Charles Fischer

Hello My OBD FishDuck Forum Friends! What is your prediction versus Maryland? 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 4 321 Let's Keep Winning, Ducks!

Amen.

There is always someone who spoils our fun!

Oh yeah... FORGET the 2025 Season: Ducks Better Savor This Year... | FishDuck FISHDUCK.COM My many Duck-Buddies…I know I should not be looking ahead, but I did so in order to provide perspective on how experienced and savvy this 2024 Oregon Football…

It is funny....I've gone through an incredible personal transformation due to creating the rules and learning by painful trial-and-error what works best. In my youth, I was actually a TROLL on Oregon football message boards, and was a pretty good one. I could deliver a quick insult that could cut down the best... But these things come back to bite you, as I learned. I reformed, and then started this forum in order to have a safe place to post, and then went through the thrashing process of creating our GREEN REFUGE. In the process, it changed my personality to a degree, and certainly with how I deal with people in the real-world. I actually apply the forum rules to many other aspects of life, because I want peace now. If those in politics and media adhered to same rules....

Gawd I love so many of your lines. So funny and true!

True, a larger opposing fan base is assumed, but it would be cool for our players to be in the Rose Bowl instead of a southern location. If we win out…we have to play in Indianapolis for the B1G Championship, and our fans would most certainly be swamped. So if the next stop was the Rose Bowl…I would be thrilled for the team.

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So many great memories in this combo...love it!

Well, partially wrong. When he came in at offensive guard...he was cold off the bench replacing the injured Marcus Harper. It was third down and he was up against one of the best defensive tackles in CFB in Mason Graham, and got bull-rushed back into the QB. Now he may have been expecting help from Poncho, who came over late, and did not block anyone on the play. The next play was the final drive that started with 7:24 left in the fourth quarter. It was a pass play, where Graham expected Rogers to fire-out to blunt the Bull-Rush, and then Graham stepped aside, grabbed his shoulders and flung him away. Graham then knocked Gabriel, but the pass was completed to Holden. This is learning-curve stuff taught in real-time... After that...he did really well run-blocking Graham, and was a reason we drove down the field and scored to finish the game.Granted many plays went away from him to the left, but this was a great confidence-builder that will make him better. He blocked, and then rolled a linebacker out of the scoring play at the end. Running the ball when you need to at the end of the game is elite stuff, and doing it to a good Michigan defense is even better. I don't know about having him go up against Ohio State DTs, but I think he will be OK for the next three weeks. Exhale Charles....

Good gosh...to be able to play in the Rose Bowl...for our fans and players? Pretty good incentive to win out and win the B1G Championship game!

Bryant has not done much at Oregon, but know that when he was a freshman at USC....his receiving numbers were better than any Oregon receiver that year. Now that was during Cristobal times, but Bryant was also just a freshman at USC that year, so there is a ton of upside there for him.

The new floor of MKA is a bit too much of the Apple Green for my taste, but I understand how they went away from all the brown. Great to see Bittle moving so fluidly, and the graphics they had up of how experienced this team is...whew! It like what Dan did in the portal for football...

There a number of new members to the Our Beloved Ducks forum, and not only do I welcome you and encourage you to post, but you need to see how serious we take our "No Politics" rule on this message board. In years past, we had some terrible fights about politics when I was new at running things, and frankly was weak. We lost some good people during the COVID time, as some could not restrain themselves from hinting at politics. People got mad and left, and I banned a boatload of people because they were not going to change their behavior. I have zero tolerance toward political reference of any kind, and will ban people in a heartbeat as I did with a new member a few weeks ago. (You probably did not see his whooper-of-a-violation post) The members in this forum were outstanding in the election midterms of 2022, as nothing was written, and thus far this year--same thing and it is wonderful. I want to thank everyone for being so disciplined, and making this forum the GREEN REFUGE that we all love. It is a place of peace, and great discussion about Our Beloved Ducks, and a harbor from the realities of life. Below is from our Rules, in case you had not read them recently, and again....your restraint is why I Love this Community. Let's keep it going! Charles There are no political parties in this forum...only Duck Fans! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. 12: No Reference of any kind to Politics or Religion: I do not allow even a hint of politics or subtopics pertaining to politics; no names, no terms, no links, not even a word or any references pertaining to anything political. Do not even use the word, "politics" or "political" in your posts because just the word is a lightning rod that generates discussions in a direction we do not want the site to go in. Any of the aforementioned could initiate a political discussion, and veering in that direction at all will cause a site meltdown in today’s acrimonious climate. We do not allow anything negative directed at any religion, toward anyone in the LGBT community, or toward any race, gender or ethnic group. No. 12a): Part of the challenge I have is not only deleting any comment that pertains at all to politics, but to also remove the comments that could also instigate political discussions that could hurt our community. I have to ask myself, “will that comment initiate political discussion, even though the comment is fairly benign?” That is why I delete posts/comments that may not be blatantly political, as I have prevent the responses and fall-out that would ensue from the comment. People here want that protection, and not just from being attacked politically, but from even having to read it. The majority of our rules can again be summarized to this: 1) be polite and respectful, 2) do not tell others what to think or write, and 3) no reference of any kind to politics.

