Charles Fischer

Weren't we in the bottom ten for this last year? What a change!

Some Sunday night ponderings... I know....stats are for losers, yet you can't ignore this when it is so blatant... Holy Crap!

My favorite away uniform as a throwback? Although the "Storm Trooper" below is always sweet...especially for the memories of how we pasted the Huskies that year!

We wore these in 2014 against Washington, and they were so sweet!

Which is incredible considering we have facing teams that primarily score by passing!

Not to say "I told you so," (but I will)....recall how I wrote before the season that by mid-season the sportscasters on TV would be saying...."I do not even recognize this Oregon defense compared to last year." "I never said I was noble..."

I do not believe it is a Tosh defense, but a brain trust of Lanning, Lupoi and Hampton. (Hampton has already been a DC calling defensive plays, thus all three have been DCs before) IMHO anyway...

On outside plays--the pursuit is noticeably faster than last year. We are stopping many outside zone plays with short gains, where last year they would have turned the corner and got eight or nine yards.

Ryan...it is so great to have you back and your tongue-in-cheek ending had me smiling!

Wowsa. They take this "Cow College" business seriously!

As you know the final score was 42-6, and our defensive performance is what messed everyone up, except for... DUCati855! He predicted a 38-6 score, and thus was only off by four points. And this is the second time he's won in five games! Seems like he should go to...

I'll bet that if they timed Williams 40 yard dash time--it would be average for a safety. But put pads on him and he plays at football speed, and he is a missile both rushing and in pursuit.

Oh gosh...we all used the "H" word....

I love the graphic at the bottom of the Pac 12 channel telling us that Lanning is 13-0 when his Oregon team has scored at least 38 points in a game. That is incredibly cool to me…but, what does that factoid tell you? How does that bode for us this year with this offense? (Is Charles giddy or what?)

I have to salute them, as Stanford played Oregon perfect in the first quarter. Only two three and outs in the first quarter for Oregon? The way the ‘Furd blocked so well, drove down the field and burned up clock? Whew! Stanford played it perfect, but they could not keep it up, and Oregon was due to explode… as they did! Weren’t you beginning to get a little worried? Especially with the track record Stanford has for giving us trouble in the past? Was I the only one starting to get uncomfortable?

You heard the Husky sports-caster, Lincoln Kennedy, say those words often in the telecast. And he came back to the fact that there was “No Separation” on the number of very big plays. We saw the beginning of this from the defensive backs in the Spring Game, and now, it is manifesting and improving over the five games. Do you think we are about ready as we can be for the Huskies? (Evan Williams, a Safety, has three sacks in two games?)

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!

Our good friend, Log-Haulin started a great thread earlier about the other games out there today, so let's continue the discussion here! (I locked the other thread as it was getting long--so let's keep track of those other games in the this new thread)

I am going to lock this thread, and start a new one. Thanks to our friend Log-Haulin for starting it!

They did not win against New Mexico State, but they beat the spread!

Only if they are four or five star players, because that is what Oregon needs to win a ‘Natty. If Beavus wants to waste scholarships on tons of diamonds in the rough, good for them. But we need the very best possible to take on Ohio State, Michigan. Penn State, Etc. next year. In-state talent is nice, and makes a great story, but for what we are trying to achieve… It does not matter, IMHO.