Charles Fischer

Your last one made me laugh, and the first one is quite accurate--good one!

I think Matt makes a great case, and has superb information to support it. But darn....aren't the State of Washington kids taught early-on to "hate Oregon?" Seems hard to overcome, but perhaps the energy of Lanning and the further decline of the Huskies can do so?

My FishDuck Friends....I know it is a bit corny, but it just felt right when it came to me the other night. I have communicated with so many of you, and just love the good people in this Oregon Sports fan community. I was reading the superb posts, and enjoying the absence of tension, of aggression you get at all the other sites, and then it hit me, as we are.... "The Forum with Decorum!"

The praise to Jon Joseph, the writer, is well deserved. It is at the top of the page on FishDuck as it is today's article, and now this thread will be at the top of the forum when I publish this post. (The posts always at the top of the forum are those that have had posts written recently.)

Very heartwarming, as the Lanning staff is already starting to create a "family" vibe. Love it! And thank you BigDog for posting it!

The rivalry game schedule for Saturday has been postponed due to COVID protocols within the Oregon program, just as it postponed the Colorado game on Monday.

This is pretty incredible, and I cannot help but wonder if there could be a ton of maintenance issues with so many moving parts? Riddell’s Axiom Could be Breakthrough Helmet for Football by Barry Wilner of the Associated Press

I LOVE that!

I admit that many of these look interesting and could help us...but won't that mess up the WR room? I LIKE the young-guns we have now....thoughts? Five Transfer Portal Wide Receivers That the Oregon Ducks Should Try to Recruit by Zachary Neel of Ducks Wire

We are not out of it yet for the top talent! No. 1 OT in 2022 class, Josh Conerly, Includes Oregon Ducks in Top 6 by Zachary Neel of Ducks Wire

TheRunningDuck....could you summarize the article? I cannot get in as it is a pay-wall...

Looks like it is going to happen! Whew, what an elite staff for recruiting! Report: Jaguar's Tosh Lupoi to be Formally Announced as Oregon DC on Wednesday by Zachary Neel of Ducks Wire

On Rivals.com....Patrick Chung was a 2-Star!

Boy do I love seeing that....THANKS for posting the tweet McDuck!

