Charles Fischer

Meh. I'm not going to get very excited over it... What?

I completely understand and fear the outcome you present Axel, but my attitude at this point is...."it is what it is" and I cannot change it, so I am going to hope for epic showdowns with the Trojans that WE WIN. Besides...we have not seen a full year of recruiting from the Lanning team, nor have we seen what they are going to do, scheme-wise on offense and defense. If USC gets huge press, and then we beat them? Making the best of it...I'd rather a Husky hire at USC as well. Oh...here comes one now...

This is something I wrote about when Chip left.....that he did not realize how good the staff was he fell-into, and he has shown NOT be good at hiring assistant coaches. It was OK to give Azz the chance to be DC, but once it was not working...a "Pellum" type of downgrade needed to happen and he would not do it. Mora actually had a pretty good staff there before... (Which included Adrian Klemm) A skill of massive importance is being to recognize, attract and hire great assistant coaches; Mario was pretty good at it, but it looks like Lanning is GREAT at it. Whew! What an important element to success!

Made me laugh! (Again!)

Yay.

Jon Joseph! Good gosh I cannot believe I forgot about it, and apologize to you all. Pretty close again, as both had a four-point spread; Jon's was closer and he won three of the tiebreakers. Congrats! Score Cin-Passing Yards Cin-Rushing Yards TO Sacks Suffered Actual Stats: 23-20 226 79 0 7 Jon Joseph 28-24 300 70 1 4 Chipshot 34-30 340 110 2 4

Makenna Kliethermes pitched another winner with Jordan Dail closing it. Allee Bunker led the batting going 2-4 with a two-run home run and three RBIs in total. More coming with the official press release soon!

Oh geez. He would have been perfect for the Dillingham offense....

A pleasant surprise with the Softball team is the emergence in the outfield of Hannah Galey from Scappoose, Oregon! She is a senior who started 39 times in her freshman year, but not much in the last two years. She is leading the team in hitting at .538 and it is great to see not just recruiting from Coach Lombardi, but player development. More stats later... Hannah Galey

Fun stuff! But if you want to write articles—I need them at FishDuck!

Hot Start, Gritty Finish For Ducks EUGENE, Ore. — A hot start offensively and gritty finish defensively helped the Oregon women's basketball team bounce back from defeat with a 67-53 victory Wednesday over UCLA, a nonconference matchup the two teams agreed to after the Bruins forfeited a conference game scheduled to be played on Jan. 28. The Ducks (17-8) made 4-of-5 three-pointers to lead 20-9 after one quarter Wednesday, three days after going 4-of-21 from three-point range in Sunday's loss to Oregon State. UCLA put together a 24-point third quarter to cut a 20-point halftime deficit in half, but the Ducks limited the Bruins to 4-of-18 shooting in the final quarter to avoid a comeback. "A really good defensive effort, and overall a really good win — against a team that's hungry," UO coach Kelly Graves said. "They're still looking to get into the NCAA Tournament, and a win here would have helped." How It Happened: Maddie Scherr hit a three-pointer on Oregon's second possession to open the scoring, and set the tone for a prolific first quarter by the home team. Te-Hina Paopao also hit from three as the Ducks raced out to an 8-2 lead, and then Endyia Rogers hit two three-pointers to cap a 10-0 run as the Ducks built a double-digit lead after one quarter. "Sure makes a difference, doesn't it?" Graves asked rhetorically of the early makes from three-point range. "Sure makes a difference. … That three ball, when it goes in it really helps us." The Ducks kept up the pressure in the second. A baby hook from Sedona Prince and another three-pointer from Scherr made it 29-13, and a three-pointer by Paopao got the lead to 34-16. Paopao then fed Nyara Sabally for the last basket of the second quarter and Oregon led 40-20 at halftime, after outrebounding the Bruins 15-4 in the second quarter. The Bruins mustered a response in the third, when star guard Charisma Osborne scored 11 points. The rebounding advantage Oregon had in the second was flipped on its head, as UCLA had a 15-6 edge on the boards in the third, while forcing five turnovers and drawing nine fouls on the Ducks. UCLA's attempt to assert a more physical style was embodied late in the third when Sabally was the victim on an intentional foul, but the change in tone was effective in that the Bruins trailed just 54-44 entering the fourth. That's when the Ducks mustered a response of their own. They held Osborne scoreless in the period, and Sabally had four points and five rebounds in the period. After a three-pointer got UCLA back within 10 at 61-51, Rogers got to the rim for the Ducks and made sure the Bruins got no closer. "It always feels good making plays at the end," said Rogers, a transfer from USC, where the Bruins were the crosstown rival. "There wasn't any built-up juice for them. We knew they were probably gonna come out and have a point to prove, since we got the easy win for conference with the forfeit. We came out prepared and ready to go." Who Stood Out: Sabally had her fourth double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Rogers finished with 16 points plus three rebounds and four assists. Paopao was a huge key to the first-half efficiency, and she finished with 15 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals. Graves said he came into the game wanting to play 12 players, and he managed to get at least three minutes for all 12 — and he didn't wait until the game was in hand to do so. Eleven players appeared in the first half, and Phillipina Kyei made it 12 when she entered in the second. Kyei ended up playing seven minutes in the fourth quarter, blocking a shot and grabbing two rebounds while scoring a basket. "Everybody who got in made a difference," Rogers said. "It just shows when people's names are called they're ready to step up." What It Means: Sunday's loss to Oregon State probably put the Ducks on the outside looking in for a top-16 NCAA Tournament seed, and thus the right to host early rounds, but Wednesday got them back on track. "We're now in a time when we want to look good and get quality wins, so we can get as high a seed as possible," Graves said. "You get one of those top four seeds (in each regional), you host, and what an advantage that is." Up Next: The Ducks open the final home weekend of the regular season by hosting California on Friday (7 p.m., Pac-12 Network).

