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    Anthony Brown Drops a Dime, What!

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    On 8/20/2022 at 1:28 PM, ManhattanDuck said:

    One thing I always noticed was that he could definitely throw a touch pass

    I am happy AB may land a spot with the Ravens as he seems to be a great kid with tons of heart. But all too often, be it a result of MC's anemic passing game strategy or Brown's case of the yips, the "touch" was the hash mark 3 yards in front of his target, the DB's fingertips or the sideline Gatorade cooler. The Raven's QB coach has gotta fix those jai alai windmill throwing mechanics for AB to stick in the league. 

    Justin Flowe: Oregon’s Next All-American Linebacker

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    Last year after Flowe was lost for the season (as was Mathis), opponents could scheme around Sewell as his ILB counterparts were either nowhere near as talented (Heaukulani) or talented but much less experienced (Brown and LaDuke) With a healthy Flowe that will not be the case and attacking the middle of the defense will become much harder be it run or pass. Thunder and lightning indeed.

    Lanning’s Defense: Setting the Bar

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    On 8/10/2022 at 9:59 AM, DazeNconfused said:

    think a huge factor in me making a bold assertion is that D-Rut was at times so passive with his scheme. He would show base pre-snap, then play base over and over.

    We beat tOSU last year in large part because their since dethroned DC thought he could outmuscle the Ducks and stayed in a base man defense, which Moorhead just schemed around and AB executed well. Vanilla defense can be outschemed. I get the impression that DL will trust his defense to run the more complicated formations that he found so successful when guiding UGA to the NC with the best defense in the country.

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    Lanning’s Defense: Setting the Bar

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    On 8/10/2022 at 6:35 AM, Drex Heikes said:

    Great article. And as if The Athletic exists solely to

    serve your needs, DC, Bruce Feldman just posted his rundown of the top 100 “freaks” in college football. Four Ducks made the list, including ranked as nigh as No 4. 

     

    All four are on defense. 

     

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    cropped-cropped-favicon1-180x180.png Bruce Feldman's 2022 college football Freaks List: Michigan's Mazi Smith is No. 1

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    One hundred players who showcase jaw-dropping physical traits at their respective programs.

     

    There is a separate thread on OBDF this morning on  thus article. Worth a look. 

    College Football "Freaks"

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    Great post. Been in a few weight rooms and those are eye-popping numbers on deads and cleans. Both are related to lower body explosive strength, just what you want to see in a defender trying to stop a runner dead in their tracks. Some of that can be trained but a 650# sumo dead is some serious genetic raw material. With elite speed to boot.

     

    DJ (and Dorlus) on the edge, Noah and Justin in the middle and CG at corner. Lordy, what a defense this could be.

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    Mario Cristobal--When the Knives Come Out

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    I agree with pretty much everything DZC articulated about MC in his article. I, like many on the OBDF, probably can't fault him for wanting to return home. But he seems to have given up on the team on his way out the door which does make him open season for criticism.

     

    I feel like the Oregon fan base is the jilted BF/GF who's paramour decides to hook back up with their high school sweetheart. There is always a 'lack of interest' in the existing relationship before the ultimate breakup. The new/old relationship gets looked at by the jilted one with a sense of schadenfreude. And the departed paramour gets their personal traits picked apart by the one left behind until it no longer serves the purpose of making them feel better.

     

    The way MC left fits with the ham-handed way he approached coaching, not a hell of a lot of subtlety. He got outfoxed by coaches that took his strengths and tendencies then used them against him. Maybe he will improve his coaching at the U and let his coordinators do their jobs. Maybe not. He's not Oregon's problem now. 

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    Regarding Bo Nix: Beware ‘Bandwagon Buy-In’

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    I too really enjoyed DNC's perspective on this. Great points and counterpoints in the subsequent posts. My two bits:

    In comparing Nix to AB, I don't think statistics tell the whole story. Both QBs have had 'wow' moments and 'OMG, why did he do that?' moments. Re-watched the Stanford game (yes, I saved it, masochist that I am) and AB frequently underthrew, overthrew, threw behind and to the wrong dude (the DB).

