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Excellent analysis Coach Eric. Thank you for these articles all season! I couldn't agree more when you said, "Coach Stein did a lot of good things in his debut season with the Ducks, and it’ll be exciting to see what he has in store for the future of the Oregon offense." I agree with HappyToBeADuck, steamroll Liberty in the Fiesta Bowl. Go Ducks!

I agree with Haywarduck and others. They make great points. I'm thankful and grateful for Coach Lanning and his staff. The Ducks have been exciting and much improved over the previous staff. I offer one new look at last night's game. If I put myself in the shoes of a Husky player or coach and I'm 12 - 0. I'm ranked #3 in the nation. And the media, the oddsmakers, and the whole world says the Ducks are going to beat you. Then I would be pissed and highly motivated to prove everyone wrong. Give a team of great players major motivation and you get what you saw. Our Ducks stumbled at the start of the game. They fell behind, but they fought back. They never gave up. I'm proud of Our Beloved Ducks!

Give credit to the Husky coaches. Oregon schemes to take away the deep throws. Washington was prepared to take the short quick routes and run more. Great game between two great teams!

I have to respect the effort of Our Beloved Ducks to fight back. They played their hearts out. Washington has a good team. Their coaches had their team prepared. The team played for respect and started the game on fire. Love our Ducks! Win the next game!

I had a similar experience this afternoon waiting for my pizza at Papa Murphy's. The husky fan was a senior citizen like me. He didn't have any purple game wear on. He recognized me as a Duck fan (Black Oregon hoodie) and said he was a husky fan. We wished each other a good game. Then he said, " I do like Bo Nix. He's having a good year." I agreed and picked up my pizza and left. Imagine my surprise - a good interaction with a Washington Husky. I'm taking it as a good omen for the Ducks!

I have always wanted the opposing quarterback to be hit. I wanted him to hear footsteps the whole time worried about the hit. Hit Penix every pass attempt. I agree totally with everything you say Mr. FishDuck. Let the havoc reign! Go Ducks!

I totally agree with your article Charles. When you said, "...the Beavis is also one of four schools that had overriding powers to hire: Lounge Suit Lawrence Scott." I thought OSU President Ray was "champagne" Larry's biggest enabler. The extravagant moves by commissioner Scott the beginning of the end of the Pac-12.

Here is the video. He's committed to Oregon!

I love it ! Thanks Eric for taking the time to illustrate that great 2nd and 37 conversion. Actually the Cal defense was pretty sound. I agree with you the only thing they didn't account for was the speed of Tez Johnson and the rope thrown by Nix.

Note to Fox Director - What the game pay attention!

Stupid network!!!

Excellent analysis again Coach Eric! Thanks for reviewing game film and giving us fans your insight to this year's offense. It helps me to change the setting on the video playback speed to 0.5 and watch in slow motion. I'm sure that the coaches have taught TE Ferguson and LT Conerly how to improve their foot path on blocking this play. I love that the players are buying into the mindset of going to the doctor to improve. Coach Lanning asking for 1% improvement every day is helping this team be such an explosive offense.

I'm not too worried about the future. Look at all the freshmen, RS Frosh, sophmores who are playing now and having an impact. Too many for me to list or try to spell. In addition we have the transfer portal which the coaching staff does a good job of evaluating. Then we also see the incoming committments from the HS recruiting. Coach Dan Lanning and staff will continue to create a complete elite team of Ducks!

Mr. FishDuck, we'll have to start calling you Coach FishDuck. Excellent film breakdown! Your insight to football coupled with your arduous film study benefits all the FishDuck fans on OBD forum!

"First downs good as touchdowns..." Mr. FishDuck!

This dates me but Chicago is my memory prompt. "Color My World" played at our wedding. The second band is Iron Butterfly's "Gadda Da Vida" and watching my future wife perform a dance to the drum solo in her dance class. Great memories!

Thanks for your article today, and thanks for finding video that shows your analysis so clearly! Saving plays for later in the season when future opponents think they have your tendencies they can take advantage of is great planning. Might we see this play when we go to Utah Saturday. Hopefully this play and several more up Coach Stein's sleeve! Thanks again Coach Eric!

Thanks Ryan for writing today's article. The Ducks were struggling at times. But in my humble opinion when our program is highly ranked and favored we're going to get an opponent's best game! No matter how bad they performed the prior week. The Cougar QB is an outstanding quarterback! He's a perfect fit for the air raid system - quick read, quick release, and very mobile. He has good receivers! Both of our Coordinators, Offense and Defense, are making in game adjustments. The whole staff is doing a good job of in game coaching! Every athletic contest is going to be intense. To win you must survive the storm and exert your will. I'm proud of our Ducks, players and coaches for playing all sixty minutes!

On 10/21/2023 at 4:02 PM, Krsmqn said: I guess you can just take a nap on top of a defender in the new PAC2. Can the Pac-12 Refs stop trying to outdo their terrible reffing each week?

Sweet run! Go Bucky!

Coach Eric, thank you for your analysis. Spot on! Execution by the QB of his progression as you said should be first - the bunch see what happens there. Perfect play call - Holden was wide open! Maybe one of the tendencies Bo developed is to look at his favorite receiver first. I'm sure he's realized his mistake and will make him an even better QB for the rest of the season.

You make a good point David! Inquiring minds will wonder. I think that is part of the learning process our wonderful young coaches are going through. If the defense can't stop you keep doing it until they do. And when they do, hit them with a constraint play off of it. Balance is good, but why stop what works!

Thank you Jordan, I much appreciate your perspective!

Man oh man, Charles, you are head and shoulders above all those other pundits who write the standard click bait articles! You get down to the nitty-gritty of where football is won! The battles between Jackson Powers-Johnson and Tuli Letuligasenoa will be epic. I'm sure the coaches have come up with a trap or scheme to add confusion and doubt for Tuli to deal with. I might add that the Running Backs with the Oregon offensive line are better than Washington's. Go Bucky! Go Jordan! Likewise, I agree that the Senior tag-team of Taki Taimani and Popo Aumavae will destroy the freshman and harass Penix. Size and experience give Oregon a big advantage. I totally agree with you Charles "The new abilities of Oregon defensive backs to provide tight coverage unlike anything seen in 2022, and give little yards-after-the-catch is, in my view, the biggest difference from last year, and the major element in this contest." This was so obvious from the first play in the Spring game and confirmed through the first 5 games of 2023. This Defense is not the 2022 defense! Duck fans, we have a classic game with two very good teams! The game is 60 minutes long. Focus on these battles that Charles has pointed out. In the end Oregon's depth will win a few more than Washington. Go Ducks!

Good points Alex. I agree with all of them. Thanks for writing today's article. Defense wins championships! However, I need to add that Bo Nix has to be BOdacious. Leave no doubt he is the best! Bo will deliver his career best game. The whole Duck team needs to dominate. This year, all that is possible!