Charles Fischer

Brooke Yanez gets another win with help from Samaria Diaz relieving and the Ducks got the bats going to crunch Boise State. A game recap to follow later and one more game today of Softball against Portland State. Mya Felder celebrates her walk-off homer that also scored Hanna Delgado!

This is great stuff Southern Duck, as you have given me a lot to ponder and watch for....

Absolutely, by a mile. We will be in the game at Columbus, where we had no chance against those Cornhusker teams that crunched everybody...

It is good that someone else post this PittDuck, as I cannot keep up with all the sports--thanks.

No sweat. You know...what really fries me is how tech people create software with no directions and YOU have to figure it out or hire a web developer. So damn....I am going to do what NO OTHER SITE DOES! I am going to provide directions that are in plain English, take minutes to learn, and seconds to implement....and nobody reads them. Damn. I guess the tech guys were right? As a side-note? This forum software has been a nightmare for me; no directions, and when you ask for help, they send you a wrong direction or something that does not relate...and the tech guys knows it. They are jerks, and it is the way the world works now between all the software that I need to make two sites (the FishDuck Article Blog and this forum) work. This forum has been far-more-work than I ever anticipated, and simply setting the foundation will take another two months for me. (Unbelievable) This was a much bigger project in reality than I thought it would be, and at times....I wish members would give an ounce of effort toward a pound of work I've done. And it is FREE.

I have written a ton of articles and posted a ton of times. (More than anyone else) I think everyone knows where I stand....

THAT is a very cool video--thanks!

Look...the highlights are more than I can write, and frankly--this team needed this kind of game for confidence at the plate. Good gosh it is great to see Kenyon Yovan homer in back-to-back games? He is back, baby! And boy will we need him for conference play...and while that Oregon native did well, Aaron Zavala (Salem) homered again! Heck we had true freshman RJ Gordon getting experience pitching at the end! Won the series on a No. 15 team? Wow! (Calm down Charles...) Another Oregon runner is about to cross home plate....

You are quite right. Attaching a link takes seconds, and bringing that photo over is even easier. (Right click on the photo, copy and paste in your post. Easy-peasy!) It is a shame--I create directions and nobody looks at them... That is a beauty--thanks!

Boy I was hoping he would pass your muster, and that is not sarcastic. You call it the way you see it, and that doesn't always jive with the recruiting services and the offers the coaches give. I was wondering what your thoughts were and THANKS.

Don't get me wrong...Samaria Diaz had five great innings with no runs allowed, but freshman Makenna Kliethermes had ice in her veins as she shut down a Bronco rally in the 6th inning and did so against bases-loaded! Whew! Can you say 11-1? Kliethermes (No. 15) stops them cold....

You are being very kind; he alienated so many donors and former players and it took a long time to rebuild those relationships. He made life harder for the athletic department...the stories are legendary.

Brooke Yanez got the win again and freshman Hanna Delgado had a key two-RBI hit to create the winning cushion. A recap to come along with a second game against Boise State... Delgado is about to get her hit to score the runner from second....

Well, you can follow that logic, but it is not what I wrote. I have written several times recently (like yesterday) that I like everything MC does except running the offense. You want to take me down a bunch of rabbit-holes until you can score a victory, and I will decline. All of what you wrote in the quote above does not represent my views and should not be projected on me or anyone unless they actually wrote it. (That is a "Straw-Man" Strategy) My view is simple and a ton of people agree with it; he said when he came that he would not change the offense, but get tougher in the trenches. That has not turned out to be true; our scoring has declined in the last three years, our rushing attack has declined over three years and whether or not we are tougher is debatable. Scoring more points makes it easier on the defense....especially when they had a tough year like last year. But we will disagree and that is fine. You are a great fan and superb contributor here, and it is great that we can have a robust discussion without resorting to "Pistols at Dawn!"

If you are going to watch this team...you better load up on the antacids for the ride. Yesterday the team rallied in the 9th inning, while the first game today they were down 4-0 until a rally in the 8th inning with a final winning run in the 9th. Kolby Somers, (the pride of Hillsboro) closed out the game again while Rio Britton (a reliever to starter Cullen Kafka) got the win. Aaron Zavala (the pride of Salem) got two hits while Kenyon Yovan began flexing his muscles with a home run and four RBIs! (The pride of Beaverton!) I would love to see the bats warm-up sooner, but I'll take the win!

