Grandpa Duck

Watched a lot of football, today, but did not watch tOSU. OBD have the most balanced offense and an outstanding pass defense. Special teams is good, as well. I wish that the pass rush would put more heat on the opponents’ QB, and that very well could happen Saturday vs USC. I expect a win in both remaining games. We can run through the USC defensive line and their secondary will have a difficult time with our bigger receivers. The mutts will not be a problem. I’m hoping for an injury free finish to what is shaping up to be a very successful regular season. Go Ducks!

Iowa up 21 - 7 with 3:24 left in the second quarter.

Oklahoma leads Alabama 17-7 with less than a minute in the second quarter.

Iowa leads USC 14 - 0 early in second quarter. Pretty rainy in Southern California.

Oklahoma leads Alabama 10-0 as first quarter ends.

The South Carolina QB has the ignominious distinction of being sacked more than any other QB. His final two plays showed why.

Interception and field goal. 30 - 3 SC

South Carolina leading Texas A & M 27-3 with less than a minute in the half.

Wisconsin just tied it up vs. Indiana, 7-7.

Ducks 41-0 3 turnovera 3 sacks 213 yds passing

For example, consider HDuck's chart: "2025 season total plays/games – national rank 6-Rutgers 726 in 10 15-Indiana 694 in 10 41-Purdue 643 in 10 46-Nebraska 635 in 10 84-USC 595 in 9 98-Maryland 587 in 9 101-Oregon 583 in 9 (64.8/game)" Compare OBD to Indiana To do that you have to adjust the OBD total number of plays because they have played one less game than Indiana. You can make the adjustment by dividing Indiana's plays by their number of games, which equals 69.4 plays per game. Then do the same for OBD and you get 64 . 8 per game, a difference of 4.6 plays per game. To make the comparison more accurate you would have to know how many possessions each team had and whether they were either running clock at the end of a game, or had a final two minutes like OBD had vs. Iowa where there were a lot of plays in a short time. Also, what was the impact of turnovers and field position? In other words, the chart is virtually meaningless without a lot more data. When I see questions about planning a pace for the season I often think of Chip Kelly's mad pace and how he never "won" the time of possession stat. Chip knew that in order for his players to get back to the line of scrimmage and snap the ball in the fewest seconds possible they had to be in outstanding physical condition. So that was his primary emphasis in the preseason. When the NCAA's proposed two-year suspension for the $20,000 payment to LaMichael's "finder" came at him, Chip took the "opportunity" to beat it to the NFL and try his system on the Professional players for the Eagles. It worked for more than half a season. When the roster limitation and trying to keep the reluctant older guys in shape took its toll, the flaws in Chip's system became apparent. There's no way Lanning and company could intentionally do less than everything possible to play the games at full throttle. You never know when players will be injured. Our depth chart has been really deep, until suddenly we're playing Iowa and it isn't deep enough. Or maybe, key players can't get on the field. Just too many variables to have them take plays off until the team is so far ahead the opponent cannot possibly catch up. But I can see backing off on conditioning after the season starts. Have the players get into their best possible condition before the first game, and then focus more on maintaining that level and try to increase stamina, but not work on strength to the point that a player is tired at game time. In this conference, we're seeing teams rise up and make a close contest where the point spread indicated the game would not be that close. It's not exactly that anybody can beat their next opponent, but that is the case for roughly 14-15 of the teams. No room for sandbagging.

When our QB passes right between the numbers of receivers who are replacing our injured starters, and the drop ends a drive, that is not the fault of the Quarterback. Without Dakorien and Sadiq, Dante was playing with one arm tied behind his back. OBD overcame some major hurdles to bring home the win. They deserve our praise!

My high school coach at Marshfield, Pete Susick told us back in the mid 1950’s: “When the officials are against us, we have to beat them too.” And we did! Attitude is everything.

Considering the weather conditions, I think Moore played a great game. His two best receivers were not in uniform! He made crucial decisions to run the ball himself, and those decisions made the difference in the last TD. His passing on the winning field goal drive was as good as it gets.

Ducks 31-15 2 TO 0 sack 119 passing yds