Charles Fischer

GCU wins 4-2, and snaps an 11 game winning streak for Oregon. We had the opportunities, but did not get the timely hits that were needed when we had so many Ducks on base.

4-2 GCU and we left two in scoring position again,

I normally do not allow items to be linked here from ATQ, because they have a real hate for me over there, (I do NOT know why) and have written terrible things about me, our writers, and our audience. I have no such beef with them, but I see no reason to promote a site that actively insults us on a regular basis. Hythoday1 has taken many shots at our analyses done here at FishDuck.com in the past. I think his are great, I think ours are great as they both show different information. But his are the best, and if you don't believe that....ask him.

Four of the five in this article are the same as the original article. Only difference is "The Dutchman" vs. Haloti Ngata.

Damn! 3-1 'Lopes after seven innings. Umlandt was tired, as he gave up a home run and a double in his first two batters. Seth Mattox (Reliever) made an error throwing the third in relief to score another run, and now Cole Stokes is trying to hold GCU in check. Oregon left two base runners stranded again.

1-0 Ducks after six innings. Thank goodness that Oregon's Ian Umlandt is keeping them scoreless, but he looked tired in the latter part of the six inning, and I see they are bringing him back out for the seventh?

1-0 Ducks after five innings. Crap! Oregon has had two runners on three times now, and can't get the timely hit. GCU has a reliever in there, and he was good too!

1-0 Ducks after four innings, as this GCU pitcher has been difficult to crack thus far. Oregon's Umlandt responds in kind!

1-0 Ducks after two innings, as the 'Lope pitcher has been tough. Waz stated in the pregame interview that the Antelopes are 3-1 against B1G teams, and 1-1 against ranked teams.

1-0 Ducks after one inning on a home run by Mason Neville! Duck pitcher Ian Umlandt is off to his usual start!

Yep...I wrote about it yesterday...

I agree with this, but from what I saw....he did NOT have good pocket presence, a feel for the pressure. Instead of stepping up in the pocket, he often stood there flat-footed and got creamed. I am sure he has learned and improved... But he CAN throw the ball!

“The Dutchman” and the Original Vertical Passing Game | FishDuck FISHDUCK.COM Despite recent beliefs, the greatest Oregon Duck of all time is Norm Van Brocklin and not Marcus Mariota. His success in the NFL earned him the Hall of Fame status, something Mariota is unlikely...

This mid-week set of games on Tuesday and Wednesday are a good example of what Coach Waz is trying to schedule. GCU has won the WAC conference in recent years, is projected to be a 30 game winner, and is a front-runner to win the WAC this year. They beat Rutgers three times out of a four game series, and last week swept Texas Tech three games, and beat Pepperdine to get to 11-4 for the season. They are putting up a decent pitcher at a 4.50 ERA against "The Pride of Sherwood," Ian Umlandt, who has an ERA under 1.00 thus far this season. We Gotta Win as Many as Possible! Dominic Hellman is on base again!

You have the worst schedule, and we have a "favorable"schedule to break in a new QB. Only a one-year break, but you need to talk to the SEC, as being penalized for your success, and what you have given to by your conference is WRONG.

My Duck-Buddies....you are very patient and kind. That article is a "pay" article, where the backlink to a casino site is payment to FishDuck.com to help pay the bills of both sites. As I read it-I thought, "this is not bad for being written in Europe," but as I read it further I said to myself...'it is Jon Joseph-Light." Then, as I read it further I thought to myself, "this is Jon Joseph VERY Light!" I am grateful for orders to pay the bills, but I am very grateful for our "Schedule-Maven" Jon Joseph. Nobody knows them better anywhere...

Actually, the mistake is not yours, but mine. I misread it, but I do appreciate what you provided above. Damn....8,400 at Oregon...really? Any team averaging over 10,000 is impressive to me, that IS half the B1G.

Thus why we need to end up in the top eight to get both a Regional and Super-Regional at home. Yep, it is a tall order but...

Losing at the end of the season would benefit us?

Is looking at seating capacity the right metric to look at here? I think 18,000 on average showing to watch a so-so Ohio State team is pretty darn good. In fact I think most of those are pretty good, especially 15,000 for Penn State? When you consider that Oregon has had a ton of disappointing seasons, and this year was certainly a yo-yo...a 12,000 average is fine. It could be a ton worse, and if we string together some winning seasons into the post-season--you will see those averages rise. Attendance follows winning, thus I am counting the blessings we have with that considering the underperforming product on the floor.

First question...I certainly think so, as right now Oregon leads the B1G Conference standings after the first weekend, and I believe we will be a 40 game winner this year--or much better. Second question...I agree that they have to be dominant, but the good news is that although we are in a weak conference....both Oregon and Oregon State enjoy a national respect from how we did in the Pac-12. Even if we have a weak RPI later--as long as we perform in the Playoffs later--we will continue to receive that respect. Coach Waz's goal has always been Omaha, and winning a 'Natty. We have been getting better each year, and have deserved the national respect after finishing No. 12 in the nation the last two years. So if we do well in winning, I believe we will get a mulligan with the weak conference. But we have to confirm it in the Playoffs... Anson Aroz

There are like five Baseball polls out there, and the Baseball America rankings had the Ducks the lowest last week among them at No. 15, but has moved them up to No. 12 this week. Oregon is right on the heels of Beavis, who are at No. 11. The rankings I consistently follow whether good or bad for us is D1Baseball, who have Oregon at No. 9 for this week, up from No. 10 last week. Of course Beavis is a nose ahead at No. 8, and the teams meet in a four-game series in late April. Oregon has NEVER swept USC in Los Angeles, so this was pretty noteworthy. Yet I will say that they were not quite as tough as I anticipated. Yes, we barely won some games, but the Trojans made some errors that were the difference in the game, and frankly--we won't see that against teams that will be in Omaha. Bottom line is we need to improve and there IS upside--a lot left. The two pitching concerns I had were primarily with Grayson Grinsell and Ryan Featherston. Both pitched well this weekend, as Grinsell only gave up two runs in five innings, and frankly--not his fault as there were fielding errors that day due to the slick surface. Ryan Featherston saved a bases-loaded situation yesterday, and was actually the closer for the ninth inning. It was a fantastic gut-call, and Coach Waz has bigger stones than I do--putting him in with the game on the line. Tremendous for him and for the team... The offense was not as strong as prior weekends because again....it is better competition. But I feel that our pitching is improving, as one example Jason Reitz, got over his initial jitters from prior series, and pitched four scoreless innings on Friday. Collin Clarke on Saturday, and Will Sanford on Sunday gave us great starting pitching....and they look to have more upside. We have a shot at Omaha! Will Sanford getting a big stop...

Getting 1.75 million per year and locked up through 2028....why is he happy at Oregon? Digging into why Will Stein is happy running one of the best offenses in the country

Upon hearing that the Oregon Baseball team swept USC, the fans on one of their forums were gnashing their teeth, and one of them wrote... "Oregon owns us in baseball, basketball and football. Sad day...and swept us in the BIG 10 Track Championship on the Mens and Womens side last Saturday." It makes me so SAD!