Charles Fischer

The average number of players in the transfer portal from each Power-5 school is..... an amazing 8.5 players per team and that astonished me. This was brought up at another site, (subscription) but the real stunner is how many does Our Beloved Ducks have in the portal? Ten.

Look Duck fans....we cannot complain, as we are getting a ton of national love and respect despite the Duck-Egg laid in the Fiesta Bowl. I would be fuming if the Huskies got coverage like this, so that means that their fans must be ... incredibly thrilled for us? ESPN tabs Oregon as a Favorite to be Next CFB Superpower by 247Sports How I weave my irrational hatred of the Huskies into this is a mystery, or maybe I am just a great Oregon fan?

That is amazing considering we don't have any real "bigs!" Look at the bright side....at least he was talking about the game and not asking whether you've been to Uzbekistan!

That is a free site and in another article--they consider the dilemma the Huskies are in with their basketball coach and the dumpster-fire mens program. "That means next season’s team projects to be both the least talented of Hop’s tenure and that to improve it he will have to recruit to a team facing the likely prospect of its 3rd straight bottom-2 finish in the conference. Buckle up." You could say that "I feel their pain" and am enjoying it a bit too much!

You are quite right, and at this forum--we would be asking the tough questions and doing Critical Analysis. (As we have done concerning our own offensive production)

Oh that gets me wiggling uncontrollably!

Wow Bruce....you are a fan of Track & Field! We are fortunate and appreciative of your updates! Great to hear we are on track with the first event.

Good article, and losing that receiver absolutely hurts the Huskies next year. Isn't that two receivers for the Huskies that caught touchdowns against Oregon the last time the two teams played that have transferred out? Huskies celebrating a score against Oregon ... Oh yeah...we won that game.

We have a link to a nice game recap right here, and it was a nice way to start the conference tournament. Will Richardson had a superb game shooting 6-9 for 17 points, nine assists and led the team in rebounds with seven. LJ Figueroa led all scorers with 21 points on a superb 9-16 shooting, and the nice surprise was Chandler Lawson's 10 points in 15 minutes of action. Thoughts about tomorrow? Conference Tournament Semi-finals are at 5:30 PST on the Pac-12 Network.

Another great candidate that would not be a surprise coming from me is Steve Greatwood, as we lead the conference in rushing for nine years with primarily 3-Star guys who were coached up. Our offense has not been as productive since he left, IMHO.

I know--your intentions are good and sincere and this subject had to be addressed eventually. I am sure there are others who feel that the State of Oregon is doing great in this crisis, and Lane County is operating in a prudent manner. So...like football topics--we will disagree and that is fine. I am just relaying my opinion and my experiences that have caused a ton of extra work for me. I do look forward to meeting you sometime Santa Rosa! (Actually I would love a post-game party someday at one of the local breweries)

My candidate for greatest assistant coach is not a popular one, but he needs to be judged on his work as an assistant and that would be Mark Helfrich. The game-plans he came up with and old plays pulled out of the playbook have not been rivaled since, IMHO. Our offense was the envy of the nation....