Great to get some information on this--thanks!

GREAT find FamilyofDucks! Thanks to you and ALL who post articles!

I am grateful that you answered the question that I had, as did so many others. You gave us quite a bit in a shorter article and it will be fun to watch as you break things down for us over the next year. My THANKS!

Oh good grief; the article is not rebutting the weakness of the offensive line, but impugns the Oregon front-seven defense as proof? When I consider Popo, Dorlus, Swinson and Taki on the defensive line with our experience linebacking corp? That means everything is going to be FINE for the Trojans? What a nonsense article... Where was that offensive line again?

I would disagree with that; over on other sites...nobody has experienced what I have when I began to write about my objections to the Cristobal offense 3.5 years ago. They were ALL sucked into a love-fest with Mario in the beginning, as most here were. And to a degree, I was won over on quite a few points. We all were excited about Willie in the beginning too, and it was not until results became apparent with both men did the majority of people begin to change their minds. Just this last August--I linked my article about whether Mario had Snookered Mullens, and there were 97, that's right....NINETY SEVEN posts that I would have deleted on the OBD forum as the majority still drank the Kool-Aid, and hated me for bringing up valid points. So yes, people here will get taken in by talk and I have the scars from 97 nasty posts on one site and 84 on another to prove it. People were believing what he said versus what was actually on the field for three years.... Now that's a pretty good con-job there. I like everything I see about Lanning, but will continue to apply "Critical Analysis" as I did with coaches before, and will not let the hype of a coach cloud my analysis. Not many can say that among Oregon fans.

Steven A....I thought it was getting toasty in my office, and that is because you have been hot with your zingers lately.

Yes. I've explained this a few times here...his grades were NOT good his sophomore year, and Oregon was not having great luck recruiting QBs after Mariota, so Helfrich had to know for-certain that he would actually be able to get into Oregon later. He told Tua that the Ducks were holding off offering until we saw good evidence of grades improving. (Oregon could NOT get left with no QB in a recruiting year, and typically--the high profile QB recruits do not want to see another taken in that class) This torqued Tua off, and sure enough...he got his grades up enough and told Oregon to "stick-it." Helfrich made mistakes, but this was not one of them.

This is an example of a time where I wish I had a reaction or emoji to attach to your post that says, "Ouch!" We will be adding more in the future after I get some other custom work done first on this forum.

Should Franck try out later? I would "love" to see him on the tennis court....

EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon men’s and women’s basketball teams will play in the PK Invitational, Nov. 24-27, in Portland next season. The men’s tournament will feature eight teams while the women’s bracket will feature four teams with games being played at either the Moda Center, Veterans Memorial Coliseum or the Chiles Center. The field for the men’s tournament will include Alabama, Iowa State, Michigan State, North Carolina, Oregon, Portland, UConn and Villanova with games being played on Nov. 24, 25 and 27. The women’s bracket will be made up of Iowa State, Michigan State, North Carolina and Oregon with games being played on Nov. 24 and 27. Brackets and the complete schedule of games will be announced this summer. Ticket information will be available soon. Fans can sign up for pre-sale access at https://rosequarter.com/hoops/.

Excellent research and comparisons that dispels notions that even I carried. If you do your homework and find high upside on enough players--you can succeed, but it is hard to continue that over the years. And great point David, as I recall old Oregon coaches admitting that they did not even have social media accounts. But I loved their coaching! Great information and THANKS.

At times I don't think this is a great team, and yet other times--I think there is a higher upside when I see progress with the bigs.

Very cool! It will be quite interesting to see later in the season how good this team is compared to the rest of the Pac-12. These early ones are not great indicators, but give valuable experience to new starters.

OK...it's in tennis, but when there is no news out there.... EUGENE, Ore. – Head coach Nils Schyllander has announced the signing of Swedish standout August Gustafson to the Oregon men’s tennis team. Gustafson will join the team in the fall. “We are thrilled to announce that August Gustafson will be joining the Ducks in the fall of 2022,” said Schyllander. “August is a national champion who already is a highly-accomplished doubles player with a huge upside in singles as well." “He is an extremely hard-working student-athlete that excels in the classroom and on the court. August will fit right into the Oregon way and our culture. Welcome to the Duck family, August.” Gustafson most recently won the Swedish doubles national championship and finished second in doubles the year prior. A top-five ranked Swedish U18/19 player in 2021, Gustafson earned a third-place finish in the singles national championships.