Charles Fischer

Isn't QB one of his few recruiting/coaching successes?

Very cool...

As I said...they know nothing about us and rely on impressions from a decade ago..

The title was tongue-in-cheek, as our beloved mascot has been putting on a show for years, but this was fun...

Husky fans are going to need some Copium prescribed soon...

"The B1G got Oregon and three Fresno States."

You know, he made a high, athletic catch, and I thought he might stumble before the goal line. Pretty talented young-gun on the offensive line!

He also predicts Oregon to be the No. 5 Seed and host Boise State again in the first round, and with a win would face his predicted winner of the Big-12 in Colorado. Beyond that round would loom Ohio State again (No. 1 Seed) in the National Semi-finals. He places Alabama as the No. 2 Seed that the winner of the third game between Oregon and Ohio State would face the 'Natty. Ohio State is going to drive us...nuts.

In one article in The Athletic, it was predicted that Oregon will be the first team of officially qualify for the new 12-Team Playoff. But in another article Stewart Mandel says this... "Oregon has done absolutely nothing wrong, but I’m back to riding Ohio State if they meet in a Big Ten Championship Game rematch." Ohio State is a good team, and will be intensely ready for us, but I like being an underdog in the eyes of many. We still have to earn our spurs...

EUGENE, Ore. — Only one week and three games into the new college basketball season, Oregon displayed fight and toughness in defending its home court Sunday against a top-15 opponent. The Ducks hadn’t defeated a ranked opponent since February 2023 and had dropped their last 14 such games until Sunday night, when UO fought off a furious comeback bid from 12th-ranked Baylor to pull off a 76-74 upset in front of 6,372 fans at Matthew Knight Arena. Oregon (3-0) saw its 16-point fourth-quarter lead evaporate after a 17-2 Baylor run to start the final frame. Trailing by two with under 90 seconds to go, Deja Kelly came up with the tying basket and then set up teammate Elisa Mevius, who drove and sank her only field goal of the night with 22 seconds on the clock. “The goal was just to get a good look,” Kelly said of the go-ahead possession. “I drove baseline, I knew that we were going to have our two guards on the opposite side and Elisa made a great play herself.” Mevius caught the ball in the far corner and used a screen from Phillipina Kyei to find a seam in the Baylor defense and get to the basket to hit the go-ahead lay-in. “I couldn’t be more thrilled,” said Oregon head coach Kelly Graves. “We played so, so well for a good portion of that game and lost that big lead, but to come back and make the plays down the stretch like we did, shows a lot of character. Just really proud of our team.” Kelly finished with a team-high 20 points and nine rebounds to go with five assists and three steals. The Ducks’ graduate transfer point guard scored 13 of her points in the second half on 5-of-9 shooting. Alexis Whitfield finished with 16 points, including nine second-quarter points, and Nani Falatea added 12 off the bench and drained a pair of 3-pointers. “Today showed we have fight in us, and we want it and that we can battle,” said Whitfield. “That was the importance of this game today for us as a team, to show we know how to fight and be strong.” How It Happened: The Ducks seized momentum early in the ballgame, as UO scored the first six points of the game and jumped out to a 13-4, courtesy of four points apiece from Kelly and Peyton Scott. The Bears would make a run of their own in response, outscoring Oregon 10-2 to cut the Ducks’ lead to 15-14 after 10 minutes. Baylor claimed its first lead of the night early in the second quarter, but had no answer for Whitfield, who scored nine of her 16 points in the second period. After the Bears took a 25-20 lead, the Oregon graduate transfer made back-to-back buckets to kickstart a 15-2 Oregon run. Whitfield was a perfect 4-for-4 from the field during the run before Nani Falatea capped the half with her first three of the night to extend the UO lead, 35-27, at the half. The Bears opened the second half by scoring five of the first seven points to pull within two, but five points from Kelly and a three from Sophia Bell pushed the lead back up to double digits. Oregon kept Baylor at arm’s length for the rest of the period, not letting the Bears get back within eight, thanks to increased intensity on the defensive side. UO forced six turnovers in the quarter after generating five in the first half. Mevius tallied two steals herself as the Ducks raced out to a 64-48 lead heading into the fourth, their largest lead of the night. Baylor chipped away at the Oregon lead, as the Bears began the fourth quarter on a 17-2 run to cut the Oregon lead to just one, 68-67, with just over five minutes left to play. A Kyei putback and two Kelly free throws pushed the lead back to five, giving the momentum back to Oregon and its raucous crowd with 3:32 to play. Down two with under 90 seconds on the clock, Kelly tied the game at 74-74 with a jumper, giving her 20 points on the night. After the Ducks got a defensive stop, Kelly found Mevius, who maneuvered around a Kyei screen and sank the go-ahead layup with 22 seconds left. Notable: UO snapped a 14-game losing streak to ranked opponents, picking up its first ranked win since Feb. 23, 2023 against then-No. 14 Arizona (73-59) … The Ducks begin the season 3-0 for the 10th straight season and picked up their 67th win over their last 69 home nonconference games … The win was Oregon’s first in the series history against Baylor (1-5). Up Next: The Ducks host North Texas on Tuesday (11 a.m., B1G+).

