Charles Fischer

My FishDuck Friends...while keeping up with that stuff passes the time until the season begins--it gets tiring thinking about all the variables, and the direction things are headed. What you need is NOT more Cow-Bell, but Oregon Football! Starting tomorrow...you are getting a feast of it as yours-truly has written six articles for August, but DazeNconfused has written a blockbuster ten articles for August, and they are ALL-FOOTBALL! Whew! We are going to be READY for this season!

Can she recruit?

This is true. We calculated two summers ago the total value of playing football at Oregon to be nearly two millions dollars....and it is not enough? David--that was a very thoughtful and superb article...thanks. Pac-12 Football Players: All for Them, and NONE for All 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...

Who can forget your six years of Saturday Spoofs? With you humor-guys...I always feel the need to place a disclaimer/disclosure that you "do not drink coffee as you read the article, as FishDuck is not responsible for burned nostrils." Thanks so much for the hundreds of articles you created that removed all my nose hair, as it was a glorious time, and we are about to embark on the next one...

A ton of touchdowns are short yardage, power-stuff. I am not sure that Cardwell is that kind of back; Irving might be, but the new incoming freshman running back Jordan Bryant-James who is 5'10" and 200 lbs.? Sounds stout...

He is a 3-Star on Rivals, but has 28 offers including Auburn, Florida, Miami, Michigan State, Texas, USC and Washington! Don't Mess with OREGON, Texas!

Thank you tallfir, and do post often. WELCOME!

Part of being a great coach is attracting recruiting great assistants. I thought Cristobal had some holes in his staff, (Minnie-Me and the RB coach) but for the most part he recruited a number of good coaches. Coach Lanning has doubled what Mari did in attracting a good staff, as a new head coach! Chip did not place a value on it or could not make it happen...which will be his downfall. I really think Chip would be happiest as an OC somewhere...

You know you feel sorry for Chip and the Bruins...

He's not afraid of recruiting against the Dawgs....

Ja'Kobi Lane is 6'5"...whew! We are trending strongly for him; a 3-Star with Rivals, but is raw--lots of upside. And with the WRs we have...a project player might be just right.

That analysis, like the one below, will not age well... Game Day Skull Session: Get Dumped Then, Oregon WWW.ELEVENWARRIORS.COM It's a bad day to be an Oregon Duck. "Now, they could shut me up and make me look like an arrogant jackass for my Internet words today. But they won't. And everyone knows it."

No...he won't, IMHO. He believes he can win a 'Natty here, has the staff, the facilities--and a loaded team with talent compared to rebuilding somewhere else, and trying to win in the SEC. After he wins us a 'Natty....he will go to the NFL. (You heard it here first!)

Nope, we saw it with one recruit. Or it may be the reason he is using? After all, if you don't want to go somewhere, any reason will work and that was a timely one. Once Dano shows the world on the field what Oregon is about? Some verbals might be turned, and Oregon will do just fine in recruiting this year. (And that is an awesome picture!)

Fathertime, I love how your spin on what I call us "Greybeards" as a great posting name. Do post often, and WELCOME!

A very interesting article--thanks. And it goes to show how tough it is hire a winning coach, as the odds are very much against you.

