Charles Fischer

When Cristobal left last year, a third of our recruiting class bailed, and Lanning fought to save what he could. We signed 17, not almost 30 and you can see that right here. The portal was vital, but not all will be here for 2023... Josh Connerly Jr. was a good one!

Trust me. There is a FishDuck article coming up about the upcoming...

Live with it? I LOVE this uniform!

Doesn't this drive coaches and the PR people crazy? Makes you want to drop-kick the freshman through the goal-posts?

I am not reporting this as fact, but passing along the thoughts of others...that are wild.

The point to me, is when you consider the value of Tosh Lupoi...it is over-the-top in recruiting. This will be the best defensive line recruited to Oregon in one year, and it is not even close.

San Diego State is fringe IMHO, and all the great San Diego players we have recruited in the past will have no need to leave home to be in the Pac-12. Meh, but I understand. SMU has a 32,000 seat stadium; do we really need another OSU or WSU who take from pie, and not enhance it? As for the others?

Mack reminds me of how Mike Bellotti would do Oregon Club lunches; he was charming and told us funny stories about the team and made everyone feel good without giving away anything.

C'mon Justin and Chargers...get it done!

I thought the more highly ranked team gets their pick of uniform? No announcement of what uniform Oregon is wearing yet...odd. Go with yellow!

Now the principal of one of the pay-sites has come through with his firm belief that Porter will commit at the All-American Bowl on January 3rd. I can taste that new recruiting record for Lanning...

No sweat--none of us wear halos here, and I've made a few mistakes recently myself. It was off-limits to me, but others can read it--so thanks for letting us know about it. You have been a great OBD member--please keep posting!

If Lanning wins the bowl game--he gets an "A" even with what I think were incredible screw-ups in two games. Why an "A?" Because a 10 win team is good, and doing that in your first year is "A" type of work.

We don't post pay-article sites. Give us a summary?

That could be true, but another possibility has been raised and has happened often in the past; the player signed his LOI and has already sent it to Oregon. But he does not want it announced until HE does it on January 3rd, thus both parties get what they want. This may not be a February signing, but a done-deal. We find out on January 3rd...

OK...I will let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag early. Coach Boles will later explain how the Pistol formation under Stein is different than most, as both the QB and RB are not as deep, thus less time for a DE or OLB to cover both players in a Zone Read. Oregon ran a bit of the Pistol in 2014 and you never heard a peep from me, because it was a shorter Pistol that worked. The problem with Cristobal's Pistol was the lack of variety of plays, the predictability of early down plays, the ease of keys for the opposing defenses to watch and because the formation was so deep--the extra time the defense had to negate the Zone Reading.

There is a pay article on 247 that I cannot link, but the bottom line is that Ashton Porter, a 6'3" 255 lb. DE is a Rivals 4-Star defensive terror that the Ducks want bad. The Crystal Balls and predictions are trending to his verbal on January 3rd, (signing in February) and--if he does--Lanning would beat Cristobal's first year recruiting record from 14 of the 4/5-Star players that are so hard to recruit, to 15. Good grief....Porter's senior numbers are crazy; 24 Tackles-for-Losses and 15 Sacks? Whew!

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!