Charles Fischer

His brother was defensive lineman Gary Baker for the Ducks back-in-the-day! Some good athleticism in that family, and always fun to read about "falling-in-love" with Oregon. 2024 Offensive Lineman Recruit Brandon Baker Breaks Down Visit to Oregon Ducks Football - Sports Illustrated Oregon Ducks News, Analysis and More WWW.SI.COM Baker grew up watching his older brother don the Oregon uniform, and he got his chance to this weekend

He has been incredibly gracious to a bunch of players who would not listen to him... Oregon goes to Utah State and gets a convincing win to extend their season 247SPORTS.COM The Oregon Ducks went to Utah State without two of its starters, fought off one of the toughest home court advantages they saw all year, battled through foul trouble,

I think this is good planning, as I would assume that by the end of fall camp...one of the two remaining sophomore QBs will probably enter the portal, and you MUST have three QBs at least going into a season? Your thoughts? Oregon Ducks add preferred walk-on QB to roster for 2022 season DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Ducks made a roster move on Tuesday, adding a PWO quarterback to the depth chart and filling out the QB room.

Canzano: Oregon Ducks Prized Commit Jackson Shelstad Doesn't Let the Madness Get to Him State's best basketball player is locked in at UO. Four-star high school star Jackson Shelstad is committed to the Oregon Ducks. Jackson Shelstad tells me he’ll be at Moda Center for Thursday’s opening round NCAA Tournament games. UCLA and Gonzaga will be there, too. Noticeably absent? The Oregon Ducks — the university the four-star West Linn High School point guard committed to last November. The junior guard told me this week he remains “100 percent committed” to playing for Dana Altman. “I thought they had good talent,” he said of UO’s season. “There’s some dudes that had injuries and weren’t on the court at the same time. They played hard. It was always like they played better against higher-ranked teams.” Shelstad, 16, is the most gifted high school basketball player in the state. His coach, Eric Viuhkola, told me that he believes Shelstad could have played football, baseball or lacrosse and earned all-state honors in any of them. “Jax is the best athlete I’ve ever coached,” Viuhkola said. “He’s got Allen Iverson athleticism. He is so quick, explosive, has unbelievable body balance and eye hand coordination.” Everyone wants to make a Payton Pritchard comparison. It’s a natural leap. They played for the same high school coach, wore the same No. 3 West Linn High jersey and have worked out together for years. But they’re very different point guards. “Sorry not going to do the comparison,” Viuhkola said. “They both absolutely hate it.” Payton Pritchard and Jackson Shelstad after West Linn won its fourth state title. Shelstad and Pritchard are gym rats who share a work ethic and a zip code growing up. Let’s leave it at that. The high school basketball season ended last Friday, for example. Shelstad showed up in the gymnasium at 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning for a workout. Then, he came back the next day, same time. Said Viuhkola: “He’s been coming into the high school gym four days a week at 6:30 a.m. since he was a fourth grader.” Portland drew a terrific pool of NCAA Tournament games. Gonzaga is the No. 1 overall seed in the bracket. UCLA is coming off a Final Four season. Saint Mary’s, Memphis and Boise State are all interesting and capable of advancing. But it’s Shelstad I thought about this week because I wonder how long it will be until we see him lead the Ducks on a deep tournament run. Dana Altman coached the Ducks in an NIT game on Tuesday night. A few days earlier after a Pac-12 Tournament loss in Las Vegas the UO coach said: “We've tried to set a standard at Oregon that we try to meet and I just felt like for the first time in a long time we didn't meet that standard." I left the conversation with Shelstad knowing he’s locked in at Oregon. I’m now eager to see how far a home-grown player might one day help carry the UO program. And I gained an appreciation for what highly-recruited high school basketball players endure. “It got pretty stressful,” he said. Jackson’s father, Darin, told me, “It was overwhelming. There were times there would be 10-plus calls a day. Texts, calls, a lot of Zoom calls. I was overwhelmed. If Jackson was working out and didn’t immediately reply to a text the coach might call me and ask, ‘Is everything ok with Jackson?’ “I’d tell him, ‘Yeah, he’s working out.’ It’s tough. You start building relationships with these coaches and schools. They’re really good at (recruiting). It was wild for a long time.” The younger Shelstad had UCLA and Gonzaga among his finalists. “Jackson was really intrigued by UCLA,” his father said. “We thought it was UCLA for a while. I really think it was a relationship with coach Altman and wanting to be the hometown guy. The whole, ‘This is the place for you’ pitch. That ultimately ended up winning.” Jackson Shelstad had a terrific junior season. He carried his team to the state 6A semifinals despite every opponent game-planning to stop him. “Everybody wants to come out and lock me down,” he said. Thursday, he’ll get to watch some great college basketball up close. After that, there are plans for a family spring break trip to Palm Springs. Then, it will be offseason workouts and Shelstad will play in a handful of tournaments as part of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League. Pritchard will be home from the NBA season in the summer and the plan is for the two to work out together every day. Said Jackson: “He’s shown me what it takes to get to the next level.”

