Charles Fischer

It shows quite clearly how the impact of Chris Petersen recruiting at Washington...how good he was and how quickly that impact is fading as the years pass and the roster turns over due to the new staffs. Peterson had the Huskies right there with Oregon and USC in recruiting, and that advantage over the rest of the conference is fading fast for the Huskies. The gap between and Oregon/USC and the rest of the conference is impressive or disconcerting--however you wish to view it.

There have been quite a few of those moments for me in recent years, and again--why can't we start a new tread AWAY from the Black Uniforms?

And that is the beauty of this forum, that can disagree in a big way, share our thoughts and no feelings are hurt. Not only is it "no-sweat" that you and others disagree, it is great that people disagree and I see their views. It is the only venue to do so in a safe way! Not really. It is just my opinion is all, and you have to remember that I was a fan for the last 14 years of it. So it is not like I've been fighting against Black Uniforms all these years...I just feel it is time to no longer be one of the "Black-Sheep" with the uniforms. Let's break new ground again!

You don't love the stripe? 🤢

Oh what a Duck Kellen Clemens was...

Whoops! No, I LOVE Dan Lanning, as he is doing EVERYTHING right so far...

“We’re stripping this bad boy down to the studs.” “I saw too much casualness, if you will,” Brent Venables Wasted no Time at Oklahoma, Planting Seeds of Growth ahead of the Alamo Bowl - Sports Illustrated Oklahoma Sooners News, Analysis and More WWW.SI.COM OU's new head coach knew he needed to establish a new culture in Norman from the moment he was hired on to the job by Joe Castiglione.

So THIS is the know-it-all!

Think about this one....has the CFB world so changed? Coaching and recruiting...which is the chicken and which is the egg?

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Oregon women’s golf team added another major milestone to its historic 2021-22 season on Wednesday, winning the NCAA Albuquerque Regional to advance to the NCAA Championships for the 12th time in program history. The No. 2 Ducks claimed the program’s first-ever win at an NCAA Regional while setting a new program record with their fifth tournament win of the season. Oregon finished the week 4-under par after shooting 4 over on Wednesday, defeating No. 13 Texas by three strokes. Georgia (+2) and TCU (+10) will join the Ducks and Longhorns at the 2022 NCAA Championships, set to begin on May 20 in Scottsdale, Ariz. “Incredibly proud of what our team was able to accomplish here this week,” head coach Derek Radley said. “They came here with the mindset that they were going to win this Regional and make a statement going into the NCAA Championships, and they did just that. This is such a tight group of five and they’ve made so much history together already this season, but we’re not done yet. I can’t wait to see what we do in Scottsdale.” Junior Briana Chacon became the first Duck ever to claim individual medalist honors at an NCAA Regional, shooting 9-under par across the three days to win by an impressive four strokes. It is the first collegiate win of Chacon’s career, and Oregon now boasts an NCAA Regional individual champion and the 2022 Pac-12 Champion in Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu. “We saw last year how dominant Briana can be when she turns it on, and she really had every part of her game working here this week,” Radley said. “She was so steady and focused all week long and really played some phenomenal golf. I couldn’t be more proud of her for getting her first win on this kind of stage.” How it Happened: The Ducks entered the final round with an eight-shot advantage after firing back-to-back 4-under 284s on Monday and Tuesday. Texas cut into that lead with a 2-under 286 on Wednesday, but Oregon’s position atop the leaderboard was never truly in jeopardy. Chacon finished off her individual victory with a 1-over 73, shooting 1 under on the front nine before making three bogeys and a birdie on the back. Her 9-under par week is the best performance vs. par in her collegiate career, and she posted the best three-round score ever by an individual in a New Mexico-hosted postseason event. Senior Tze-Han (Heather) Lin continued to show a knack for playing her best golf in the final round of a tournament, leading the Ducks with an even-par 72. After a bogey at No. 10 brought her back to even par, Lin made par on each of her final eight holes. Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen matched Chacon at 1 over, her third straight 73 of the week, and Ching-Tzu Chen rounded out the counting scores with a 2-over 74. Lu was a rare non-counter to Oregon’s team score on Wednesday with a 4-over 76, inflated by a triple bogey on No. 1 and a double bogey on No. 5. But she was still the team’s second-highest individual finisher, tying for eighth place at 1-over par. Nielsen also earned a top-20 finish in 16th at 3 over, and Oregon’s entire lineup placed in the top 25 with Chen tied for 22nd and Lin tied for 25th. Team Leaderboard (top 4 advance to NCAA Championships): 1. #2 Oregon – 284-284-292 – 860 (-4) 2. #13 Texas – 287-290-286 – 863 (+1) 3. Georgia – 292-284-290 – 866 (+2) 4. TCU – 292-291-291 – 874 (+10) 5. #11 Florida – 288-296-291 – 875 (+11) 6. #23 Arizona – 293-295-288 – 876 (+12) T7. Louisville – 295-296-294 – 885 (+21) T7. Sam Houston – 302-286-297 – 885 (+21) 9. Oklahoma – 299-303-293 – 895 (+31) 10. North Texas – 296-307-303 – 906 (+42) 11. New Mexico State – 302-304-301 – 907 (+43) 12. Northern Arizona – 309-305-316 – 930 (+66) Ducks on the Leaderboard: 1. Briana Chacon – 65-69-73 – 207 (-9) T8. Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu – 71-70-76 – 217 (+1) 16. Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen – 73-73-73 – 219 (+3) T22. Ching-Tzu Chen – 75-72-74 – 221 (+5) T25. Tze-Han (Heather) Lin – 75-75-72 – 222 (+6) What it Means: Oregon has firmly established itself as one of the frontrunners to win the national championship in Scottsdale. The Ducks have broken nearly every school record possible this season, and having their entire starting five in the top 25 in Albuquerque speaks to the balance and depth of Oregon’s lineup. With No. 1 Stanford also advancing, the Ducks will be the second-highest ranked team in the field as they chase the first national title in program history. Notable: Oregon led the field in par-3 scoring throughout the week at even par … The Ducks made 43 total birdies, tied with Georgia for the most in the field … Chacon was the top player in the field on par-4 holes at 4-under par, and Lu’s 4-under mark on par-3 holes was also tops among all individuals … Lu tied for the individual lead with 13 total birdies, with Chacon right behind with 12. Up Next: The NCAA Championships will begin with the first round of stroke play on Friday, May 20. The 24-team field will be cut to 15 teams following the third round of stroke play, with the final round set for Monday, May 23. The top eight teams after the fourth round of stroke play will advance to match play, with the quarterfinals and semifinals set for Tuesday, May 24, and the championship match scheduled for Wednesday, May 25.