(Press Release to Credentialed Media by Oregon Athletics) EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning added the final offensive piece to his 2022 coaching staff on Tuesday, announcing the hiring of Carlos Locklyn as the Ducks’ running backs coach. “I am thrilled to have Carlos Locklyn join us here at Oregon,” Lanning said. “He is a dynamic addition to our offensive staff, playing a big role in Western Kentucky’s historically productive offense this past season. I was able to see Carlos’ love and dedication to his players in my time together with him in Memphis. Watching him grow in the profession has been true evidence of his drive and focus. He is a servant leader and will do a great job with our running backs." “Our running back room has a lot of talent, and I am really excited for our student-athletes to learn from a teacher of Coach Locklyn’s caliber. He is going to develop some serious playmakers for the Ducks, but most importantly, some terrific young men. Please join me in welcoming Carlos and his wife, Victoria, and their two children, Donovan and Dorian, to the Oregon family.” Locklyn made his on-field collegiate coaching debut in 2021 as Western Kentucky’s running backs coach, assisting an offense that ranked second in the nation with 44.2 points per game. Locklyn was Florida State’s director of high school relations in 2020, the same role he served at Memphis in 2019 after starting with the Tigers in 2017 as a weight room assistant and working 2018 as an offensive analyst. Locklyn started his coaching career with eight years as a successful high school football coach. “I want to thank Coach Lanning for this tremendous opportunity,” Locklyn said. “As long as you’ve got true passion, strong faith, a will to serve others and work hard, you can do anything you want in life. Know your passion. Dream it. Live it. Love it. Walk-on coach mentality!” Locklyn rounds out an offensive coaching staff that includes offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham, associate head coach and offensive line coach Adrian Klemm, co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Junior Adams, and tight ends coach Drew Mehringer. Lanning has also hired co-defensive coordinator Matt Powledge, cornerbacks coach Demetrice Martin, defensive line coach Tony Tuioti, and special teams coordinator and nickels coach Joe Lorig. Locklyn developed a running back room that played a big role in Western Kentucky’s historic 2021 offense, which was second nationally in both scoring and total offense (536.2 YPG). Noah Wittington led the team with 617 rushing yards, and Adam Cofield added 373 yards rushing and 176 receiving. As director of high school relations for Florida State, Locklyn helped the Seminoles land a recruiting class that ranked No. 20 nationally by Rivals and No. 22 by 247Sports. Locklyn worked with Lanning at Memphis in 2017, where he got his start at the collegiate level as a weight room assistant for the Tigers. He was promoted to offensive analyst in 2018, when Memphis broke multiple program records and ranked second nationally with 48 rushing touchdowns and fourth with 279.9 rushing yards per game. Unanimous all-American Darrell Henderson was a Doak Walker Award finalist after ranking second in the FBS with 1,909 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns. Locklyn took over as Memphis’ director of high school relations in 2019, helping the Tigers land a signing class that ranked 13 spots better than the previous year and third in the AAC. On the field, Memphis defeated Cincinnati to win the school’s second AAC conference title. Locklyn started his coaching career with eight years at the high school level in Tennessee, beginning in 2009 as offensive coordinator at Trezevant High School. He spent the next two seasons as both the offensive and defensive coordinator at Westwood High School, before serving 2012-14 as offensive coordinator at Manassas High School and 2015-16 in the same role at Cordova High School. The highlight of Locklyn’s high school coaching career came in his final spot at Cordova, where he helped lead the team to a 20-5 record over two seasons. The Wolves reached the Tennessee 6A State Semifinals in 2016 while scoring 32.6 points per game and racking up 2,397 rushing yards. A four-year letter-winner during an impressive playing career at Chattanooga, Locklyn totaled 1,555 rushing yards and added 71 catches for 676 yards out of the backfield. His average of 123.9 rushing yards per game still stands as Chattanooga’s single-season record, and his 6.5 yards per carry rank fifth on the program’s all-time list. Locklyn signed with the New York Giants as a free agent after college, and also spent time playing in the Arena League. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Chattanooga in criminal justice.