We beat the Aggies, and now get to play....the Aggies! (Texas A&M)

Ducks Secure Coach Altman’s 300th Win at Oregon LOGAN, Utah — Oregon men’s basketball defeated Utah State 83-72 tonight in the opening round of the NIT. The Ducks advance to play Texas A&M this weekend. How It Happened: Utah State scored the first bucket of the game, before Oregon went on a 10-0 run, making their first five shots in the paint. Franck Kepnang and Rivaldo Soares each scored four to kick things off for the Ducks. The Aggies followed with a run of their own behind four three-pointers from Steven Ashworth. Utah State built up a four-point lead before big three-pointers from De’Vion Harmon and Jacob Young tied it back up at 21 with eight minutes left in the half. The game of runs continued with the Aggies scoring 11 unanswered points to go up 32-23 at the four-minute mark. Oregon answered and was able to cut the lead to four, trailing 37-33 at the half. UO came out strong in the second half, starting on a 12-5 run to go up 45-42 at the 16-minute mark. Things continued to go the way of the Ducks from there, as they outscored the Aggies 30-13 in the first 12 minutes of the second half. Oregon pulled away and led by as many as 17 points in the half. The Ducks ended the night shooting 51 percent from the field and 42 percent from three-point range. Oregon also dominated in the paint, outscoring the Aggies 48-28. Who Stood Out: Harmon led the team with 19 points, with Young following with 17. Soares finished with a career-best 13 points and four rebounds, followed by Kepnang with nine points and nine rebounds. What It Means: Oregon has now won 20 or more games in 12 consecutive seasons. Coach Altman’s 300 wins make him the fourth Pac-12 coach in the modern era (since 1978-79) to win 300 or more games at a Pac-12 school. Up Next: The Ducks await their game time on either Saturday or Sunday, facing Texas A&M in College Station, Texas.

Although Oregon at 10-6 is not in the top 25 Baseball yet....as a conference we have: No. 5 Oregon State No. 12 Stanford (whom Oregon just beat two out of three down there) No. 16 Arizona No. 25 Gonzaga I mention them as I believe we have a game with them later this season. For Softball the conference is loaded: No. 4 UCLA No. 7 Washington No. 9 Arizona No. 11 Oregon! No. 22 Arizona State I love what I see of OBDs on the baseball diamond!

We are so screwed.... We Can Do it!

LOGAN, Utah – Center N’Faly Dante and guard Will Richardson did not travel with the team to Utah State for the opening round of the NIT due to non-COVID-19-related illnesses. Dante has started 27 of 31 games played, notching 8.0 points (.669 FG%) and 6.1 rebounds per game. Richardson averaged 14.1 points (.454 FG%), 3.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals in 30 games (all starts) this season.

Axel...I and my Cat GIFS bow to your humor...we love it!

Ouch! Ouch! OUCH!

And we love you for it! No NIT? As shamed as I feel about the NIT....it is GREAT to have the Huskies STILL Below us!

Thanks for the insights savage--we appreciate it!

