Charles Fischer

Oregon has always done a great job with the Spring Game between trying to make it entertaining, and adding features such as honoring our veterans and famous former players. I thought Chip, Taggart and Mario all did a good job with making it special for the fans, AND making it a primary recruiting event. But boy...it sure seems that the Lanning organization has stepped it up another notch. I have NEVER heard of so many highly ranked recruits coming to a Spring Game as this one, and the guest list is impressive to match previous Spring Games. Am I alone in this observation? Does it seem that Oregon is making this a BIG event compared to say, Washington?

Holy Crap!

I would love to know the truth; regardless it is good-or-good. It is great if the story is true, but if it is not--many thanks to those who did bring it back. We have some GREAT YEARS of Oregon Baseball in front of us! Damn Husky is OUT at home!

Whew! Nasdaq Threatens to Delist Crucial NIL Booster's Company WWW.ACTIONNETWORK.COM The darling of the NIL era in college sports and his company LifeWallet will receive a delisting notice by the Nasdaq after trading under $1 for 30 consecutive days. John Oh no....could this impact Mario's recruiting?

I think there is a number; both Canzano and Wilner believe that the new deal with be similar to the Big-12 contract of 31M+, thus if the B1G offers ten million more--is that enough to justify a change? How much more would it take to create a move for Oregon/Washington? Now that is an interesting question that has not been discussed, and only Rob Mullens really knows that number?

Yep. Technically....Oregon and Washington are free-agents until a new contract with the Pac-12 is signed. This gives the B1G time to re-group and come up with an offer...

Who is making life for George Kliavkoff the most difficult? The loud-mouthed Arizona AD, the Big-12 Commissioner, Dennis Dodd, or this guy throwing more gas on and trying to keep the disinformation flame going? I don't see it happening. Do you?

Add to that—Oregon does not have a good history of trying to win at Tempe. (Play them November 18th) As Dilly has changed that team incredibly already and they will be jacked.

So I am watching the Oregon/Call game on the livestream via the Cal Athletic department, and they had a broadcaster who was well versed in Pac-12 Baseball. (He wrote a book published this year about "Bears in the Big-Leagues" and spoke of Cal greats who had played on the field today's game was taking place on.) He expressed how he is happy Oregon brought Baseball back, as the conference is better for it. He stated that a rumor he heard, (and admitted he has no idea if it is true) that Penny Knight wanted Oregon to revive the Diamond Ducks--thus it eventually happened! Now I recognize that Pat Kilkenny and many other donors also made it happen in addition to the Knights, but perhaps she provided the impetus to get the project to first base? So, I come away with three observations of that rumor, if true: 1) I hear a ton of stuff over time, as I am quite the fan--and I've never heard this! 2) It makes me love the Knights even more, as I am an avid Oregon Baseball fan. 3) As powerful and influential as Phil is in the world? In the end he has to make his spouse happy as the rest of us men do! Happy wife, happy life! Right? If true...thank you Penny!

I thought Alabama would coming for Lanning... Cristobal? What a relief!

My FishDuck Friends...I can't make this stuff up. Whatever this 'Cane fan is smoking--we gave it up! Title of the Post: Saban Knows Cristobal is Coming

The rumor originally was that he asked for too high of NIL income, thus why Oregon was not in the race for him when he left North Carolina.

Forget it. I know it is in the headlines, and frankly--it is only a matter of time before it appears in Oregon Athletics. But it is impossible to have an opinion or discussion about the topic without it going into the political realm within two sentences. So we are not going to even touch it in this forum. If a post makes reference to the topic, or the new legislation suggested/opposed...it will be quickly deleted. (And you will be put on notice with me for potentially being banned) We all have our opinions, but a discussion in this area will create wounds that never heal. Every time in the past where a highly controversial topic that involved politics was brought up--people left the forum because of it. Yes, we had some tame discussions about COVID and the impact on Oregon Sports in the past. But I had to highly regulate it, and guess what? People left over it! I love you guys/gals, and don't want to even know your politics. It shades how we view each other when we read each other's posts later. Let's just stick to Oregon Sports...the sports themselves. The debate might seem like a good idea at first, but...

Some faint praise....it would valued more if it were not from this source. Kind of like...

This is a great example of how Lanning recruited the best he could--getting superb quality, but in the next years improving upon it even more. Well, that and bringing in a safety via the portal puts a freshman even lower on the roster. I feel for the coaches with all the time spent recruiting these players, the time spent coaching them--and they leave. Yet this is what building a higher quality program looks like--a Georgia model for sure. Still, it makes me wince.

The fact they have the Ducks ahead of the Huskies will infuriate many in purple...

An Oregon great, important to remember in a new era of defense at Oregon...RIP.

Are these valid rankings? There is been much written about how schools game the system, and many more reasons for pause.

A punch in the gut. They really got to the good relievers we have, and blew up Mollerus like never before.

As I've said before.... Mario did not know what he was playing with.

Over time, there are many narratives that are forgotten or invented about a game eight years ago. One benefit to having this site and doing some analysis myself, (and still having my marbles) is being able to pull up what really happened in a game. The play below was perfectly schemed for our defense, and a close game in the first half--got ugly by the end of the game because of it. And that bastard Urban Meyer purposely held back this play until the second half as he knew we were good at halftime adjustments. This is an example of fantastic play-scheme planning, and superb in-game tactics along with play-calling of which beat a good Oregon team. A prime example of how "plays" makes the difference over "players." An Ohio State Dagger to Oregon: The Counter Play FISHDUCK.COM This is an analysis of the Counter play that Ohio State used to defeat Oregon with in the college National Championship game. BTW...above is one of the most read articles in the 6,000 article history of FishDuck between Oregon fans, but in particular Ohio State fans lapped it up. I was fair in my analysis, and they appreciated that and opportunity to learn.

Make that three, IMHO. What has been done in Salt Lake City with underwhelming recruiting classes is also amazing. We have a ton of great coaches in the Pac-12...

I enjoyed the article, but this is one time I disagree with my friend and writing colleague. He beat me to writing about this topic, but it turns out we have a different perspective on it--good. I'll give my take on this quote and a few other questionable lines by Coach Stein when my writing turn comes up next time on the schedule. This is a good topic to debate--love it and thanks David!

I hope so as well, because Oregon had 44 players who were 4/5-Stars at the time, and Fresno had ONE. That is damn good coaching... (Makes me want to hurl 🤢 writing that)