Congrats to the newbie starters, as they had a good day today!

Ducks up 11 to 2 after four innings! They needed a get well-game!

The lineup has been altered to shake things up, as Anthony Hall and Jacob Walsh (right field and first base) and neither catcher that we are a custom to our starting. Ducks up 10 to 1 after three innings, with Tommy Brandenberg in relief at the moment.

Well baby! The Ducks’ bats came alive in the second inning to score 5 runs with a two run bomb, and a solo home run. Ducks up 5-1 after two innings!

Omigosh GeotechDuck....the third one of yours looks like the raw version of.... Deathmobile!

An article in the local Register-Guard has Sewell as the No. 19 pick in the NFL Draft next year...

I often will post a Canzano article that is emailed to me, but it is a ton of work. I hate the way he writes, the tons of one-sentence paragraphs. When you move the article over--everything has to be fixed and often I will have to combine sentences together. Now keep in mind that yours truly will use one-sentence paragraphs, but not this this extent. One sentence paragraphs are good for occasional effect--that's it. But the rest of the time it is space-eating nonsense that appears to be writing as if it was the way you think. It is a popular form now and years back a writer left FishDuck because I took him to task for having eleven of these one-sentence paragraphs in his article. "Sloppy writing," is what I called it. Now he actually works for another site and guess what? He writes in full paragraphs now. Guess I was right?

