Chuc007

We have wonderful articulate players, unlike, let us say, the inarticulate players in the SEC. They are interesting to listen to. I just heard our terrific QB talk again. Enough already, while it's interesting it seems to me that all this adulation of the players who have done nothing positive yet is counterproductive and only produces head swelling. I watched Cornelius Ajani's inteview last week. While he may prove to be deserving of high praise at some point, he stunk up the place on Saturday. Did his interview have anything to do with his play? Was the talent too tough across from him? Maybe our offensive line so thin as to cause the problem? Or could it be the hype machine was too much? I think it was # 1 and # 4? The coaches can take care of #1 and #4. We need to quit clamoring for those two. I don't believe you ever saw Nick Saban's players or coaches blathering to the public like we see. He was about concentration and winning.

Amen to the line play criticism. Amen to our team being flat. Amen to the lack of our qb running or scrambling. Requiem for our fourth down trick plays inside our own forty. Who the hell calls those plays? I'm hoping(gosh I hate that word), I'm thinking Idaho's players, coaches, and attitudes were a lot better than we were thinking.

I'll take a supporting cast like NFL champions and pro bowlers TJ Ward, Patrick Chung, Jarius Byrd, And Walter Thurmond with a backup like Cliff Harris anytime. I hope we are able to speak with the same reverence in the future as these guys when this current crop of defensive backs is retired from the NFL.

Steve Prefontaine made a valiant effort but he was fouled up by the terrible hostage taking and murder by the Palestinian group, Black September. Mac Wilkins, Sig Ohlman, and Harry Jerome were great Olympic champian Ducks.

No doubt, but let us not forget Mack Robinson, Jackie Robinson's brother. Mack was an Oregon Duck and was a close second to the great Jesse Owens in the 100 in those Olympic Games.

For those of you who have an interest and have COX cable I was able to get the BIG network along with the Sports package including ESPN U, The SEC, the ACC and the NFL package for $5 per month for Two. years

Definitely the odds will improve dramatically in the near future, but the possibility exists that the future is now !

Sorry I got sidetracked. Oregon has a slim chance of garnering this years number one recruiting class. All they have to do is win the quadfecta(my new word). All they have to do is pick up five stars McNutt and Terry along with a couple of four star defensive or offensive linemen. Cmon Danno.

A&M had Jumbo, Jimbo, Jambalaya as head coach. He was a pompous a-- who rode the wave of an outstanding coach in Bobby Bowden who was summarily shown the door in favor of Fisher. Fisher was the recipient of what Bowden developed both in terms of player acquisition and national prominence. He was totally outclassed and out coached in the SEC. All the money in the world was not going to help that whiner cover up his ineptness. It's going to be a long time for any A&M coach to right that ship even though they got all that black gold to buy players. Look how long it took us to recover from the loss of Chip Kelly who was replaced by my friend the mediocre Mark Helfrich who also rode the wave of an outstanding coach. God bless Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks.

Somebody will kill the Golden Goose. It all stinks. I understand the motivation, but that don't make it right.

Be careful what you wish for or overlook. The Civil War has been one of the great rivalries in college football. I think it should continue. I don't care that they got all that money. What are the going to do with it, build dams? Let us not overlook Boise State. They are much like the Beavers. They beat us the last 3 times we played. Alas, I repeat myself.

Couldn't agree more. It doesn't look like we are done either for 2025. Let us not forget Gatlin Bair for 2026. He should be through with his mission and be ready to enroll by then. Hope our newest ducks don't scare him off. He will be the fastest guy on the team and that is saying something. He was a 5 star. The last guy that had that Olympic speed out of high school( 10.1 100 meters) was drafted by the Rams. I believe it was Latin Berry. I remember sitting right square in the middle in the middle of Forty Niner honorees Y. A. Tittle , Bob Saint Clair and others in Kesar Stadium when I cheered loudly for the Rams and predicted he would run the opening kickoff back for the second half. He did. The Rams s won beating Joe Montana et al. I was escorted out at the end of the game by the police for protection. Keep it going Adams/Lanning

As president of the Orange County Duck Club in the mid nineties I helped put together a terrific golf outing fundraiser. One of our Duck members who played for the ducks invited his friend, Dan Fouts, who helped make the tournament a financial and Ducky event. Dan chipped right in and got some other former players to play. He was very gracious unlike another former Oregon star of that era. In Dan's playing days nobody stood in the pocket always under huge duress like he did.

A smorgasbord of some good stuff thrown in about Mike Leach, Nick Aliotti, and Bill Walton. These guys were giants in my mind in their own way. I wish there was a way to hold those responsible to account for the demise of the Pac-12, but alas there is none. As so often is the case, they get to run and hide, academics the Pac 12 presidents. They are followed by Larry Scott, the nincompoop. Not far behind this group are the universities themselves led by Stanford who was allowed to nix Texas and Oklahoma from joining the Pac, followed by USC who couldn't wait to run away from the UofO who had gutted their recruiting dominance in their backyard and their performance on the field.(how'd that work out for you Trojans?) Right behind them were the feckless UCLA Bruins who mismanaged their affairs despite the likes of Jackie Robinson and Coach Wooden, to near bankruptcy. Their only choice was to follow big brother, throw in the towel and join the big. It all proves that business is not a democracy where you let the weakest links control your own destiny.

This is a big ask. No doubt we are loaded. Our coaching staff is terrific. Are they both ready? Only time will tell. Outside of the obvious, there are three potential trap games. Oregon State hates us and we are playing in corn valley. They are not talented enough but they will be jazzed. We should win by 20. Wisconsin will be coming with a chip on their shoulder. They have a lot to prove after last season. They have a good coach and are plenty deep. I was at Wisconsin's Randall Stadium "Camp Randall" in I believe 2001 when the beat a good Oregon team. It was a huge disappointment, a long flight back. Good players- good coach, Oregon 31- Wisconsin 17 The Boise State game scares me. I was at that infamous loss in the game in Boise when the punch was thrown right in front of me. These guys appear to be a top flight group at QB and RB but can"t have the horsepower to stay with the Ducks. I don't think? We have had 3 better teams lose to these guys in the recent past. Coach them up Father Dan. Oregon 24 Boise State 20.