Charles Fischer

Starting 2024…the SEC will NOT be the best conference by default. Truly, we are joining a power conference; the chance to prove it on the field. And a real chance to prove it in a very tough PAC-12 this year…

The speed on mobile is much better as well. Love it!

Right. The perfect come-back to USC fans about anything is.... "Beat Tulane and get back to me."

I am not going to hit you guys with this all the time, but it is helpful to see the additional disrespect beyond recruiting, the school size, etc. Now it extends to new borders of denigration--in areas I would not have expected...'Oregon wins by cheating' is a common theme. We are the dark-side to them...not a worthy adversary, but truly evil. Oregon Cheats "When you're laying out payment plans to HS kids that's what happens. Lanning learned how to do so in the SEC and he also has Lupoi, a known cheater. It's not difficult to figure out. Oregon recruits better than any school who doesn't actually win or prove anything come gameday. It's no mystery." "What is great is how their recruiting won't actually amount to winning due to their coaching staff being yet again pumped up but actually do not have any sense when it comes to X's and O's or game management. There isn't a kid who truly wants to go to Oregon, they don't have anything to offer. If you take away the money the recruits are getting they wouldn't be ranked in the top 20 in regards to recruiting." "It's NIL- we aren't playing in the mud. So typical SC, it's why we have struggled for years. We pretend to be all in on winning but aren't actually. Pay Riley a ton of $, but then stop short of paying players what the market dictates their worth to be. Can't blame a kid for taking 6 figures at 18, not knowing how long his career will last, and that he can transfer at any time if it doesn't work out. We don't seem to get that." "It’s not cheating if there’s no punishment. Credit to Oregon for taking HS recruiting seriously." "As Phil nears his imminent death he will become increasingly desperate to buy his way to success the same way he bought Nike’s success on the back of child labor and unfair wages in China where he wasn’t the first to do so but does that make it okay? The Ducks have followed the model. Market a nothing product with no real advantage to the ignorant masses to sustain while forgoing ethics and fair play until you strike gold and then you don’t need to subvert." "Anytime USC loses a recruit it’s due to NIL but we land a recruit it’s due to great recruiting…lol." "Other schools trying to get him$$ but ducks still stand in the best position$. Probably goes all the way but there’s been a lot of rumors about him committing early season. UNLESS Nebraska drops a huge bag (similar to auburn for the dudes they’ve flipped) it’s not hard to see how this ends. Baker will be a duck." "Do agree about Breland, though. Heavy lean to Ducks then UGA but I doubt Ducks don’t get a $neaky last visit in for him." "I just wonder how the Big 10 react to the in your face cheating. I agree nobody goes to Oregon if cash isn’t involved. I also believe if SC goes in there and beats them by a couple Touchdowns players will see the big difference in coaching." "Oregon has Phil Knight’s money to offer recruits. Their NIL piggy bank is bigger than ours - so they choose to spend it on a certain kind of HS recruit whose primary concern is NIL that we don’t." Dan Lanning is a Poor Coach "Advanced Stats on Lanning say he is a mediocre coach at best. And I expect Bo Nix to revert back to his usual self this year. He's living of the Kirby defense and championship. Kirby didn't seem to bothered when he left." "I think the exact quote from Advanced Stats was “The last thing I’m worried about is Dan Lanning.” "Oregon will still lose games. Let’s not think that Lanning is this guru defensive coordinator when he was a co coordinator and was 2 fiddle to Will Muschamp oh and Kirby smart." Boy....there is some serious hatred there my Duck-Buddies....isn't it great?

Our little corner of the world just got WAY better with a new dedicated server just for this forum. The problems of slow loading pages should be a thing of the past! Now we can all get our Duck News that much faster, and it it going to be SWEET.

My Duck-Buddies, So, the migration went faster than thought, and our Web Developer in the UK got the new code in at the beginning of his day--late at night for us. Some posts written after 4:00 PM on Wednesday disappeared as they did not appear in the migration--as it finished before we could connect the forum with the new server. But everything from this point forward will show up. So far--the pages are loading very fast for me, and I may have to get a bag to prevent hyperventilation....as I am giddy. This will be fun to check on as traffic returns, and football season approaches! THANK YOU to all who donated in order to make this happen. This was a big step forward over the long term for this forum... Charles

They did not include No. 1 Draft Pick of 1955...George Shaw, or Norm Van Brocklin, Akili Smith, Joey Harrington, and AJ Feeley of which all played in the NFL... Norm Van Brocklin

The greatest compliment...I am blown away and THANK YOU.

He will jump into the top five by season-end, IMHO.

Nebraska? Iowa? Before Autzen? Those making this...

C'mon...you gotta admit...the top line is Funny!

Really Jonathan Smith? Well maybe we should not waste any time with teams from the "Broke Pac Mountain."

You have been a good sport, (Especially for a USC fan!) and I want to encourage you to continue. I hope you can ignore all the stuff I post about them, as it is clear--you are not the same. Please note--I generally don't say much about them because just quoting them says enough! Anyhoo--good on you for your participation here.

How USC fans feel about Oregon... Guess we better DUCK!

