Charles Fischer

Lanningrad? Just funnin...

I've seen a few of these, but pulling them all together like this from sources I have not read--seems to make more sense to me. I am good with adding San Diego State, lukewarm on the rest. How do YOU feel about adding the Aztecs after you read the short article? (From the FishDuck Feed) Why Utah opponent San Diego State is viewed as a prime candidate to join the Pac-12 WWW.DESERET.COM Could future Utah-SDSU meetings be Pac-12 games?

We did quite a few analysis articles in 2017, and IMHO Taggart was very good at play-calling and having a diverse offense that was difficult to stop. Taggart had the best class in Oregon history when he left and Cristobal had great ones, but not as high as No. 2 or No. 3 when Taggart left. And we have to remember that Cristobal was there recruiting for Taggart, in addition to Willie able to smooth Florida parents. To me, in recruiting and game management--there is no comparison.

Fellow OBD member and analyst Mike West believes that under Taggart--Herbert would at minimum been in the NY as a Heisman finalist. Arroyo was a much better OC/QB coach under Taggart than he was under Cristobal!

To be honest...I do not know what went wrong at Florida State for him. I do believe that the group of assistant coaches he assembled at Oregon was pretty good, and most stayed with Cristobal. Chip was great with the Oregon coaching staff, but when he had to recruit his own at UCLA...not the same. (As he does not care for recruiting)

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"The enemy of enemy still needs to be thrashed."

I do not like this at all. Their QB is telling the Pac-12 Network that "no defense can stop our offense." Lovely...this smells like a Trap-Game to me! Updated betting odds for No. 15 Oregon vs. Washington State 247SPORTS.COM Oregon betting odds.

The defense is progressing slower than the offense, but I did not realize this below. I gotta give credit where due, or is this because of pass-happy teams? Statistically speaking: Oregon Ducks run defense off to best start since early 2019 WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM The No. 15 Ducks are allowing 97.7 rushing yards per game, fourth in the Pac-12 and 33rd nationally, after limiting BYU to just 61 yards on 24 carries during their 41-20 win on Saturday. From the Fabulous FishDuck Feed...(reduced in size now!)

Wow. Great observation, and boy what a conference season it will be!

At every school there are class fans and a few culls. They were young, foolish kids, a tiny, tiny fraction of the attendance of Autzen. They do not represent all Oregon, just as the extreme in any topic don't, but I agree with you that measures need to be taken immediately, and forceful.

No. 18 for us is about right at the moment, as we have a lot more to prove. I do believe that with continued progress and wins...we can be in the top ten by season end. Seeing Washington ranked...makes me respect them, and seeing USC at No. 7 makes me want to hurl.

I think it was after "Shout" in how the team changes back to a game focus. When the game is close--I do not imagine players will take part much, but when you have a big lead...it makes sense for them to have fun with it as it is part of the Oregon experience.

I have been very concerned about pass-protection going into this year, but the truth is...we have not thrown many long balls where the extra protection is needed. Most passes occur quickly, hence why it is easier to prevent sacks. As the offense evolves and we throw more passes downfield--it will be interesting to see how we do with pass-protection. (Especially on the right side)

It can be forgiven because you are new here, but we have had hundreds of posts over the last four years about..."what if Mario brings a great OC here and leaves him alone?" That was the wish for four years, and then he brought in Joe Moorhead, a nationally known and respected OC. And nothing changed. Mario will not change no matter who the OC is, and he is being paid 8 million a year to do what he did at Oregon. He has been given positive reinforcement for doing what he did at Oregon? Why would he change?

I still don't think Oregon fans realize how different this season would be if Mario stayed. I am quite certain we would have had a MASSIVE number of transfers, (most of the receivers) and the season would have a "grim" outlook to it. Hanging out in the OBD forum would not be as fun. I am so thankful for the way things worked out. Even if Mario underperforms in Miami...he is still rich beyond anything I could sniff. So everyone is happy....well maybe not everyone.

