Oregon the edge in coaching just isn’t plugged in and paying attention. DeBoer’s program is more tested and successful." "There is a word, Class. Can't buy it, can’t be given to you. If you don’t “get” it you will never have it. Some people just never get it." "Lanning is a total douche."

We've had some pretty good games in those unis....

That is the ultimate compliment--so many thanks. And thanks to the moderators who check every post and keep this Duck Pond clean.

If JHOP's four picks in that article turn out true....Dan Lanning would break the all-time recruiting record at Oregon.

From Georgia mods...

From Miami mods...

Actually it was Willie Taggart who broke the recruiting glass ceiling at Oregon, and Cristobal continued it. Just before Taggart announced his departure--Oregon had the No. 3 ranked recruiting class in the nation, something that had never been done at Oregon. Once he left--many of those recruits did as well, although Mario rescued quite a bit of that class. No surprise he could recruit well...