Charles Fischer

Oregon 2025 average points scored per game: 41.3 points per game average (34.9 in 2024) Oregon 2025 average points allowed per game: 13.5 points per game average (19.4 in 2024) Now we have a long ways to go with the season, but it is interesting to look at. I understand the frustration with the scoring in the last game, (and vs. Indiana) but one of the many superb OBD forum members pointed out how our own penalties killed drives that would have scored points, not to mention the Special Teams TD from a fake punt called back. We should have scored more....or not? You see, that rain and wind did not creep up on the team; we heard all week of high wind gusts and downpours coming during the game. Our coaches knew that we would have ground-and-pound....and so did Wisconsin. It was a limited playbook for this game, IMHO. We need better QB play from Moore at tight-times, and better pass protection from our offensive tackles. I would like to think that with an NFL future on the line...they will be working on these elements for the last half of the season. (Six, seven or eight more games? That is my fantasy!) If someone has asked me at the beginning of the season if I would be happy with those averages at this point in the season? I would have taken both in a heartbeat. "Slinging in the Rain" (Brock Thomas)

Me too, but all I get are restraining orders...

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2025 OREGON FOOTBALL | @oregonfootball Davison Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon running back Jordon Davison was announced on Monday as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for his performance in the Ducks' 21-7 win over Wisconsin last Saturday. Davison becomes the third Duck to earn a Big Ten weekly honor this season, joining Jerry Mixon (Defense, Week 3) and Dante Moore (Offense, Week 5). Davison led the Ducks against the Badgers with a career-high 102 rushing yards while scoring each of Oregon's first two touchdowns. It was his second straight 100-yard rushing game after going for 100 the previous week at Rutgers. Davison leads the Ducks this season with 10 rushing touchdowns, most among FBS freshmen and tied for No. 7 nationally. He is now tied for third in UO single-season history for rushing touchdowns by freshmen, joining Royce Freeman (2014) as the only UO true freshmen to rush for double-digit scores in a season. The Santa Ana, Calif., native logged his second multi-TD game of the season and has scored at least one touchdown in seven of eight games in 2025. Davison and the No. 6 Ducks (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten) are on a bye this week before traveling to Iowa on Nov. 8.

Not a guru, but my opinion is that if the mesh is done as you suggest--it can be an RPO, or a play-action pass regardless of where the QB begins the play. Making the linebackers commit to defending the run is the reason for the fake, or mesh, so the passing lanes are open, IMHO. With that being said...coaches everywhere have their own terms and definitions.

And then The Athletic released their CFB rankings this morning, and moved Oregon down to No. 12. Below is their reasoning, and I can't complain... "Oregon slips a couple of spots after a surprising battle with Wisconsin, a 21-7 win in a rainstorm. I think Oregon is a really good team, but what exactly is the resume right now? Its best win is maybe Northwestern? The teams ahead of the Ducks have better accomplishments, and I can’t keep Oregon near the top five like the polls have just based on brand name. Oregon is 10th in ESPN’s strength of record, too. Go beat Iowa on the road in a couple of weeks, and things can change."

Our own Jon Joseph, who many of you know well on this forum, wrote precisely what you see below over the weekend. It almost seemed that On3's Ari Wasserman was quoting Jon today! Big Ten Perception Wasserman questioned why the Big Ten doesn’t get the same respect the SEC receives, despite winning the last two national titles. Oregon fell out of the national conversation after losing to unbeaten Indiana; if an SEC team lost to a top-five conference opponent, the reaction would be far different. There are so many average SEC teams we deem as “tough outs,” and it doesn’t seem to work the same way up north.

Amen David! Many of us were thinking as you suggested, but you laid out the case extremely well in your article. I also love the top featured picture of the article, as it is the same as what our forum background picture is at the moment. For those looking at this forum on mobile phone, they cannot see our photo background to the forum. But for those on desktop, (as I am) or laptop....you can see Davison scoring in the rain. For those who use a Pad to view the forum....can you see this background picture?

