Charles Fischer

Sounds good! Oregon Football: Dan Lanning reveals format for Ducks spring game DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM We now know the format for Oregon’s spring game on April 23. Fans of traditional scrimmages will be thrilled.

This won't be the first time!

Projected at 8.5 wins? Miami Hurricanes rank 22nd in 2022 ESPN Football Power Index CANESWARNING.COM The Miami Hurricanes are ranked 22nd in the 2022 ESPN Football Power Index that was recently posted. ESPN projects Miami to have 8.5 wins and 3.8 losses. ... Mario Doesn't Know What He's Playing With...

Not USC!

Less than a week before the Spring Game! Defense prevails in Oregon Ducks’ second spring scrimmage WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM The Ducks held their second scrimmage and 11th overall spring practice Saturday at what eventually became a cool, windy and wet Autzen Stadium.

Eight of the nine Oregon starters against Washington were batting over .300 of which is crazy... Strength of Schedule

SEATTLE — Colby Shade delivered a two-out RBI single in the top of the 11th inning to score Gavin Grant and then Christian Ciuffetelli got the last three outs to give Oregon a 6-5 win over Washington on Saturday at Husky Ballpark. The win clinched a series sweep for the Ducks, their first in Seattle since the 1976 season. Oregon also won its first series at Washington since 2010 when the Ducks picked up wins in games two and three after losing in extra innings in game one. How It Happened: Oregon took the lead in the top of the second scoring three runs. Sam Novitske picked up a pair of RBI with a triple to right field scoring Josh Kasevich and Anthony Hall. Novitske made it 3-0 scoring on a wild pitch. Washington cut the lead to two with a third inning run before the Ducks responded. Brennan Milone got it back with a solo homer over the left-field wall. Washington got within one with a pair of runs in the sixth and then tied it on an eighth inning solo home run pushing the game into extra innings. Tanner Smith put the Ducks back on top with a leadoff solo home run in the top of the 10th inning. Oregon turned to closer Kolby Somers, who had saves in each of the first two games of the series. Their wouldn’t be a third save, thanks to a Johnny Tincher leadoff home run to tie the game. Somers rebounded from the home run. After two reached base on a walk and error and moved to second and third on a wild pitch with just one out, the Ducks’ closer struck out a batter and got a pop out to end the threat. In the 11th, Washington reliever Bryce Armstrong retired the first two batters he faced before walking Gavin Grant. Smith kept the inning going with a single through the right side to put runners on first and second. Shade the lined a two-ball, two-strike pitch into right center scoring Grant from second. Inside The Box Score: Novitske’s triple was the second of his career, and first since March 8, 2019 … Milone’s home run was his eighth of the season, tying Smith and Anthony Hall for the team lead … Smith regained the team lead in homers with his solo shot in the 10th … Smith (2-for-6, HR, RBI, R) had multiple hits for the second time in the series, the 17th time this season and the 54th time in his career … Shade (3-for-5, RBI, BB) reached base four times … He had multiple hits for the second straight day and the 15th time this season … Somers (3-2) was credited with the win … Ciuffetelli’s save was the first of his career … Oregon moved to 2-0 in extra innings this season. On Deck: Oregon wraps up its four-game road trip at Portland on Tuesday with a 5 p.m. first pitch.

So we are supposed to feel sorry for the incompetence that has hurt us so many times? Did you watch the Oregon-Stanford game last fall John?

Oregon State’s spring football game was held on Saturday at Reser Stadium. CORVALLIS — I was minding my business on Saturday, watching Oregon State’s spring football game from the end zone at Reser Stadium, when an interesting thing happened. David Coleman, the Pac-12 Conference’s Vice President of officiating, waved me over from his position near a corner pylon. Coleman is a pleasant guy. He’s been in charge of the conference’s officials for seven years. But it struck me as we talked that the former United States Army officer is facing a critical season as the supervisor of Pac-12 officiating. A report surfaced late in 2020 revealing that Coleman’s on-field experience as a game official was limited to two major college football games. The conference is now led by George Kliavkoff, a commissioner with fresh ideas. And a Pac-12 source told me there’s a special emphasis this spring on training and improving the football officials. Coleman reports to Merton Hanks, the Pac-12’s supervisor of football. Hanks told me near the end of last season that he thought the officials had a good year and said, “Officiating is a tough job and we can never rest on our laurels.” None of the Pac-12 football teams qualified for the College Football Playoff invitational last season. The bowl teams went 0-5 and the Pac-12 had its worst non-conference performance in football since 1983. Is it possible the officiating was improved amid all that carnage? It sort of felt that way. Or maybe we were all just happy to be back inside stadiums. But certainly what was absent last season were glaring and embarrassing in-game officiating errors that require the Pac-12 to issue a public statement. A lot of us know the 2018 season was a disaster for the conference officials. A well-documented instant-replay scandal involving former executive Woodie Dixon rocked public confidence in the officiating. The mess prompted the conference to introduce new protocols and commission an independent review. In 2019, the Pac-12 had three occasions in which it had to issue public statements related to large-scale officiating miscues. In 2020, that happened only once. Last season? Zero. On Saturday, Coleman wore a blue “Pac-12” trucker-style baseball cap to the Beavers’ spring game. He observed from a vantage point near the corner of the end zone. Jack Folliard, a long-time Pac-12 referee and prominent retired trial lawyer in Oregon, was present and in street clothes. Folliard held a notepad and pen and jotted down notes. The crew working OSU’s scrimmage warmed up and treated it as if it were a live, regular-season football game. Afterward, the officials walked off the field together. As they passed by, one of them looked up, smiled and said, “Be nice to us.” I’m trying. Seeing the officials work the scrimmage helps. Because it’s evident that the football players weren’t the only ones getting reps on Saturday. At one point, for example, a Beavers’ tight end caught what appeared to be a touchdown pass in the corner of the end zone. The offense celebrated. The sideline erupted. The closest official blew his whistle, came sprinting in, and waved off the catch — incomplete. He ruled the ball was juggled as the tight end went out of bounds. Players complained. The crowd jeered. But I was a few feet away, and despite the protests, it sure looked like the official got it right. The Pac-12’s training program for officials includes video review, detailed reports and analysis after each game and weekly evaluation meetings with officials. Also, it includes offseason training sessions and spring scrimmages. Said Hanks: “We are constantly training our officials.” What the conference has to get real about, though, is how vital it is to retain the best officials. Too often in recent years the Pac-12 lost top officials to other conferences. That can’t happen if the conference wants to be at its best on the field. Coleman’s predecessor, Tony Corrente, quit because of chronic meddling from former commissioner Larry Scott and Dixon, per a source. Said one person with knowledge: “Those two weren’t qualified to weigh in but never let it stop them.” Kliavkoff won’t make that mistake.