If you're playing San Jose State as a conference game...you gotta do something.

"Play new players against Oregon, since the starters are doing nothing. The Oregon game is already lost." "I see a 16-18 point spread, pray for Packers weather from yesterday, and 10 degrees colder shows up. Wisconsin weather at this time of year, the cold and sleet would help Wisconsin keep it closer." ------------------------------------- Thoughts on Oregon; It's a Brutal Matchup Given... Unlike Bama (pass D) and Penn State, (lack of WR playmakers) Oregon has no real weakness. Maryland really played well, and save a fluky 50 yard fumble return, and one REALLY bad no overturn on the foot out of bounds TD when Oregon scored to end the first half, Maryland was going to be in this late. 1. 38 offensive plays in first half with many chain moving plays for the Terps 2. WR's got consistently open vs Oregon coverages (mostly man) 3. Until they got gassed late, Maryland run defense was very good most of the game. If QB Locke can get ball to green early (Badgers needs him back for intermediate tosses/outs) and, avoids his weekly brain fart picks, Wisconsin can stay in this but again, when you see a 6'6 290 LB guy running a fake punt downfield for 30 yards, and the lateral speed Oregon has on defense, you must play damn near perfect given the Oregon QB (Reminds me of a faster Lefty drew Brees type when he was at Purdue. He is accurate, has quick release and can hurt you with his feet) is so damn good. I hope I am wrong here but if it does not rain, 41-23 Oregon. Too much talent, and great line play vs a team still reeling from years of poor recruiting at DL, TE, TB, QB etc. If it does rain, I can see ball security issues (closer score in the 27-20 range) as Oregon runs so many plays that rely on matching their skill speed vs a team's Lbs /nickel types/Db depth (much like OSU foes many weeks), those throws won't be nearly as accurate, or well timed in wet weather.

“The staff is a huge reason,” Ploog told On3. “The connection that they have with each other and the players was a big part of my decision. The offense that they run is tight end heavy and I can see myself playing in it too. They are a Nike school, I grew up wearing strictly Nike so this seems to be a fit.” “Coach Dan Lanning is incredibly smart and the way that he is running the program is something unmatched. The mentality he coaches with is something that is super unique and the atmosphere is crazy." ------------------------------------------- “Ploog is a big target who primarily lines up as an outside wide receiver at the high school level. He’s a mismatch against smaller corners and shows the ability to go up and win jump balls. He’s also a good athlete at around 6-foot-6, 215 pounds. We see the athleticism on the basketball court, as well. Ploog will need to continue adding weight an strength to become a complete tight end, but the pass catching skill is advanced and points to mismatch ability at the college level.” "We didn't want him!" "We didn't want him!" "We didn't want him!"

What? Dan is getting pretty good at coachspeak, as nobody knows WTH he means.

Fantastic! He is a Rivals 4-Star who besides offered by Oregon, and was flipped from Washington, was offered by Wisconsin, UCLA and Alabama among others. Vander Ploog | DuckSportsAuthority N.RIVALS.COM Vander Ploog - 2025 4 Star Tight end for Troy (Fullerton, CA) on Rivals.com

I now love this ending of the schedule, as the players know they can give-it-their-all in Madison, ...and then they get a break to heal and recharge. Energized for the final week because...