Charles Fischer

You have read what I've written many, many times over the 11 years of FishDuck sites, and it applies to the Ty Thompson discussion... "Greatness and weakness emerge early." "And weakness cannot be turned into greatness, as you work hard to just bring him up to average." This applies to players AND coaches, IMHO. You do not try to send Sparrows to Eagle School...it doesn't work. If you want Eagles, you go out and find (recruit) Eagles for your team. (Donte Moore) How many quarterbacks have stepped on the field at Oregon and you knew they were a future star? And how many has our coaching staffs over the years worked at, but to no avail?

I will allow anyone to post their opinions in all directions, and I personally will continue to make reference to Mario because: 1) It is fun, 2) It is entertaining. 3) It makes me grateful-as-hell that he is gone.

I think Jay Butterfield would do extremely well in the Jonathan Smith offense at Oregon State. I would like to see if he can run an offense while he is here before helping them...

I am in the middle of three projects at the moment, so I do not have the time to pull out the stats, but I can later. Cristobal wasted one of the best offensive lines at Oregon ever with four players who are in the NFL right now (When has that ever happened at Oregon?) that dramatically underperformed under Cristobal. Cristobal had rushing stats far below what occurred before his time at Oregon....and now after his time at Oregon. He recruited good offensive linemen, but only now are they reaching their potential under Klemm and in the Dillingham offense, IMHO. Jake Hanson, Green Bay Packers

This is true... Oregon's offensive system is developing into a juggernaut 247SPORTS.COM The Oregon offense is operating at a level we haven't seen since the days of Marcus Mariota, and it was on full display Saturday night at Arizona Stadium in Tucson. The

Ty does not have the "it" factor, IMHO.

I am grateful to Dazed for an article that gives us entertainment and perspective. I was sweating it last night as it was getting past 1:00 AM, and the pictures from the photographer I hired in Arizona had not come in yet. You always hope you made a good choice with who you hired, and it turns out he was awesome. Lots more pics coming for our writers, and they were the perfect complement to article Dazed gave us. Thanks for creating an article late in the evening after a game!

It is true. While we are averaging 42 points per game for the season...the five games since Georgia of 70,41,44,45,and 49 bring us to an average of 49.8 points per game! So we have an offense that is a Chip Kelly Redux, to face CK and we will need that offensive firepower to win that game. My friends, I hope this time around that people truly savor what is going on. At times I sensed that people took it for granted when we scored an average of 45 points a game for four years in a row, and I know that I am soaking this up while it it happening. So fun to watch, so interesting to break down and analyze. So very special...

This did not age well... Kirk Herbstreit picks against Oregon in late-night road matchup with Arizona SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit explains why he likes Arizona as a 13-point underdog against Oregon. You KNOW he will bet on Chip...

Red Eddy Green! Actual game score of 49-22 Red Eddy Green: Prediction of 49-24 49-49 = 0 Difference 24-22 = 2 Difference Total Difference of 2! wounded knees: Prediction of 48-20 49-48 = 1 Difference 20-22 = 2 Difference Total Difference of 3 Log Haulin: Prediction of 48-20 49-48 = 1 Difference 20-22 = 2 Difference Total Difference of 3 Pretty darn impressive for all three! Thanks for playing and now...how to figure the score of Oregon vs. UCLA? Whew!

Video highlights from the Pac-12 Network...

OK, the game is over and let’s discuss in new threads in the forum!

I am going to get the party started with a concern...as last year after the big Ohio State win, Kirk Herbstreit predicted we would lose to Stanford...and he was not feeling good in GameDay about Oregon today. Crap!

Here we are my friends, the thread for discussing the actual game as it happens. Let's discuss before, and during the game! The vast majority of you are GREAT in this thread, but you must remember that this forum is different, as we require civilized discussion. Rule No. 31d covers GameDay thread conduct, and it is not hard for the vast majority of us--just a tiny few who need to reign it in. Let's Have Fun Posting During the Game!

Not me.

Hello my FishDuck Friends, I am going to follow the suggestion of OBD Member, Dr Hilarius to determine the finalists: Actual score of 45-27, Oregon over Stanford. Delta Analysis: EastBayDuckDad Ducks 48 (delta 3) Furd 27 (delta 0) total delta = 3 Mic Ducks 45 (delta 0) Furd 24 (delta 3) total delta = 3 FG Lumber Ducks 35 (delta 10) Furd 17 (delta 10) total delta = 20 Tiebreakers: **= winner/closest in that category Actual from the Game: Turnovers: 1 Sacks: 3 Passing Yards: 164 EastBayDuckDad Turnovers: 3 Sacks: 4 ** Passing Yards: 325** Mic Turnovers: 2** Sacks: 5 Passing Yards: 375 Winner by one tiebreaker category: EastBayDuckDad Congrats to him and thus beginning this week I will apply this new criteria to determining the winner. Thanks again to Dr Hilarius!

Yep. Against BYU, the Ducks only had the ball for four possessions in the first half and scored on all of them for a 24-3 lead. In the first half against WSU some called plays in the Red Zone that worked before, but did not work then. Many times it simply comes down to..."did the play work?" If if did, we as fans say nothing, but when if fails..."we have a big problem." I think Dilly has done well overall for just five games, and he is getting better. He is backing up what he said he would try to do on offense, and is returning us to the days of high-scoring again. And no coordinator is going to be perfect; what Dilly has done thus far doesn't suck.

Wasn't Karl Dorrell just fired as the Buff Coach a week or so ago? The 0-5 is not attributed entirely to Sanford when he is just an interim coach.

Wowsa. We lucked out there…

Hello My OBD FishDuck Forum Friends! What is your prediction versus Arizona? Take your shot and let's have fun with it... Lets get these predictions started and remember I look for the spread with then the closest score that has the spread correct. I need all the data from you! Entries without all the information are invalid, and predictions on other threads don't count as I am not going to hunt them all down. I am no longer going to PM three or four people who don't read directions each week. Please follow directions, as I need all that is below for tiebreakers: --the winner --the score --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team --the number of passing yards by the Ducks. My prediction is: Oregon 45-23, 3, 4, 254

Another incredible Spoof by Alan...whew! There are so many jokes, so many swipes at the Wildcats that I suggest reading more than once!

Yet a fellow performing pretty well for the Ducks was once a two-star receiver with only one offer and signed by Western Kentucky... Noah Whittington, 2020 Wide Receiver - Rivals.com N.RIVALS.COM The definitive source for all Rivals news.

Yikes. I was quite suspicious when I searched for information on Boulton and got "no rating," and then he was not listed among our verbals for the longest time? Now he is listed....as a two-star! Bryce Boulton, 2023 Offensive Guard - Rivals.com N.RIVALS.COM The definitive source for all Rivals news. Damn, now that is a project!

That is very kind of you...wow. Now I have to root for your team tomorrow!

You have been a friendly Wildcat fan, but I do wish to warn you in advance to NOT come here tomorrow and read the "Saturday Spoof" article by Alan Lohner. Alan has skewered every opponent in his articles thus far this season, and his evisceration of Arizona in his article tomorrow is priceless. (I've read it already and both howled with laughter and winced) I always like to warn the nice fans in advance because if you do...