Charles Fischer

I was surprised to see these polls, where Our Beloved Ducks went from No. 4 in the nation, to No. 5 in the NFCA poll, while UCLA was No. 6. In the ESPN/USA poll, Oregon was No. 6, while UCLA was No. 5. The good news is that the Ducks and Bruins will settle it in a three-game series this weekend at the Jane!

Thank you Alex!

Look guys...I don't read a lot of coaches interviews, because usually it is a ton of "blah-blah," but we have had some good interviews by 247 Sports that have provided new information for us. For example, from Defensive Line Coach Tuioti.... "We really didn't have reps for guys like Tionne Gray or Terrance Green. (Last year) The trio of Gray, Green and Jericho Johnson, a redshirt frosh like Gray, form what is quite possibly the largest trio of defensive players in school history. Gray is the biggest of the bunch, listed a 6-foot-6 and 330 pounds a year ago, while Green, 6-foot-5 and 330 pounds, and Johnson, 6-foot-4 and 340 pounds, are close to his equal in size. And according to Tuioti, each of those players are even bigger now." "They're all about 345 pounds. We go back and look at how much weight they can lose, but they're just big humans. They can carry that weight," Tuioti said. "It's hard to find those kinds of men who are able to play that position. We're fortunate enough to have them." Holy Crap! Are you kidding me? A perfect Nose Tackle that demands a double-team each time and frees up the linebackers that is THAT big is rare...but to have THREE of them? The article is right here, and I am astonished at my good fortune as a fan to witness these young-guns coming up the ranks. Whew! And it is true that Matthew Bedford is back, healthy, and experienced with over 30 B1G starts on the offensive line. Fantastic! Terrence Green celebrating a Beavis sack...

If football did not begin to build resentment from the Old Guard in the B1G toward Oregon....the spring sports will most certainly generate some gnashing of Midwest teeth.

12-1 Ducks is the final, as Oregon run-rules Georgetown in the seventh inning. Umlandt went the entire way, and finished with 99 pitches and the sole run given up, while Carter Garate got his first home run of the year...a biggie!

7-1 Ducks after six innings. Umlandt is at 80 pitches after six innings, so maybe two more innings? He has given up only two hits against Georgetown, while the Oregon offense continues to roll.

6-1 Ducks after five innings. I am hoping that Oregon's Ian Umlandt can go deep into the game, as he is dealing pretty sweet pitches. Georgetown has an exceptional hitter who caught a pitch and produced a homer off it, but one run at this point for a team that likes to play small-ball is not a good scenario for them. (Provided Umlandt can keep it up!) The Pride of Sherwood sure knows how to create Double-Plays!

6-1 Ducks after four innings! Nothing happened in the third, as the Georgetown pitcher was great through three innings. But great plate discipline in the fourth by Oregon got two walks and a hit-by-pitch off the Hoya hurler, which loaded the bases for Mason Neville to tie the national home run leader with his 17th dinger of the year. Oh yeah...it was a GRAND SLAM!

0-0 after two innings. Great to see Umlandt's Duck-Stuff pitches on TV, as he certainly has some action on them! And his pitches create sweet double-plays!

Game summary at the bottom of the thread later! -------------------------------------------------------------- I'll bet we'll see Ian Umlandt on the hill, and I would imagine that if we get a decent lead--we'll see Will Sanford in to work out is "yips" he's been having lately. The Pride of Sherwood, Ian Umlandt.

SIDEARM Integrations GODUCKS.COM The Ducks play at Georgetown on Monday morning at 8 a.m. (PT) on CBS Sports Network

13-3 Ducks is the final score over Maryland, and not only did the bats get going, but we had some pitchers come through in a B1G way. (Primarily Jason Reitz)

9-3 Ducks after seven innings! Reitz has handcuffed the Terps, and rescued Oregon today!

9-3 Ducks after six innings! Oregon's Jason Reitz has pitched the most pitches and innings ever at the D1 level today against Maryland.

And Oregon's Jason Reitz is keeping Maryland at bay...

8-3 Ducks after five innings...boy, what a B1G inning! A three-run bomb by Mason Neville! And a two-run blast by Jacob Walsh!

3-3 after four innings...as too much to report for the three runs...

Game summary at the bottom of the thread later.... --------------------------------------------------------- 2-0 Terps after two innings. C'mon, Our Beloved Ducks! Very notable that Will Sanford is not the starting pitcher, but Jason Reitz is for the third game...

Actually it is a quite a list...and yes, Mario always has a "humor" target on him, as does USC, Washington, and of course I cannot ever let up on Beavis!

From an article by Griffin McVeigh of On3: “We’re not going to do that at Miami,” Cristobal said. “And I say that without any hesitation. If anyone is thinking that — They can be the best player in the world. If they wanna play holdout, they might as well play get out. Don’t want to do that, don’t want Miami to become that." Damn right. If anyone is going to mess this team up...it will be ME! Time Out!

Really impressive information from Jon again! So grateful for his incredible research, as I learn so much from his articles.

12-2 Maryland is the final on a run-rule in the seventh inning. All these pitchers at Oregon, and....

10-2 Maryland after six innings. Oregon's pitching is getting their butts kicked, and it is a shame....