Tournament will bring Gonzaga, UCLA, Saint Mary's... and an Opportunity. Gonzaga is the No. 1 overall seed in the men’s NCAA Tournament bracket and will play at Moda Center. I flew into Portland International Airport on Sunday afternoon, noted the green trees and clean air. The scenery got even better later in the day when the men’s NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed. Biggest winner: Portland. The first and second round games at Moda Center on Thursday and Saturday will feature some of the most interesting and fun basketball teams in the country. I love the match-ups in Portland more than any opening-round site in the tournament. WEST REGIONAL - Saturday No. 1 Gonzaga v No. 16 Georgia State No. 8 Boise State v No. 9 Memphis EAST REGIONAL - Saturday No. 5 Saint Mary’s v No. 12 Wyoming-Indiana winner No. 4 UCLA v No. 13 Akron Portland not only landed the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament (Gonzaga), it also got a fun Pac-12 team (UCLA) coming off a Final Four appearance in 2021 and very dangerous Saint Mary’s. There’s also a juicy potential second-round match-up on Saturday between Mark Few’s Gonzaga squad and Boise State, led by long-time Few disciple Leon Rice. They’ve never coached a game against each other. Portland has suffered a well-documented public relations beat down in the last couple of years. City leadership has some heavy lifting to do when it comes to homelessness, mental illness, garbage clean-up, enforcement of laws, etc. The optics and narrative have been detrimental and clobbered the city’s brand. As I exited Airport Way and turned onto Interstate-205 on Sunday I saw a burned out RV parked alongside the freeway ramp and several tarps, piles of garbage and two other abandoned vehicles just beyond that. These are among the first images visitors will see as they fly in for NCAA Tournament games. Every big city has problems. Ours are fixable and I’m not here to pile on. Just pointing out that Portland has a massive opportunity this week to collect some wins. Can sports help fix a city’s broken brand? Absolutely. SportOregon CEO Jim Etzel is trying to land a future women’s NCAA Tournament Final Four. The Portland Diamond Project wants to bring a Major League Baseball team to our city. NASCAR’s Xfinity Series is coming to Portland in June and Worlds of Sport will take over the Oregon Convention Center for its inaugural fan-facing event on Father’s Day weekend. On Sunday, as the men’s NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed on CBS during the nationally televised Selection Show I couldn’t help but notice the on-air crew talking repeatedly about “Portland” in favorable terms. It was sweet music, wasn’t it? Gonzaga is coming to Portland. UCLA, too. Their fans and those of Saint Mary’s and Boise State are booking flights, hotel rooms, making reservations at restaurants and buying tickets for the games at Moda Center. They’re all delighted to be coming to our city. Oregon was assigned a No. 5-seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament and will play No. 12 Belmont. FAMILY BUSINESS: I was rooting for the University of Oregon women’s basketball program to either host an opening-round game in Eugene or get assigned to an NCAA Tournament site within a quick plane trip of Portland. Why? Will Graves, the youngest son of Ducks’ coach Kelly Graves, is a 6-foot-5 guard on the Gonzaga roster. Last season, the elder Graves scrambled to Indianapolis for the men’s Elite Eight and Final Four after his team was eliminated in the Sweet 16 of the women’s tournament. This season he also attended a game in Spokane to see Gonzaga play. Sunday’s bracket reveal didn’t go Graves’ way, though. Gonzaga was assigned to Portland on the men’s side. But later in the day the Ducks received the No. 5 seed in the Wichita Region of the women’s tournament. UO and Graves will face No. 12 seed Belmont in the opening round on Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. MARCH MADNESS POOL: My annual NCAA Tournament Bracket Challenge is officially open. Join my special “John Canzano Group” on ESPN’s fantasy sports website. Fill out your best NCAA Tournament bracket and let’s have some fun. The rules: No entry fee. One bracket per person. All are welcome. Prizes to the top-three finishers. Good luck. Feel free to share this post with friends and family member. Let’s see how many of you can beat me. # This is a reader-supported newsletter with both free and paid subscriptions. Those who opt for the paid edition are taking an active role in the content by providing vital assistance to bolster my independent coverage. Feel free to forward this post to family and friends and please consider becoming a paid subscriber to have full access to all of my posts. Subscribe now Like Comment Share You’re a free subscriber to Bald Faced Truth by John Canzano. For the full experience, become a paid subscriber. Subscribe © 2022 John Canzano Unsubscribe PO Box 219 Marylhurst, OR 97036

To me, this article and what I learned explains so much of what Coach Lanning was telling us and why. Thanks Coach!