(Official Press Release to Credentialed Media from Oregon Athletics) EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning filled another spot on his coaching staff on Tuesday, officially announcing Drew Mehringer as the Ducks’ new tight ends coach. “I am fired up to bring Drew Mehringer to Eugene. He is one of the top young offensive minds in college football with an impressive history coaching multiple different positions. He was once the youngest play caller in the Power 5, and that experience will be very beneficial as we develop our offense. Our student-athletes are going to love working with Coach Mehringer and will learn a ton from him both as football players and as young men. I am excited to welcome Drew and his wife, Morgan, to the Duck family, and want to congratulate them as they anticipate the birth of their first child together.” Mehringer joins the Ducks after spending 2021 at New Mexico as passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Lobos. He spent 2014 at James Madison and 2015 at Houston before becoming the youngest coordinator in the Power 5 as Rutgers’ OC in 2016 at the age of 28. He was the pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach at Texas from 2017-19, and then worked as co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach at Florida Atlantic in 2020. “My wife Morgan and I are unbelievably grateful to Coach Lanning for the opportunity to be a part of such an incredible staff,” Mehringer said. “It’s not common to see such a great group of people come together like this. Coach Lanning’s energy and passion for the players and the game resonate through the rest of the staff. Oregon is one of the most recognizable brands on earth. People like Phil Knight and Rob Mullens have built this into a place that most people only dream of. It’s not enough to just be associated, though. I look forward to helping drive the program onward and upward. The vision for the program is lofty and aggressive, and that’s something that I wanted to be a part of." “I am excited to mentor, coach and develop such a great group of tight ends. Players are always the best part of the job, and the ones that I have had the chance to meet share the same passion I have. Morgan and I can’t express our gratitude enough and are so excited to be part of Oregon family. Go Ducks!” Mehringer is the eighth assistant coach hire for Lanning, joining offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham, co-defensive coordinator Matt Powledge, cornerbacks coach Demetrice Martin, defensive line coach Tony Tuioti, associate head coach and offensive line coach Adrian Klemm, special teams coordinator and nickels coach Joe Lorig, and co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Junior Adams. Mehringer worked with New Mexico’s quarterbacks in 2021 after helping Florida Atlantic to an undefeated home season and a spot in the Montgomery Bowl in 2020. Mehringer took over as Rutgers’ offensive coordinator in 2016 and installed a new offense under first-year head coach Chris Ash. He then went to Texas – following longtime mentor and head coach Tom Herman – where he made a big impact on Longhorns receivers in three seasons. In 2018, Lil’Jordan Humphrey racked up the third-most receiving yards in program history with 1,176, and Collin Johnson finished just 15 yards shy of 1,000 to give Texas the second-best receiving duo in program single-season history. Mehringer got his first full-time coaching role as co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at James Madison in 2014, helping the Dukes advance to the FCS Playoffs. The offense ranked 10th nationally with 484.6 yards per game on the arm of quarterback Vad Lee, who finished fourth for the Walter Payton Award and was a third-team AP all-American. Lee set single-season program records for completions (282), yards (3,462), touchdowns (30), and total yards of offense (4,288). Mehringer went from James Madison to Houston, serving as wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator under Herman in 2015. He helped the Cougars to their second-ever 13-win season and 11th conference championship, culminating in a 38-24 win over No. 9 Florida State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Houston finished No. 8 in the AP polls, its highest finish since 1979. With Mehringer coaching the receivers, Houston ranked in the top 20 nationally with 484.1 yards per game and was one of three teams in the country to average more than 235 yards per game both rushing and passing. Four receivers made at least 25 receptions for 300 yards headlined by first-team all-AAC selection Dmarcus Ayers, who led the conference and ranked sixth nationally with 98 catches for 1,222 yards and six touchdowns. After suffering a career-ending injury as a quarterback at Rice, Mehringer worked as student assistant for the Owls from 2007-09 before going to Iowa State as a graduate assistant in 2010-11. He earned a full-time coaching role at James Madison in 2014 after spending 2012-13 as a graduate assistant at Ohio State, working with the program’s tight ends and receivers in his first year and the offensive line in his second. Mehringer earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Rice in 2010, and a Master’s degree in sports management from Ohio State in 2013.

THAT is an awesome name....you could change your Posting Name to that?

I am very sorry to you both--no harm meant, as I just brought the link over as usual. Perhaps it is something in your computer? No matter--we got the tweet to you. BTW...I am NO tech guru at all, in fact the opposite. I am not "tech-intuitive" and in fact I am "tech-impaired," and can only operate if I have written directions where I do step one, then step two...etc. It is a terrible match-up for me as EVERYTHING with two websites is technology, so I operate on my dumbed-down directions as best I can. It is really a struggle for me... As fate would have it....I am on hold with tech-support with a company to get help on a problem that vexed me all day yesterday, and twice before they could not help. And...I have TWO hairy-bad sets of software I have to learn in the near future to continue on the path needed for the progression of this forum. Pray for me!

I click on it, and it takes me to an article by Ducks Wire, and when you scroll down a touch--there is Tweet with his pep-talk within it. Better yet...

Amen my Duck-Brother. And you have been killing-it with your posts--love it.

And....McClendon was fired at South Carolina as an OC; this is not a "Moorhead" kind of hire for Cristobal...

It is short, although I doubt it is much different than what most coaches would do? Or am I wrong on that? WATCH: Dan Lanning's Pre-Game Speech Should Have Oregon Duck Fans Excited by Zachary Neel of Ducks Wire

Boy they sure kept that on the down-low... Miami Reportedly Closing In On Offensive Coordinator Hire by Alek Arend of The Spun

Seems like a step down for him?

That used to be the case, but not now. Nick Saban stated twice publicly to the media and other coaches that it is no longer true. Read this article right here.