Charles Fischer

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

I wanted him retained, as I do not see viable options out there that are truly better and yet available to Oregon. Yet our offense has declined under his leadership, and that began before 2020. Let's just say that 2021 is a "show-me" year for many of us. There is more to football than recruiting and being tougher, IMHO.

I don't have a problem with players selling their image and making money from that, as that revenue source is minor compared to the entire budget coming from a full Autzen stadium. To me, it is a reasonable compromise to preserve the current system to retain all the scholarships available to Olympic sports, especially for women.

"A generational talent." You will learn a ton about offensive linemen and technique to watch for from this video and do remember this footage is from 2019...when he was just a sophomore! It is like an ad to "come play offensive line at Oregon!"

Really? Just where does all the money go? WHO is the owner? It is not the Athletic Director, as he is on salary and is paid from these proceeds as the entire athletic department is. It is not the coaches as they come and go and like the AD, are paid from the proceeds. Isn't the owner the university? Does all this money go to the university to build more departments? No. Where does the rest of the money go? It is used for the entire athletic department budget. Where does the "rest" of the money flow to? To fund all the scholarships and costs of 19 sports at Oregon. What about all the profit? There is NO PROFIT, and in fact much of the money now is coming from private donors, such as the raises to Coaches Cristobal and Kelly. This year it is estimated the AD has a 60 million dollar deficit, and yet the sports must still go on. All excess funds earned from Mens Football and Basketball goes to pay for all the other sports. That is why the star quarterback gets the same scholarship that a Womens Basketball player gets, (a sport that bleeds money) and no more. Football is the reason that we have a No. 20 Volleyball program, a No. 6 Softball program and a No. 1 Mens Indoor Track Team. It is the most equitable system out there, and is due to the laws in place. Show me a system that funds all those sports and helps all those students get degrees by the thousands across the US that is better than what we currently have. You cannot.

Well....losing to a 5-5 Arizona State team is a lesson he did not learn, since he lost to Oregon State and Cal this year. This too, is preparing the team correctly and I do not know how many more of these it takes to learn from these losses. Losing to Auburn happens; losing to Iowa State is undesirable, but losing to those other three teams that you clearly are better than...is unacceptable.

I have maintained for a long time that a great coach is beyond just rare ... because of all the components that it takes. How Dana recruits better than any basketball coach at Oregon before is still a mystery to me, yet how many salesmen (recruiters) can also do the Xs and Os, the in-game adjustments like a CPA? Darn few. Add to that--the best coaches are also superb managers of which is a very rare talent; the best are earning millions in corporate America. So the best coaches have all three components and there is only a few in each sport because they are a one-in-10-million-people type of guy. All the other coaches have their weaknesses that we have to live with, such as Cristobal being so good at everything except running an offense. We like everything else about them, and have to live with their faults as our spouses do with us... Hence Dana is rare....top 5% rare. If he had won several National Championships...then he would be in the Top 1%, and he may still do that. I do not know how he does it, only that I recognize how hard it is and appreciate that he has stayed to coach Our Beloved Ducks!

I was wrong; the rivalry game is not on Black Friday as in the past. November 27th is on a Saturday....

I am in agreement with that, as it is much harder to defend a balanced offense than a nearly all-pass offense.

OK...I feel guilty now. I am not a Volleyball fan, but the Women are now No. 20 in the nation! And they have a pair of matches against No. 7 Washington this weekend today and Sunday at 1:00 PM.

This is why I love this community; with all the talented people here--somebody can always summarize my feelings and write it better than I can, which I appreciate. Hayward....that sentence is PERFECT. Which is he....professional sports owner, coach or player?

If you like reading articles about Justin Herbert, then you will love this one. A number of tidbits that are tasty including.....moving to the New Orleans offense? Whew! Los Angeles Chargers QB Justin Herbert, a Former 4.0 Student, Ready to Study Whole New Offense by USA Today “It’s just one of those things you have to move on past. Adversity is going to happen and you’re going to throw interceptions and incompletions. It’s all about the next play, next drive, next series, next game." (Is this is what Tyler Shough needed to learn?) Pictures of beating the Huskies NEVER gets old...