EUGENE, Ore. – They may have been without two quality veterans from last season, but the Oregon men's basketball team showed Monday it will feature a quantity of capable options in 2024-25. Kwame Evans Jr. scored 23 points to lead six Ducks who finished with at least eight points in a 91-76 victory Monday over UC Riverside at Matthew Knight Arena. The UO men opened the season without their two leaders from the memorable 2023-24 postseason run, N'Faly Dante and Jermaine Couisnard, but the Ducks' depth looks much improved over a year ago. "We made a lot of mistakes, but a lot of them are correctable," UO coach Dana Altman said. "We've just got to get everybody on the same page — offensively, defensively, get better connected. And that should happen, if you've got guys that really want to be part of the team and make things happen." Newcomer Brandon Angel scored 17 points in his UO debut, and Nate Bittle had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds in his return from an injury marred 2023-24 season. Transfer TJ Bamba scored 12 points, Jackson Shelstad added nine points and Jadrian Tracey scored eight. "Everybody can score on this team," Shelstad said. "I think our chemistry's looking really good." How It Happened: Oregon's balance was on display from the outset. Evans scored 12 points in the first half, while Bamba, Angel and Bittle added nine each. Evans scored eight in the first five minutes, including a three-point play to give Oregon an early 11-9 lead. "When he plays hard, he's really talented," Altman said. "… When he's active and on those toes and going hard, he's pretty good." UC Riverside was up 28-26 when the Ducks took the lead for good. Bamba scored the first and last baskets of a 10-0 run for Oregon, with Angel completing a three-point play and Shelstad hitting a three-pointer in between. It was 40-34 when the UO men mounted another run, scoring nine straight on the way to a 51-36 halftime lead. Mookie Cook came off the bench to help spark that run with his defensive intensity. It was 53-38 early in the second half when UC Riverside used a 12-4 spurt to cut the UO lead to seven. Bittle scored to end that run, on a night he finished with a double-double after appearing in just five games last season. "Nate's really made a good jump," Altman said. "He's in a really good place here. He's listening, takes criticism, tries to turn it around. He just needs to keep playing hard." With Oregon up 75-68, the Ducks scored eight straight to regain some cushion. Another six straight in the waning minutes gave the UO men their biggest lead of the night, 91-73, before UC Riverside closed the night's scoring with a three-pointer. Up Next: The Ducks host Montana on Friday (7 p.m., Big Ten Network).

I LOVE this! I am going to be laughing my head off for a long time as I reflect upon how EVERYONE, including yours-truly thought we had a real issue joining this league. The disadvantage is with them! Especially if they play one of the "Fresno States" of the conference and have the late TV slot.

Unknown. Has not played this year at all, and I sense his foot injury is for the season.

Like the tweet stated...."The B1G got Oregon and three Fresno States."

Playing UC Riverside at MKA at 7:30 PST tonight, and it is not on TV, but for those who have season football tickets, and grabbed the free B1G+ subscription in August, (Like yours-truly) you can watch for free. But you can buy a subscription for $90.00 a year, as there are two other games on it this season. When mine comes due--I will renew and pay because I am sure a ton of Baseball games will be on it, and tons of other Oregon Sports that will not be on TV. We will have a large number of Oregon Mens Basketball games on the B1G Network, so I'm glad they got that issue cleared up! In the article below--they have a link to be able to listen to the game for free. SIDEARM Integrations GODUCKS.COM Ducks take the court for the first time this season.

Well, my experience is that I've learned a TON from Social Media, and I've posted hundreds of tweets here that are informative over the last couple of years. No, it is not always right, but overall my experience is different from yours.

To be honest....I was pretty concerned when they hired Riley, as it looked like a good fit. It just goes to show how hard it is to find and hire good football coaches, and then retain the good ones. So glad we got Danno!

No late kick-offs now! (4:30 PST) We are in PRIME-TIME, Baby!

Well, I guessed wrong again!

On another site....their insider information indicated that Tez is out until the Playoffs for certain. What the injury is...is unknown, although collarbone is likely. They may have had him in surgery today in order to speed things up. I believe we will be fine for the regular season without Tez, and could do well without him in the B1G Championship because of how much Holden and Lowe are emerging. Since it is the end of the season--this is the time to use our senior tight ends more, and Sadiq everywhere. Unfortunately, Marcus Harper is out 3-4 weeks, and I do not know if this includes the B1G Championship Game. Again...injury unknown, but this is the inside scoop. I learned about these yesterday, but withheld until now to honor their subscribers who pay over there to learn the important news sooner. When many were defending Kawika Rogers in this forum versus Michigan, and I was critical--my comments were not just based on this game. He comes in late in the game often, and he comes in for the 4th down situations as an extra lineman. I have winced watching him get blown up, and we lost 4th downs by his missed blocks. Late in the game when the reserves come in, and we have been stuffed for a TFL...it is often from his man. Why didn't I write about this before? No need to pick on a newbie when it was not crucial; we won regardless and I mention it now because the context is important. Thus why I stated that we have NOBODY adequate to back up any offensive line starter who goes down. Can Rogers do well enough over the next three games? Perhaps,...we could run more to the left, roll-out passes, etc. This changes the game-plans for Will Stein, as well as the selection of plays he will use. I was hoping that Bedford had not played because they were preserving his redshirt, but I learned he has already used his redshirt. So I am hoping he can come back this week, and even if he is game-rusty...it is a perfect game for that versus Maryland. Only Purdue is weaker among B1G teams on our schedule, IMHO, thus a good game to bring him up to speed. If he can play, that is. I think we can survive with Rogers, but beating Ohio State in the B1G Championship with their defensive tackles would be very, very difficult. Is Tez Hinting at Surgery?