Santa Rosa Duck

I was in a gift shop yesterday and wearing my Covid mask which is an Oregon Duck mask. In walk a younger married couple and he flashes me the "O". He says " You must be the one driving the GMC Yukon outside with California plates "Autzen 1". I said "That would be me" I am feeling pretty smug that I am really flying the colors. He then mentions that he and his wife have season tickets to Autzen. I then notice and mention that he has an "O" bracelet. He says that is nothing. He then rolls up his sleeve and has the "O" with the feathers on each side tatooed on his right forearm. At that point I said "I surrender" and we both had a good laugh.

So who is going to act as head coach at the Alamo Bowl?

Annie, nice work creating and updating this most important thread.

Trying to see the cup as half full but it is tough. As recently as 30 days ago we had 22 verbals I believe. Maybe Coach Lanning can bring a few more in.

Very thorough article Darren. Now I think I have a good understanding of what is going on. What is unfortunate is Mario leaving just before national signing day. Secondly our new coach is still coaching rather than trying to bring back the recruits full time. Oh well.......changes like this are never perfect. GO DUCKS!

University of Miami just formally announced the hiring of Mario Christobal as Head Coach

$8,000,000 to buy out Manny Diaz. $9,000,000 to buy out Mario. Plus $8,000,000 to pay Mario. Unbelievable total of $25,000,000. Hope it works out for Miami. Hope it works out for Mario.

Just saw a tweet that said that Christobal told the team he is leaving.

Will Richardson just 2/14.

I was thinking about the Oregon vs Florida State game in the Rose Bowl, 2015. I said that the FSU players had quit and I felt the same way about Oregon last Friday night.

I just read that the Miami deadline is 12:00 noon EST. So by 9:00am PST we should know what is happening.

It seems obvious that if he were staying, he would not be cancelling recruit visits. Oh well..........time to move on.

Urban Meyer has way too much baggage to get hired at Oregon. No way.

Several reports that Miami has given Mario until noon Monday to make his decision. Do we know if that is noon Miami time or Pacific time?

This has to be settled today or at latest Monday. There is a huge amount of upset in the program right now. National Signing day is Dec 15 just 10 days away. With Kirk Herbstreit suggesting and I paraphrase "The Ducks are not giving a best effort here" was about as bad as it can be. He might as well have said they have quit.

Anthony Brown had a QBR rating of 7.7 yesterday not 77 but 7.7. Has Mario explained why he did not replace AB? Can anyone explain why Mario did not replace AB? With Moorhead headed out the door I doubt that he had any input to this decision.

Utah was outstanding, physical and dominant. I find it interesting and ironic that Utah has become the team that Mario has defined as his ideal.

If Cam Rising and Tavion Thomas are still playing on the next series, Kyle Whittingham is a really nasty head coach.

Is Chip Kelly available?

I may have lost count but I think our DUCKS have 9 penalties.

It looks to me like our team has quit.

Last time I checked we have Thompson, Butterfield and Ashford waiting for their turn. With this kind of coaching, why would they even stick around?

Nice of Kyle Whittingham to rub it in. What the hell, we deserve to have our noses rubbed in the turf.

Why is Anthony Brown still the QB? He has completed one pass in the game to Oregon Receivers and two to Utah.

This is the worst. Worst than the first Utah game. 65 yards of total offense. Anthony Brown with two interceptions including the last one which was so unnecessary. 6 penalties against our DUCKS. If we do not have a new QB to start the half, I am all done for the year. Bye bye Morehead, Christobal and several of our 2022 class. Sorry, I am disgusted.