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DUCKS WIN! 35-13 2 2 228 yards

The weather forecast is deteriorating for Saturday. The high is forecast at 45 and the low at 26 with rain, snow and wind. This might suggest a slugfest on the ground.

Iowa will attempt to emulate the Indiana defense right from the git-go. Blitz and attempt to rattle and sack Dante Moore. If they succeed, I would expect to see Brock Thomas much sooner than many think. Our Offensive line is going to have to start this game at full throttle and protect our QB. GO DUCKS!

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This game is on CBS which means it will be streaming on Paramount Plus. For those of you have Paramount Plus, you will get a higher quality picture assuming you have high speed internet.

So sad to see Mario lose.........Not!

Thanks Alex good food for thought. I actually am concerned with a Panic Meter of 5-6. My concern is which Dante Moore is going to show up? He can be absolutely marvelous at times and at other times he looks like a deer caught in the headlights. It seems if everything is close to perfect with the running game working, great blocking etc, he will be quite good but if things are not perfect, his performance seems to plummet.

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When I grow up, I want to be Geonorris Wilson!

Well, for fun and to stir the pot a bit here are the quarterback stats from last night. Dante Moore 9/16. 5.7 yard avg. QBR 36.4 Brock Thomas 4/4 11.5 yard avg. QBR 93.8

Actually I am choosing to see my cup as half full. Pretty happy with the win in miserable weather and IMHO while not perfect Oregon won in a convincing way. So I am choosing to have a large gin and tonic and am currently streaming the Grateful Dead and listening to Box of Rain which seems appropriate. GO DUCKS!

I am lowering my expectations, maybe we can get a first down.

Looks like Wisconsin is using the Indiana defensive line playbook,

Why the concern Charles? It never rains in Autzen Stadium!

I think the weather may slow us a bit DUCKS WIN! 35-6 3 4 246 yards passing

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I think Mr. FishDuck may be on the money with this one. If both Novosad and Moga are going to the portal, they both have enough talent to start somewhere IMHO. Coach Lanning was just fine with Brock Thomas in the mop up role against Rutgers. If Novosad and Moga suited up and traveled with the team, surely they would be available if needed. Right?

So if both Moga and Novosad have burned their redshirt, then why are they not brought in to play or has Brock Thomas beat them out on the depth chart? Who comes in if we need backup and are in a real tight game?

Quarterback #1 is Dante Moore and there is no debate. Now what happens if Dante gets dinged up (God forbid) in an important game like at Iowa. What is the real depth in this QB room as opposed to what is on paper. Is Brock Thomas really #2? Maybe he deserves it but is he good enough? Are Austin Novosad and Luke Moga both choosing to redshirt and are really not available? Is Akili Smith Jr. available? I am confused and not in a good way. Any thoughts?

I want to see Luke Moga?

We have two other scholarship QB's. Perhaps they are injured?

DUCKS WIN! (I sure hope so) 31-21 2 2 242 yards

Thanks Alex, always look forward to reading your thoughts. For me, our outstanding player was Bryce Boettcher. He was always playing his normal outstanding linebacker role.

Penn State also lost their QB Drew Aller for the rest of the year.

I am taking comfort in our Oregon State win.