(Oregon Athletics Press Release) EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon men's basketball team earned the No. 5 seed to the 2022 National Invitation Tournament and will travel to face fourth-seeded Utah State on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the opening round. The game will air on ESPN. The Ducks went 19-14 in the regular season, finishing 11-9 in Pac-12 games. Utah State finished 18-15 and 8-10 in the Mountain West. This is the sixth meeting between the teams and first since 1965. Oregon leads the all-time series 3-2. Oregon last played in the NIT in 2018 and holds an overall record of 14-12 in 11 NIT appearances. The Ducks have reached the NIT Final Four in New York on three occasions: 1975, 1999 and 2004.

Take note of all the emotions this article pulls up from within you as a devoted Duck fan, and share them with me. I could not decide if I was aghast or delighted as I read it! Game Day Skull Session: Get Dumped Then, Oregon WWW.ELEVENWARRIORS.COM It's a bad day to be an Oregon Duck. Really?

EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon earned its fifth straight NCAA Tournament bid and 17th in school history Sunday as it received the No. 5 seed in the Wichita Region. The Ducks will face No. 12 seed Belmont in the opening round on Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs. “I’ve been doing this for a long time and even though we’ve known we were going to be in the tournament there’s always something magical about hearing your name called,” said head coach Kelly Graves. “We’re excited to be playing and hope to go down and play our best.” Oregon finished the regular season 20-11 and 11-6 in Pac-12 play, finishing the year second in the overall league standings. The Ducks picked up back-to-back wins over top-10 teams in Matthew Knight Arena in January, knocking off then-No. 7 Arizona, 68-66 in overtime, before blowing out then-No.9 and current No. 6 UConn, 72-59. UO had its Pac-12 Tournament run end in the semifinals, losing to Utah, 80-73 in the semifinals after beating UCLA, 63-60, in the quarterfinal round. Oregon beat 10 of the 12 Pac-12 teams at least once during the season, as the only teams the Ducks did not beat were No. 2 Stanford, who UO lost to twice, in addition to a loss at Colorado in the only meeting between the two schools this year. The Ducks also knocked off Oklahoma during the regular season, winning 98-93 on Nov. 20 in The Bahamas, playing without starting guards Te-Hina Paopao and Endyia Rogers. Oregon has played 10 teams that are in the NCAA Tournament field.

I can live with that, because it is a case of "good-or-good." Nice post, and thanks for being reasonable.

My friends....you gotta hide your surprise, I mean, what did you think was going to happen? And now it is....you are surprised? We have a small window of the "old" college football, and I am going to enjoy it while I can.