In part of my effort to remove all politics from my life, (which is another reason why I stomp on it here so quickly) I now tune into a local sports radio station when driving, and of course they have a national radio show on. The discussion at this time of the year is NFL trades, or cuts, or bonuses or salary caps or who is a franchise player or how this team could have got such-and-such player for only 20 million. It makes me want to hurl. Now I admit I do not know the details of how teams fit the dollars and players together, and I also admit that I don't care. It is like the arcane scholarship math; you have to know the openings left from last year, the early entrants, the transfers and yet the upcoming developments that only the coaches know. You know....I don't want to hear that stuff. And yet many fans eat that stuff up. Do you?

So much fun to watch these and read of their growth ... do you see either of them becoming stars in the NBA, or do they remain as role players? (I am thinking the latter, but hoping for the former)

Going to be a busy weekend for Ducks and it starts with the first pitch in Santa Barbara at 3:00 PM today, with a doubleheader for Baseball on Saturday and a concluding game on Sunday. See the times at GoDucks.com and with all the sports you can go there, select the sports from the drop-down, scroll down to the game and have a window up with the live action or the stats or both. Softball has double-headers on Saturday and Sunday, and Mens Basketball has an epic rivalry game in Corvallis with the Pac-12 Regular Season Championship as the prize for winning. (5:00 PM)

Travis Dye was awesome catching the ball out of the backfield this last year, and it appears we have a running back who has exceptional receiving skills and you gotta see it to believe it. Seven McGee, Oregon Ducks RB/WR Signee, Makes Stunning Catch in 7-on-7 action: Video by OregonLive I hope they use him more as a slot receiver instead of at running back because at 5'8" in the Pistol.... (Thoughts?)

Perfectly stated....

Well the recruiting rankings over the last four years would still have USC with more talent than anyone except Oregon...and saying that Utah has more talent? Whew! But we appreciate all fans commenting here, and I do want to write an article about the offense that USC is running. (Well, operating, but not running!)

OK...I am not a basketball analyst at all, and I found this article incredibly interesting as it dove into the defensive changes made that propelled the Ducks to victory last night. So much stuff I don't see! "Chandler Lawson is probably the reason we won this game," said senior Eugene Omoruyi. Oregon's Defense Fuels Come-from-Behind Win vs UCLA by 247Sports

Boy...that is an amazing analysis ChicoDuck, and we do thank you. Sounds like an incredible athlete and I suspect that he is going to get much more attention and offers even though he has verballed. You can view his offer list of 26 right here, and among them are eight teams in the Pac-12 including USC, along with Baylor, Auburn, Notre Dame and Texas. They must all see some high upside too!

Hyperbole coming from Bill seems more "over-the-top" and fits with his persona. I will admit that this time...he toned it down and focused more on the game and was much better. Still too irritating with his nonsense about non-related items, but I do appreciate his love for the conference and the information/attention he gives to both teams. He could actually be fantastic if he had impulse control... I suspect the networks have him on for "mixing-up-the-styles" of broadcasting and because when we are talking about him--it is good for the sport. And OK....the drumsticks on Dave's head suggested was funny!

Very, very true on many counts. I do encourage EVERYONE to start threads with items to discuss and ponder, and this is a good one. (And you have been great about posting topics, Hayward--thanks!)

I do not believe that is true; I will pull it out since I've heard/read this so often, but I recall a play where a USC DE was shoved down by Sewell, who then got up to his hands and knees and submarined into our QB for a sack. And that is a sack in my book. It is quibbling, and not important, but I do like to stay accurate if I can. I will look again later....

That is what I was thinking too, being a guard or right tackle at best. As for defensive tackle--I believe he would have a hard time staying low with leverage...

Boy I don't know....I do like the analysis articles by Chris Courtney on his site Whole Flock of Ducks, but I wonder out loud if an offensive tackle this big has the quickness to take on a Brandon Dorlus or, gasp, a Thibs and protect the quarterback? Yes, I know he is raw and we are talking about two to three years from now....but isn't that a stretch even then? (My thoughts--yes, it is) Possible to you? Courtney: What are the Ducks getting in Percy Lewis? by SportsPac12