Charles Fischer

With projected heavy rainfall on Saturday PM--the afternoon game has been moved to before the noon game at 10:00 AM! This team has really improved over the last two weeks, with three games in the "Jane" before Pac-12 play begins. No. 14 Oregon softball aiming for consistent all-around play during home-opening weekend WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM The No. 14 Ducks (16-3) aim to ride the momentum they generated during last weekend’s five wins in North Carolina into this afternoon’s home opener against Portland State at Jane Sanders...

Oh...this team would have been really good with her pitching this year! Oregon softball All-American pitcher Brooke Yanez to miss 2022 season due to injury, returning in 2023 WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM Yanez, a fifth-year senior, announced she would miss this season but she will utilize a redshirt in order to return in 2023.

At the end of the article are the new number changes, and everybody has to be cool. (The worst was when Jordon Scott had No. 3!) 2022 Oregon Ducks Football Spring Roster Revealed: Breaking Down the Notable Updates - Sports Illustrated Oregon Ducks News, Analysis and More WWW.SI.COM Plenty of Ducks will be sporting new numbers, while others will line up at new spots

Seven McGee just at receiver? Trikwese Bridges at Safety? And Jeffrey Bassa is not back at safety, but still at ILB? Interesting! Numerous Ducks in new spots, but everything is 'fluid', per Dan Lanning 247SPORTS.COM Numerous Ducks in new spots, but everything is 'fluid', per Dan Lanning Flowe at defensive back? Jonathan Flowe, not Justin Flowe!

Hey Grumpy....with a Posting Name such as yours...I decided to give you an avatar of Walter Matthau, in "Grumpy Old Men," and if you want something different--email me and we can adjust! charles@fishduck.com

There is always something you can glean from these--especially in the early days of Coach Lanning as we learn more about him and his style. For those who read my FishDuck article a month ago about "De-Recruitment," you will find the quote in the title aligning with that culture. Everything Dan Lanning said after Spring practice No. 1 247SPORTS.COM After Spring football practice No. 1, head coach Dan Lanning met with the media to overview how things went. Here's a full transcript of the questions and answers "What can we get better at right now? Let's have a grower's mindset. Let's be learners and growers. Let's go out here and figure out what can I do better?" I love the culture he is building already!

It is just a small beginning, but mana for the Duck-Devoted! Dan Lanning on spring ball: 'This is growth season' 247SPORTS.COM Oregon head coach Dan Lanning referred to the team's spring practice as times to operate with a "grower's mindset".

Yep...I was actually thinking of the original Star Trek episode with the telepathic beings.... (The pilot with Christopher Pike as Captain) Now THAT is a helmet!

We have a picture from Zachary Neel, and a short report that Flowe looks good and is "bouncing" around the drills. Look at those huge "Brainiac-type" helmets!

Amen. I vote for this too....and No. 5 is vital.

Wow. While it is not a surprise, it is a disappointment to see corruption in the Non-Revenue sports. Thanks for posting it.

C'mon baby....just one more win to 20 wins! With his scoring and ELEVEN assists yesterday....Jacob Young can play the point pretty darn good! He can penetrate and hit the three...

Do you agree? Seems to me that both college basketball and the NFL have it all figured out, while CFB stumbles... What the College Football Playoff could learn from March Madness WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM College basketball has its postseason figured out. If only college football could do the same.

Mike Williams re-signing with Chargers good news for Justin Herbert DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM We all are lucky, because the Justin Herbert-to-Mike Williams connection got renewed this week.

Hello Grumpy, and welcome to the forum. I am glad to see you post an opinion and would encourage you to do it often! As for your topic...well, I do not picture TV Networks broadcasting the games of Western Oregon University in Monmouth, for example, or other D-II teams. Thus attendance would depend upon people coming to their games, and I'm not sure I picture that in the spring--even if there was nothing else. Interesting to ponder though, for other alternatives.

