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Mudslide
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Is he walking on or has he secured a scholarship?
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She's a great asset to our OBD community.
Heal and come back soon, PA Duck. We all miss you. Prayers to you for a full recovery.
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Relief!
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I'm a nickel psychologist and will give you four cents change. But I've watched TT carefully when he is in a game. He truly does have the look of someone not wanting to make a mistake. I have yet to see him do a pre-snap read. There is no scanning the defense. He simply stares at the center's butt and readies perhaps one and only one movement and/or option on a play. That spells fear of failure to me. (Or it could be orders from HQ. Hmmm....)
But that said, I hope for greatness from him, still. (I disagree with Charles' thought that strength, or greatness, cannot be built from weakness.) He has the tools, for certain. For me....TT, like the little train, just needs to believe he can!
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Thanks, Charles.
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On 4/19/2023 at 5:57 PM, OceaniaDuck said:
I think this retired(?) college professor makes some good points. He got his PhD from Stanford and taught at Duke U for a number of years:
What this fellow says is only a half truth. Yes, you can put in the work and get a good education. The question is ... does the institution assist you along the path or does hollow out ditches for you to fall in. Either way, one can learn a lot and make a good career. What is in question for me is the university's commitment to education ... or is it more committed to making money and gaining prestige?
I'll provide an example of my distaste for UCB's treatment of students. I had a French professor that was very poor at the language. Would a teacher like that help or hinder your learning? And I had a 5-unit Honors Chemistry class. While the professor was very good, the lab teacher was almost never available nor helpful (nor even THERE) due to his graduate commitments.
Much of Berkeley's resources (and prestige) went not into teaching undergrads, but to large research grants run by hired guns in the field. All schools are not alike, and academic success surely depends as much upon school resources as it does student effort.-
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On 4/19/2023 at 1:01 PM, Jon Joseph said:
Great comment. FYI, Forbes has CAL ranked at #3 of all USA colleges and universities with MIT #1 and Stanford ranked 2nd.
I was in the first group of youngsters who received the polio vaccine. Jonas Salk deserves every kudo he has ever received and more. He made it safe to go into the water and saved hundreds of thousands from iron lungs, paralysis, and early death.
Same here, Jon...first group for me, as well. I had friends who had already succumbed to the awful disease. And irony ... I received my last dose the day before I tried out for the basketball team. (I was not even close to occupying the bench. They were awful that year, so I guess that pretty much says what kind of bball player I was.
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I'm surprised Salk never won a Nobel Prize of some sort. But he was certainly highly regarded and won a bunch of awards for his work in virology. I guess we could use him now!
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On 4/19/2023 at 12:20 PM, Jon Joseph said:
However, it's still based on a formula that is as good as its programmed algorithm. One part of the formula is based on the number of Noble Prize winners who are faculty members. I expect that no undergraduate student ever comes in contact with these folks.
Yep. I attended UC Berkeley as an undergrad (physics major). At that time, they had the finest physicists and research programs of any university. (Meaning they received the most government grants.) And not once was I able to lay eyes upon any of the school's gaggle of Noble Prize winners. In fact, the only luminary I met back then was Jonas Salk (he was not UCB related), Presidential Medal of Freedom winner. And that was only because he was a dignitary at my sister's research business awards ceremony.
My take is that Stanford's mission was/is to educate the best and brightest. UCB's mission was/is to cull and sort students...not to fully educate them. Even as an alumnus of UCB, I will never contribute to their Alumni Society. Call me divorced ... and now a Duck fan.
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I've been to a few of these stadia. The only one I'd have to disagree with is Memorial Stadium. I saw U$C play there during their heyday, and I heard more crickets (actually rats eating fallen Doritos) than fans. Fans were late to enter, early to leave during halftime and at game's end, and the bowl is so large that sound just floats off somewhere into O.J.'s living room. Seating was hard and really uncomfortable.
I wouldn't go back there even if Phil Knight gave me a lift and ticket to see my beloved Ducks play the Condoms.
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I don't care if Nix wins the Heisman. That's a decision not even he can control, especially with the politics involved. (When are they not?
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But the Ducks going 12-1 or 13-0, now THAT is what I want and I'll wager Bo does too. Bo knows.
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On 4/6/2023 at 2:13 PM, Nevada Dawg said:
I can virtually guarantee that Kirby Smart and the Bulldog roster haven't the slightest fear of coming to Autzen to play a football game. While there is always the possibility
Georgia could lose, were the game scheduled for this year (or any year), Smart would undoubtedly use such statements as that above as bulletin board material and have his team totally dialed in for a game anywhere in the Northwest.
The home and home games were scheduled for the 2015-16 seasons. From the article ....
UGA Athletics Director Greg McGarity and Oregon AD Rob Mullens mutually agreed to terminate the contract. One of the concerns for Georgia was the length of travel to and from Oregon. The Bulldogs made a trip like that in 2008 to Arizona State and will make a similar one this week to Colorado.
Apparently the Ducks didn't have such a "length of travel" concern.
Georgia, Oregon cancel 2015-16 football series
SICEMDAWGS.COM
The Georgia Bulldogs and the Oregon Ducks have canceled their 2015 and 2016 home-and-home football series. -
I love your take on the Heisman, Alex. Thanks.
I'd take one tiny issue with your analysis, though ... strength of schedule driving the winner of the Heisman. The Ducks SOS last year was tougher than USC's, even though USC played Notre Dame (and two pushovers). USC's SOS ranked 39th in the country. (The Ducks were 37th.) The same sort of situation will occur this year. Like USC, the Ducks also play a predicted ranked team this year (Texas Tech) that they didn't have last year and also have an otherwise tougher OOC schedule.