Canzano: A Big Loss for Oregon When it Comes to Law, Gambling and College Sports Bill that would allow wagering on college basketball is blocked. Peter Courtney called me the other day. He’s the 78-year old soon-to-be-retired president of the Oregon Senate and he telephoned with some bad news. “I failed,” he said. Senate Bill 1503 would have allowed the Oregon Lottery to conduct gambling opportunities based on the outcomes of college sports games. Currently in Oregon you can legally wager on the NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA and a variety of other sporting events including darts, go-karts and cricket but what you can’t do is place a bet on a college sporting event. No college football games. No March Madness. Today is “Selection Sunday” and NCAA Tournament brackets will be released. The sports books in Las Vegas will tell you the first and second round tournament games run nose-to-nose with the Super Bowl when it comes to revenue generated. “There’s nothing else close to those two,” said Jay Kornegay, head of the WestGate SuperBook. “The Super Bowl is a much more mature, older crowd. March Madness? It’s a frat party. It’s a different clientele. We’ve got to store up on light beer, bacon and burgers.” Courtney’s bill died. It would have used revenue from wagering on collegiate sporting events to provide scholarships and grants for low-income university students. The proposed law ran into opposition from anti-gambling lobbyists and the tribal casinos, which called for a task force and a commissioned study instead. A study? A task force? “It’s political code for ‘Kill the bill. Kill the bill,’” Courtney said. “These studies drive me crazy. These task forces drive me crazy. I didn’t come here to do a study, I came here to vote and make public policy. That’s exactly what that was. They came at me hard and they beat me. I lost. I got beat. I’m really down about that.” Anyone who has ever spent time around Courtney knows he’s a firecracker. Talking with him is like opening a fresh box of fireworks on the Fourth of July. You pull one out, look it over, light it, and you’re not quite sure what is going to happen until it’s happening — but man it’s never boring. Courtney is a die-hard sports fan. I’ve heard from him over the years. He lamented once on National Signing Day that he wished more in-state high school kids would get football scholarships from Oregon and Oregon State. Another time he phoned me to rail about Tom Brady’s departure from New England and when Mario Cristobal left the Ducks for Miami last December the lawmaker roasted me for not being tougher on the departing coach. Said Courtney: “Cristobal, Chip Kelly, Willie Taggart — don’t even get me started on coaches and loyalty.” This was Courtney’s final session in office. He’s the longest serving lawmaker in state history. After 38 years he’s retiring and will spend more time with his wife, Margie. We spoke at length last week in a podcast interview and he was entertaining, authentic and informative. What does Courtney know now that he wishes he’d known when he was younger? “There is such a thing as wisdom. My grandmother — God I loved my grandmother, she helped raise me — she used to sit at the foot of my bed and say, ‘Peter Peter Peter Peter… it’s not as bad as you think it is.’” Is he nostalgic about retiring? “I don’t get into that. I don’t celebrate it. I don’t get remorseful. I don’t want to talk about it. To me, life is hell, then you die. That’s just another example of hell. Hook the plow up to me and one day I’ll be out there and drop dead. I can’t deal with it.” How does he handle goodbyes? “I don’t like goodbyes. I’m not up at the podium crying. I’m not crying. I know how to work. That’s all I know — work, work, work. I’m not up there being sentimental. I’m not into all that gooey stuff.” In our talk, Courtney kept coming back to Senate Bill 1503. He’s had a lot of wins in his career. He’s been an advocate for children and animals, particularly. But going out with a loss on the college gambling bill bothered him. “We could have done something big time to create a major fund for children who don’t have a lot of money. So when they go to college they won’t come out so in debt they can’t afford a house or car,” he said. The NCAA Tournament first and second round games will begin this week. I won’t think of them without wondering if there’s another state lawmaker willing to step in after Courtney retires to keep fighting and introduce legislation in the next session that would allow wagering on college games. He tried. Said Courtney: “The idea is you introduce a bill and you’re lucky if you get half a loaf. I’ve learned years ago I’ll settle for a slice. I couldn’t even get a slice. I’m not happy about it.”

Can you blame him? A junior in high school who has not contributed a thing yet to a college team is signed for 8 million? REPORT: Florida State DB Becomes First College Player To Hold Out Due To Lack Of NIL Deal WWW.TOTALPROSPORTS.COM Read “REPORT: Florida State DB Becomes First College Player To Hold Out Due To Lack Of NIL Deal ” and other Football, NCAA articles from Total Pro Sports. I want my MONEY FOR NOTHING!