     

    It looked like someone had replaced the QB we saw at tOSU (re-watched that one too for comparison) with an out of sync hologram. Granted a lot of players contributed to that debacle, and Moorhead was in an ICU with half his colon in a bag, but in that 1st half AB was abysmal. MC trying to be a HC and OC was just as bad, but that's a whole different topic.

     

    In 2022 Nix will face Georgia, but not Alabama, TA$M, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky (all ESPN top 25 teams). The only ESPN top 25 opponents in the Pac12/10 are Utah and U$C. Currently neither the PAC or ACC is the SEC in terms of talent. Nix has played against more talent and tougher teams than AB did. In 2022 Oregon has a better O-line and arguably better offensive skill players than Auburn did the last two years.

     

    And Nix looked pretty darn good in that spring game. I'm going to fall on the glass half full side of this discussion, unless the Georgia game is a disaster and blows my optimism all to hell.

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    ESPN Analyst Calls Oregon a ‘Threat’ to UGA...DawgNation Podcast Takes Exception

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    On 7/31/2022 at 1:45 PM, Pac10again said:

    I'm from down there.  I'm telling you Georgia is coming head hunting.  They hate us in the South.  Oregon's going to get hit like none of these players have ever been hit. 

    Seems like this was the tOSU logic going into last year's game at the 'Shoe. As if the B1G and the SEC have the market cornered on bringing the wood. It goes back to the old 'Oregon is soft' narrative and that the Ducks play 'finesse' football. Tell that to the O-line and see what happens. If anyone on that field sends an opponent into the 2nd row it'll be Noah Sewell.

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    Ducks will be Doves if We Go to the BIG

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    On 7/30/2022 at 11:57 AM, Pac10again said:

    In the Pac we will be king. In the Big we're just little brother..

    As a comparison since the start of the Chip Kelly era:

     

    Oregon v B1G  7W 4L

        Rose Bowl x 3, Natty (+1 vs SEC)

     

     

    USC v B1G     5W 3L

        Rose Bowl x 2  No CFP

     

    Yep, the competition is stiffer than Pac12 (now 10), but Oregon is the premier program against the B1G. They should do fine. 

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    Personal Experience Alert: New COVID Strain is Sneaky

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    Thanks for the posting, Charles. Speedy recovery for Madame FishDuck Home Boss. My daughter is a flight attendant for Delta, is vaccinated and after a Europe stint still got hammered by one of the Omicron variants this week. The virus is craftier than we are.

     

    Silly thought Charles, but would it be an option to have a special "Troll Vault" for the toxic spewings, like what the USC fan posted? Nothing political and no back and forth, but a file we could all access and enjoy a little chuckle at how inventive some folks that do not share the love of OBD can be. Kind of an alternate universe Axel, but not as funny or entertaining, as it were.

    Georgia Fan: 'Tell Me More About The Ducks'

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    I as well am glad you are here, McDawg. I'll add my own two bits.

     

    Most Hated Rival: Butt-sniffers by the Lake (though U$C is a close 2nd for me).

     

    Favorite Recent Games:

    2014 Fiesta Bowl v K. State. DAT's opening KO return to the house was a revelation to the KSU fans.

     

    2015 CFP semi at the Rose Bowl v FSU. Never seen a team quit and just shut down like they did when Oregon went off in the 2nd half. Winston's oopsy-doodle fumble was the coffin nail for the Seminoles, a thing of beauty.

     

    2012 Rose Bowl v Wisconsin. Oregon beat a good B10 champion and a future NFL champ MVP QB.

     

    2020 Same as above. Tighter game but every Oregon fan came away from that win thinking, "why the hell wasn't Justin Herbert allowed to do THAT all year".

     

    Greatest Heartbreaker Games:

    2011 CFP NC game for all the reasons others have noted. His knee was down.

     

    I'll add the 2014-5 season home loss to Stanford when Zach Ertz was gifted a TD at the end. He was out of bounds. If DAT had turned around and made a block to get Mariota into the end zone in the 1st half, that game ends differently and Oregon would have been in the NC game instead of the Fiesta Bowl.

     

    Looking forward to watching our respective teams meet in Atlanta in September. Go Ducks!

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