Charles Fischer

I suggest you read the full article, as nobody has been a bigger critic of the Pistol than yours-truly, but I see a system in place with this offense. Power run until the defense adds more to the box, and then throw over the top? Is there any offense in college football that throws deep eight times a game? Coach Boles will also go into some differences later this week, but I will admit to being impressed with the offensive system.

Now...is a relative term. In geologic terms, it could be millions of years! But the first one from FishDuck is tomorrow...

We will have TWO articles this week about the new Will Stein offense, and you will be both pleased and blown away. Monday: Our own DazeNconfused gives you a TON to ponder with information not seen anywhere else. Later in the Week: Coach Boles introduces the offense, and adds elements that will make waiting for Spring Football unbearable. And a Bowl game besides? Whew! When you are a crazy Oregon football fan like Mr. FishDuck...it is Christmas every day!

I wish he would give that advice to Lanning on 4th down...

I wasn't sure to include him, as he may want to test the NFL waters. You are quite right, in that he too is very experienced and could help this offense score a TON!

Below is a projected starting offensive line for 2023: LT: Josh Conerly Jr. LG: Marcus Harper Center: Jackson Powers-Johnson RG: Junior Angilau RT: Ajani Cornelius Conerly did not start, but played extensively, and everyone knows he is ready for every down. Harper did start most of our games this year and was an important part of the O-Line's extraordinary performance. (Great puller who hurt linebackers with glee) Jackson Powers-Light started at both center and right guard when there were injuries to Alex Forsyth and Ryan Walk and played extensively. Junior Angilau was an All-Big12 Preseason pick, and started 34 games at guard for Texas. Ajani Cornelius was judged as the best offensive lineman in the portal from Rhode Island. I am astounded at how Oregon will not be rebuilding, but reloading with an offensive line that could be/will be as good as last year's from the first game. I will not go into all the reserves available who will play and get experience, but you can look at them in the ChileDuck Depth Chart that is always up at the top of this forum in the drop-down menu from "Repository." And they will be coached by a proven superb offensive line coach. Add the starters at receiver, (Hutson and Franklin) the savvy tight ends in Ferguson and McCormick along with our running backs (Irving and Whittington) and throw Bo on top of that? I see a TON of points scored in 2023! Respect this offensive line!

Autzen used to be louder when they had cement below the AstroTurf which bounced the sound waves back to the crowd and sideline. But we removed the concrete and installed Field-Turf which has millions of rubber pellets that absorbs shock for player safety, but also soaks up sound waves. The only reason I figure we are in the Top-Ten is because everyone else has Field-Turf too!

I will admit that I respected Lanning's hires, but was unsure of Klemm, especially with some of the stuff in his past. My first clue he was good was in interviews of how he was trying not to say, "the previous offensive line coaches did not know what-the-hell they were doing," when he was attempting to explain the differences in run-blocking he was teaching last spring to the offensive line. Every Duck O-Lineman who is NFL worthy will be selected higher in the Draft, and earn more money because of Adrian Klemm. I only thought one of our offensive linemen could move, (TJ Bass) and was astounded to see all of them pulling and knocking people over in the open field early in the season. Forsyth on the edge? Big Sala moving and mowing them down like that? Whew! And I am the schmuck who thought we would have pass-protection issues this year. I did not know Adrian Klemm... Remember all the extreme negative earlier this year from so many in this forum about offensive line recruiting? A ton of "we are screwed" kind of talk, without waiting to see how Klemm would actually do? (Like the hand-wringing about NIL, the portal, etc. when Oregon is winning in those areas?) So many times people feel they have to project extreme negative before the outcome is even close to being decided. I was not in that "Eeyore" camp, but admit to being concerned, and wondering how he was going to pull out a good OL class. Especially since there were so few prospects between all the channels of High School, JC and Portal Transfers. But he got two incredible portal transfer offensive linemen? One is widely considered the best, and the other was an All-Big12 Preseason Selection going into 2022 before he got hurt? And then this "add-on" JC offensive linemen that was below the radar of most fans? (The best JC OL) And a 4-Star Rivals Bruiser? So he can coach with the best, and recruit with the best? Wowsa. Lanning was right again... And I happily admit I was very wrong to have doubts! This guy looks like a monster and we all kinda went, "oh-well, whatever," to this Rivals 3-Star.