My FishDuck Friends, for all the frustrating victories that Stanford has over Oregon....this one really stings them. The ERA of the Cardinal pitching staff was unreal, below 2.00 each coming into this series, and they were ranked between No. 2 and No. 5 on the different polls after beating No. 2 Arkansas last week. You could see the cockiness they had in their body language as, "this is just Oregon." I am floored at the player growth between the pitching and hitting. Down 9-3 and winning the game? That never happens, and this batting line-up believes in Coach Waz and what they can do. Heck...I checked out at 9-3, and came back just in time to see the comeback. This team is on a growth track....whew! I have more to say, but believe in this team! Comeback Gives Ducks Series Win Over No. 2 Stanford STANFORD, Calif. — Oregon battled back from a six-run third-inning deficit to hand Stanford a 16-13 loss and clinch the series win on Saturday at Sunken Diamond. The Ducks’ six through nine hitters in the order combined for nine hits, 12 RBI and nine runs scored in the win. Junior second baseman Gavin Grant, who went 3-for-5 with a career-high four RBI, had a two-out RBI triple to pull the Ducks within one in the fifth inning before delivering a two-out, three-RBI double in the top of the eighth to cap Oregon’s six-run inning and give the Ducks a 14-9 lead. “It was nice, just staying simple and staying with my approach,” Grant said. “Low through the middle. It worked today, just keep grinding and keep going.” Catcher Jack Scanlon has been a batting liability until recently... Sophomore catcher Jack Scanlon, who went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and matched a career high with four RBI, hit a huge three-run home run in the top of the second to give the Ducks life before driving in a crucial eighth-inning run with a bases loaded hit-by-pitch. “I’m just trying to do whatever I can to help my team out,” Scanlon said. “It just so happened to be a home run. I’m lucky that it was. It doesn’t matter how ugly it is, a win is a win.” How It Happened: Stanford didn’t waste any time jumping on Oregon starter Isaac Ayon. The first four batters reached on hits, with three of those going for extra bases. Carter Graham capped the scoring with a three-run home run to give the Cardinal a 4-0 lead after one. Oregon answered quickly in the top of the second. Scanlon blasted a 3-run home run over the scoreboard in right-center field to cut the lead to one. Anthony Hall started the rally, moving to third on a Sam Novitske single down the third-base line. Stanford (8-5, 0-2 Pac-12) responded with four runs in its half of the inning. Ayon surrendered three straight walks to lead off the inning and the Cardinal took advantage. Graham ran his RBI total to five on the day with a two-run double, while Kody Huff and Braden Montgomery both delivered RBI singles. Huff drove in another run in the third for a 9-3 lead. Oregon got one back in the fourth. Scanlon reached on his second hit of the day with one out, before moving to second on a Grant hit and third on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Tanner Smith. Scanlon then scored on a wild pitch to cut the lead to 9-4. Oregon’s bullpen slowed the Cardinal offense giving the Ducks a chance to come back. Logan Mercado tossed two scoreless innings, while Rio Britton added 1.2 innings without allowing a run. That’s all the Oregon (10-5, 2-0 Pac-12) offense would need. The Ducks cut the lead to one with a four-run fifth inning. Brennan Milone reached base on a Cardinal error to lead off the inning. After a strikeout, Josh Kasevich walked to put runners at first and third. Anthony Hall plated both Milone and Kasevich with a two-RBI double before moving to third on a fielding error by Stanford right fielder Braden Montgomery. Sam Novitske followed with a RBI single to cut the lead to 9-8. Neither team scored in the sixth or seventh, before Oregon broke it open with a six-run eighth inning while sending 10 batters to the plate. Smith singled to lead off the inning and moved to second on a Colby Shade sacrifice bunt. After Milone walked, freshman Jacob Walsh tied the game scoring Smith with a RBI single. The Ducks took the lead when the next hitter, Kasevich singled to plate Milone. Anthony Hall Hall walked to load the bases, and after a fielder’s choice forced Walsh at home, Scanlon picked up a RBI with a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch. Grant broke it open with a three-run double to give Oregon a 14-9 lead. The Ducks added two insurance runs in the top of the ninth. Kasevich struck out which should have ended the inning, but the ball got away from Stanford catcher Kody Huff who then threw the ball off Kasevich for an error allowing Shade to score from second. Hall picked up his third RBI with a single scoring Kasevich. Box Score Notes: Oregon scored double-digit runs for the sixth time this season … The Ducks clinched a Pac-12 opening series win for the fifth time in the last 14 seasons … The series win marks the third time the Ducks have opened the Pac-12 season with a road series win joining the 2013 (at USC) and 2017 teams (at California) … Oregon has never gone 3-0 in a Pac-12 opening series, home or away … Every Duck starter had at least one hit, with six having multi-hit games including Grant’s team-best three hits … Seven of Oregon’s starters scored a run with one scoring two runs and four others scoring three runs … Six of the nine starters drove in at least one run, with Grant and Scanlon leading the way with four RBI and Hall added three … Britton (2-0) picked up his second win of the season … Mercado had a season-high three Ks. Up Next: Oregon will look for the series sweep with the Ducks and Cardinal meet at 12:05 on Sunday.

"He's a guy that can be sideline to sideline, has the athleticism of a defensive back but has the physicality of a linebacker." There is more to this article... "I'm not a guy that wants a bunch of yes men around me." (Referring to the assistant coaches) Whew! He is not from the Mario Cristobal school of managing! My friends...there is SO MUCH in this article that is so different from what we've heard from the last number of coaches, that it makes my head spin. This is BIG TIME... What Oregon Ducks Football Head Coach Dan Lanning Said After Spring Practice No. 2 - Sports Illustrated Oregon Ducks News, Analysis and More WWW.SI.COM The full transcript from Lanning's press conference on Saturday Good gosh, I love so much of what I read here!