My FishDuck Friends, I am excited to announce that our date of moving to seven days a week of articles begins August 1st! We will have great articles every single day through the entire football season that are created to inform, entertain and generate discussion in the Our Beloved Ducks forum. As you know, I am the Shameless Beggar who is often asking OBD members for help, and we are now up to 37 total volunteers between writers, editors, Duck News Hunters, and moderators. When enough people take a few minutes a day to help, it takes hours off my shoulders and I am very grateful, as are the thousands who read and post in this wonderful forum. Best New Group of Writers....EVER I am delighted to announce three new writers who chose to join us, and while the current writers joined us gradually over the last decade--this is the best group to come in as rookies ever at FishDuck. Let's meet them! DazeNconfused has already begun recently and was born a Cali kid, and his uncle is a USC Alum. He remembers going to an SC game when he was like 5 with him, moved to Oregon in 1977 when he was six, and became a Duck fan long ago. He remembers the Reggie Ogburn QB days, so it was before the Ducks got good and he's been a sports nut since he was a kid. He watched Reggie Ogburn! While he prefers to remain anonymous, his knowledge of football, the Ducks and other teams is quite vast, thus when he gives an opinion article--he often backs it up superb research. He is the major reason we are moving early to seven days a week due to a flurry of articles he created for August, a couple of which will ruffle some Duck feathers, but are truthful. He does critical analysis! Alan Lohner has been known as "Axel" on this forum, and is famous with us all for his humor and scathing commentary of the Trojans and Huskies. (Gotta love the guy!) He is moving to a new posting name of "Alan" and he will be writing "Saturday Spoofs," where he pokes a little fun at our opponent that day. On non-gamedays, he'll be offering his thoughts on Oregon football. Alan is a native of Toledo, Ohio, where he served as a police officer from 1976-1980, before he moved West, graduating with a master’s degree in journalism at the University of Oregon in 1981. He’s enjoyed a long, successful career as a writer and creative director in advertising and marketing communications. Alan takes delight in writing satire and spoofs for Ducks fans. He’s also written two self-help books; one is a highly acclaimed guide for teens and young adults, available as a free PDF to any member of the FishDuck community. Send a request to Alan, via message, in the OBD forum. Drex Heikes is a former Oregon Daily Emerald editor-in-chief who went on to work 44 years at in New York, Alaska, California and Nevada. He worked 21 years at the Los Angeles Times, where he was foreign affairs editor in the Washington D.C. bureau, editor of the Times Sunday magazine and New York bureau chief for coverage of 9/11. He also wrote occasionally, even about sports. He left the Times for a few years to help revive Las Vegas Sun newspaper, which soon won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize gold medal for public service. He later returned to the Times before retiring in Los Angeles. Drex will be writing as "a fan from the bleachers" as he told me, although he has a sneaky sense of humor that will hit you in his articles when you least suspect it. As you can imagine, I am beyond delighted (and humbled) that we would have an analyst, and two journalism professionals join our team to write for their and our enjoyment. They are another testament to the quality of our audience, as all three are members of this wonderful forum and were when the Shameless Beggar approached them. I can tell you that each is impressive, and yet they are just like the rest of us; they are massive fans of Our Beloved Ducks, and have a great sense of humor as well. Some would say that I've never written such a welcome for a new group like this, but the truth is...I've never had a new group as talented as this. From them, we will learn tons about Oregon football, we will laugh, and we will have fantastic discussions initiated from their work. Please welcome them!

Yep, and this article put Oregon as No. 1 in the conference, and No. 7 worldwide in the number of fans with over five million. Where are the Oregon Ducks in study of largest college football fan bases? | Ducks Wire DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Ducks have one of the biggest fan bases in the nation. But where do they stack up among the most beloved teams in college football?

The fast feet are going to be important--more on that in a future article! Wait for it!

Below is from CaneSport, an On3 site for Miami fans... WR Jurrion Dickey was a 5-star visitor to Miami’s campus today for the recruit barbecue / pool party with his brother and mother. He’d spent yesterday fishing, a big pastime of his. And he caught a nurse shark. So can Miami reel in this big fish? Well, Dickey is committed to Oregon and says he has no plans to shake things up right now. “The visit today was good, we didn’t stay that long,” he said. “We just went by, said what’s up? I’m just having some fun in the recruiting process.” Asked if he’s at least giving some consideration to the Canes at this point, Dickey responded, “not really.”

I was curious about his challenge of assimilation, and this makes it even more fascinating... The biggest languages present in Botswana include: English – 611 thousand speakers. (Official Language) Setswana – 1.83 million speakers. (National Language) Kalanga – 118 thousand speakers. Sekgalagadi – 71 thousand speakers. Shona – 47 thousand speakers. Mbukshu – 24 thousand speakers. Ndebele – 24 thousand speakers. Tshwa – 24 thousand speakers.

Good gosh, this guy runs a 9.94 100 meters? Whew!

Any receiver that plays for a Cristobal offense is crazy, (talk to Micah Pittman at Florida State) and he will eventually see that and stick with Oregon.

It is doubtful that conference winners will have a guaranteed place in the new CFP, thus a popularity contest that is rigged against us. It is about both, as we must have both to prosper, IMHO.