Santa Rosa Duck

Thanks Smith72. My wife and I were at this game. A truly spectacular performance. We had great seats, surrounded by USC fans and at the end they were wishing us the best and saying "We hope Oregon goes all the way this year". Alas, it was not to be. Walking back to our car, I was yelling Kenjon Barner for President. This was also an election year.

More, I have had this license plate for several years.

This was a birthday present given to me by my bride. This is especially appropriate for FishDuck as the fish is a Rogue River Steelhead. For perspective, I am 6' 5" tall. Cosmo the wonder poodle wears his Oregon collar 24/7/365. The artist is Patrick Amiot from Sebastopol, California and he is famous for making art from junk. The plaster of paris model of Puddles was found by a friend at a yard sale and she bought it for me. I could add more but this will do for today. Go Ducks!

This is the year we get Michigan with a new coach and The Ohio State University with a new coach. We beat them both, and go into the national championship game undefeated. And then............ This is the year. GO DUCKS!

Thanks NJ Duck, this looks like a must see documentary!

I loved his color commentary and discussion about everything beautiful in the State of Oregon. My wife generally does not watch Oregon sports with me but when Bill Walton was the announcer, she sat down and enjoyed the show. You are already missed Bill.

He seemed to me like a genuine fine human being. Great athlete and I enjoyed his broadcasting. RIP Bill

Jon Joseph, I realize you are an attorney but probably not a BK attorney. Does filing get him off the hook for this legal judgement?

Todays Wall Street Journal has their take on this specific situation. https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/jaden-rashada-florida-nil-lawsuit-ee2f5441?st=25jqefnb84pgnxx&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Thanks Ryan, this one is fun. My vote goes to Len Casanova. I am a grey beard and was there for his last year. He started with virtually nothing and created a team with heart. Great coach and high integrity guy. In more modern times, I vote for Chip Kelly. He created real excitement and the Oregon brand became well known nation wide.

For me, perhaps the most exciting player last year and hopefully this year as well!

Duckster, I enjoyed your contribution and wish your family the very best.

Just finished watching the Spring Game a few minutes ago. This team looks very impressive to me. I think we have 4 QB's who could start for us. A couple of lesser names stood out. How about Justius Lowe and Jay Harris? Many looked good and Tez looked like he was ready to repeat his great performances of last year. GO DUCKS!

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Thank you Kim, you will be missed.

Thank you Jon. Surprising to me to not see The Ohio State University on this list.

At this point it is clear that something is awfully wrong and might it be the coach?

This was released on April 1 "April Fools Day"

I told my wife last night that we won the Pac 12 Basketball Championship as well as the Pac 12 Football Championship in the last year of the Pac 12 and then I remembered who actually won the football championship, oh well............... Nice Job DUCKS!

Best wishes Kim, look forward to seeing your posts again soon!

Here is an article from my community in Santa Rosa, CA. A local female cross country star just signed a marketing contract with New Balance. Maybe this is old news to some of you, but I did not know that NIL now reaches down to the high school level. https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/sports/montgomerys-hanne-thomsen-signs-with-new-balance-becoming-sonoma-countys/?utm_source=article_gift&utm_medium=copy-link&ac=YXJ0aWNsZS1zaGFyZQ==&ah=3X8j9RWbavYk

Thanks David Marsh. I am still mourning the loss of the Pac 12. From Santa Rosa CA, I will no longer be able to day trip to Stanford or Berkeley to see my DUCKS! Still look forward to Eugene for one game per year. BTW a friend yesterday told me that he and three friends are going to the Ohio State game. The closest hotel room they could book was Cottage Grove!. They still have to purchase tickets on the secondary market. I wonder what the price will be. These are some of the hurdles when you are not local and do not have season tickets. Oh well..........

Mr. FishDuck you are certainly consistent. When ever you post about the University of Washington, I can count on one more great example of Schadenfreude. "Pleasure derived by someone from another personsl misfortune". Just to be clear, I love it!

Just when do we transition to Big 10 TV?

I would imagine that Dan Lanning are being pursued by some players from UW. Do we want them?