duckcz

The Ducks are one of only FOUR TEAMS to beat Ohio State at The Shoe in the past TEN YEARS. In the past 20 years, Oregon and Michigan have played twice, the Ducks winning both, the last in Ann Arbor a total blowout 39-7. In the past 22 years, Oregon and Wisconsin have played three times. Wanna guess who won all three games? Yep, the Ducks. Oregon and Michigan State? In the past ten years Ducks are up 2-1. We haven't played Penn State since we lost the Rose Bowl to them in 1995. That's the top of the Big 10 and the Ducks have proven again and again that they are more than worthy opponents against them. And I didn't even mention our records against the new additions USC, UCLA and Washington. What do people on the east coast think we'e been playing in the PAC 12, flag football? No disrespect to Iowa, Purdue, Minnesota or Rutger's "sheer physicality," but they are certainly no tougher than Utah, Oregon State, ASU or Colorado. I don't think we're going to win the conference our first year or anything, but we are certainly going to be competitive with every single team we face in the Big Ten in 2024. Oregon is more than prepared for the Big Ten and there isn't going to be any "adjustment period" needed.

Damn. Bo looks jumpy tonight.

If we win out, it will have been against 3 and possibly 4 ranked teams. Washington could be ranked when we play next weekend. Utah will be ranked. If the Beavs win their next two, they’ll be ranked. In the PAC 12 Championship, we’ll face a ranked LA team. This is by far the toughest stretch of our schedule and is going to be a huge test of this team. If we happen to run through that gauntlet unscathed, we will almost certainly be in the playoff. Can we do it? Certainly feels possible.

Ducks win 38-34 2 turnovers 1 sack 248 passing yards

First of all, let me just say thank you for curating this forum as much as you do. I come here daily for the well-written, thoughtful and insightful articles, comments and discussions, not for trash talking and bad-mouthing of players, coaches or other commenters. I don’t envy your job though. Sports can drive people crazy. To keep things simple, you could remind people to keep it classy, constructive and clean. Classy=having high standards. In other words, it adds something of value to the discussion. Constructive=promoting improvement or development. In other words, criticism that cites specific examples not just blanket statements. Clean=free from the use of obscenity. In other words, no swearing or name calling or trash talking. In many cases, it is going to ultimately be your judgement call as to what you deem unworthy, but in my opinion, none of your examples would pass my 3C’s test.

Yeah, I recall last years game the refs flagged us for some very questionable penalties on Stanford’s game winning drive. I hate blaming refs for losing games but last year seemed particularly egregious. And again this year? Just coincidence? It’s hard to be objective with these green and yellow glasses on.

If I remember correctly, the first play of the Spring Game was a long bomb to Seven McGee. I saw that as an opening statement from Dillingham, telling all of us that a new era of Duck offense had begun. Seeing the long balls yesterday, and watching our young receivers pulling down some seriously contested catches was so satisfying. And we’re just getting started. This offense is going to be something scary down the line.

What's next, we're gonna NEED to root for the Huskies? Yeah, not gonna happen. I root for the Beavs in every game other than the Civil War, and even the thought of pulling for SC this year makes me barf in my mouth a little. If we win out, we will be in the playoff discussion. No need to root for the Trojans at all. In fact, I'll go ahead and root against them for the rest of the season.

The Platypus Battle, or “The Platty” sounds good to me.

Oh man. That first play. The double juke at the end reminded of another speedster who is pretty much the embodiment of Oregon explosiveness. The Black Mamba himself, DeAnthony Thomas. And it feels only natural for number 6 to be be followed by Seven. I had such high hopes for Moorhead's offense, but it never really seemed to get going and open things up. Let's just hope that Lanning and Dillingham do more than just pay lip service to bringing Oregon speed and explosiveness back to the offense.

My first, gut-instinct reaction was to beat Georgia. To go into Atlanta and beat the reigning champs on national TV would be huge boost for the progrum, regardless of how we finish the season. But then I started overthinking it. Last year, Oregon beat Ohio State in the Horseshoe in what was to be the best game the Ducks played all season. It was all downhill after that. And I have a sneaking suspicion that winning that game was the spark that lit the fire under Miami going after Cristobal. So, upon further reflection, my preferred outcome is to give the Dawgs a helluva game, keep it close and even conjure up a fourth quarter comeback, but ultimately come up short. And then go on to rip through the PAC-12 on a rampage the likes of which have never been witnessed, leaving a trail of mayhem and destruction in our wake. Even Duck fans will be left slack-jawed at the wanton carnage. In other words, losing a close one to Georgia and then beating Utah along with every other team on the schedule sounds good to me.

In most relationships, people will do their best to make the relationship work. In many cases this will involve either accepting, overlooking or even blocking out the flaws the other person has. However, once the relationship has soured or ended, we stop accepting, overlooking and blocking out those flaws. In fact, we tend focus on them. I feel like that's what is happening now with Cristobal and Duck fans. The relationship is over, and we're focusing in on the things we let slide in the past. Partly as a coping mechanism but also as a way of learning and hopefully growing.

It feels like we’re witnessing the beginning of the end of bowl season as we know it. With opt-outs, the crazy coaching carousels, and covid cancellations, it just doesn’t feel exciting anymore. And the empty stadiums agree. This bowl lethargy could however, kick the expanded playoff discussion into a higher gear. The 6-6 bowls can disappear and the traditional bowls can be incorporated into an expanded playoff. Until then, these bowls just feel like B team scrimmages.

Ooh, he really does look like Karl. Now we'll just have to see if he's more of a Bones McCoy, Judge Dredd or Billy Butcher?

Is age a factor here? Could you imagine a guy like Moorehead working under a 34 year old first-time head coach? I have a gut feeling that Joe had a hard time being under Mario, and it’s not hard for me to imagine an older OC having problems taking orders from a “kid.”