Comments from the Skipper... (He is much more gracious than I)

I am not sorry, although I should be ashamed at having so little nobility in victory. But sweeping the Huskies in Baseball really helps our team stay up in the standings. Later tonight...the Ducks will tied in the number of losses with Oregon State and the two of us will be at the top of the conference. Sweeping Utah when we did was HUGE, because they are catching fire now. (Beat Arizona two-out-of-three!) And sure....we needed a little luck to pull out the last game with the Huskies but... Huskies SHOULD be on the WRONG END of things...

Epic..fun stuff!

This was an awesome interview, and thanks for posting it Coach!

Actually…that is a GREAT idea…have a Utah writer pretend to be as indignant as USC fans…”being ignored as your primary opponent is bulletin-board material for the Utah players!”

It is a labor of Duck Love for him…

That title is EPIC alliteration, and I LOVE IT! So much thanks to ICamel! Down 5-1 and they come back? These are FIGHTING DUCKS!

We always have his depth chart available at the top of the site and it is now updated for Spring Football! For mobile...touch the three lateral lines at the top left of your phone and a drop down menu will have all the options, of which the "Repository" is one of them! New ones added for Spring: Jahlil Florence No.6 DB - Fr. Justius Lowe No.10 ILB - R-Fr. Noah Whittington No.22 RB Chase Cota No.23 WR - Sr. Kilohana Haasenritter No.24 RB - So. Devon Jackson No.26 ILB - Fr. Donovan Dalton No.30 DB - Sr. Harrison Taggart No.34 ILB - Fr. Malachi Hannah No.71 OLB - Fr. Michael Wooten No.77 OL - Fr. Cole Brosterhous No.81 WR - So. Malachi Russell No.85 WR - So.

Gets me energized...Coach Lanning is checking all the boxes...

How does this photo make YOU feel?

Man, I wish I could take one quote, and spin a short article out of it like that! But it is an exciting quote, and one that helps assure us Greybeard-age fans that explosion plays will return to Autzen.

Talk about “trying-too-hard,” as he is going out of his way to be offended. Our OC was talking about Oregon, to Oregon media and to stretch it into a massive swipe toward the Trojans? Slow news day, and a reach for a topic to write about—I’ve been there!

The Husky announcer, just makes me ill, as I would just love to tell that suck up purple ba**ard to suck green Duck eggs. No way I can make three full games of this Husky hack… Makes me want to hurl…

Wow. You MUST listen to this...so much great information, and you can hear why Lanning wanted him...a coach who fought-scratched-kicked-and-clawed his way into the profession. His respect for Coach Campbell? I don't how a new RB coach could make me happier. Love this guy.

EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon head coach Dana Altman announced Thursday the signing of junior college standout Brennan Rigsby. Rigsby (6-3, 180) helped Northwest Florida State College to the NJCAA national championship in March, scoring a game-high 24 points on nine-of-14 attempts, including hitting four-of-seven three pointers. On the season, he averaged 11.6 points (.461 FG%, .370 3P%) 3.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 33 games. “Brennan has really grown as a player and we can’t wait to get him on campus,” said Altman. “We believe Brennan will work hard to continue to develop as a student-athlete and has a very bright future.” The De Beque, Colo. native attended Wasatch Academy in Utah, before joining the Raiders for one season and has three years of eligibility left. Rigsby hopes to follow the same successful paths as former Ducks Elgin Cook and Chris Duarte, who both played for NWF before suiting up for Oregon.