Charles Fischer

A defensive line of Burch, Cardwell, Harmon, and Matayo Ug. would be unbelievable. THAT is a defensive line that could win a.....

He is listed at 359 pounds with those skills? The PERFECT Nose Tackle for us! (Be still my beating heart....)

Omigosh! This guy is HUGE, and super-experienced. He would be the PERFECT piece remaining for Oregon! (And he wears green pretty well) Oregon is a potential landing spot for transfer DT Derrick Harmon DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Potential transfer target for the Ducks, again. I know this was posted in another thread, but it is so important that I wanted it on everyone's radar. With only two inside linebackers in Oregon 4-2-5 defense, a Nose Tackle that requires double-teams from the opposing offensive line frees up our fast linebackers to stop the run quicker! He could also teach the young-guns on the defensive line some things... A Perfect Two-Gapping Monster for our Defensive Line!

Wouldn't you love to see Utah and Arizona State do well in the Big-12? Good men there as coaches...

Might as well make it legal, since it was always happening anyway...

My FishDuck Friends....you have no idea the amount of time and hassle behind the scenes it takes to make the forum work. I have blown a ton of my time and money fixing a problem that was not of my making, as everything ran fine until our advertising platform had a failure. Thus, the forum being inoperable for nearly two days was not from anything I did, and yet we all paid the price. Still dealing with it, and will be until the end of the week. A ridiculous amount of time spent on a hobby. Geez. I'm sure it will be fine...

So, this article states what we know about OSU/WSU's intentions, as they want chaos in CFB so that they can join a Power-4 conference later. My question..."if that happens in two years...are you giving the stolen money back?"

Even the NCAA does not see through the Pig-2s' attempted charade, and has now officially categorized them correctly for what they are; a Group-of-Five set of schools. (From the Athletic, and I normally do not copy, but it was so short--and important...) ------------------------------------------------------------------- What it means for Pac-12 to be classified as ‘nonautonomous FBS conference’ by Chris Vannini The Pac-12 Conference, which will drop down to two members this summer, will no longer be an “autonomous conference,” the NCAA Division I Board of Directors determined on Monday, effective Aug. 2. It will instead be classified as a “nonautonomous FBS conference” like the Group of 5. The board created new governance thresholds for conferences that fall below membership requirements. As a result, the Pac-12 will lose representation on the Board of Directors. It will retain representation and voting rights on the Division I Council, the Football Oversight Committee and the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee when applicable, but the weight of its Council vote will be diminished. Multi-sport conferences are required to have at least eight members, but in the event they drop below that number, they are allowed a two-year grace period to get back up. The Pac-12 will lose 10 schools to the Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC this summer, leaving only Oregon State and Washington State. The board’s determinations on Monday apply to conferences in that grace period. In 2014, the board created a new “autonomy” model, granting the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC the ability to make some of their own rules together, which happened the next year with full cost-of-attendance scholarships. The autonomy group became colloquially known as the “Power 5″ and regularly held its own meetings, but didn’t do much else legislatively with that autonomy power. The other five FBS conferences became known as the Group of 5, with most of those schools eventually adding cost of attendance as well. The two-member Pac-12 will now be a part of that lower group, although it will not hold official conference games for the next two years. Instead, Oregon State and Washington State have agreed to play most of their sports in the Mountain West (including football for 2024) and West Coast Conference (including basketball for the next two years), but football will not be eligible for Mountain West championships or standings. Oregon State baseball will play an independent schedule. After that, the future is uncertain. The Pac-12 and Mountain West signed an agreement in the fall to work in good faith to merge by the 2025-26 or 2026-27 seasons, with no cost if the Pac-12 absorbs every MWC school, or a cost of upwards of $137.5 million if it takes some but not all MWC schools. But Oregon State and Washington State are focused first on joining an autonomous conference, and the uncertainty surrounding the future of college sports could spark another upheaval. The College Football Playoff in November also determined that conferences must have at least eight members in order to be eligible for an automatic qualifying spot in the 12-team field. Although Oregon State and Washington State have pledged to continue to spend and compete at a Power 5 level, Monday’s news of losing autonomy status was ultimately not a surprise.

44% shooting the three? A very big need...

