Desert Duck

The Alabama scheduling model has worked quite well for them. No need to reinvent a winning formula.

I got to watch Ty several times in high school and he was truly phenomenal. He has a reputation of being a good kid too. I wish him well.

Good night... will Deion ever just shut his yap (rhetorical question). That fake Oregon punt from way deep in our own territory was beyond awesome. The look on the Buff faces was priceless. If they hadn't realized by then that it was going to be one nasty, mean, long afternoon, they quickly found out on that perfectly executed 4th down fake.

I love going to games at Autzen. We are loud and proud. But, if you get a chance, you really need to travel to a game at one of the traditional Big10 schools. I've only been to one, Oregon @ Wisconsin, and I will never forget it. The experience is/was amazing, and their traditions are unlike any other game that I have ever been to. We do a lot of things very well, but there's always room for improvement.

They certainly are in no way to be taken lightly. As horrendous as that Smurf Turf looks, it in no way translates to the football team that plays on it. But I don't think for a minute that OBD will underestimate BSU -- and likely neither do you. And I'm damn glad that we are playing them at home. College football isn't like the NFL in that anytime, on any given Sunday, any team can win. For instance, obviously, Idaho basically has about a zero chance of winning this Saturday. But BSU, as you point out above, is returning all 11 defensive starters (and as Charles pointed out, we return 10), which will likely make this an interesting game and excellent early season test. I do know this much: It's wayyy past time to end their undefeated record against Oregon. And I say, let's win this one and never-ever schedule BSU again

That's very true, Annie. I think much of the reason for that is that we had lots and lots and lots of room to spread out. I'm guessing each fan had an average of about 1/8 acre .

Sort of glaringly missed one conference above: B10 - 3

Great comments. And given that you've been a Duck fan for 4 decades, as Charles will tell you, you meet the 39-year fan minimum requirement . And Oregon has the dough to spend on 60,000 cheap neon yellow tee-shirts (@ around $7 bucks a pop) for a big game. Neon Yellow just looks awesome.

Pardon me, but I like stats and numbers, so I dug up this mostly “Cliff Claven-esque” 2024 NFL QB info, mainly because Oregon was rather close to having 3 NFL starting QBs this week. College Team w/ Most Starting NFL QBs (school determined as where player ended their college career): · Oregon: 2 (we were actually close to having 3, had Marcus stayed healthy) · Plus six other schools also with 2: Pretty much the usual suspects – Bama, OU, USC, Clemson, LSU, & the outlier… Cal) Conference w/ Most Starting QBs (school determined as where player ended their college career): · SEC - 11 · PAC - 7 · ACC - 5 · B12 – 3 · MW – 3 I thought it was nice to see that Oregon, and the former PAC12, are still well-represented. Oddly, however, not by any Beavers. I’m sure that my most valuable and life changing information above will be extremely inspiring and beneficial to you all . (Btw - I think I got this information right, but if not, I take no responsibility whatsoever ) GO DUCKS!

Howard & Herbstreit picking Oregon to win the entire enchilada!!? That's pretty cool! But I think I might need to check the Old Book just to make sure that this isn't one of the signs of the apocalypse... 'cats-n-dogs sleeping together,' etc. Wow... huge, massive, props to the Oregon program. For an old guy like me who remembers sitting through those mostly brutal games in the 70s & 80s, when I almost swear that for every game it poured down cold rain sideways and uphill both ways, at times this is all almost to much to believe. Here's to what may be one unprecedented and amazing season!

I almost feel a little bit small regarding how much pleasure I derive from FSU losing today. For me, it's made even better due to the fact that they lost on a 'walk-off field goal,' to an unranked team (it's still baseball season so a mixed metaphor seems like the right thing).

This info caught my attention. I had to look it up as I was struggling to believe this. But, you are correct as we are somehow 0-3 against Team Smurf. The good news is that in fifteen days, all will be made right. I don't believe there is any chance that OBD will underestimate BSU. And it is so nice that we get a tune up game the week before against that other Idaho team.

Somebody likely already mentioned this, but apparently it's looking like Mariota might earn the starting job as well. Which made me wonder, if that is the case, when was the last time in the NFL that one university had 3 QBs that all started on the same weekend? Has it ever happened?

I'd definitely put Mario & Willie on this list. They are both "highly intriguing" -- and a lot of other terms come to mind as well. But given that this is the 'forum-with-decorum,' I'll leave it at that. I'm just trying to figure out how the Gawds of College Football smiled down on us and got rid of these jokers for us. Followed by the heavens opening up and sending Lanning our way.

No coaching change. MC just suddenly learned how to coach over the last 8 months. Many are saying that it is a Festivus Miracle. Especially his QB.

I vote for Oregon in the Fiesta... self serving as that may be.

Before I read the list of top schools, I was about to say that, so far, I had only been to one Big-10 game... 2000 @ Wisconsin. Best college football experience ever. And with Joey at the helm, we came oh-so close to pulling out the win. I cannot say enough about the total gameday experience in Madison. Their traditions are unlike anything I had ever experienced, the Wisconsin fans that we ran into were great, and like Eugene, the campus is beautiful. I'm not going to even try to explain what elevated it so much. It's really just an experience you need to go and enjoy for yourself. Now I will say that this game was in early September, so the weather was fantastic. But I'm not so sure I would enjoy a November 16th game there quite as much, given that you might just end up freezing your equipment off.

Bill Walton in the 1973 NCAA Championship Game: 44 points 13 rebounds 7 blocks 21-22 FG Bill Walton at UCLA (1971-74): • 20.3 PPG • 15.7 RPG • 5.5 APG • 2 National Championships • 2x Player of the Year • 3x Consensus All-American • 3x NCAA All-Tourney Greatest college basketball player of all time.

What many people do not remember or know is that Bill had a terrible stuttering problem until he was about 28. Given this, the poor guy hated the cameras and did everything he could to avoid speaking to the press. Clearly... and I mean beyond clearly ;-), the dude more than overcame this challenge. He shares some of his story in the following link. It's more than worth a read. https://www.stutteringhelp.org/famous-people/bill-walton

Dang... knock it off! "You're not going to make me cry, Roy." So sad that Ronnie wasn't allowed to slam it home at that time. What an incredible flood of memories.

"Ambushed On The Oregon Trail" -- As a kid growing up in Eugene at the time, I will never forget that game. And even though we despised UCLA, we all loved Bill Walton. You will be missed, Mr. Walton. Thanks for so many amazing memories.

To have participated in, and survived, one of those great battles as a gunnery officer onboard a destroyer, let alone all four of those brutal and legendary battles, is utterly incredible. And after 98 years, to top it all off in joining three of our nation's great president's -- Adams, Jefferson, & Monroe, in passing on July 4th, is one exceptional story. To your father, and his many fellow warriors from the Greatest Generation, we all owe a debt of gratitude to which we can never repay.

Regarding playing the Beavus again. Allow me to be brief: NO In fact, if I may expand that ever so slightly: H#%L NO Thank you.

We'd be doing WSU a favor by allowing them the gift of playing us @ Autzen... every once in a while. The only time I want to be remotely near Martin Stadium again is perhaps on my way to Coeur d'Alene or Jackson Hole.

Absolutely. Going forward, we should always schedule relatively light OOC games. What's good for the SEC, should also be good for Oregon.