Drake

Oregon has had many great college level receivers, with memorable catches and great performances in games. What is interesting, at least by my count, since 1990, the NFL has drafted 10 Oregon QB’s, and 8 receivers. I dont know the metrics the NFL uses to evaluate WR talent, but Oregon’s WR’s are often overlooked. Evan Stewart is a good one, but WR has to be one of the more difficult positions to have the speed, size, and agility that the NFL desires in any given draft year.

Consistently win the Ugliest helmet award.

Kudos to DL, and staff, that have brought in talent to compete with the top teams in the nation. Not really a villain, but the normal bullies of the conference know that the new kid is pretty darn tough.

Worst…Potato salad stadium before they spent $150 million on lipstick to put on that pig. Best…Tailgating at Stanford in the grove of trees, with the trees. Many tailgate setups have white table cloths, and great Cali wine on the table. We were serving salmon, and burgers to a fairly large group. Some Stanford alums tailgating nearby came over with a few bottles of wine to talk football, and for some of our food. Their stadium experience is more subdued, but had fun tailgating with those fans.

Colt without the heroin addiction. Colt was an athletic marvel that had demons that he could not overcome. He ended up in being sentenced to jail, escaped out of a window, and somehow found heroin, then overdosed. He did survive. He was definitely an NFL caliber athlete Sadiq is still growing into the role of a TE. He creates mismatches for a defense. He has the speed of many college level DBs, and a clear size advantage. Fun to watch.

Sounds like a cheap seat on a discount airline. Seems to me they increased the number of seats years ago because someone had built a stadium with more capacity. Rather than make the stadium larger, maybe they just moved the seats closer together to get a few more rows.

I think you need to make a deposit in advance to obtain new season tickets. Season ticket renewal period is early every year, and they never know who will, or will not renew, until about April. Whether your order is filled is based upon how many seats you request, and the number of deposits in front of you for that year. Obtaining two seats is much easier than four, or more. There are years where availability is scarce. I think the cristball (no O) years there was a trend of higher non-renewals. I believe your friend was mistaken with the way it works, it is not really a waiting list.

A good team can also have a very favorable BIG conference schedule. This year is a good example, if you don’t have to play at Oregon, tOSU, Penn State, or Indiana as an away game you can rack up wins. Oregon had tOSU at home, and misses the others. However, Michigan is struggling, and we never know who the next Indiana is going to be in any given year. A BIG schedule may allow a team to completely avoid playing the conferences top ranked teams. So, my conclusion, the BIG can be easier based on your schedule.

Natural reaction when a defender lowers his head and is aiming at the family jewels.

Games against rivals, or highly ranked teams gets Duck fans at Autzen fired up. Once an opponent has a false start, and the crowd sees that there is now blood in the water, the noise level increases. Opposing fans from the BIG just don’t understand how loud Autzen can get at field level. They will slowly find out.

Interesting notes on BBDB defense. The biggest difference that I see of today’s defense, compared to the high scoring teams of the Aliotti years, is the time of possession of the offense. Alioti’s defense was always on the field much longer. Aliotti also did not have the defensive depth we have today. Therefore, his BBDB defense was scrutinized when our offense wasn’t outscoring opponents.

A loss by tOSU would certainly turn up the temperature on the Ryan Day hot seat. Watching the tOSU, and USC fan meltdown, is just solid entertainment.

I think the last thing Michigan wants is to rely on a steady diet of Warren’s passing game. They will have him pass just enough to keep our defense honest. I am sure that we are not planning to blitz this kid on every passing down. Sorry Kid, your resume precedes you.

If I had a voice in the decision making of the conference I would not recommend full time employment status. I would use full time staff to make the process to receive credentials more vigorous. Which requires a larger time commitment to maintain status, which in turn equals higher pay. Once credentialed, annual continuing education would be required to maintain the ability to work games. Beyond that, a referee is really a thankless job. For those that have played baseball, remember the over zealous parents that scream at a young umpire at youth baseball games…smh

Jet lag going east isnt that bad. You are just wide awake at midnight…4 1/2 hour direct flight to Detroit from Portland…not too bad.

Wait until Oregon starts flipping recruits from them like we do from SUC. Buckeye fans will completely lose their minds. Was reading about buckeyes, apparently you can eat them….however, they have a lot of tannic acid and can be toxic …”if not prepared properly Buckeyes can cause weakness, vomiting, paralysis, and death. Is Ryan Day preparing them properly?

The announcers on TV when the camera panned to the surrounding hills surrounding Eugene referred to them as mountains. Had to look up highest elevation in Indiana…1257 ft. For trivia sake…Autzen sits at 415ft. Indiana coach…”Did anyone bring oxygen tanks?”

Biggest differences between Chip and Dan are One can recruit, and one acts like he sucked on a lemon just before talking to the press.

I am guessing that they structured a specific scholarship limit on sports to specifically define who is a “student athlete”. While it eliminates fringe athletes, they probably need to know who they will have to pay when they lose future lawsuits.

The author had nothing to share, and decided to put it in writing. Illini need Oregon to implode to have a realistic chance at winning. Might be a wet day Saturday. Perfect Duck weather.

I don’t care who wins, but am interested in seeing what Penn State does at Wisconsin. They had a tough time getting by SUC, so Wisconsin is probably a competitive game. Beyond that, there are not many compelling matchups that are of interest to me.

Not sure what a KIA forte is, but that might be overstating Riley’s impact at this point. However, I do know a RAV4 when I see one. Not to disparage any RAV4 owners here, they are a decent ride, just light on power.

Have heard many people call The Duck, Puddles, at Autzen for as long as I have gone to football games(+47 yrs). For a long time that’s what I thought he was called. He doesn’t talk so I never asked him..lol

You never know, until you know.

I will love next year’s team, and the next, and the next….I am a fan of the Ducks. You are 100% correct that this is a very good team, and seeing great players leave is always sad. However, to me, all that it means is that a new chapter begins.