[Can Someone Tell Me "WHY" a Conference Tournament?]

The reason? The obvious one. Somewhere, somehow, somebody is making a lot of money.

[If You Could Ask Dan Lanning One Question...]

Will your family plant a couple of Douglas fir seedlings in your yard when you move in - exactly as I did when I moved to Oregon 41 years ago?

 

(Both are now well over a hundred feet tall.)

[What do You Want More, a Win Over Georgia or Utah?]

All I want is the validation of Lanning as one helluva football coach after the Georgia game, win or lose.

[Canzano: Buckle Up--High-Stakes Case Takes Shape in Oregon Courtroom]

On 4/13/2022 at 10:03 PM, toketeeman said:

I recall posting way back then during those health-threating workouts for those players - while NO ONE ELSE HAD NOTICED - that I had simply done some research on the Internet to discover Taggart's new strength and conditioning coach had ZERO NATIONAL-LEVEL CERTIFICATIONS for such an important D1 position! I now bet that same fact will be reprised in the trial.

Yep, I won the bet. The extremely inadequate level of certification came right out in the trial in its first week . . . 

[The Humble, Growth-Mindset of Coach Lanning]

This is fun and encouraging and exciting . . . but we will all suddenly become much more aware of exactly what coach the Ducks have at the final whistle of the Georgia game.

[Canzano: Buckle Up--High-Stakes Case Takes Shape in Oregon Courtroom]

I recall posting way back then during those health-threating workouts for those players - while NO ONE ELSE HAD NOTICED - that I had simply done some research on the Internet to discover Taggart's new strength and conditioning coach had ZERO NATIONAL-LEVEL CERTIFICATIONS for such an important D1 position! I now bet that same fact will be reprised in the trial.

[Herbert Gets ANOTHER Great Receiver]

That's all great . . . but is anyone there trying to repair their awful defense?

[Lanning on QB Battle: "I Think We Have a Mature Group"]

 

 

Maturity or not, nothing is gonna happen without that Duck Speed!

[Dan Lanning Interview: The Road to Eugene]

This is "Episode 65 Dan Lanning PART 1: The Road to Eugene" of The Mighty Oregon Podcast on Spotify for those who cannot use the link provided here.

[Red Flags are Flying on Kayvon Thibodeaux]

I have been just a casual reader of the headlines/articles on Thibodeaux over the past season and year . . . from which I have also kept on getting intuitively the strong scent of ELITISM from this guy who has been touting his own crypto-currency and other NIL benefits . . . and now this arrogant nonsense at the NFL Combine. I agree with the article. And these NFL draft teams are watching very closely. 

[Moorhead Took a Massive Pay Cut to Leave Oregon.]

On 12/22/2021 at 9:37 AM, 1Ducker1 said:

Joe Moorhead looks a lot older than 48, He looks as old maybe older than me and Im 63. There def has been a bunch of stress in his life. I wish him the best but man Akron? wowza.

Yes, same here - and I'm older than you! I noted that in a post last year. I was stunned back then when I discovered his real age. And wearing a white beard in front of 18-22-year-olds makes the visual effect even worse. But it's HIS life, HIS choices.

[Proof: Why Lanning is More Southern Than Western]

I'm confused. I thought Southerners caught fish primarily with their hands . . . 

[Kenny Dillingham’s Offense and the Inclusion of the Pistol]

On 3/2/2022 at 1:16 PM, EzDucksIt said:

All I want to see, no matter the formation is a back like this one that sees a hole and adjusts to it.  Loved watching him play and his back up was not so bad either.

 

LaMichael James and Kenjon Barner both having great vision and running skills.  Love MadMike videos, was one of the Original staples of Oregon Football and FishDuck.

This video really brought home how much Oregon has lost in running offense in the past few years. Sigh. I really miss those days.

[80 Plays Per Game is More Than an Offensive Goal]

Did I miss the obvious here? The only way the Ducks can average 80 plays a game is to FIRST have a DAMN GOOD DEFENSE.

[Learning Lanning Laws: “Today We Create HAVOC”]

"Havoc" makes the old term "smashmouth" sound so pedestrian and antiquated.

[Very Interesting Take on Quarterback Development]

On 2/19/2022 at 10:12 PM, David Marsh said:

. . . Oregon did prepare Herbert for the NFL. . . .

 

Yes, exactly. The crime committed at Oregon was that that the incompetent coaches at Oregon had not a clue of the incredible talent and mental brilliance Herbert already had then. Even football-ignorant I could see that Herbert's Duck receivers were dropping passes left and right not because the passes were bad or the receivers were bad - but because his passes were hitting again and again their hands, chest, helmet at 60+ mph . . .

[Swedish National Champion Signs with Oregon!]

Good gawd. Watched him play. Are you kidding? He uses a full western grip. And a one-handed backhand - mostly slicing - with no power. No penetration, no consistency, no return of serve. And he'll likely be sliced to death in a rally. But does have speed and covers well. Will need a lot of coaching up.

[Whoa! This could Change Everything for College Sports]

I have said this for decades: there has never been such a thing as a "scholar-athlete". It was a workers-benefits-avoidance invention of the NCAA back in the 1950s. It has since existed as one of the biggest PR messaging frauds in American college sports.
 

[Mario Got His OC]

On 2/6/2022 at 11:17 AM, 1Ducker1 said:

Wouldn't surprise me if MC didn't just hire his own replacement--eventually.

And I bet that was the real (secret) reason by which Josh Gattis accepted the offer after watching others turn MC down. Joining a weak coach is yet just another pathway to head coach. These assistant coaches aren't dummies.

[Oregon’s Justin Herbert Wins Pro Bowl Offensive MVP]

I just skimmed through the broadcast because I'm just not interested in playground football, but I did not see Herbert get interviewed at any time during the game, in contrast to many others. Amirite?

[Enough Already, Saturday Rant!]

To me, the term "scholar athlete" at D1 has become obscene.

[Natives are Restless: Some Cane Responses to McClendon Leaving]

On 1/30/2022 at 9:30 PM, Charles Fischer said:

... thus why the booing was the beginning of the end.

 

Yes, that moment was it for me. When Mario pretended the booing was at the team instead of him, I knew he was done at Oregon as a coach.

[Justin Herbert NFL Career to Date]

Herbert is just one solid defense away from winning the Super Bowl. Plain and simple. Chargers have to make the defense their top priority at draft time.

[Duck Wire has an opinion starting QB in Pac12]

Just a matter of which - "Bo Nix" or "Ty Thompson" - is more euphonic. "Bo" connotes power, but "Ty" sounds more like a bookworm . . . yes, marketing is everything.

[Georgia AND Oregon: Lanning's Weekend Didn't Suck]

Lanning's insane work rate is making jaws drop but remember the lesson we should all have learned this past season: good recruiting is nice but it's the COACHING, dummy!