Charles Fischer

You know, I would not want this because of how it would help USC recruiting, but it would be fun to shock everyone the first year in the B1G. Oregon wins through, and Michigan beats Ohio State, and USC beats Michigan and the rest of their B1G games, thus the B1G Championship of the Ducks and Trojans would have NO interest to most the of the B1G fans...but....I thought it would be...

Here we are...

A constraint or sequential play off the original power formation of an "I" formation with a tight end as a fullback, was implemented for a touchdown against Stanford last fall. Terrance Ferguson made a great catch, and hung onto it as he fell...

Alex, I am glad to see someone else stick their neck out first. The schedule is tough, but this will be an incredible team that Oregon will put on the field, and one that could go undefeated. In fact my prediction is that we will go undefeated through the regular season, and in the B1G Championship. We will end up as the national No. 2 Seed behind Georgia, who we will meet in the 'Natty. That is as far as I go, since that is enough of a stretch! I do agree with you Alex, that being undefeated would give Oregon the swagger needed going forward, and would show continued progress under Dan Lanning.

They sound ready, but there was one surprise to me, and it is below... Q: What presence should Olympic sports expect to have on the Big Ten Network moving forward? A: In short, a large one. We’re projected to produce more than 600 linear television events this upcoming year, and somewhere between 50-60 percent of that inventory will feature Olympic sports. Last year, we set network all-time single-event viewership records in women’s volleyball, women’s soccer, and women’s gymnastics, so the prospect of adding the caliber of Olympic programs we see at these schools has tremendous appeal. At the same time, this will be an area of change for fans. Because we offer a single linear network, with finite broadcast windows and 18 schools to cover, B1G+ acts as a complementary streaming platform and is home to a sizeable amount of Olympic sports coverage. On that note, we are planning to work with schools and their fan bases in this first year to sample the B1G+ product at either complimentary or deeply discounted rates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- So, my Oregon Baseball will probably be on B1G+, and softball may be that way as well. Looks like another monthly fee for five months!

In other portal news...Oregon is not losing any starters to the portal, only a few who played very little, or not at all like Jackson Pace and Mathew Grabmann. The Ducks are in the hunt for more coming to Eugene... Meanwhile, Beavis is not suffering widespread defections; in fact only one starter who was about to be replaced anyway, and some reserve players...all this thus far. So it looks like they will be OK as well.

I have pondered that, and concluded that we were too small and deficient in 2022 on defense, and the coaches couldn't make a change without taking a chance of it getting even worse. They know a lot more football than I, and more important--know the personnel, while I am not at practice every day as they are. The players we will have on defense this year is like night-and-day difference. Remember--after the Eastern Washington game in 2022, the coaches realized that we had to play a very safe, conservative and simple defense that year. Last year in 2023 we saw a TON more blitzes, and I believe we will see even more this year. Coaches get seem to get smarter when the talent is better...

I admit that a nephew had a wedding celebration-reception on a home gameday....and we sent a gift and begged off. And they knew that on a Oregon GameDay...I was kinda crazy.

Indiana State was a surprising good team in the playoff.... “Stinson, another smooth-swinging left-handed outfielder, was outstanding in his junior season at Indiana State, hitting .295 with 15 home runs, 15 doubles, 51 RBIs, 44 walks, and 68 strikeouts. Stinson finished the season with an on-base percentage of .442, a slugging percentage of .604, and an OPS of 1.045”

Sometimes bonding over Our Beloved Ducks creates great memories. Got one for Fathers Day? How CUTE is that? Great parents!

Wrong. The Ohio State game IS a life event, just as the Michigan game in 2003 was, just as "The Pick" was to me.

We are MUCH better than what they list. They "forgot" two-time All-ACC Duke Safety Brandon Johnson who portal transferred in, as well as super-fast corner Kam Alexander from UTSA, and All-Big12 Kansas State Safety Kobe Savage. Add those guys, and I can hardly imagine a more elite defensive secondary. What Lanning has done is just amazing...