NBA franchise promotes Joe Cronin amid uncertainty. The summer of 2006 was a busy time at One Center Court. The Trail Blazers secured Lamarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy on draft day. They also hired a swath of interns, dispatching them on a variety of tasks. Among them, young Joe Cronin. Cronin was named Portland’s general manager on Tuesday. His “interim” tag was removed and he’ll be the GM of record when the franchise’s Draft Lottery fate is settled next week. Before that, though, Cronin was a basketball operations intern. After that, he became a scout. Then, salary-cap analyst. Then, director of player personnel. Before all that Cronin was a 6-foot-6, moppy-haired former high school basketball player from Colorado. Tuesday was a wonderful day for Cronin and his career path, but he’s not the most influential person in the franchise right now. Neither is All-Star guard Damian Lillard or team president Dwayne Hankins. Unfortunately, it’s Bert Kolde. Paul Allen’s former college roommate is the vice chairman of the franchise. Jody Allen is the trustee of her late brother’s estate. But it’s the Kolde, per insiders, who is steering the organization right now. I fear none of this will end as it should. A few things: • Everyone believes the Trail Blazers are being positioned for a sale in the next 6-18 months. Insiders at Vulcan, Inc. tell me that Kolde has assumed the lead role on this and is carefully studying the ongoing sale of the Denver Broncos. • The Trail Blazers own Moda Center but the City of Portland owns the land beneath the arena. The NBA franchise pays the city $1 a year and operates and maintains Memorial Coliseum as part of the arrangement. The sides are currently engaged in discussions about renewing the lease. • The Blazers had the sixth-worst record in the NBA last season. They have a 9 percent chance of securing the No. 1 overall pick in the May 17 NBA draft lottery. They desperately need a big break. The sale of the franchise will be a significant pivot point for the Blazers. The prevailing hope is that Kolde and Jody Allen won’t just sell to the highest bidder, but to a select owner or group that would have local ties and continue Paul Allen’s legacy. Said one Vulcan, Inc. executive: “Bert doesn’t think like that. He will do whatever he can to get the most money to impress Jody. He’s a major wannabe. Both leagues — the NBA and NFL — view him as a problem. “The sales process should be more holistic than just who will pay the most. Paul would want the best owner for the city and state and he would take less to make that happen. Bert not so much.” The Broncos sale could complicate matters and raise expectations to an unrealistic level. The NFL team is currently owned by the Pat Bowlen Trust. Initial estimates were that the Broncos might sell for as much as $4 billion. That figure bloated to $5 billion this week. Cronin won’t have a say in a potential sale. Nor will the GM have input into the lease negotiations. I reviewed the document last week and ran it past several legal experts who agreed the lease should be a fairly easy re-negotiation. Both parties should be motivated to get it done. The complexities, however, are rooted in Memorial Coliseum and the master development plan for the area around Moda Center. Should Memorial Coliseum be there? Or not? Could it be replaced with a new memorial to honor veterans? Could the lease agreement spark a massive development of the surrounding area? It should. But given the likely franchise sale, I doubt Kolde and Jody Allen are interested in collaborating with the city on a bold development vision for the arena district. This should be a seminal moment for the city and NBA franchise. The neighborhood around Moda Center could finally be transformed into something amazing. But in order to do that, you need an invested and motivated brain trust. Kolde is neither. Bert Kolde, left, along with the late Paul Allen. There are several clauses in the current lease that allow the Trail Blazers to sign a short-term extension and punt the negotiation down the road. The hope here is that the Blazers do exactly that and let whoever buys the NBA franchise negotiate a longer-term agreement. Moda Center has good bones, a great location and decent aesthetic. It could be a special arena with some improvements. The fan base has been loyal, passionate and deserves it. The franchise is a goldmine with the right ownership. Cronin was promoted to the permanent GM job on Tuesday. It’s a great story, rising from intern to boss in 16 crazy years. I wasn’t impressed with his work around the NBA trade deadline, but I’m skeptical that Cronin made those moves without Kolde whispering in his ear. Portland landing No. 1 or No. 2 draft pick in the lottery? Yes, please. But more importantly, the Blazers need new ownership. The franchise also needs a new lease agreement that keeps it in Portland and ensures the development of the arena district. Which is only to say the sooner Bert Kolde is out of the way, the better.

I did appreciate the old Corvettes…

Lots of people DO care, and we want to encourage all discussion. If you don’t care? No sweat—just ignore it!

Who is going to stop him on 4th and 1? It would take three....

Don't blame you as I've thought many Utah uniforms were sharp, but the Bruins? Geez.... UCLAs are not bad, but are not superb either, IMHO.

Completely agree. Some are excited about 6'5" Kyle Kasper joining us, but Thornton is 6'5" as well and experienced. I'm thinking that he could be the downfield threat that scores some, but opens up all the other passing routes for others.

During the off-season, I especially welcome off-topic discussions so the community has a bit more fun. I will admit that I'm not a "car" guy, so I have no input here! NOT the beautiful car...

That girl has a lot of confidence....