My friends....we have had posts maligning many faiths here in the OBD forum in the past. This is why I do not allow anything to be written about anyone's faith--no matter how trivial, because it can start something and someone is bound to be offended. I have deleted three...make that three...posts in the recent past that mentioned a religion of some type. Like Autzen stadium, this is a sports venue with no place for any mention of religion. And yes, we have had pejorative statements written about the Mormon faith here in the OBD forum, and to my many friends of that church...I apologize again. From the OBD Rules: No. 12: No Reference of any kind to Politics or Religion: I do not allow even a hint of politics or subtopics pertaining to politics; no names, no terms, no links, not even a word or any references pertaining to anything political. Do not even use the word, "politics" or "political" in your posts because just the word is a lightning rod that generates discussions in a direction we do not want the site to go in. Any of the aforementioned could initiate a political discussion, and veering in that direction at all will cause a site meltdown in today’s acrimonious climate. We do not allow anything negative directed at any religion, toward anyone in the LGBT community, or toward any race, gender or ethnic group.

The candidates seem to be on offense at the moment? And this is not about recruiting, but simply coaching... --I LOVE the comments about the running backs and Carlos Locklyn, as we are seeing more vision and additional yards added than in the past. --The receivers are young, but getting open. I think Junior Adams is coaching them up... --No sacks and running the ball as well as Oregon has? How can we NOT make offensive line coach Adrian Klemm the winner? But wait...what is that offense out there....with so much variety and unpredictability? With a wonderful balance of run and pass? That is designed to utilize the gifts that Bo Nix has? And I would say we have seen tremendous growth in our QB, and the commentators on TV were quite impressed. (QB Coach) Would that make Dilly the winner? Or does it makes us, the fans the winners when they are all doing so well. We weren't saying all this last year at this time! (And it was his fourth year here? Yikes.)

Night and day--such a good point!

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We had a "Mario" game without Mario. Great offensive line performance, and running effectively out of the Pistol at unpredictable times. Dilly is the "Anti-Mario?"

That was not directed at you or any OBD members, but the media who were not always kind to Oregon in their analysis. In terms of predictions, I've been humbled so many times that I'm just trying to hit 50% where I can.

"First downs at the end of the game when you have the lead is as important as touchdowns earlier in the game. Without both you don't win..."

The quotes from the two head coaches come from Oregon's Press Release sent to credentialed media such as FishDuck, and thus I thought I would pass it along as it will save you a ton of reading elsewhere. From Coach Sitake: "Defensively, it just seemed like it took us a while to get going. I think they have a lot of speed, talent, and athleticism at the skill positions, and they made us miss a lot of tackles. That is uncharacteristic of our defense and our players. Credit to them, they utilized their skill really, really well. I thought we could handle the skill and athleticism, but obviously, we need to go back and figure some things out and put ourselves in better position to make plays.” "I told Coach [Dan] Lanning at the end, I apologize for us taking the timeouts even when the game was out of reach, but we were trying to get our things back on track, getting the team, getting the momentum back on our side. That is more looking forward to next week more than anything else.”

The quotes from the two head coaches come from Oregon's Press Release sent to credentialed media such as FishDuck, and thus I thought I would pass it along as it will save you a ton of reading elsewhere. On inability to establish the run game… “That was a concern for me; you mentioned it. I do not know what the issue is. We will have to keep watching film. We thought that defensive front from Baylor did a good job, and we thought we could find some spots against Oregon. Obviously, they did a good job shutting down the run, so it made us one-dimensional and put us in some tough situations on third down, even on fourth down. We could not even capitalize and make those plays. I think at the beginning, we could not punch it in, we could not finish drives, and we will get that fixed. At the end of the game, we were just trying to get the train back on the tracks, you know, and try and do whatever we can to get some positivity from this and show we are capable of doing things differently. We are going to have to look at this entire game and get better from it. There is no running from it.” On the talent discrepancy impact on the loss… “They have great talent. I think we have talent as well, but talent does no good if you make mistakes. And I say that we made mistakes, but it is also coaching. Overall, we did not do a good enough job winning that game. That is from the players to the coaching and everyone involved, including myself as a head coach. We did not seem like we were ready to go from the get-go, and that is something I have to evaluate and something I have to improve on. I have to do a better job; I have to as a head coach.”