Kamikaze....I do agree with many of your concerns, but saw this and wanted to share it.

Good gosh...LSU had a massive buyout to pay, (53 Million) but fired the always-congenial Brian Kelly anyway. A ton of big openings...LSU, Florida and Penn State, and they all want the next great coach? Urban Meyer is not coming back, neither is Nick Saban. Indiana wisely wrapped up Curt Cignetti, although his buyout is only 15 million. So, prepare to hear about Dan Lanning on everyone's list. (Until we lose another game!) I'm a Grateful Duck....are YOU?

We should be proud of being 7-1, and in particular rushing the ball for 203 yards when you needed to in the rain, and with a backup QB. I maintain that anytime you rush for 200+ yards on anyone--it is great. But Wisconsin was especially tough to run on in the first half, and getting it done in the second half was noteworthy. Then I looked at the wins-losses of past opponents, and the final four opponents of Our Beloved Ducks... Past Opponents: 30-33 Upcoming Opponents: 22-9 Crap. Future opponents are going to be MUCH tougher than we thought at the beginning of the season. The Bastard-Huskies continue to improve, and playing them in Seattle is going to be very, very tough. We all know about the TFLs (Tackles for Losses) we gave up against Indiana, but we gave up seven TFLs, and four sacks against Wisconsin? And upcoming opponent Iowa got nine TFLs and four sacks this last weekend?

As long as we keep winning...even if ugly? On3Coaches Poll Top 25: College Football Rankings released a....

My Duck-Buddies...I used to complain about how Oregon was always screwed and we got no respect. Well...I think we may have more respect than deserved at this moment... On3AP Poll Top 25: College Football Rankings see shake up af....

I don't know what the reason is, because Stein did it a TON at UTSA in the year before he joined us. I agree with you, as we need to stretch the defense and Moore seems to look for the dump-off valve primarily.

Lanning running out the clock when he could have got STYLE POINTS after the interception, was a class act. How many coaches in this position would have gone for another touchdown? Water was GOOD to Us!

The winner was Canvasback! The final score was 21-7 with one turnover, one sack, and 132 yards of passing. Massduck had a score of 27-6, and was off by only seven total points, but so was Canvasback with his 28-7 predicted score. So they were tied, and now we look at tiebreakers... Massduck predicted three turnovers, while Canvasback predicted two. Canvasback was closer and won that tiebreaker. Massduck predicted two sacks, while Canvasback predicted four. Hence Massduck was closer, and won that tiebreaker. Now we come down to the passing yards; Massduck predicted 210 yards, while Canvasback predicted 185, and thus was closer and won by a raindrop! Congrats to Canvasback! And thanks to all who played, as I thought we were going to have quite a few tied up and bunched around the final score. A Canvasback Duck...

We sure have a "thing" with playing the Badgers, as both years we were highly favored, but they played us very tough.

Wisconsin was dialed into our major running plays, and this is a good scouting shout-out to the offensive staff in their preparation. There was a ton to be disappointed about, yet Our Beloved Ducks prevailed. When we needed to run the ball...we did. Your post-game thoughts?

It is sunny at the moment in Eugene, but gosh....it was pouring buckets at noon. I am concerned that it will impact attendance and our home-field advantage, and will there be wind and rain during the game? Weather report I last saw said...yes. "Storms likely for several hours"

Here we are my Duck-Buddies, the thread for pondering the actual game as it happens. Let's discuss before, and during the game! I have made a major change in how we will moderate our GameDay threads. Bottom line, is that you will be allowed to spew your frustration, to vent, as you wish. But Note the Parameters: --This is for GameDay threads only; you have to behave in the regular forum threads as in the past. --You cannot take shots at those who disagree with you, just like in the forum during the week. Remember how we discussed this upfront in this thread. Let's Have Fun Posting During the Game!