But as you suggested, Williams or Nix could well cement the award on Nov. 11 at Autzen.
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On 4/3/2023 at 9:04 AM, Tandaian said:
Altman has always been hot and cold with me. He is a "grinder" in my opinion with his coaching style. When he first got here, he would get 1 or 2 grad transfers and would slowly build his team to peak in March. I haven't ever been a huge fan of his offense. When it runs cold, it is frigid. Then we had Brooks, Dorsey, Boucher and Bell and expectations changed.
I think Altman is a very good to almost great coach, but the last two seasons have me wondering if his coaching style will work with the new landscape. His success with 5-star players is terrible. I'm not sure how it compares to other coaches, but maybe not go for the 5-star guys.
If we lose Altman, I have no idea who I would want as a replacement.
I agree with you regarding Alman's offensive approach ... at least getting his players to space correctly in that weave offense would help. But for certain the injuries really hurt this year's team ... but so did a lack of good shooters. The team shot UNDER 70% FTs. My 72 year old wife can almost hit that mark. And the 3 pt. shots at 32% for the year is no bueno.
On the plus side of things, the guys were really hustling in the NIT. And they missed Couis and Dante for sure.
But if I have one major grumble about Altman's coaching it was playing Richardson for as much and as long as he did. Hurt or not, he was a liability to the team. Berthelemy was a much better player...shooting, driving, dribbling, turnovers, defense and general hustle.
Of course, I'm also not paid millions of bucks to know more than the coach, either. And then, I'm just feeling crabby today....doctor app'ts.
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On 4/1/2023 at 10:24 PM, Nevada Dawg said:
While the SDSU football team may not be close at this time to playing for the Natty in football, a case could certainly be made that their football program is also legit and worthy of inclusion in the PAC-12.
And this inclusion keeps the SoCal market and probably many players in the PAC-12 network.
Having graduated and done my post-grad at SDSU WAY back when, I clearly recall the PAC-10 becoming the PAC-12 with the addition of the Arizona schools. The football and basketball performances by those two AZ schools was in no way superior to what SDSU has done during the last decade or two and what it potentially offers the conference. That includes matters of scholastics, fan and financial support, and athletics. I believe they would be a grand addition to the PAC.
Unfortunately, I can't speak for SMU.
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He did this portal maneuver much faster than anything he has done on court. His attitude has been clear in every game I've watched. His leaving is both believable and welcomed.
Buh-bye, hirsute OaD.
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I will probably rustle some feathers with the following comment. But what the heck, I just had dental surgery on Friday, need more tomorrow, and I'm in a grumpy mood. So......
For a bundle of reasons, the biggest improvement for the ducks next season will be the graduation of Will Richardson.
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Great ponderables, Charles. Thanks.
I, like most of our forum, have two heads about the future of our Ducks. I'm firmly in the conservative stay-in-the-PAC group. But I realize that money drives all things commercial. And collegiate football is most assuredly a commercial enterprise. We've already hashed out the changing future as regards the NIL, player agency (pay to play), transfer portal, etc. What also faces the Ducks and other members of the PAC is (unfortunately) the trend towards Super Conferences of 20+ teams. That's the future that media rights money will drive.
Yep, as much as I hate having OBD travel to, as Bill Walton describes it, the "Truck Stop Conference" in the dead of winter, it behooves them to sign on. A $30 million funding deficit relative to the B1G is a tall order to fix. Uncle Phil is in his 80's and won't be the OBD benefactor forever. Even if he makes some other supportive commitments, they by their nature may not be future proof.
I've bemoaned these changes to collegiate sports for months now. These issues truly take the fun out of supporting the teams in the way we always have. I guess we all have to change with these new times ourselves. But I'm most definitely not going to like it.
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PD, was there any update or explanation as to the strange call in the 6th? Why was the second scored run reversed? (My DVR didn't get the end of the game.)
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The lunatics most definitely are running the asylum. Perhaps the legislature would like to regulate my taco intake.
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Kel'el is no-where to be found on this mock draft....(pardon the pun). Dante falls down to 116th.
2023 NBA Mock Draft - NBA Draft Room
NBADRAFTROOM.COM
Full 2 round 2023 NBA Mock Draft. Victor Wembanyama is the prize at the top of the 2023 NBA Draft with Scoot Henderson no.2. NBA Mock DraftAnd on the USA Today mock draft, Dante is not seen, and Ware checks in at 43.
NBA Mock Draft 2023 before March Madness: Latest projections
FTW.USATODAY.COM
Let’s check the temperature before March Madness shakes everything up.It seems both can seriously upgrade their draft positions (and Benjamins!) by working on their weaknesses while staying one more year with the Ducks.
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Ducks: Jermaine Couisnard announces return to Oregon for next season
DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM
The Ducks not only advanced past WSU in the Pac-12 Tournament on Thursday, they learned guard Jermaine Couisnard is coming back for 2023-24.-
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Allow me to echo SmithRiverDuck's appreciation of all the work done by Pennsylvania Duck. PD provides great fun and information to go with my morning coffee. Thank you PD.
Sadly, SRD, I fear something like Extreme Unction may be required for Richardson to revive his game. Still, if Dante's ankle is good enough to go, the team should give a good account of itself against UCLA.
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On 3/9/2023 at 6:01 PM, AllOregon said:
Will needs to step up his O in his last games as a Duck.
...and his turnovers, and his stumbling drives, and his floating-ole defense. He has the shooter's yips and should really give way to Barthelemy.
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I hope no one takes offense at this. But I've seen enough of Richardson. I can't wait for him to graduate. These last two years of stumbling, bumbling, can't defend and can't shoot. What else is there?
More of Barthelemy please.
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Grumpy Old Man
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