From 11 months ago--a fun thread of Oregon basketball greats.

For example, on this date Oregon has four verbals for 2024 and 247 has all four as 4-Star, while Rivals has Fox Crader as a 3-Star. No surprise, as it has been consistently harder to be a 4/5-Star with Rivals and a 4-Star OL would be 290 lbs+ (nearly ready to play weight) while Crader is much less at 265 lbs.

For those who like to see how Oregon is doing with the harder, Rivals rankings, below is the 2024 list and is updated when new verbals join us. DuckSportsAuthority OREGON.RIVALS.COM The definitive source for all Oregon news.

A Holiday Bowl win, please.

Very fun read, Drex, and such a cool story as a student. Thanks!

The Chargers play at Indianapolis, and Justin faces an old Pac-12 QB in Nick Foles. I remember him! Taylor Hart No. 66 does too...

But Nick is using that turnover to his advantage; Kadyn Proctor was swayed because they had a bunch of the three-deep leave via the Portal, and thus made his chance at starting easier. Nick recruited to the holes created by the portal to his advantage... He's a damn good coach when he wins both ways--no matter what happens or what rules emerge.

A terrible job to take except for the buy-out money when you get fired. The best coach after Tom Osborne at Nebraska was Frank Solich, who was fired...Solich's 58 wins during his first six seasons as Nebraska's head coach exceeded those of his predecessors, Bob Devaney (53 wins) and Osborne (55 wins), both of whom are in the College Football Hall of Fame. Gene Bartow after John Wooden...

We don't terminate, but inform the player that playing time in the future is going to be limited. Most of us would want to go elsewhere, and have a chance to play when given the reality of the situation. I'm looking at the current Depth Chart, (that is always at the top of the site under "Repository") and see some names, but am hesitant to write them. You will note that there are only 65 scholarship players on it, and 40 walk-ons. There are only two Portal Transfer periods per year with one from December 5th to January 18th, and the second one is a narrow 15 day window after Spring Football from May 1st through May 15th. Thus we will some leave after the Bowl game, and some after Spring Football.

I get stuff from the pay-sites once in a while, and share it with you after a reasonable amount of time has passed out of respect for the hard work my colleagues do. Now most of it comes out later in free-articles posted by Pennsylvania Duck, but some doesn't for a while. The natural question we all have is...how much more does Oregon have to "free-up" from the roster to make the 85 scholarships limit? Now I do not know if that 85 number has to be reached during the offseason, but I know it has to be that way going into fall football. Between two sites, they seem to believe that Oregon is at 91 players right now, and I suspect there will be two, maybe three more between NLIs and Portal Transfers. So let's say 94, and thus NINE guys will need to leave Oregon beyond what already have? Yes, it is part of football, but boy--these are tough conversations.

No sweat, and that is the perfect way to say it. Oregon State was incredibly bad three years ago, and I thought Washington would go 6-6 or 7-5 this year. I did not see Penix coming, and was surprised at how well the Huskies were coached. Both to me are "miracle-coaching" examples, the way Oregon used to be. And if we develop the new classes of 4/5-Star players the way we used to develop 3-Star players, (as Oregon State, Washington and Utah have done) then we could be formidable. But I do agree with your basic premise of how everything has changed to give more schools a chance to improve. Without the portal...the miracles at Corvallis and Seattle could not have happened. Fun to ponder, and thanks for starting the thread.

There is only one new name there, and that is TE Walker Lyons, who is also a 4-Star on Rivals. Note how three on that list are Tight Ends... Jamari Johnson looks pretty big... Just need one-more 4/5-Star player on Rivals to sign and Lanning breaks Cristobal's recruiting record for a first-year coach!

Well, I don't know. I say that because I look at how CFB has changed with the portal, NIL and crazy contracts, but look who is still at the top? Saban has adapted and flourished despite the changes, IMHO. He will win another 'Natty yet, IMHO. When I see people wring their hands at how hard it is for Oregon...I just shrug. We are killing-it in the portal, and our recruiting just tied (and will probably beat in February) the all-time best recruiting record for a new coach at Oregon after his first year. I do not like the changes either, but the teams that adapt the best....and the Ducks along with Alabama have? What happened at Washington and Oregon State is simply a coaching miracle in college football--they adjusted well too. Good stuff to ponder...

I like the looks of Daylen Austin bringing back punts, and how he can already stop a slant pattern...