The Kamikaze Kid

Tuioti making plays. Nice drive stop.

OBD dominating the stats but not the score.

Tied up. I'd like more but I'll take it.

The D is looking elite.

Ducks looking like the better team on both sides of the ball so far. Just need to convert that to the scoreboard.

SUC recovers two goal line fumbles and still they lose. Should have been blown out but I'll take it.

SUC on upset alert down 17-31 14:34 left in the 4th.

Fell asleep last night as the Beavs actually looked like a football team before the half. Woke up this morning and found out the Beavs are still the Beavs.

PSU may want to consult with Michigan and tOSU about how little OBD cares about their overwhelming home field advantages. After watching last years over the top Ducks vs Them from the Michigan game, I can't even imagine what motivational magic Lanning has come up with this time.

Backs sure aren't shy about reminded us that they're still there. Hope yours quiets down so you can think about other pleasant topics for awhile. Hoping today we all get to sit back and enjoy OBD sending some sad Lions back to their Sad Valley caves.

Great clip. Something tells me that Moore gets more than 2-3 targets today. Also gets more than 2-3 highlights. Can't wait to see some creative play calling today leaving the stunned home fans white as ghosts.

OBD 27-24 2 TOs 1 Sack 240 passing yards

Great take David. Another thought provoking article. We are now a third of the way through the season and even with a BIG game under the belt, it's felt more like a series of fun but low intensity Spring Games. It seems to me that the coaching staff has been more managing the games and just getting through them than attempting to dominate them and make statements. A couple passes to Moore here a few more to Sadiq there, hand off to running back A, then B, then C and on down the line, get a four score lead and call it a day. It feels like we've just been taking the Ferrari out to run a few errands and I think that has been by design. I think Lanning has been load managing his team right up to this game. I would expect the offensive game plan to look much different come Saturday with our marquee playmakers becoming much more of the focus. Dierre Hill has just gotten a couple touches a game and is averaging around ten yards a carry. I'm expecting to see much more play calling attention going towards these playmakers Saturday and I'm also looking forward to the creativity Coach Stein will bring to the play calling. Saturday should be a great game. I'm way over hyped for it. Can't wait!

OBD 66-6 4 TOs 5 Sacks 315 passing yards

I second that emotion. The Gators vs the Fighting Marios deserves it’s own thread! Just set him up with sure victory and then let Mario work his magic!

I think it is a yellow alert for now. I think a big part is the learning curve for the guys playing together against a team with a slight pulse on the road at 9:00 am. In a way this is like the Idaho game last year. A messy figuring things out game. Big picture if we can keep the score in the 25-35 range, we should be able to beat anybody or at least be in position to.

Hey Gat sorry about your Gators. If the wheels fall off the Gator wagon this year, I would bet you end up with Will Stein as your coach.

Next week at Autzen Stadium will feature a battle royale between two reigning conference champions in what is shaping up to be the game of the year so far in college football. The defending champions of The BIG welcome in the defending champions of The Pac It Up in the ultimate battle of conference superiority. With such an epic battle of undisputed football dominance, Game Day must have had this showdown penciled in from the moment it was announced.

Agree that Moore was pulled a little too early. Whole team looked pretty meh all game. Props to the Wild Cats who seemed much more fired up. I think the Ducks showed up with a just take care of business mentality and it showed. Lanning will have plenty of things to see on film to work on. I’m hoping both lines getting pushed around was more meh than signs of trouble.

Oregon may indeed be the best team in the country and it may not even be close. They may also have the easiest first four game schedule in the history of football. Those two things combined make accessing this team difficult. They are so deep on offense, they can spread around the receptions and rushes to their entire roster throughout the game. There is no need to lean on any one player at any position so nobody is going to accumulate the stats that will send them to the top of the charts. Even our sensational QB won't be able to accumulate that many passing yards because the games will be so blown out early, passing won't even be needed after halftime. The defense also looks all world at every position but every offense they play up till PSU is only offensive to the word offense. No offense to the first four teams but no offense is their problem. I'm loving what I'm seeing as they do appear to be the best team in the nation, we just have to wait until game five to see it against a team with a pulse. UCLA, OSU and OSU would all kill to have our fourth string start for them.

Just watched highlights and I can't believe how bad UCLA has become. They aren't just bad, they are a few steps below awful.

OBD 52-6 3 TOs 6 Sacks 345 passing yards

The economics game has two separate aspects of success. Your share of the pie and the size of the pie. Most people focus on their share of the pie which is the greedy aspect. Mine! Mine! Mine! I think the more important aspect is the size of the pie. This requires working together to build interest the most interest in the product to generate the most revenue. Weather it's pop music, auto sales or sports, consumer interest in the product needs to come before which brand of product people prefer. I've said this many times before on many threads but without the enthusiasm of the Northwesterns, Wake Forests and Texas Techs out there, the pie will shrink which will lower the value per piece down the road. Without scrappy underdog upsets or TCUs rising up to championship games periodically, the average fan will tune out and just watch the NFL. March Madness understands this and that's why college basketball has the best playoff format around. Every team in the country has a chance to make a deep run in any given year. Before the 80's the same eight teams basically played each other every year which is why UCLA won so many championships in a row. The ACC adopted the inequal pie slice model to keep their conference together but where would Ohio St go? The SEC? Does USC pull the same move next? Grow the pie and everybody eats. Hog the pie and watch it disappear.

Three winners in a row. I’m loving it!

To paraphrase ZZ Top: They have depth and they know how to use it. I only see a couple games on the schedule that they may want to ride the 1s and 2s most of the game. Outside of redshirt considerations, the 3s and 4s should still see plenty of playing time. The drop off from 1 to 2 or 2 to 3 is unbelievably small. What a time to be a Duck fan.