Charles Fischer

In some respects....he is taking a Chip Kelly tactic of "the faceless opponent," in that we play hard every week regardless of who it is, the size of the game impact, etc. But I also agree that he has not experienced a frothing, frenzied, fanatical Autzen crowd whose noise will lift you up on explosion plays.

It is similar to when Mariota left...the program declined under Helfrich. Nobody on the team wanted to disappoint Marcus, and thus listened to the coaches in 2013 and 2014 when Helf was in charge and Marcus was QB. But Graves was a good coach at Gonzaga, creating good teams with one star surrounded by great role players. Can he coach a team of five-stars? Can he do it without Mark Campbell or Sabrina? It will be a very interesting drama to watch play out...

We have had a number of parties get offended/annoyed with this thread and I've been in communications with many. Let's move on, and I will lock the thread.

Oh Geez. This is another myth that I've written about many times and need to save it--since it comes up every year. In Tua's sophomore year in HS...his grades were not good. Oregon wanted to offer, and Tua wanted to be the ONLY QB Oregon took that year. But with the bad luck he had been having at recruiting QBs...Helfrich could not go all in a QB with shaky grades and end up with nothing. If he could only offer one scholarship for QB the following year, Helfrich had to KNOW that the grades are fine, and I agree with Mark on this. So he told Tua he would offer when the grades got better, and the Ducks continued to recruit other QBs. When Tua got the grades up in six months--he gave the finger to Helfrich. Helfrich can be blamed for a ton of things, but this was not one of them.

OK...this is too funny about UCLA attendance.... It's been SO LONG for Vol fans...but it is still funny-as-hell... (Below) Is this SO FLORIDA or what? (Below) C'mon Vols...this is what BEAVER FANS would do! +

I am not hip, cool, chill or anything so I do not know how to interpret this celebration by Terrance Ferguson and Bo Nix after his 80 touchdown run against Stanford. What is this? Is he imitating a mesh? Geez... I was spending another couple of hours working on photos for the FishDuck writers and this photo by Jerry Thompson of Ducks Illustrated fascinates me. Thoughts?

That is well done!

This discussion about Helfrich comes up on a regular basis; sometimes you just have some bad luck at recruiting at a position, and that case could certainly be made for Lanning and the offensive line at this moment. Are you going to blame him? Let's also address the real issue why Helfrich got fired: 1) he did not analyze and recruit good assistant coaches, (Brady Hoke as DC) 2) was not a great recruiter of players, and 3) he was not a leader. (He lost the team once Mariota left) While it is another discussion...his skills of building a game-plan and play-calling were superb under Chip Kelly as OC, and then as HC himself. As for quarterback recruiting? Let's look at an article written in 2016 on the eve of the Washington game... (Shouldn't recruiting two 4-Star QBs and two 3-Star QBs to follow Mariota be enough?) Mark Helfrich's Quarterback MESS at Oregon FISHDUCK.COM Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich has been accused of failing to plan for the quarterback position with Oregon football. This article is a offers a rebuttal. Remember that identifying Justin Herbert was extraordinary by Helfrich. Oregon was his only Power-5 offer? Montana State? Portland State? Is there any credit to Helfrich for that?

This is a subject we have discussed extensively in the past. Not sure going all-out negative on him after only half a season is fair, especially when we have such a limited view of their reality. I am not going to count him out until he gives me reason to....and we have only seen the opposite to date. And no...the quarterback thing is not a reason. Again...we are not in the QB room, and don't know what is there and just how good the No. 2 recruit in the United States (Donte Moore) is. I am not trying to be argumentative, as I want to see all opinions. But this is such a negative topic without any evidence--do you see how you might have jumped-the-gun a bit? You know...an offense like ours will become attractive to every portal transfer QB there is out there. We will be fine...

I wish this had happened after we played there...

