Charles Fischer

What is coming into the B1G from the Pac-12 is Oregon, Washington, (really tough) USC and UCLA? The former Pac-12 teams will dominate Softball in the B1G. I expect nearly the same with the Baseball teams, as Oregon is the highest ranked preseason from the B1G at No. 12 and the only other is Nebraska at No. 24. I expect USC will be ranked later...

I disagree, but please...let's keep saying the same thing over-and-over to each other. I can keep doing the Star Trek Temporal Causality Time-Loop, and the USS Bozeman as many times as you wish!

And why? Receivers were not getting open, and again....the loss of Stewart was paramount. Coverage was compressed without him, and thus Dillon had to hold the ball much longer than not just the prior Ohio State game, but the entire season. We may not have won the game--even with Stewart, as the Buckeyes were on fire and wanted to beat us badly. But I think we could have made it a ton closer. Time for the Temporal Causality Time-Loop again, and the USS Bozeman!

I am going to save this thread, as I know that this is one of the topics that will get brought up all the time...."Why Oregon Lost in the Rose Bowl." Other reasons than discussed above: --Ohio State had a warm-up game the week before while Oregon sat out over three weeks. --Oregon was screwed in the seeding process, and should not have been playing Ohio State until the semis or finals. --Chip Kelly had a fantastic pass-route tree designed against our defense that worked wonderfully for them. --The Buckeyes were on fire, as losing before to Oregon motivated them to play their best this second time. The offense bailed out the defense in the B1G Championship against Penn State, but this time the defense did not help out the offense in the Rose Bowl. Scoring 21 points is enough to win with, (See Wisconsin game) if the defense is playing well. But not on that day at the Rose Bowl. I object to the complaints about Stein, (to get rid of him?) but certainly acknowledge that the offense should have been better. I do believe the loss of Evan Stewart really altered what they could do, as shown in the first game between the teams. I do not believe that a DC should be fired over the first half either, as bad as it was. But we will need to be better in the future... Nonetheless, we beat three teams in the Playoff, and beat four who finished in the Top-16 in the nation and finished with the least amount of losses of any CFB team. A disappointing end, but a fantastic season that I will replay the tapes on for the next seven months. Lanning has gone from three losses (10-3) to two losses (12-2) and then to one loss (13-1)....and that is a pretty good trendline, my Duck-Brothers and Sisters. And on to Oregon's No. 12 Baseball team that begins on Friday!

I think Traeshon Holden was pretty good for us...

How about that? They even added a Bird-Bomb!

One bad HALF is enough for some!

Well, that was a dream first-half for Eagles fans. Can't hardly believe it, and neither can Mahomes.

First drive a call on routine hand-fighting? Feels like the fix is in!

Let's discuss before, during and after the game in this thread. Who is going to win and why?

Good gosh, they were at a tournament to start the season this weekend and below are the scores.. 21-1 over Buffalo 18-6 over Southern Utah 16-2 over Southern Utah 10-6 over UNLV 8-1 over Buffalo A great start for the No. 23 Ducks, and expect they will do well in the B1G!

This really hurts, as he is an elite recruiter. Thank goodness he has stacked the WR room for us before leaving!

I would like this format, although...I am ready to go to 16 teams and be done with it. No byes for anyone, and the home games for the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds will generate a ton of money. And the price of poker in the B1G is going to go up. You could actually be the fifth team in the conference, and yet be in the top 16 as Illinois showed us this year. I believe that with the differences in the schedules--a fifth team out of both the two Super-Conferences might have a legit chance to catch fire in the Playoff. Thus why I would want two extra slots.

Ready!

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We have discussed the purposeful and deliberate withholding of the offense for the Playoff often here... Time for the Temporal Causality Time-Loop again, and the USS Bozeman!

As discussed many times...Gabriel got rid of the ball at the last instant a TON of times during the season. In the Rose Bowl--he did not have the deep routes available, thus with receivers much more easily covered in the mid and short zones--the Ohio State defense was able to get to Dillon due to WRs not being open. You know guys....if we want to keep doing this Star Trek Temporal Causality Time-Loop continuously-CAN DO! I'm expecting to see the USS Bozeman materialize soon...

I guess we will continue to repeat the same stuff at each other...forever? Those are facts, yes. But it is also factual that Oregon has started very slow with a low output of points in the first half before and come back to win in the last two years under Stein. So, what do you guys suggest? We fire him over one half of play? This is bubbling up for me, as I was pretty torqued last year when we had one of the best offenses in the nation...the only team to score at least 30 points a game, but because we did not beat Washington--it was Stein's fault. We used to have a great OBD member and analyst in DazeNconfused who left when he fried me in private on the phone over Stein, and would not answer the question of..."how about the defense give up less than 30 points and we win?" Nope, it was all Stein's fault according to him. I did not ban Dazed, but he left on his own because I would not yield the point, and because he personally insulted me many times over the phone. I don't have to put up with that...over silly college football, but it was his mountain to die on. So now we have the 2024 season, and I see the same stuff...geez.

Jordan is a professional journalist, and yet still writes for fun for us? Whew! Jordan...

Isn't that a cool photo by Steven Chan? Thanks Jordan, for great overall update...

Is that what Lanning wants? Will Stein had a reputation for throwing EIGHT bombs a game at UTSA before coming here. Yet with better personnel...he adapted his attack into one of the highest scoring offenses in the nation in 2023. And people complained then... We have gone over the long season, the consultation by Lanning with NFL coaches about retaining players through the grind, and retaining offensive surprises when you play 16 or 17 games. You don't show your whole playbook, and the Ducks were clearly holding a ton back--but could not capitalize without their best deep threat and a massive hole to climb out of. Remember my Duck-Buddies...EVERY TEAM but one in the Playoff ends their season with a loss, and the fans will complain at all eleven schools. The national champion finished with two losses, one of which was provided by Our Beloved Ducks.

Right. That has happened to a TON of teams before in a first half, and yet the defense held the opposing team to a score that was within reach for a better second half. Not for this offense, not when the defense gave up 34 straight points... Take away the deep threat and the Buckeyes could crowd the mid and short zones....now DG had to hold the ball longer as nobody was getting open and thus the sacks. With a good defensive performance, and Evan Stewart available...this is a very different game--even with great plays by the osu2 offense. I never wrote Stein was irreplaceable, but the disrespect given to him considering what my eyes revealed to me over the season...and I wrote about in FishDuck articles, are unjustified, IMHO.

More evidence of Husky Delusion... Are we on their mind?

This is a new low...even for them!