No he does not IMHO. He rejected the offense that scored 43 points a game for nine years and replaced it with one that underperformed at 38 points per game in 2018 and 2019, especially with one of the nations best quarterback at the helm. He wants to do anything except what worked before and has been floundering about on offense since he took over. An average of 31 points per game last year was disgraceful, and yes, other teams such as ASU dealt with COVID too. I do not believe he would run an explosive offense....even if he had the players, and we will see proof one direction or the other in the next couple of years.

Sure, but now you are diverting from your original premise; you felt the offensive scheme of ball-control was fine, and I disagreed. Now you pivot to player quality, and I have no disagreement with that as I stated above. I do not believe that Cristobal would score the same number of points with the same players Alabama had, and it is because of different schemes, and that is my point. Did Arizona State have better players than Oregon? They scored 40.2 points per game average versus Oregon's 31.3....so if Oregon had more quality players...what is the difference? "Mario Cristobal has held the Oregon Offense down better than any defense since Auburn of 2010!" Duckpop22

Yep, and the current top teams are also the highest scoring offenses now, and doing the most winning. They are not winning with ball-control because of the skill players creating so much scoring against them, hence they have to score in response. Alabama scored 45 points last year against Auburn and lost, and had to score over 50 points this year to win the SEC championship game. It is the trend, and we are stuck in a bygone era, IMHO. We do not have to run the previous Shotgun-Zone Read-Spread Offense, (although the top teams are) but we need to score more if we want to win the big prize.

Holy Toledo! Talk about a lot of smoke...there might be some fire there! When the biggies at 247Sports such as Wilfong, Prehm and Wade all give positive updates of this 2022 QB's visit with his parents within a few minutes of each other? Now the Oregon Rivals AJ Jacobson too? Was there a silent verbal from Rivals 4-Star Alabama QB Tanner Bailey to the Oregon coaches during his recent visit? When that many recruiting tongues are wagging...you gotta wonder. Look at this offer list right here, (24 already!) which includes Michigan, Auburn, LSU, Georgia and Alabama?

Very cool ICamel, and thanks for finding and posting that.

I wonder what is in Dante's head? Is he on the way out....or has he bought in too? HE is the missing piece to a Final Four with the way this team is progressing... Like losing Chris Boucher....

Well, this is bad news and good news.... The bad news is that it is obvious to many is that Justin was not coached at Oregon as well as we hoped. Yet others have given very reasonable explanations, such as the quality of receivers at Oregon versus the NFL. We did not have anyone after Dillon Mitchell that scared defensive coordinators, while one of Herbert's first NFL bomb TDs was to someone activated off the practice squad that week. NFL talent is that good. The good news? The Quarterback coach at that time for Herbert is no longer at Oregon, as he is the head coach at UNLV. (Marcus Arroyo) How is Joe Moorhead as a QB coach? (above when he was at Mississippi State) He has the track record, and he was a great college QB himself, but we will go by results and that is yet to be seen.

The Ducks had it all going wrong with pitching giving up too much, and bats that were quiet until a big 7th inning where six runs were scored! Oregon stranded bases loaded at the top of the 9th...so it came down to the closer to finish it out....the pride of Hillsboro, Kolby Somers who finished the three outs in four batters. The win goes to pitcher Nico Tellache, (the pride of Canby) who followed starter Peyton Fuller. (The pride of Ashland) It was great to see Kenyon Yovan, (the pride of Beaverton) playing again and it was a good choice to play in sunny California considering the freezing rain in Eugene today. If you are wondering how far I am going to take this "pride of...." business, it is all-the-way-baby! I am proud that the Men of Oregon are working hard and winning!

Right, a leader has yet to emerge. I don't believe that will be an issue next year, as the freshmen will be experienced and not reluctant. And so many of the other new players such as Sabally and Mikesell have not been on the floor with this team before. There are going to be years like this, and I can't complain as we pounded other teams in the prior couple of years. It is the time of the other conference teams now, and I think a couple of them will do well.

You sir, are a GREAT DUCK FAN. If you're going to wear a purple sweater....