That was 12 years ago, and both Saban and Kirby Smart implemented drills for the defense to have them ready for the hurry-up. Lanning knows those drills and as will Lupoi, IMHO. If Chip owns Lupoi...it will not come from what we know, but what Chip surprises them with, I believe.

Isn't it everywhere? How good would OSU be if they had an experienced QB? As you know the Ducks have had so many seasons destroyed when the QB get injured, such a disproportionate burden of success placed on one player. Recruit well at that position or the rest doesn't matter as much. As my ol' favorite Viking Coach Bud Grant once said when asked what it takes to be a winning coach? "You need a good wife, and good huntin' dog, and a good quarterback. And not in that order...."

I stand corrected; I mistook his entire time versus being a head coach. Good to know--thanks!

Well I do invite you to post your thoughts often. Welcome!

Not my title...it was Drex's, but if he had an "F" in the title, and then switched to an "A-" then it would have been click-bait. But he meant an "F!"

My thoughts precisely!

This is fantastic news, as I can get to bed at a decent time, and writers have photos with plenty of time....and I might get to watch another game! I am dancing!

I was going through the press release sent to credentialed media, of which FishDuck belongs to--and found some interesting facts. First of all--know that at the end of this season....Chip will have been at UCLA as long as he was at Oregon between being an OC AND HC. --Chip's UCLA record to date is 23-25. Whew! --Oregon is 7-3 in the last 10 visits by ESPN GameDay. --The Ducks are 3-1 versus UCLA in ESPN GameDay contests including last year's 34-31 victory in the Rose Bowl. --Oregon has the third active home field winning streak at 22, and is only one shy of equaling the record for Autzen. --The home winning streak of conference games is at 16, as Oregon has matched that and looking to break that record on Saturday. --Win Saturday and it is the first over a top-ten team at Autzen in four years. Noah Sewell creates a fumble in the last meeting at Autzen... --The Ducks lead the nation with just one sack allowed, playing 18 full quarters before allowing their first vs. Stanford. --Oregon is one of just five teams in the nation to rank in the top 20 in both rushing offense (10th) and rushing defense (14th). --UO leads the Pac-12 and is fourth in the FBS with 6.22 yards per carry; Bo Nix (8.28) and Bucky Irving (7.15) rank 1-2 in the Pac-12. --The Ducks rushed for seven touchdowns at Arizona, UO's most since 2017 and most vs. a FBS team since 2012.**** --Oregon is scoring 49.8 points per game during its five-game win streak, second to only Ohio State (54.4) during that span. Some tasty tidbits there! **** Reminds me that we are scoring like the glory days again! Chip's record at UCLA....would we have permitted that at Oregon? We will need more of this on Saturday...

I have been on the subscriber message-boards that deal with recruiting for 25 years now, and I sometimes forget that others are relatively new to the whole recruiting process. To answer your question: who wins the game on a recruiting visit has almost no impact on the recruit at all. The key components are 1) the relationship with the position coach, 2) comfort with the school, 3) the vide with the HC and team, 4) comfort with moving away from home, 5) prestige of the school recruiting....and now we add a new big component into it with NIL as well. Winning the game enhances the recruit experience, but really does not make a difference--even if it is close between schools.

Gotta have some fun!

37/57 passing...his back is hurting from carrying the team?

If there was ever a time for the 4-0-4 alignment to stop the run...this is it. I hope our coaches are thinking the same as you--great stuff, and thanks for "chipping-in." Green Blitzes: Lanning Begins the New Mint Defense at Oregon FISHDUCK.COM For the first time in nearly a decade–watching the defense at Oregon is going to be highly entertaining again due to the new Mint defense and pressure packages...

"Oregon involved in 7 of the last 10 such matchups." But the last one for Oregon was EIGHT years ago, which makes this very game Saturday significant for Oregon! It has been THIS LONG?

Not what I saw, but we can disagree. No biggie.

End of the third quarter and dancing to "Shout" when you have a good lead is such great fun... Although not for me...