Grandpa Duck

Didn’t Helfrich find Marcus in Hawaii when he went there to see a different player?

If we look outside football to the places other successful, long-term Duck head coaches left to come here, Altman from Creighton, Graves from Gonzaga, a smaller school like Coastal Carolina just may mane a lt of sense, 30Duck. I know, basketball is not like coaching football. But I well recall Pat Kilkenny flying all over the country in search of big name coaches before settling on Dana, who has stayed here.

If MC flies to Miami tomorrow, it’s not to see his Mom. He could have done that today. I get that rationale second hand.

Our “offence” was offensive!

How soon you forget Chip vs.Boise State.

. . . MBW (my beloved wife) just opined. “We’ve had a lot of times when we were the victor. It’s a lot easier to be a victor than it is to be a schmuck. Now we’re a schmuck!”

I suspect some Duck fans may be locked in a past when there were recruiting difficulties at Oregon. They need to put themselves into a mode of the last three or four years, under Cristobal. That's where the 18-year olds are. Oregon has huge advantages over most other schools. Winning these next two games is significant, but not necessarily determinative of how this class finishes.

I prefer to look on the bright side. When Brooks hired Belotti the offense improved immediately. When Belotti hired Kelly the offense improved immediately. Joe Morehead's offense has been said to be too complicated for our inexperienced back-up QB's to learn the whole playbook. There is somebody out there who can come in and improve the offense. Just could be that Mark Helfrich is that person. He certainly would not have a community or physical surrounding learning curve to overcome.

Oregon 31 - Utah 24, 2, 2, 304

So if we were playing a eight game schedule this year, why is it all of you believe the Utah game is necessarily the 9th game that would not have happened? Because it’s toward the end of the season? Makes just as much sense that we played Portland State in place of Colorado or Arizona. what makes sense is a nine team conference where everybody plays everybody.

There simply are not enough quality women players at Oregon to provide sufficient numbers for scrimmage, especially when there are as many injuries as we have right now. Sabrina's older brother was one guy who practiced with the women's team. I know there were others. Trying to make the link of a practice work, so you can see how they go at it, but I'm not skilled at that. Doesn't want to go in the box below. https://www.facebook.com/OregonWBB/?__cft__[0]=AZUnL5cZ_dKfg0eBIhomET3qpwo7DsU8lZ7Gl8aLcXPe_-Q24xK1Qg3WUIqHJUofqVETQ69C_-AG-lgpBqJrM4LAhGZQ6SNA2WjlylfUe8NijsnS3sipOYHK-0sY8J9Prb2rPBTBQ2JvRnejAATRKhG6IwXXEWFKPD-0aRg9cm6oHg&__tn__=kC%2CP-y-R was live. November 13, 2020 · Live look inside an Oregon women’s basketball practice. #GoDucks

I think most any of our uniforms would go very well with those cleats. I hope they also go with most any field surface for traction purposes. Time will tell.

TV money to the conference benefiting all schools. Some games are scheduled far in advance to secure the most lucrative TV slot. We played a Friday night game October 15 against Cal, and UCLA played Saturday vs. Washington. Then we met UCLA with with eight days to prepare and they had seven. It will be forever thus.

Joe Morehead grew up in Pittsburgh, not that far from Akron. He and his family have to be concerned about his health. This could be as simple as Joe and his spose deciding they needed to be closer to home and extended family.

I certainly enjoy the analyses of Mike and Jon, and others here who know far more than I about football coaching. Yes Mario is not a complete coach, evident in the special teams failures of the Utah punt return, actually the punt placement itself as well, and the OS onside kick. I am certain there are several other indications of his incomplete development. However, I have some substantial expertise in human character character analysis, and there, Mario is about as completely developed a coach as I have observed. Just look in the quote above in this thread where he says, in effect, "We didn't use Herbert to run the ball because it was the right thing to do." We had a coach not too long ago who got us into NCAA probation and himself suspended for two years because of payment to a recruiting scout. I don't want to see that kind of thing happen again to OBD, and I am about as certain as I can be that things like that will not happen under the current head coach. Having that confidence is worth a lot of special team errors.

Great coverage, Charles. Thank you!

. . . about the direction of Oregon football, watch Mario's interview below. It is what he is. And, if something happens, like a player leaves with no explanation, think about this quote from the interview: "We're systematic, from a cultural standpoint as well. When you come here to Oregon you have to do things our way." And this you know, but he said it again: "Our place here is truly dedicated to the trenches, on both sides of the ball." I can see this guy in a recruit's living room telling the lineman about his experience coaching guys like him, and the number of graduates from the lines that Oregon has put into the NFL. And, I can see him telling a QB recruit that they are going to be protected by those linemen. The RB's hear about the holes that will be opened for them. The interview is 27 minutes and well worth your time.

I missed the first drive in the live TV cast, Saturday, but watched it last night on PAC 12 sixty minute replay. I was surprised by how many plays were "up the middle" runs in the nine-play, 75 yard drive. 1. Brown run for 12 yds. 2. Pass for 5 yds. 3. Pass for 13 yds. 4. Dye run for 9 yds. 5. Dye run for 6 yds. 6. Pass, incomplete. 7. Brown run for 7 yds. 8. Dye run for 3 yds. 9. Dye run for 19 yard TD! All the runs were between the tackles, but the O linemen have so much lateral movement, sometimes it's hard to tell just where they created the hole after the back hits it. Some may not enjoy that kind of play calling. For one, I found it very pleasing. I suspect Jonathan Smith did not.

How about just eliminating field goals and extra points and starting each team at 25 yd line? TD or no count.

And if you want to see just the plays, the 60 minute version is on PAC 12 network at 8 pm tonight.

Agree on passing. AB runs the mesh extremely well, carries the ball well on keeps, and makes good decisions to run on pass plays when the receivers are covered. Does anyone know the capability of the rest of the QB roster in those skill areas?

Clausen’s dill pickles and Tillamook extra sharp cheddar cheese is good with everything.

Despite Smith’s “adjustments”, Brown used the run effectively to score our 3rd TD. Ducks dominating under Brow’s leadership.

Can throw a deep ball. On target today!

When the Ducks were in the depths of dispair, during the Don Reed years I believe, we led the nation in pass defense because teams could run right through us. In those years they used to publish the “Bottom Ten”. We made that, too. But our opponent for tomorrow made it more times than us.