Charles Fischer

Good gosh the experienced talent on this squad is amazing! GREAT to see Supreme Cook, as he is a final piece that will mean everything for this team. Nice that Mookie Cook got some time and five points along with 12 by Bittle. Nate has a sweet baby-hook finish that he scored often on, but I still don't like to see him leave the paint. We have ENOUGH three points shooters...get it to them! Geez Brandon Angel is such a smooth scorer; anyone can get hot on this team! Before he transferred...

MBBall is at MKA and at halftime the Ducks lead by 15 points, 38-23, which is nice considering that Troy returns all 12 players from last year, and has stretched teams like Arkansas already this season. This time Oregon did not come out flat, but tough on defense at zoomed to a 12-1 lead. Players are starting to groove together better, and it is great to see Keeshawn Barthelemy get going and explode for a first half of 13 points with 3-3 from three-point line. A surprising change in the starting line-up was replacing Kwame Evans with "Bam" Tracey, as Evans will disappear in games, and Tracey was rewarded for his badly needed 19 points and defense that helped save the day versus Portland last week. Mookie Cook got in for his first minutes, as did Supreme Cook....and wow. He is a monster on the boards with four RBs in a short stint and six points as he gets open and teammates are getting the ball to him for slams. Yes, the game is on B1G+, and the male sportscaster is young and boring with his monotone. He must think it is "professional" to not have any life in his voice, as it seems he goes out of his way to speak in such a flat fashion. The color analyst is Deja Kelly, the new Oregon womens basketball star! I did not know all the All-ACC accolades she had, and thus why Oregon is off to a great start 4-0) on the womens side. What do you want to bet that she wants to get into broadcasting, and this gig might have been part of the NIL deal? If so, it was a smart move by all parties as I think she has added wisdom to the broadcast from the start. From before her transfer...

The stat was....the number of wins in his first 37 games as a head coach. He is 33-5 now after 38 games.

Is this TRUE or what?

Damn right...I was yelling at the screen about the hold as well!

Lanning’s record is 25-0 as a head coach when the opponent scores fewer than 24 points. Saturday night was the seventh time this season that Oregon’s defense held the opponent to 14 points or fewer and the ninth time below 20 points. Lanning has not lost to an unranked opponent yet. (He's only lost five games!)

This winner was not very close to the final score or margin, nor were many even close to him in their predictions. We were ALL a mile off! The score was 16-13, and the winner is Mudslide, who predicted 28-14, and won with being off by 13 total points, but he was the best. It is amazing how some weeks it comes down to the thinnest of margins, yet this week Mudslide won by a mile. Thanks to all for playing, and Congrats to Mudslide! Not even close...

Un-fricken-believable!

You probably saw the graphic on TV last night showing that after 37 games of being HC at Oregon...Dan Lanning just surpassed Chip Kelly for the number of wins. It is one game more now at 38, although it is yet to be seen if Lanning can get us to the 'Natty as Chip did. Pretty rare waters we are paddling in! He was busy, and accurate for us!

Canzano Comments About the Game: "Oregon looked fatigued, and Wisconsin looked fresh." Yep. "That defense has been dominant all season. It has now held 9 of 11 opponents to 18 points or less. Only Ohio State and Boise State managed to eclipse that mark." That is impressive!

Next is Washington? The Coaches Will Be Busy...

IMHO...we have been fine without Burch against unranked opponents, as Teitum plays more, and Matayo Uiagalelei takes Burch's spot. Ditto at receiver, as we want Tez back, but not urgent for three weeks. At guard, I finished watching every offensive play, and each at right guard who replaced Harper did well, for the most part. Both Rogers and lului made a mistake each is all, and their other blocks were more than adequate. It could be a LOT worse, and I do hope we save Jordan James as much as possible.

Let's discuss all the other CFB games of the day in this thread, and we do NOT discuss the Oregon game here, as we will have a separate GameDay thread for our game. (I will delete posts about the Oregon game, as we need to keep the discussions separate) Do provide score updates when you can, as well as your thoughts of what you saw in all the other games. We have a rich line-up of other games today such as Utah vs. Colorado to start!

From USC fans...what would you expect?

C'mon...the Huskies are just as good at running these things as Oregon! Right?

Good gosh Lanning has been so strong at recruiting defensive players. Whew!

My Duck Buddies: I'm looking out the window to see if pigs are flying, because I could not believe what I read on a USC forum. (Below) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Dang. The guy gets to just be a coach - which is all these coaches really want to do. If he wants a player he and his staff identify him, and they let the money team close the deal. No hassles / no team chemistry issues / if it doesn’t work out next kid up." "Not saying Lanning is the reason, but Oregon as a program has made some really smart decisions how to operate that aren’t even NIL related. Lanning hired assistants that do recruit and he brought in experienced support staff for development." "Lanning is a relentless recruiter. Riley isn't. Lanning doesn't have it easy, he just puts in the work. He doesn't hire and protect his best friends, he doesn't phone in his recruiting efforts, and he insult the people who buy tickets to the games. Riley makes everything more difficult on himself. They both have the same job, Riley just makes it look harder." "Oregon has been successful with multiple coaches since before NIL. I don't know about them enough to look into why, but safe to say their Athletic Administration gets sports more than ours." "Lanning is a beast on the trail, and he hired beast recruiters as assistants. We have lazy recruiters up and down the staff." "The dude is a workaholic and is one of the most competitive people you would ever meet. He is a winner, plain and simple. A little douchey and slightly unlikable? Yes, but he will always do what it takes to win. He would kill it here at USC." "He’s a relentless recruiter above all, and has made that point during an interview where he was rushing to leave--so he can go recruit." "You have to give him credit. His first game as a HC he faced Georgia and got his a** kicked. Ever since then he worked his a** off to make sure he has everything to succeed." --------------------------------------------------------- Are USC fans at the Grieving Stage of Acceptance? Tommy Trojan

Naw, we won't hold it against both of you, because we have one too! Pat MacAfee and Kirby Smart...

Hey Paul... Just shut-up...

Hello My OBD FishDuck Forum Friends! What is your prediction versus Wisconsin? Take your shot and let's have fun with it... Let's get these predictions started, and remember I look for the differential between your predicted points with both teams from the actual points. I will use the tiebreaker information when needed, so provide all the data below! Entries without ALL the information are invalid, and predictions on other threads don't count. And please check the other posts in this thread to prevent putting up the a score that has already been predicted. We had one week where four entries were the same score! Please follow directions, as I need all that is below for tiebreakers: --the winner --the score --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team --the number of passing yards by the Ducks. My prediction is: Oregon 45-13 3 4 228 Let's Keep Winning, Ducks!

We've done well in a variation of this uniform...

I believe you forgot that Wisconsin is also UW....as it was confusing to me as well in many of this week's articles.

Oh yeah, Brian has GOT THIS.