Nothing more to correct. Again...the difference between our starting corners of Jahil Florence and Kyree Jackson over the subs of Twikze Bridges and Donte Manning was signficant in the Washington games of 2023. Yet we did NOT have our starting corners in the second half of the first Washington game, and the ENTIRE second game. We lost by only three points each time to a very skilled passing team? Our starters are worth more than three points in a big-time passing game....who knows how many plays Jackson alone would have prevented? Have healthy corners and we are fine. And this year....we have a boatload of corners, and the starters are even better. (Muhammad and Alexander) The Super-Fast Kam Alexander...

The word is, we backed off, recruiting him with using the scholarships of the recent offensive line high school verbals.

I read that as well. Between the big high school classes, and in particular, the portal classes--not as much room.

On another site, they reported a list of the ten recruits visiting this weekend and it blew me away. High 4-Star and 5-Star players deciding between the biggest programs, and Oregon is right in there. Next weekend is a list nearly double, and between the two weekends...one pundit said, "that is a future list of All-Americans being recruited." For Oregon to be so strong in the mix has me again shaking my head at our good fortune with Dan Lanning. There is not a single 3-Star visiting over the next two weeks, although I do love the project guys that we develop. The point is--the quality on the Oregon campus is so much higher than when even Cristobal was recruiting, and he was pretty darn good. Whew! We gotta count our Blessings... What a great time to be a Duck!

This is the second post of a series about when Alabama was looking at Oregon's Dan Lanning, and then hiring DeBoer from Washington. The first one dealt with Husky fans enjoying how Oregon would lose Lanning, and this one is from a Husky site right after Coach Dan Lanning posted the announcement video of how "The Grass is Greener at Oregon." DeBoer to Alabama had not happened yet, so the feelings from Washington fans at that moment was one of tortured waiting, and below are their comments about the video and Lanning. Look, you know I'm a sicko for this stuff...but it is the off-season, it is great entertainment, and seeing Huskies-in-horror is fun. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Join me at Oregon! "Lanning can’t possibly have better judgment than DeBoer, right? Certainly would be the first time that’s happened…" "Kudos to Lanning, man of his word." "Credit to Oregon ... they took advantage of this chaos and turned it into a strong message from Lanning." "Lanning has come out with strong statements multiple times during his tenure at Oregon. Wish DeBoer would do that." "The reality is that for the past 18 hours or so, nearly every site had Lanning as the top target. So the perception, right or wrong, is going to be that Lanning turned Alabama down. And Oregon-Lanning leaned into that masterfully with the video released a few minutes ago. Now it's UW's / DeBoer's turn to create that same perception." Huskies about to get it from DeBoer...

Never thought I’d see this at Oregon!

Yep, that is a paid article that I purposely did not have posted here. It is one method of paying the bills at both sites, the allowance of an occasional submitted article like that one, or a sentence in an article where both examples contain a link to a gambling site. Companies do this for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) purposes; by being linked on FishDuck, it helps their Google ranking, and thus they are more likely to be found on the web. So they pay me a fee to have these articles, and while I wish I did not have to deal with it--you gotta pay the bills. I am glad you liked it! Some of the locations that I've done business with around the world... Tallinn, Estonia Hong Kong Port Louis, Mauritius (A small island off the East African Coast) Red Hill, Australia And of course London and a ton of other locations around the world. I get these contact emails in the middle of the night (the next day for them) and answer them in the morning each day. I am learning my geography!

For a season ticket holder...the prices are high, but reasonable. (I am a 38 year season ticket holder) But you referring to the resale market, and for big games--sure, they are going to be high. The Ohio State game might be THE biggest game at Autzen in decades, if not ever. Thus, it makes sense the prices get bid up in a crazy manner. I don't agree at all. The GAME is still the same, but the factors, the changes we do not like are not on the football field. None of us like the changes, so your opinion is not unusual, but the football on the field is the same. Yet....I could certainly make an argument that the game is better. Why? Because due to NIL...players like Terrance Ferguson, and Ajani Cornelius would have gone onto the NFL, and instead are staying. They make the team better, and thus the entertainment on the field is better. The overall college game is improved by experienced players staying for a final year. A team's ticket prices being bid so high in the aftermarket means that the team is going to do very well, and be incredibly entertaining. And that....sounds like Our Beloved Ducks!