Mudslide

Oregon 28 - 14 2 3 279

Oh oh. Naughty naughty. Probation smells like old gym socks ... isn't that right, Mr. Riley? USC fined, put on probation for 2022, 2023 coaching violations - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM USC's football program has been fined $50,000 and placed on a one-year probation because of a violation of "on- and off-field coaching activities" during the 2022 and 2023 seasons, the...

Fear not for lack of critiquing, Mr. FishDuck. We still have a basketball team starting up ... that just begs for posting.

Ducks - 42 - 21 2 - TOs 3 - Sacks 312 - Passing Yards

Let us not be (too) arrogant and take on the coat of others (e.g. butt lickers, prophylactics). But a little ribbing (of those whiney losers) is certainly in order.

Riley? SUC? Who cares?!!

Ducks 31 - 17 3 3 312

I just watched that 2007 game on the B1G Network. What a wonderful trip down memory lane. The players were all blasts from the past. Dixon, Ward, Williams, Thurmond, Boyd, Byrd, Chung, Maehl, Stewart, J. Johnson, Paysinger, Reed, Mathews, Schwartz! Good grief ... the hitting and aggression by the defense ... Dixon's incredible passing and faking (ha, the Statue of Liberty play AND the fake SoL play for TDs. This was better than a sugar high, my OBD friends.

--the winner ... Ducks --the score ... 45 - 24 --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates ... 2 --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team ... 3 --the number of passing yards by the Ducks ... 312

Just to fill in a blank ... Noah averaged 7.7 ypc in his last full healthy season. Before he was injured last year, he was averaging 7.4 ypc. While I agree with David that this man is an excellent receiver, perhaps he is still working his way back into the groove of running the ball. He IS a fine running back.

Colts DL Tyquan Lewis wears Oregon Ducks costume after losing bet - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM DeForest Buckner, an Oregon alum, collected on a bet with his Indianapolis Colts teammate Lewis after the Ducks beat the Buckeyes 32-31 on Oct. 12.

Here is another reason to detest ESPN. They have OBD ranked .... #8???!. ESPN ... just Ducky. College Football Rankings: ESPN releases updated FPI Top 25 after Week 8 - On3 WWW.ON3.COM .

--the winner .... DUCKS --the score ... 38-10 --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates ... 2 --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team ... 3 --the number of passing yards by the Ducks ... 310

I think that there have been justified comments about the quality of the refs. It has been written at length about the PAC-12 officiating being substandard. Now come a few posts that state that these B1G refs might be worse. It has only been a half-season, but I tend to agree with that sentiment. Regarding the original post, I agree with most of what DuckPop22 stated. But I think there is an important element that was only lightly touched upon. Quality of referees. When they're bad anyone can point biased fingers. But when they're frequently and obviously poor calls, then something else is going on. It has only been a few games that I've watched, perhaps 10 B1G games this year, and I have no horse in any of those except the Ducks. From what I've seen, the obvious, sometimes horrendous calls have gone inequitably toward the higher ranked teams. As an example, the refs cost a team I detest a game last week. U$C. They should easily have won the game, but consistent calls favoring Penn State denied U$C the win. So, biases need not prevent us from venting against shoddy craftsmanship. And that certainly was the case the unraveled for OBD last week. And, oh yeah, most of the bad calls did indeed go against the Ducks. The refs may not be biased, but they sure aren't Grade A.

--the winner ... Ducks --the score ... 41 -38 --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates ... 2 --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team ... 3 --the number of passing yards by the Ducks ... 312