Oh baby....I have been trying to "Duck" this discussion for a long time, but here goes....and WE ALL must work at not getting political in this thread. Do keep in mind that I am not making a political commentary, but only my own assessment based upon what I've seen, read and experienced. In short, I believe the state of Oregon and Lane County Health Authority are incompetent on a number of different levels and we are seeing it in the distribution of the vaccines, and in how decisions are made concerning groups of people. Now with that said, Lane County is dropping to a level to where up to 150 people can assemble together, but that does not take place until Friday. Keep in mind that Oregon has been the 48th/49th state (among the best/slowest) in terms of the disease spreading for some time, yet massive measures have been in place for a long time. As of the other day...only a handful of people in Lane County were in Intensive Care with COVID, and only one was hooked up to a ventilator. To answer your question, I will relate my experiences as credentialed media who is trying to get photographers into UO Athletic events. In the past--no problem as I had two photographers on the field at Autzen for every home game, (One of my own, and another working for another media source, but shared his "sloppy-seconds" with me) and I assumed when COVID hit that everything would change. But not like this. I was not allowed to have a photographer on the field for games at Autzen, nor did the other sites and thus we had to use the "pool" photos of which were lame. But they were going to allow photographers up in the stands to take pictures, and I could live with that since my guys have telephoto lens and can still do well. Then UO AD reversed that position and stated that photographers could not even be up in the stands! When I asked for the science that shows COVID transmission taking place outside, (all the data shows transmission occurring inside) with people socially distanced, and wearing masks in the freezing cold....I was effectively told to pound-sand. Yet I could have two photographers shooting photos at the Washington State game! Are state guidelines on the same science that different? But the topper was how FishDuck was able to have two photographers in Reser Stadium for the Rivalry game. How is the COVID science different between Corvallis and Eugene? Recently we were told that the usual amount of photographers could not be on the field or in the stands at Baseball games, and the number allowed was quite small. What justification is there when everything is trending with the disease as it is? Crickets. So....different scientists have postulated that herd immunity will be reached by late April or late August, depending upon who you read. That would suggest that a full stadium could/should be possible; Alabama has announced that they will fill their 100,000 seat stadium this fall, and the NFL had over a million attendees to their games in total last fall. But the state of Oregon and Lane County may disregard pertinent data, as they have in this past year, thus my answer to you is that I am "less than 50/50" about fans being allowed in the stands. From a financial standpoint--they must get the fans back, but with the absurd way things with the Athletic Department have been handled....I am not optimistic. But I would buy a ticket anyway, as I have with my season tickets. My apologies.

If we play to the talent level on the team and with the coaches--yes, I believe we can win again. But the decisions made will determine how well the team plays, and this last year--your observation was quite true. Thus to me--it is all unknown. But I am spinning it in my mind that it is all "part of the drama and entertainment" of which is true.

This pitcher went to high school not far from where I live, and it was great to see him in his first start last weekend and being successful. Should Robert Ahlstrom be a starter over Nico Tellache of Canby versus Oregon State this weekend? Robert Ahlstrom Working way Back into Oregon Baseball Pitching Rotation by OregonLive

It is nice we have a small section in a national article, although it is devoted more to who they think can dethrone Our Beloved Ducks for the Pac-12 Title. I am not buying it--are you? Top College Football Storylines to Watch During 2021 Spring Practices by Bleacher Report

That's just crazy. Not what you wrote, (because it is true) but how MC has killed our tradition of high-scoring offenses that goes back to Mike Bellotti.

Actually the article made reference to a billion given to the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. But yes....he has given a boatload to Stanford as well.

Phil and Penny Knight have approached the "B" number...with two institutions? I know that WSJ article was linked in another thread, but this article below gives us much more information about the impact of these benefactors to so many. How cool would it be to be able to be so generous, and how lucky we fans of Our Beloved Ducks are! Phil Knight’s University of Oregon donations push $1 Billion Mark with new Hayward Field Project by OregonLive

In a period of just over three years from 2014 to 2017....Oregon won 11 National Championships and it would appear that over six of them were in Indoor Track. (Thanks RunningDuck!) The others were won in Outdoor Track, Cross Country and Mens Golf. Oregon won more National Championships in that three years than Washington has won (8) in over 130 years! Ouch!

I see him in a ton of ways at Oregon, including on Special Teams and getting a punt-fake pass, or blocking for field goals, (same concept) and in the backfield blocking as a fullback and on occasion for the big play on a key down...that pass out in the flat as a TE as you stated. He could be busy for us!

I know that some may not agree with that, but this is not me stating this. I do think he has made some great hires (along with a dud like Helfrich) the good ones like Coach Lombardi and Coach Graves are the majority. He may have also made a fantastic hire with Coach Abel for Soccer. MULLENS HONORED AS AD OF THE YEAR by GoDucks.com Oregon is the only school in the history of the conference to win Football and Mens Basketball (the only two profitable sports) league titles in back-to-back years as just completed. Well done!

Another great track fan in ChileDuck! Thanks so much...and perhaps I will stay in touch by text to post updates here? My thanks again to you both for such great information, as some of us really lap it up! Original Hayward Field... New Hayward Field... Think it might help recruiting?

I cannot get into the article, but the video at the beginning linked here gives me chills. Just wow....

I forgot about that....it is so weird in that they usually do NOT have a good team!