Something that all fan bases complain about when a recruit is lost, is how the winning team provided a "bag" of NIL for the recruit. Washington fans say this all the time, and frankly--on the Oregon subscriber sites--when we lost a couple of recruiting battles in July--our fans claimed losses due to excessive NIL. (And I do think that happens when a school goes "all-in" for a particular recruit) Oregon explains right up front, that our NIL is competitive, but not the highest, ever. We will get out-bid for recruits on a regular basis as we sell the total package of what Oregon offers, which includes a LEGIT NIL organization in Division Street. Oregon has 14 of the 4/5-Star players verballed, which trails last year's 16 by the Lanning staff, and the all-time record of 19 by Cristobal in 2021. But it is only August 8th! We have an excellent shot at the record this year...

In a year—we shall see!

Salty describes their reaction, and their tears of frustration at Oregon. Isn't it great? "I am very interested to see how the rest of the BIG handles Oregon Community College’s blatant cheating. Not sure if Michigan and Ohio State will sit by quietly while the Discount Ducks drop bags to High School recruits in direct violation of NCAA rules." "There are no outlaw renegade programs in the BIG like Oregon which is why OCC was a much better fit for the low academic cheating since the beginning of time SEC." "This one is gonna sting. It's a big deal." "Should have kept Oregon out of the B1G. These next few years are full of SoCal kids that root for Oregon." "Our recruiting sucks." "Pretty mind boggling that we have lost our grip on Serra (not to mention Mater Dei)." "Love how you guys say “we’ll be fine” when a top recruit decommits like USC is landing top recruits everyday." "Not sure it sucks but it’s sure disappointing. at this rate we’re looking at a class ranked around #15." (Rivals No. 7 for Oregon, versus No. 25 for USC right here for proof) "True. Every fanbase thinks that all the 3* dudes they bring in are hidden gems." "It is a big deal if he bolts. Dakota was supposed to be one of our lead guys on helping recruit other kids to this 2024 Class. For one of your lead advocates to USC to bail out is a bad look and instills very little confidence in what ever he has been telling the kids he's trying to influences to come to SC." "Clearly kids don't give a rip about the "rocket ship taking off" since we're getting decommits and missing on our top targets." "Whatever it is my guy they gotta figure it out because 2025 class is loaded with elite California players." "I hate to say that all those Duckie posters are spot on with how obsessed some of you are with Oregon. Making us all look bad." "Oregon and other schools won't be inferior if they keep landing top recruits. We will be inferior to them. We need to get Nil figured out because it is the main reason that we are having trouble landing a top 5 class." "Wow! It's hard to believe how frequently we lose head to head recruiting battles with Oregon. It seems to go as far back as DeAnthony Thomas. Now Oregon is joining the Big Ten. I sure hope we kick their butts on the field this year. We definitely need to win that game!!" Caution...viewer advisory declared with a wacko below... "As soon as the Discount Ducks became Associate/Junior members of the BIG this fraud de committed. Any player who chooses a glorified community college that has never won a National Championship over USC is an idiot. Sorry but the truth hurts. Oregon Community College will be a middle of the road team in the BIG. I cannot wait until Harbaugh unloads on the sleazy cheating taking place at OCC." "Lincoln and staff are too nice to call the cheaters out on their tactics. Harbaugh does not give a crap and will broadcast to the world exactly how they are able to convince recruits to attend a glorified community college in the middle of no where that has never won a National Championship in over 120 years. This is what happens when you let the rats into your house. Oregon Community College is much more like a sleazy immoral scum bag SEC School. The BIG better deal with the cheaters now. Call them out NOW BEFORE IT GETS TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL." My Duck-Buddies...I cannot make this stuff up, and I should be ashamed, but after getting crunched by them for so many years--their salty tears taste pretty sweet to me. Isn't it great?

Holy Crap! This is BIG, but fans need to remember....this particular recruit is very impressionable. Whoever has the last visit wins, and between now and the December signing date...don't ink this one for certain. But I do think the B1G announcement helped to offset the major recruiting wedge that USC is trying to drive with every recruit. And Oregon just took it away.... Isn't it GREAT? He is a 4-Star on Rivals, and offered by Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame, Texas, Ohio State, USC and....Washington! Ahh, NOT!

For the Beavers?

I am not a fan of Colin Cowherd, but he did correctly state recently that college football has a lack of big games. Most of the Pac-12 games did not move the needle beyond their own fans. But now, on a given weekend you will have a TON of big games in the B1G; picture Washington at Michigan, Penn State at Oregon, Ohio State at USC, and UCLA at that killer stadium in Wisconsin? These are big games that are compelling, and our four former Pac-12 teams really help create that interest. The synergy between the B1G and the four new teams is something you can sense already. I have heard from tons of people that "going to a game at Autzen is on my bucket list." Well, we might just have a seat for you soon!

Believe me, I do not like the travel for our minor sports. And showing how Baseball will be a bit easier for Oregon is yours-truly trying to make the best of it again. And yes--we will still recruit well for Baseball because... --Waz develops players, and they can see it. --We now have a hitters park. --Waz will schedule tough non-league games and our RPI will be excellent. --We will still play USC and UCLA in Baseball, and the damn Huskies beat us this year too. --We are OREGON for crying out loud! Our brand, our stadium and facilities... The momentum in Oregon Baseball is surging...

I had not thought of it this way...but we no longer have our fate decided by three proven losers as Pac-12 Commissioners. (Don't forget the guy before Larry, Tom Hansen!) We now put our fate with the B1G Network, CBS, NBC, Fox and more--it feels better already, and I did not anticipate feeling like this.