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Agree Charles…..the future looks bright, as long as the Ducks stay healthy….and the young pitching staff continues to develop. I love what Waz is doing with this team.

Pitching really let the Ducks down today. the collective inexperience was evide

Ducks will have to score a bunch of runs to win on Sunday.

Thanks Charles. so…..you DO work 24-7.

In college football today is any thought given to academics? It appears that portal players face very little scrutiny when it comes to picking a new school. Has Oregon ever not accepted a transfer it really wanted because of grades? Has any other school? Well, maybe Stanford. If players are being paid to play they are not amateurs. What are they? And don’t get me started on the term Student Athlete. College football is a mess right now. Golden Age is laughable.

Both Thompson and, if ready, Novosad need to see the field early this season, and not necessarily just in garbage time. We need to see them to play with the ones….against the ones. Nix has proved to be a great pickup for Oregon, but his style of play is both an asset for the Ducks and a potential liability. Every time he scrambles, his chances of being injured increase, but it’s his mobility and elusiveness that makes him such a threat. That’s what makes Bo the million dollar man. But if Nix goes down, Oregon needs a QB that’s ready to step in. That means to QB2 battle needs to be decided, and the earlier better.

How does anyone outside the negotiating room know? Leaks, confidential sources, the way many stories are broken. Not saying it’s true…….but it could be. To quote Yogi, “It ain’t over…….”

Surprised to hear that about Blaine and the Huskies. He is a Cal grad and has always been a staunch supporter of the Golden Bears, or at least was when they were decent….many years ago.

Good points Charles. As a subscriber to Canzano’s column, I have noticed a softening in his tone from his Oregonian days, but he still can be critical…..but fair. Case in point, the Blazers, who are a mess. But I don’t think a reporter or columnist should ever be viewed as being in “partnership” with anyone they write about, and perhaps there is a better description. He certainly is less combative.

I think Thompson should be the first option as backup. His loyalty to the program has to grant him that. But if the game dictates I would like to seem both of them play. And Lanning, obviously, has not “encouraged” Thompson to enter the portal, so he must see something in the kid.

In addition to the aforementioned, the RG sports section of the early 70’s also featured sports editor Blaine Newnham and Bud Withers, excellent writers who eventually moved on to the Seattle Times. John Conrad was also on that staff and eventually became the section’s editor. The coverage of the Ducks in those was clearly the best in the conference.

According to a front page story in today’s LA Times, Bohn got fired because he is creepy. Condescending to women, handsy, disrespectful and made inappropriate comments about their weight, hair and the way they dressed. Any of the above would have been grounds for termination, but according to the Times several people in the athletic department raised concerns about his management of the department. He reportedly missed meetings he was expected to attend and was often absent from key events, including USC national championship victories. (Huh ?) Two former USC coaches told the Times that Bohn’s leadership of the department was a primary reason they left. Even at Cincinnati he was a creep, according to the school’s head trainer Robb Williams, who told theTimes that he saw Bohn make unwanted physical contact with women on several occasions. Another staffer said Bohn’s interaction with women made her skin crawl. Makes you wonder how much vetting USC actually did before they hired this guy….. Carol Folt was the ultimate decision maker.

That scenario would require the Ducks to avoid the all too frequent toe stub that seems to plague them at least once every season. And winning road games against Washington and Utah will be a huge challenge, but doable. I see Oregon handling USC at Autzen. So, if the Ducks do go 11-1, yes, see them making the playoff.

Nix proved to be an excellent college quarterback last season, but the jump to the NFL is huge, especially for someone with average arm strength. I see him as a late round pick at best and likely becoming a career backup. But then again, Brock Purdy was Mr. Irrelevant last year and now he appears to be the 49ers’ QB of the future.

Doing his job? He's getting schooled by LeBron.

Ty’s playing time has been so limited that he’s never really had adequate time to “get comfortable.” In fact, he looks like a dear in the headlights. But the only way to work through that is to put him out there. It might hurt Bo’s Heisman numbers, but it might increase the Ducks’ chance for success should Bo go down. When the Ducks, hopefully, are pounding Portland State in the fall, why not put him in for a few series? Or in any other game when the outcome is not in doubt. I am not at TT fan. I’m simply saying throw him to the wolves, and give him a chance. We need a larger sample.

It’s a shame what has happened to Dillon Brooks. Always known as a physical, super aggressive defender, he has now parlayed that skill set into becoming an NBA goon. Seeing video of his recent post game comments where he called out LeBron, calling him “old,” among other things, made me roll my eyes. I was actually sickened……and embarrassed for him at the same time. What was he thinking? It was a stupid thing to say, especially in the middle of an elimination series. Brooks says he likes to “Poke the Bear.” Well, he seems to have done that, and the strategy thus far is not working out so well. I pretty much always root for the Ducks, and have rooted in the past for Brooks, but my cheering days for him are over.

The court is atrocious. It looks bad in person and just silly on TV. Some ideas seem good at the time, and turn out to be terrible. The mistake now is not doing anything about it.

Losing Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA will decimate them Pac-12. I don’t believe the conference can survive being gutted to that extent. It will be very difficult for me to root for the Ducks if they choose to bolt. Maybe I could get over it…..maybe not. It’s a money grab….I get it. But it still stinks.

I like Jaquez, helluva player, but just can’t root for UCLA. Go Zags.

Excellent take. Several valid points. Student-Athlete? C’mon. Maybe Athlete-Student. Maybe. If you’re in the band are you a Student-Trombone player? Ridiculous.

Coaches sometimes have blinders on when it comes to guns and athletes. Just yesterday it was revealed that Alabama star basketball player Brandon Miller, a projected top five NBA draft pick, supplied the gun that was used in a murder in January. The gun belonged to a teammate, Darius Miles, who asked Miller to bring it to him. Miles and another person, the actual shooter, have been charged with capital murder. Miller has not been charged....because he just responded to his friend's request to bring the gun. Perhaps the most disturbing reaction to the murder was the comment of Alabama coach Nate Oats, who said, "A team can't control what anybody does outside of practice," and that "Miller was in the wrong place at the wrong time." Wrong place, wrong time? Tone deaf comments. Guns and college athletes......not a good combination.

Charges were dropped. That is fortunate for Holden My understanding is that he was in possession of a gun. And, if so, and despite what the law allows, does Oregon allow its players to carry guns? I’m sure all programs, including Oregon, have team rules. Wouldn’t that be near the top of the list? If he was, in fact, in possession of a gun, the Ducks should wish him well and be done with him.

Oregon can’t shoot, especially from deep where the Ducks make 31 percent of their attempts. And they are sloppy and careless with the ball, turning it over on average once every three minutes. Not a winning scenario. And yet they dominated Arizona, a game in which I’m guessing that none of the aforementioned stats applied. Unfortunately, that game was an outlier, not at all indicative of their typical performance.

Oops…..2026