mrspenney

As an earlier poster said he remembers the 80's well. I remember not only the 80's, but the 70's when we were lucky to win a game as well as the 50's and 60's when Casanova was a hero because we normally had a winning season under, maybe only by one game, but a winning season. Then in the 70's it was a disaster, Rich was hired and it took him a long long time to start to turn the program around. Will our OC leave, I think he'd be making a big mistake, Akron is not a stepping stone to a bigger and better job, and I also think he most likely needs a year to get his health totally back. When Bellotti took over he made believers out of the vast majority of fans, and single handedly elevated the program. He convinced a generation of new fans that The Ducks could be a consistently winning program. Cristobal reminds me in some ways of Bellotti. His wife and family love living in Eugene. I remember asking him in his first year how is recruiting going and he said, and I quote "It's Duck Soup". He then told me that Oregon and Eugene was the easiest place to recruit to that he had ever been involved with. With the financial situation with Oregon Athletics now and even more in the future, he and his coaching staff will only make more and more money, and the program will be consistently a winner. It amazes me how so many fans are upset when we lose 2 games. Look up the 1958 Rose Bowl teams record. Look at the Washington-Oregon series record before Bellotti. I think Cristobal is a long termer, the only job I could see him taking would be Alabama, if offered. He's done a great job and will continue to do so. I just don't see Moorhead leaving at least not for Akron, if he did I think that would be the end of his career as a head coach.

Charles, excellent job of getting that message across!

I also enjoyed them, however they got a little Waltonish and got a little away from the game at times, a hell of a lot better than Walton

Don't forget Bellotti who some say was the best.

WSU always plays us tough.maube we constantly overlook them, I don't know, however I thought we played our second best game of the year last Saturday and maybe that's a sign we're on a roll for the rest of the season, I hope so.

For many years the Pac 12 was dominated by SC and to a lesser extent UCLA and during the Don James era the Huskies. When I attended the U of O we learned how to lose except in baseball and T & F. Consistent winning actually started with Bellotti, but nationally people only paid attention to the LA schools. The rise of the Ducks has been awesome and it is sinking in nationally, but it will help to have a decent program in an LA school. I think Utah being on the rise helps, and it would be nice if ASU could put it together. It also hurts that the Pac 12 network is not a national factor. I have high hopes for the future of the conference led by the new commissioner. I think the shall I say joining of the ACC, Big 10 and Pac 12 will be extremely helpful. THE FUTURE LOOKS GREAT TO ME

The weather at Husky Stadium scares me to death. I played a game in high school there in weather like today, and it was brutal.