I still think he would fit in San Francisco..,

I do love an assortment of tidbits...don't you? (Scroll down to see all three!) How interesting is THIS? Is this COOL of what? Now THIS is a Complete List for the Weekend Visits! Four 5-Star Players at ONE TIME?

The state of Oregon's rotation ahead of Stanford 247SPORTS.COM The state of Oregon's rotation ahead of Stanford I don't like the looks of this...

Could Husky/Seahawk fans embrace that?

The recruits are going to get the feel....that Oregon football is about to take off--be a part of it!

I cannot convey my level of agreement, as they are now fun to watch. Now the new fence distance has changed things, but the opposing teams are going-long more often as well. I am seeing superb improvement and development of the players. Players that had minor roles last year are big-hitters this year, and pitchers that I could not rely on at all in relief have improved tremendously. By the end of this year--this team could really jell and make some noise. I love the long-term with Coach Waz, and we all win as a result.

Women’s Golf Up To No. 2 In National Rankings EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon women’s golf team added another milestone to its impressive 2021-22 season on Wednesday, moving up to No. 2 in the national Golfstat rankings after winning the Florida State Match Up last weekend in Tallahassee. Oregon is up to No. 2 for the first time after spending the previous two weeks at No. 3, trailing only Pac-12 rival Stanford for the top spot in the nation. Prior to this season, a No. 5 ranking at the end of the 1996-97 campaign is believed to be the highest ranking in program history. The Ducks shot 3 under as a team to win the Florida State Match Up, their second victory of the season after opening the fall with a historic 26-under performance to dominate the Mason Rudolph Championship. Oregon has won three tournaments in the last calendar year after the program went more than five years without a team victory prior to the arrival of head coach Derek Radley and assistant Monica Vaughn. Sophomore Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu won the individual title at the Mason Rudolph Championship and placed second last weekend in Tallahassee. Senior Tze-Han (Heather) Lin has posted a team-high three top-10 finishes already this season while Lu, Briana Chacon and Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen have each earned two, and Ching-Tzu Chen has one along with an 11th-place finish. Oregon will return to action on Sunday at the Northrop Grumman Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif., facing a field that features nine other teams in the national top 25. The Ducks will be the highest-ranked team in the field, with No. 5 Wake Forest and No. 6 Virginia also representing the top 10.

Please....just win today and tomorrow against Colorado and get to 20 wins!

Hey Jon--I am guessing, but what I know of recruiting....1) get them in when they want, and if they want now--better than none at all. 2) When you have a big group like this...you can pull all the stops out and have celebrity Oregon former players on hand, for example--really go all-out, vs. what would happen for one recruit visiting. 3) Showing the recruits how the staff actually operates with practices and interacts with current players helps the recruits and the parents. 4) Two of those guys are deciding soon for 2022 still, and if this can seal-the-deal....do it. 5) Many of the 2023 recruits want to decide this spring and summer to get the decision out of the way before football season so they can focus upon their senior season and not the hassle of recruiting. Frankly....this has turned out to be a MUCH bigger weekend for recruiting than most of us thought. See the thread about the Lanning interview and scroll down and see some of my quotes about recruiting from Lanning... Or, I am full-of-it, and am just guessing like everyone else!

Question from Sportswriter: This is Oregon, and people are saying that the fact it is your first head coaching job and it is at a place like Oregon....puts you at a disadvantage? Dan Lanning answering confidently: "Sit back and watch." About Hiring Assistant Coaches: "I wasn't going to sacrifice having a great coach, and not having a great recruiter. Coaching is great, and its a huge piece of it, (success) but its not the biggest piece..." (Recruiting is!) Whoa! About Recruiting: "Its 365 days a year; recruiting is about consistency, and not just about flash. You want to be (as a coach) at a place that is a 'have,' not a 'have-not,' and Oregon is a 'have." The last five minutes? Whew....gets me excited!