[Is MKA Basketball Floor Being Replaced?]

I will wait to decide if this is good news until I see what they replace it with.

[What were Oregon State and WSU Supposed to Do?]

On 3/20/2024 at 1:12 PM, JabbaNoBargain said:

A leech may successfully latch on, but it’s still a leech.

All the best Jabba. Go Ducks!

[What were Oregon State and WSU Supposed to Do?]

A contract is contractually binding. It doesn't matter if we don't think it's "fair" or "right".  If the contract gives the right to the $$$ to OSU and WSU, it's in their best interests to take it. Every team leaving the Pac-12 acted in their own best interest, without considering what their actions did to the other conference schools. Why should we hold the Pac-2 to a different standard?

[49ers Plan to Release Armstead?]

The Chargers are over the cap. 

 

Armstead came up on the radio this morning here in Houston where they have a need and cap space.

[Is Miami TOO MUCH for Mario Cristobal?]

Recognizing you have a problem is the first step in fixing it. After watching Mario at Oregon and now at Miami, I'm not so sure he sees any problem with in-game decision making. 

 

Recruiting at a high level and expecting to have a top-notch football team is like buying a 1967 Stratocaster and expecting to play like Jimi Hendrix... It's not going to happen. Having great tools helps but ya still have to know what to do with them. 

 

I'm glad we have Dan.  He's a new head coach and makes some mistakes because of that but OBD seem to be good a self-scouting and correcting things.

[Please: End the Wave at Autzen]

I have no problem with the wave

[ESPN, Warner Bros and Fox are Teaming up for Sports Streaming]

Just for reference.... We cut the cable last year and went with Frontier fiber optic internet ($50/mo) and I watch all my sports on Hulu (about $85/mo) plus Peacock for the Tour de France (about $7/mo)  (all costs are for the Houston area). That adds up to about $142/mo compared to the $235/mo we were paying Cox internet and traditional cable (in Kansas).  

[Anybody Here A Blazers Fan?]

LOL. I grew up in the 50s and 60s and thought players in the 80s and 90s wouldn't have made it playing the tough guys from 20 years earlier. I guess it all depends on your perspective. 

[Senior Bowl Thread]

I wish OBD players would all wear the same helmet so I could keep track of who is in the game. One that is easily identifiable as Oregon would be great. 

[Tasty Tidbits for Devoted Ducks...]

Anyone considered an oddball by A&M standards is probably pretty normal. Those folks are nuts.

[How Much Interest Do You Have in Other Duck Sports?]

I follow football and men's basketball but only read posts here about football. 

[Pac-12 Channel is Awful]

I'd love to be able to get the Pac-12 network so I could complain about how bad it is. Alas, in Texas all you get are the B10 and SEC. Can't wait for next year. 

[Schedules Matter and Oregon Has the Short End of the 2024 Scheduling Stick]

The schedule is brutal. On the bright side, the only back-to-back road games are Oregon State and UCLA. Those are west coast trips with a bye week in between. The scheduling gurus could have made both Michigan and Maryland road games and then the travel would have been killer. 

[Crazy Weather? Try ICE SKATING at Hayward Field!]

19 with a wind-chill of 5 in Houston. 

[Former Oregon Players Are NOT on the Fans’ Team]

Did I like the name change? You decide.  I threw all my duck gear in the garbage can and sent an angry email to the AD

[Yep, Our QB Room is Questionable... Bo Nix has Committed to Oregon]

Not a fan of this. I have no interest in seeing this guy in a Ducks uniform

[Mario Scolds Fans: "No More Booing at Autzen"]

If I was at the game, I would have been booing. But I would have been booing the coaching, not the players. 

 

I'm fed up with watch Mario's press conferences. He throws out so much jargon:  next man up, we need to execute better, we need to coach better. Why not be honest and say we've had a lot of injuries and are playing second and third string players. Admit that the second and third string players are not as ready to contribute as the first string. That's why they aren't on the first string, right? Admit that they are learning on the job and will make mistakes. You can want "next man up" but you wont get it unless the next man is as good as the one they are replacing. 

 

Mario, fans are asking you to play one of the freshmen QBs because we don't believe you when you say AB gives us the best chance to win. We were up by 17 pts in the 4th quarter at UCLA. Why not put in one of the freshmen QBs and give us a chance to see what you are seeing?

[Overlooked? Irrelevant? Germane?]

For me, youth combined with the covid pause are factors in how the team is playing. According to a current depth chart I found online, the first team offense has 5 freshmen and sophomores and the second team has 8 freshmen and sophomores.  The first and second team defense have 8 and 9 freshmen and sophomores. That's a lot.

 

Being on campus and spending a lot of time around each other, especially the veteran players, are key to helping the younger players learn the culture and everything else that goes into being productive college football players. Repetition and constant reinforcement of what's being taught is also important. Spending half of 2020 at home must have really slowed the development of players, especially the young ones. Not only did is slow development, I suspect many forgot at least some the things they had been taught.