I want to see how the new DBs hold up against our receivers, and I'd like to see the Nose Tackles hold their own inside. What are you looking for? Way to blow up a center Taki!

We may be past the problems…

Umlandt’s Dominance Fuels Ducks Win SAN FRANCISCO — Ian Umlandt was dominant on the mound in No. 18 Oregon baseball’s 7-2 victory over San Francisco on Monday as the sophomore hurler gave up just four hits and one earned run in a complete-game performance. Umlandt’s outing was only the fifth complete game with no walks in Oregon baseball’s modern era. After surrendering an unearned run to the Dons (17-24, 1-11 WCC) in the bottom of the first and loading the bases on a hit by pitch, Umlandt locked in to secure the final out of the inning and the first of 17-straight hitters he would retire as the game carried on. The Sherwood, Ore., native kept the bases clean through to the bottom of the seventh inning, allowing the Ducks’ (28-12, 11-7 Pac-12) bats to build a 5-1 advantage. Leading the charge offensively was third baseman Carter Garate who logged a career-high five RBI on two hits, one of which being a two-run blast in the bottom of the eighth to extend the lead 7-1. Umlandt came out again for the ninth inning, and despite allowing a run the sophomore finished what he started by striking out the final batter of the day to earn his fourth win of the season and the first complete game of his collegiate career. Sherwood Oregon native Ian Umlandt How It Happened: The Dons got to the Ducks early after a throwing error led to runners on first and third with one out. A single on the following pitch resulted in a 1-0 lead for San Francisco, but Umlandt got out of the jam by forcing an infield pop up. In the top of the second, Maddox Molony got things started with a single to right field before Drew Smith and Mason Neville each worked walks to load the bases with nobody out. An infield knock by Bryce Boettcher scored Molony for the Ducks’ first run of the day, and Garate laid down a sacrifice bunt to score Smith and give the Ducks the lead. Umlandt took the game over in the bottom half of the inning as he retired the side and did so again in each of the following four innings. The Oregon bats struck again in the fourth as Garate knocked a two-RBI single to right field to grow a three-run lead. After Jacob Walsh earned his way on base with a walk in the fifth, Anson Aroz stepped in to pinch hit and ripped a RBI double to center field, putting the Ducks on top 5-1. With Umlandt continuing to deal, Garate took the opportunity to add to the lead in the eighth inning with a homer to center field. San Francisco managed its way onto the scoreboard again in the bottom of the ninth with a triple followed by a sacrifice bunt, but Umlandt froze the final batter of the night for his ninth strikeout and put the game to rest. Notables: Umlandt retired 17 straight batters from the first to seventh inning and 19 of 20 through the seventh … Umlandt threw the first complete game for Oregon since Logan Mercado went the distance against Stanford on April 15, 2023 … Umlandt has registered a career-high nine strikeouts in two of his last three appearances … Garate logged his third multiple-RBI game of the season and 13th of his career … Molony notched his eighth multi-hit game in his first 19 starts … Aroz earned his 11th multiple-hit game of the season and 13th of his career. Up Next: The Ducks prepare for an important installment of the rivalry series with Oregon State as they play four games against the Beavers beginning with a road contest on April 26.

The issues continue on and off, and people are welcome to text or email me when you see problems.

It goes on and off in terms of being able to post. Sorry! Nothing we did on our end...

Thanks to everyone for their thoughts.

Now, these two are Nose Tackles! That is what we need...

Good to finish this out winning 17-5, with more information coming later...

Ducks blow it open in the 8th inning, and lead 15-5! Chase Meggers is having a DAY!

Ducks up 8-4 after seven innings due to this three-run home run by Chase Meggers! He has really come on...

Ducks still lead 5-4 after six innings, and a run was saved by an incredible throw from left field by Justin Cassella to home plate for the out!

Sigh. After five innings it is 5-4 Oregon.

After four innings, Oregon continues to lead 5-1.

After three innings...Oregon leads 5-1! We were at this same spot and score yesterday...but today is new day. Right?

Ducks lead 2-1 after two innings. Maddox Molony made a fantastic play at shortstop, as he dove and got a grounder on a perfect anticipation of the bounce and rolled, jumped up and fired to first base for the out!